Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today.

SPECIAL, SELF-SERVING ANNOUNCEMENT:

The 2008 Sports Blogger of the Year bracket is out. We drew a No. 15-seed going up against No. 2-seed MLB Trade Rumors in the East region. As of this writing, we’re tied. Go vote for us, please. (Down at the bottom of that link.)

Let’s stuff the ballots. This is Illinois after all, people.

+ Joe Pa, back for another three years. {Dr. Saturday.}

+ How did Wes Welker make the Pro Bowl over Randy Moss? {Larry Brown Sports.}

+ What do statistics say about coaching changes? {Basketball Prospectus.}

+ Non-sports: The year 2008 in photographs. {Boston.com.} The Season 2 premiere of “Flight of the Conchords” has leaked. Awesome. {Funny or Die.}

Quotable:

“Since the Bulls are bad too, this isn’t that big of a shock in retrospect. But it sort of cements reasons why there was little reason to feel good in some bad wins … it meant bad losses would certainly come. But playing Tyrus and Noah more, living/dying with Rose down the stretch … big-picture that’s a positive. Now just trade some of the more turd-ish in the bunch (welcome back Larry Hughes, 1-7 on  jumping-leaners!) and let’s get on with the season. This team will get better as it goes along, but it doesn’t mean I can’t stomp my feet until it happens.” – Blog-A-Bull on last night’s loss