5-minute Major [13 January 2011]

Determined not to be the next in the Original 6 line to get toppled by Colorado, the Hawks leaned on Corey Crawford's second-straight shutout, beating the Avs 4-0.....But, in basketball, a former Chicago player of unrealized potential did the Bulls in; Tyrus Thomas's 17 points and 13 rebounds (in just 30 minutes!) paced the Robertcats in a 96-91 win.....Don't you feel bad for the Favres?  Their son's tremendous fall from grace has to have been hard on the rest of his family's good name; oh, and his younger sister's arrest in a meth lab Thursday.....Northwestern sure meant it when they walked into Carver-Hawkeye Arena Wednesday night; the Wildcats' first 7 field goals were threes and they cruised to a 90-71 win over Iowa....Just as the Major thought it had figured out Ohio State, they take another squeaker, 68-64 at Michigan; the game did, however, cement the theory that forwards big enough to stand with Jared Sullinger can be OSU's undoing.....Brandon Rush finally got the start over Mike Dunleavy and it paid off big; Rush had 20 points to lead the Pacers to a 102-89 victory over the not-too-shabby Mavs.....The hits just keep on coming for the unranked Buffaloes, Colorado's latest ranked team defeat?  Kansas State.....Now, I know this won't be a novel thing to write in about 20 minutes, but it doesn't make it feel any less good: On the very same day LeBron James tweeted that the Cavs enormous loss last night was due to the fact that "Karma's a b****" and that "God is always watching," (a tweet James denied even authoring before the game) the Heat fall to the Clippers; the SAME DAY; there are instant karma people in the world, then there's LeBron James; Oh, and the last shot of the game?  An LBJ brick.....So very at ease.