By DAVE HACKENBERG, Toledo Blade

The opinion from this corner remains that Tiger Woods will win a major championship in 2012.

Jim Leyland has a plan for Jacob Turner. The young pitcher may have a different plan.

But one approach that should be scrapped is any that might include trading the 20-year-old hurler, a first-round draft pick less than three years ago.

Why would the Detroit Tigers consider that?

Only two NFL defenses surrendered an average of more than 400 yards per game during the just-concluded regular season.

They would be the Green Bay Packers, the top playoff seed in the NFC, allowing 411.6 yards, and the New England Patriots, the No. 1 playoff seed in the AFC, at 411.1 yards.

The announcement that Toledo's Tim Beckman is the new football coach at Illinois probably didn't play well in Peoria ... or Champaign or Urbana, for that matter.

It is hard to determine exactly what Urban Meyer will be paid to coach Ohio State's football team for the next six years. But if he is still on the job when the original contract he agreed to last week expires on January 31, 2018, my best guess is it will be a minimum of $27 million.

There is no right or wrong when it comes to the BCS and its national championship game.

There is simply debate, and plenty of it after Sunday's final points standings set up a rematch between LSU and Alabama for the title.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - He walked into the ballroom Monday afternoon and flashbulbs started popping. Operators of the 20-plus television cameras across the back of the room jumped to attention and into action. There were more than 100 chairs set up for the media, but dozens were left standing.

At the risk of being repetitive -- I've said this before and I'll say it again -- weeknight college football stinks.

Yeah, there are two sides to every coin, I know. And "coin" is the operative word here.

That was quite a concession by the Big East Conference late Saturday, not that it had any choice considering the circumstances.

DETROIT - Ford Field was jammed Sunday, Honolulu blue Lions colors everywhere, thousands of Matthew Staffords and Ndamukong Suhs and Calvin Johnsons filling every seat, their roars of approval almost deafening.