Quick Hits...

* Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports authored a column earlier this week proposing a BCS playoff system that was unlike the majority of the suggestions I have seen. In this proposal, each of the conference champions for all 11 conferences in D-I, along with 5 at large teams, would be entered into a 16 team playoff. I thought it was an innovative, inclusive, and great idea. Of course, it won't ever happen, primarily because it would require the 6 power BCS conferences to share the riches with their inferior brethren. Not only that, but, last time I checked, Notre Dame is an independent. Where do they fit? Because they can't be left to only fend for one of the five at large berths, can they? The horror!

* For an outfielder who the Mets seemed to previously hold in high regard and who several teams throughout MLB supposedly had sought in trades in earlier years, the Mets did not seem to get a premium return for OF Lastings Milledge. Ryan Church and Brian Schneider? Really? Not only do the Mets unload one of their premium prospects for a platoon outfielder and an offensively challenged catcher, but they fail to obtain any pitching in exchange for Milledge, which seemed to be the primary need for the Mets going into this offseason.

* Could Mitt Romney's answer to a question posed to him regarding torture and waterboarding during the Republican debate this past week been more evasive? Could he have looked more uncomfortable? Actually, yes. His answers to a question about gays in the military was even worse. Brutal. And wholly indicative of the type of leader he may be. Shuffle him and his consistently changing convictions to the rear of the pack.