Ed Hochuli Facts

In the spririt of Chuck Norris Facts, a brilliant phenomenon of the internet age, we are introducing Ed Hochuli Facts here on the Spike. Ed Hochuli is without question the badest (in the Michael Jackson sense), crime-fighting referee in the NFL (his secret identity allows him to practice law by day). Ed's authoritative no-nonsence approach to officiating is the number 1 argument that there is no need for instant replay in the NFL. To kick things off, here's our first Ed Hochuli Fact:

1. Ed Hochuli collects stray pubic hairs from his shower drain and recycles them into steel wool.

Please add your own Ed Hochuli Fact in our comments section.

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ALSO...

• Congratulations to the UVa and Cornell basketball teams who both started their seasons off with (relatively) impressive wins. The Cavaliers beat tenth ranked Arizona 93-90 at home in the brand-spanking new John Paul Jones arena. When it comes to UVa hoops you have to appreciate the early wins because historically the wheels come off once conference play begins. UNC will be tough this year and Duke is still top 20. Big Red (Bears) beat Northwestern away 64-61 and followed it up with a home victory over Stony Brook.

• Kara Homes, a competitor of Dave Law's employer, was granted a temporary reprieve by the bankruptcy court in Trenton yesterday when it was allowed to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. 'Round here we were all pulling for Chapter 7 liquidation. That's the way Ed Hochuli would have ruled - no mercy.

• Finally, in a brief edition of Against the Law, I'd like to express my disgust with SI writer Peter King. Peter King has never been objective. He loves to weave his personal opinions into articles - for example, everything he writes in NY-centric, he's a NY Giants cheerleader, he's carrying the banner for Tiki Barber to get to Canton, most recently he started his Monday Morning Quarterback Column with over a page of Rutgers fluff. This is tolerable since he's a sports columnist. (I also tolerate his slant b/c I'm from NJ. I don't think I could stand him if I lived in another sports market) Towards the end of his MMQB column King writes, "Last Tuesday sure was a good day, wasn't it?". There's an expression that shock-jocks Opie & Anthony use often: "You don't go to CNN for dick jokes so don't come to us for news." King is a sports writer. I don't want or appreciate political commentary mixed in with my sports news (no matter how brief the commentary is). King is not a political pundit. All this accomplishes is to inflame the sensibilities of his readers who don't share his politics. He's alienating his own audience. That's why slipping political commentary into a sports column is AGAINST THE LAW!