It's college football's National Signing Day. Memphis coach Tommy West will make the official announcment of signees at 3 p.m. So far I haven't heard if anyone is carrying it live. You'll hear about the 2006 signing class on the Tiger Pregame Show tonight before the basketball game against Tulsa. I'll also try to have some audio from West tomorrow on forrestgoodman.com.

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Fans of Mississippi, Mississippi State & Southern Miss can go to ClarionLedger.com (just click) & keep up with today's signees. I have found they do a great job of updating the lists throughout the day. The best part is it is free with no registration.

Tennessee's signees can be found at knoxnews.com, but you will have to register, then it asked for me to pay. You may want to know ASAP, but I can wait.

Finally, I am sure the Arkansas Democrat-Gazzette will do a fine job keeping up with the Razorbacks. Again, you will have to register.

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Can you name the seven NFL teams without cheerleaders or a dance team? I'll give you a hint: one of the teams will be in the Super Bowl.I'll have the answer at the end of today's blog. Keep reading...

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The NFL has agreed to fork over $20 million to help pay for the rehab of the Superdome.

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It was 20 years ago William "Refrigerator" Perry scored a rushing touchdown in the Chicago Bears blowout of the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Nothing against the Fridge, but it is a travesty Perry found the endzone & Walter Payton did not. But that's another gripe for another day.

Fast-forward to 2006 & let's see what Perry is doing. Hot dog eating contest? Nope, that was last year. This Sunday Perry will coach one of the teams in the "Lingerie Bowl," the halftime pay-per-view that I had no idea was still around.

In an effort to legitimize his silly stunt, Perry said, "It's the same way you coach a football team. They just don't have pants on."

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NFL internet rumor of the day: Louisville's Bobby Petrino still comes up occassionally as the next coach of the Oakland Raiders. Mentioned as his replacement at the Ville? Tulsa's Steve Kragthorpe. I don't buy it. Something tells me the next Raiders coach is on the Steelers staff & Al Davis is having to wait until after the Super Bowl to talk to him.

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Cable outlet TNT has compared the 2003 NBA draft class of Dewayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony & LeBron James to the historic '84 draft which delivered basketball fans the likes of Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan and John Stockton. If anything, Three's Company: 1996 featured Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant & Steve Nash; let's go old school when 1960 provided Oscar Robertson, Jerry West & Lenny Wilkens.

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How many teams will the ACC have make it into the NCAA tournament next month? If history concerning team RPIs count for anything, it could be just five. If this happens, it would be the first time since 2003 the ACC got fewer than half of their teams into the Big Dance.

I also think all the talk of the Big East having nine or 10 teams make it into the tournament was premature. Again, just looking at the history of teams & their RPIs, it's looking more like seven. maybe eight. Still not bad.

Heck, there is still a lot of basketball to be played. Bracketology & such is fun to watch right now, but the field of 65 will be decided on the court.

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Answer to the question if you could name the seven NFL teams with no cheerleaders or dancers: Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers.

Since the Steelers are in the Super Bowl, it's interesting to note the team featured what many say was the first group of cheerleaders in professional football. They were paid one ticket per game. But the Steelerettes came to an end in 1969.

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Music quote of the day:

"You shake my nerves, and you rattle my brain
To much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, but what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!"

Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"