The Sports Desk was right on both NFL conference championship games, as Seattle croaked Carolina and Pittsburgh croaked (overrated) Denver.

Seattle will beat da Stillers in Super Bowl XL, but it will be a closely contested game between two good teams.

Michigan women's basketball took another one on the chin, as the surprisingly good Indiana Hoosiers routed Cheryl's Crew 69-44. As has all too often been the case for the Wolverine women, a lack of scoring was a major problem. You will not win many games in this business when you score in the 40s. Stephany Skrba, Michigan's rookie center from Canada, was the exception to the paucity of Maize and Blue points as she had 14.

Purdue remains atop the Big Ten women's b-ball heap at 7-0 in the league. THE Ohio State and Minnesota are both 6-1. Iowa at 5-3 in the league is a half game ahead of three teams at 4-3, those being Michigan State, Illinois, and Indiana. So there are seven of 11 teams in the league at better than .500 in conference games. An impressive testament to the strength of this league, and reason why it has been so difficult for Michigan's youthful squad to have success.

After this, there is Penn State at 2-5, Wisconsin at 1-6, and Michigan and Northwestern at el zippo and seven. Northwestern is Michigan's next opponent, this Thursday night at Ann Arbor. This would be a fine time for the Wolverines to get a win and some momentum.