Today's show started on a very sad note, as R&R announced that a good friend and sponsor of the show, Judah Berry, passed away.  You may recall that during the 2006 Song Parody Contest a special silent auction was held to benefit Judah and his family to help with all of the enormous expenses they incurred during his battle with Leukemia.  Unfortunately it is a battle Judah lost on Sunday, and The Sportsline certainly passes along its condolences to Martha, Allison and Amy, along with all the rest of Judah's family and friends.  He will certainly be missed.

Larry Weisman, football columnist for the USA Today joined R&R today on the show.  Rich and Larry always have a blast talking with Larry Weisman, as not only does he have a great feel and knowledge of the NFL, but he has a great sense of humor as well.  Today's theme was "fat guys in the middle", and no the reality show "The Biggest Loser" did not come up.  We were talking about the importance of big run stoppers in the middle of the defensive line, and how important they are to football teams.  You see, the Colts don't have them and are therefore pitiful against the run.  It could wind up costing them a run to the Superbowl, like some (Rich) predicted prior to the season.

Also today, it became official.  The final five contestants have now been narrowed down to the final 2.  Chip Hughes and Gil Pratt left the other 3 finalists in the dust, and now the 2 of them will go head to head this coming weekend for the get-a-way to Wild Dunes.

Dave Leitao, head hoops coach at UVA made his first appearance on the show this season.  Bit of a lull in the schedule right now, as the players have some time off for exams, but Leitao was quick to point out that he is plenty busy this week recruiting and scouting.  Leitao talked about the importance of the Arizona game to open the season and the new John Paul Jones arena.  All the hard work and money that went into not only planning the opener, but that went into the new arena could not be lost on a poor performance by his players.  He also said that he thought a trip to the NCAA tournament was certainly a possibility and goal this year for this team.