As always, thanks for reading. What’s below, I write it as much for you as I do for me.
I resolve to get a job that pays me full-time to write about college basketball.
I resolve to write at least two columns per week on this site while the season is in session. I hope they engage you.
I resolve, for the 28th year in a row, to not sign up for a gym membership. My neighborhood sidewalk is just fine.
I resolve to not be as hard on television commentators unless they truly deserve it. No joke, their job (especially play-by-play) is one of the most under-appreciated. If you doubt that, turn off the television during a game and record yourself for five minutes, then play it back.
I resolve to respond to every angry e-mail that is sent to me.
I resolve to attend as many events as I can be granted press access to. That begins tomorrow, with the Rhode Island-Oklahoma State tilt at Mohegan Sun. And those commercials are the absolute worst.
I resolve to wear my new, Ditka-style, ’80s Chicago Bears sweater at least 12 times before April. (Thanks, mom!)
I resolve to continue to hate the Green Bay Packers, as I was born to do.
I resolve to continue to hate the Minnesota Vikings nearly as much as I hate the Green Bay Packers.
I resolve to continue to feel badly for the Detroit Lions.
I resolve to work on my 16-foot jumper, even though my chances at playing professionally have long since passed. Like, 22-years-ago passed.
I resolve to learn more about how different offensive and defense sets and schemes work. I’ve got a decent grip on them, but I can always learn more. On its basic level, basketball strategy comes down to size, quickness, screens and endurance. Trickery, deception, motion and are important, ancillary aspects that most fans and pundits try to BS their way through.
I resolve to start giving a little more love and bias to the Fairfield Stags, because the lady in my life will be starting grad classes there later this month. (Press row, here I come!) Fortunately, FU is having a fortuitous season so far.
I resolve to get my damn podcasts up and going soon. It’s not a time issue; it’s a technological issue. Yes, I’m in need of the right equipment. If I’m going to do the podcasts, I want to do them right.
I resolve to keep my office cleaner. Amazing how rapidly papers can pile up.
I resolve to not break any piece of technology as a result of being frustrated over the outcome of a sporting event.
I resolve to not come off as a know-it-all, because I never have and never will. Twitter has inflated a few egos, I’ve noticed.
I resolve to appreciate the NBA.
I resolve to buy a VCR so I can watch the 1991, ’92 and ’93 Chicago Bulls championship tapes and remember what it’s like to root for a comptent NBA team. The music on those tapes are about the most inspirational compositions a sports fan could ask for.
I resolve to get more original video on this site, thanks to the incredible phone that is the Droid.
I resolve to read every piece of sports preview Sports Illustrated feeds me, because I’ve done that since I was 12.
I resolve to shoehorn theories, questions and completely unrelated topics related to ABC’s “Lost” because the final season starts in just more than a month and I couldn’t be more excited.
I resolve to bring you more exclusive featured pieces on sports figures. Waiting in the wings: NBC sports president Ken Schanzer, Fox Sports’ Jeff Goodman, Dana O’Neil of ESPN.com, Jay Williams and — I really, really hope — Jim Nantz.
