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Thursday, November 12, 2026Nov 12

5-at-10: Friday mailbag with overrated Zags, terrible officials, UTC hoops hopes and hate mail

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC coach Lamont Paris talks to (4) Tada Stricklen during a timeout at  McKenzie Arena on Saturday, January 8, 2022.
Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC coach Lamont Paris talks to (4) Tada Stricklen during a timeout at McKenzie Arena on Saturday, January 8, 2022. Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC coach Lamont Paris talks to (4) Tada Stricklen during a timeout at McKenzie Arena on Saturday, January 8, 2022.

Morning friends. Hope you have had a blessed week, and we should get some clarity on our contest tonight between Miami and Iowa State

Since Michigan lost last night, that will determine the folks eligible for the tie-breaker, which will be the total number of points scored in New Orleans in the three Final Four games. Price is Right rules apply so if you go over by 1 and the closest without going over is off by 126, the “Missed-it-by-126” entry wins.

Deal? Deal.

Good luck. Let’s handle our business.

Rushmore of movie sergeants – Sgt. York, Sgt. Hulka, Gunnery Sgt. Hartman from “Full Metal Jacket,” although private Pyle would not concur, and Sgt. Foley, and that’s with all apologies to the folks in “Platoon” (too many to name but one), the drill sergeant who thinks Forrest Gump is a blankety-blank genius, Sgt. Highway (Eastwood in “Heartbreak Ridge”) and a slew of others that made this category tough.