Odds, ends...odder ends

• More people think Florida's Kari Klinkenborg is hot. The Gator was named Hottest Female Athlete at Florida for the '06-'07 school year by AlligatorSports.org. So if you tell Klinkenborg she's hot, it's not a pick-up line; it's empirical data. Of course with a name like "Klinkenborg," her hotness rating is...Seven of Nine. (That's just for you, Trek dorks.)
  
  
• Mike Hebert has weighed in on the text-messaging debate: "It's just the culture now. Instead of fighting technology, we should find ways to embrace it." Yes, embrace the yummy technology of our computer overlords...which I think is how Skynet got started in "The Terminator."
  
  
• Former Baylor head coach Tom Sonnichsen's 10-year lawsuit against the university has just been resolved. Only 10 years? What's the rush? Do you think when Sonnichsen was informed of the decision he said, "Lawsuit?"
  
  
• According to HJNews.com, Utah State's Hailey Jeppson and Beth Hodge are leaving the team. The former because "school wasn't Jeppson's thing" and the latter because of nagging injuries. No histrionics, no conspiracy theories. That's how you do it, people! According to head coach Grayson Dubose, Hailey "just said, 'Yeah, school isn't for me.' What do you say to that?"
  
  "Thanks for the heads up"?