Ice Bowl hockey style

The Frozen Tundra Classic is just more than week away and Lambeau Field is quickly being converted into a hockey arena. You can watch the transformation with live shots from the Lambeau Cam. Check it out now (Friday, Feb. 3) because it’s snowing like crazy in Green Bay. As for the game, the puck drops Feb. 11 in a college matchup between Wisconsin and Ohio State. In addition to the live photos, there is an interesting story about the transformation process on Packers.com.

Steelers will win ugly

Someone just pointed out to me that if I’m going to maintain a football blog, I should at least post a Super Bowl pick. Someone else mentioned something about all of the Steelers-related stories this week, saying I haven’t even mentioned Pittsburgh’s opponents. So, here’s a few mentions about the…tell me again who the Steelers playing. Oh, yeah, the Seahawks. So here goes: Seahawks, Seahawks, Seahawks, Seahawks, Seahawks, Seahawks, Seahawks, Seahawks. How’s that? One thing that might thrill Seahawks bandwagon jumpers is an observation I’ve made in the past week. Based upon the people I’ve seen wearing Pittsburgh jerseys, T-shirts and caps this week, the Steelers must have the ugliest fans in the NFL. I don’t know if there are any scientific studies to back that up, but it should be studied by someone. Anyway, my Super Bowl pick: I have Jerome Bettis gut-sized feeling the Steelers will win. The score: Steelers 36 (Bettis’ jersey number) Seahawks 12 (for the 12th Man Texas A&M is working to keep Seattle from using.) My other Super Sunday prediction -- or maybe it’s a wish -- is that there will be a wardrobe malfunction in the Lingerie Bowl. Oh, and in that game, I’m picking the Dallas Desire to defeat the Los Angeles Temptation by a string bikini.

Quick, call Meagan about the Bus schedule

Meagan Cowher is the second leading scorer on the Princeton women’s basketball team and has helped lead her team to a 12-4 record thus far. The 6-foot-1 sophomore is one of the reasons the Tigers are in second place in the Ivy League standings. Cowher twice has been named the Ivy League’s player of the week this season, and her bio on the Princeton women’s basketball Web site says that last season she became the Tiger’s first ever Ivy League Rookie of the Year. The bio also says she is from Pittsburgh and is the daughter of William and Kaye Cowher. This season, Meagan has played… wait. She’s from Pittsburgh and her father is William Cowher? As in Bill Cowher, the Steelers’ head coach? Yep, that is Bill’s oldest daughter. Wow, you never would have known by looking at her bio. But, maybe she wants to stay out of the spotlight. Meagan, who has two games to play this weekend before going to Detroit to watch her father’s team play in Super Bowl XL, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that no one at Princeton knew who her father was for about six months after she began classes at the school. Now, she says, she’s being asked for betting tips for this Sunday’s game. “Some of my guy friends are gamblers and have asked me some questions ahead of Sunday, but it's nothing serious. It's all really lighthearted,” Meagan said in an Associated Press story. Right, Megs. That reminds me. I heard about a really good prop bet this morning. Will Jerome Bettis gain more rushing yards Sunday than Kobe Bryant scores points against the Hornets on Saturday? Interesting? I think I’ll get Meagan on the horn right now.

By the way, one of Meagan Cowher’s Princeton teammates is Shelly Slemp of Sugar Grove, Va. Slemp, a Marion Senior High School graduate, is a junior guard at Princeton.