What I learned tonight...

Watching the Rose Bowl tonight I learned a very important fact. I already knew that the Trojans were heads and shoulders above the Illini, and I had an inkling that people in New York and Los Angeles had no clue what people like Illinois are like, but tonight they drove their point home when they showed me Jim Belushi eating an apple.

The most interesting thing about that shot was that I was pretty certain that Jim Belushi and a piece of fruit had never been in the same room until this point. It did look like he could have used instructions on how to eat the apple, but that his natural instinct to devour took over and he just swallowed the entire thing whole.

Here's what really cheesed me off... why are we always subjected to shots of Jim Belushi anytime a Chicago sports team is on national TV? Are the Bears in a Monday night football game? Call Jim Belushi. Are the Cubs in the play-offs? Call Jim Belushi. Did the University of Illinois somehow end up in a bowl game? Call Jim Belushi! Did he attend the U of I? No. Does he have a clue where it is located? Probably not, but he is from Illinois!

Note to TV executives... people in Illinois don't like Jim Belushi. I feel pretty comfortable in making that statement for everyone that ever called the state their home. If God had to take a Belushi, he took the wrong one. Have you seen Curly Sue? Watch just five minutes of it and you will beg to be water boarded.

Is Arte Johnson busy? Can't anyone find Carol Marin's phone number? Are Donna Mills, Suze Ormon, Jerry Orbach, Andy Richter, and Neil Rackers on holiday? I am certain that all of these celebrities that attended the U of I would die for some screen time. Come on ABC, you can do better.