Sports: Monday Sports Roundup

Without question, the biggest sports story has to be the Urban Meyer situation.

Aside from being a sports story of a coach at a highly successful football program at U of Florida, it is a human story of what matters in life.

What would you do?

Would you keep a job you really love but it subtracts from the total number of years you will live and impose health risks during the years you are alive?

Would you choose a high level of success but burn both ends of the candle or less success but have a life closer to "normal?"

In more routine sports stories, last year's Super Bowl champion Steelers still alive in playoff hunt.

Lakers bounce back from being embarrassed by the Cavs on Christmas day.

The PAC10 is 1-2 in bowl games so far. Tomorrow, this Bruin fan will be hoping they come out strong and salvage some pride for UCLA and the Pac10.

Howland's Bruin basketballers took care of business.

Of the seven losses, four (Kansas, Butler, Notre Dame and Mississippi State) were probably expected given the lowered expectations of this year's edition of bball. But the losses to Fullerton, Portland and Long Beach were pathetic.

But with the departure of Drew Gordon, the team may have added by subtraction with all the other players having to step up. This is especially true of freshman Reeves Nelson who has gotten those minutes and shown more heart than the more talented but erratic Gordon.

Roll, a long time 6-7th man, has stepped up as a senior to offer leadership on the team. Malcolm Lee may turn out to be the best of the so far disappointing recruiting class of 2008 (Holiday left for the NBA and isn't do much there, Gordon left the team, Anderson is the current turnover prone point guard and Morgan has modest minutes from the bench).

The keys appears to be the development of Anderson and Honeycutt. UCLA has had solid point guard play the last handful of years. However, Anderson has shown himself turnover prone but if he can play more under control, he could prove to be a valuable piece in turning the season around. Honeycutt is the top recruit from the 2009 class and if he can fully recover from his injury and plug into the team, the Bruins could make it into the top half of the Pac10 which would be a solid accomplishment considering the talent level of this current group and attrition to the NBA from last year's team.

Go Bruins!