Great! I just realized it is Friday the 13th. Now I am not a real supersticious guy, but with all that has happened the last two weeks, should I venture outside? This morning we record Focus On Racing Radio, so there's no hiding in bed for the day.

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Here's an interesting article on 13s in sports. Is this just what the doctor ordered to cure your triskaidekaphobia?

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Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated fame ticked off Dallas Cowboys fans earlier this week when he took off on Troy Aikman. Reilly was on ESPN Radio's Dan Patrick Show. "Just because you wear a star on your head, you're a Hall of Famer?" Reilly asked.

That's simply not true. The Cowboys have played in eight Super Bowls, won five, but only have five members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Yes, I was just as surprised as this stat as you are. Mel Renfro was last in 10 years ago.

Three Cowboys have a shot this year at the Hall: Aikman, Michael Irvin & Rayfield Wright. Three from one team has happened before, as recently as 2000 when San Fransisco got Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott & Dave Wilcox in the HOF. The Steelers have 17, the Raiders stand at 12 & the Dolphins with eight.

However, if only two Cowboys make it this year, does it uncover some grand conspiracy? Or is it the 39-member selection committee deciding to allow the continuing legal woes of Irvin to go away. Which leads to the question, will that ever happen?

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Who knew all the woes of the Tennessee Titans could be solved by a group of reporters, talk show hosts & retired players? That's the plan with WTVF-TV in Nashville as the station introduces the group to discuss the Titans' problems during the station's sportscast each Sunday night at 10 p.m.

"It think it's going to be a heck of a show," station sports director Hope Hines told The Tennessean newspaper. "I told everyone I've invited, 'We're not coming in here to softball it.' It's going to be hard hitting, no holds barred. We're going to tell it like we see it and like we know it to be. I want to talk about what's wrong with the Titans and what needs to be done to get them out of this situation."

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"Today it was like, 'Wow.' It's like, I can't believe I'm doing this bad."

- Michelle Wie, after shooting a 79 in the first round of the PGA Sony Open, placing her next-to-last on the leaderboard.

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I cannot wait to see Glory Road. But as with any movie, remember, Hollywood sometimes stretches the truth or slightly distorts the facts. ESPN.com's Page 2 has a great "reel life" comparison to what really happened.

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Bush tells the pros no, instead opts for his senior year in college. Okay, it's not Reggie Bush... we already know the story there. Louisville's Michael Bush announced Thursday he'll return for the Cards '06 season. But Courier-Journal columnist Jerry Brewer describes the announcement as "cumbersome."

Interesting.

I am reminded of a year ago when DeAngelo Williams of Memphis told Tiger fans he would be back. The standing-room-only crowd at the athletic offices erupted in applause. The moment captured on radio & TV will live forever. It has become a tale of sorts for some fans to recount where they were when they heard DeAngelo was staying.

Why not the same for Louisville?

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For the first time in his three years as coach of Alabama football, Mike Shula has a vacancy on his coaching staff. Defensive ends coach Paul Randolph is now assistant head coach & defensive coordinator at Rice University, new Owls coach Todd Graham announced Thursday.

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Music quote of the day:

"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future"

The Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like An Eagle"