Over my morning bowl of cheerios, I watched Mike and Mike this morning and thought the show posed a very interesting question, “Do sports fans care about scandals?” The answer to that question, though, as the pair found out is very complex. As it pertains to steroids in baseball, I don’t care about steroids in baseball or Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record because I just don’t care about baseball. There are enough things in the world for me to be outraged about so much so that I don’t need to feign outrage in anything. But I think with sports scandals in general, sports fans just get worn out. I can’t listen to sports talk radio hosts talk about Michael Vick anymore, or Tim Donaghy or Barry Bonds. I just don’t want to hear it. And it’s not that I don’t care about those stories. I’m just tired. I need a nap from scandals.

In more exciting news, my hometown,Terre Haute, Ind., totally got a shout-out during Tony Dungy’s appearance on Letterman last night to plug his new book.

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No, seriously…

A 16-year-old drove his truck to an island in the middle of a shallow Pennsylvania river and couldn’t get back.

Inmates split on Woody Allen.

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Eagles corner Sheldon Brown says leveling Reggie Bush in the playoffs last year was like running through a cardboard box.

New Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is already putting the team through the ringer.

What is Brady Quinn thinking? I think on draft day, everybody was kind of pulling for the guy to get drafted because of the embarrassment he caused himself by showing up to the draft without knowing where he would go or how far he’d fall. And now he has grossly overestimated his value and is pissing off an entire city that wants to embrace him. Cleveland wants to love Brady Quinn. He needs to quit acting like a petulant child and get to camp. What a dope.

You can still chew snuff at Tennessee football games but Neyland Stadium will now be smoke-free .

Bobby Petrino trying to keep the Falcons focused on the game on the field. Good luck.

LSU senior tailback Alley Broussard is leaving the team.

Matt Leinart’s legal battle with his ex-girlfriend Brynn Cameron could get very public and very messy.

Cotton Bowl executives are lobbying to make the Dallas-based bowl a BCS bowl.

SI’s Stewart Mandel on how the Michael Vick scandal has effected Virginia Tech.

Eagles draftee Kevin Kolb signs with the team. I was so hoping for a holdout.

Boise State running back (and publicity hound) Ian Johnson has hired extra security for his weekend wedding following racist threats.

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Well-rounded news…

USAToday profiles fanboys.

Naomi Watt, Stuart Townsend and Joseph Fiennes have all been cast for roles in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Not so fast.

Blockbuster may be losing money but it’s beating Netflix, says BusinessWeek.

Facebook founder finds himself in court; being sued by former colleagues.

Though relatively small companies, XM and Sirius merger is huge for the future of satellite radio, says Washington Post.

Has the mystery behind J.J. Abrams’ “mystery” project been solved?

How a movie poster got me totally excited for a Western.

The cover of Bottom Line fav. Kanye West’s new album, Graduation.

Blender’s top 25 most influential people in online music.

The Huffington Post’s Eric Williams thinks a Seth Rogan-led Green Hornet movie, or any Green Hornet movie, is a bad idea.

With all due respect to Go West.. the Western Athletic Conference is truly the king of wishful thinking.

Above is the cover of the WAC’s 2007 football preview where it suggests that Hawaii QB Colt Brennan and Boise State running back Ian Johnson could be going back to Boise or Honolulu with the hardware in ‘07, an outcome that is as likely as a Paris Hilton-led Outward Bound trip into the Yukon.

I think Johnson’s candidacy is a complete farce. I mean, let’s face it, the guy is much better known for popping the question to his BSU-cheerleader girlfriend after that Fiesta Bowl classic against Oklahoma than for anything he’s done on the field. And then there’s the Broncos schedule: Boise will once again be a BCS contender because they simply don’t play anyone worth noting. Their first five games: Weber State, Washington, Wyoming, Southern Miss, New Mexico State. Doesn’t exactly sound like playing Auburn, LSU and Tennessee, does it? Boise State was a nice story last year but to take Johnson’s Heisman candidacy for real is completely ridiculous.

Colt Brennan is different. He set the NCAA single-season touchdown record last season with 58 and the record for most touchdown passes in two consecutive seasons with 93 in ‘05-06. But you really have to wonder if Brennan isn’t a victim of the system that has brought him so much success. In his four-years at Hawaii, Timmy Chang threw more than 2,400 passes and currently holds the NCAA records for most passes attempted in a career. Chang also holds the NCAA record for most career passing yards. Hawaii’s system is designed to make quarterbacks look good and if you don’t think Chang’s records and gaudy numbers will be fresh in the mind of Heisman voters when considering whether or not Brennan should strike the pose, then you’re crazy. And then there’s that schedule . Hawaii’s first five games? Northern Colorado, Louisiana Tech, UNLV, Charleston Southern and Idaho. I can’t help but wonder if Brennan would be as highly regarded as he was if he played in a major conference. Sure his numbers are, on their surface, impressive but Brennan isn’t playing NFL-ready competition week-in and week-out. Consider this: if Chang and Brennan both put up equally gaudy passing statistics at Hawaii and Chang recently signed with the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL, how likely is it that Brennan will be able to make the transition from Hawaii to the NFL?