Big Story:
FIU came up short, the Panthers came up even shorter, the Heat are poised to sweep their preseason schedule as they head to Orlando tonight and the biggest problem in sports isn't gambling, drugs, or arrests, it's concussions.
Let's put this agenda away like Santa does a bag of Oreos.

FIU/Mario Cristobal
Well, FIU was hoping to stage some late game heroics again last night in the school's second-straight bowl game.
But, it was not to be as the Panthers gave up a very late touchdown that sealed the victory for the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Still, FIU won 8 games this season including victories over BCS schools.
Considering what FIU was just four years ago, it's nothing short of a miracle.
Think about it, when Mario Cristobal took over the school; they lost around 30 scholarships, faced NCAA sanctions, played in a high school stadium and had virtually no true football facilities.
Now, FIU has their own stadium, a full allotment of scholarships, have a new fieldhouse and the squad's own weight room.
Cristobal rightfully won the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year award for leading the squad to its first conference championship and first bowl victory.
But when Cristobal walked off the sidelines Tuesday night following the Panthers' bowl loss to Marshall; it might be the last time he coached for the school.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Cristobal is target number one of the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Pitt can offer an NFL stadium and gobs more money.
Cristobal is born and raised in South Florida and graduated from UM. He's a true South Floridian, the only questions are what else can he accomplish at FIU versus coaching in the ACC and just how much is Pitt willing to pony up.
It's a tough call for Cristobal, and I honestly don't know what he will pick.
But, in a coaching career, you only get a few chances to move up the ranks and if you pass too many of them up, they may not appear again.
Cristobal could be a big coup for Pitt if he can replicate what he did at FIU for the Panthers.
Plus, with his South Florida ties, he could probably swing some big recruits to Pitt.
If he does leave, good for him for building a great program at FIU and moving on to bigger and better things.
Still, you have to wonder, and I like Al Golden, but why isn't Cristobal UM's head coach?
Imagine him recruiting Florida with the power of the U behind him.
That's a thought Will Muschamp, Skip Holtz, and Jimbo Fisher are thankful they don't have to face.

Panthers: (Next game – Thursday, @ Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.)
Just when you thought anything could happen at a Panthers game, it did.
The Panthers were set up perfectly with a penalty shot with just 30 seconds left in the game and Stephen Weiss taking the shot.
The Cats were down by a goal and looked to send the game into overtime.
Weiss came flying up the ice and hit his shot, the Coyotes' goalie got just enough of the puck, combined with the snow from the used ice to see the puck come to a stop on the goal line but not far enough to count as a goal.
It was literally just an inch or two short.
While the squad is still 8 games over .500 and 7 points ahead of second place Washington, the recent losses area growing concern.
The Panthers are just 5-3-2 in their last 10 games and still face a tough Boston Bruins team along with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the next three games.
The Cats need to get back on the winning track as the calendar turns to 2012 to keep fans coming out to the Bank Atlantic Center.

Miami Heat: (@ Orlando Magic, 7:00 p.m., Sun Sports)
The Heat return to the court Wednesday night looking to sweep their preseason schedule against the Orlando Magic.
The Heat completely crushed the Magic Sunday and look to follow it up with another dominating performance tonight.
I'll say this too, I'm really interested to see if Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard plays up to par or begins to mail it in.
The Magic have danger written all over them this season.
If you're a role player, why do you try hard if you're team's best player is already on the way out and doesn't care about his current team?
Back to the Heat, I want to see more of Norris Cole tonight running with the Heat's starting lineup.
I'm curious to see if he can be the catalyst to really rev up the transition game of LeBron and Wade.
I also think that Cole's stellar play so far is pushing Mario Chalmers' game a bit too.
If Cole can come through and contribute quality minutes, the Heat have quite a luxury.
Last season, the Heat had no bench.
This year, they can bring Cole/Chalmers off the bench along with Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller, Dexter Pittman, James Jones, and Eddie House.
Plus if Eddy Curry can contribute 10-15 minutes a night by the second half of the season, yikes.
I've just got this gut feeling that the Heat are going to be much better than last year's squad.
It'll take a few weeks to completely get everyone healthy, but when the team finally gets everyone going, I honestly don't know who can compete with them from top to bottom.
The only team I see as being problematic in the East is the Chicago Bulls and in the west is the Oklahoma City Thunder.
It's going to be fun to watch the Heat, assuming everyone stays healthy this season.

Concussions In Sports:
If you've been following the NFL and NHL, you've heard of the growing concussion problems hitting both sports.
In the NHL, I think it will cost Sidney Crosby his career that was still in its infancy.
In the NFL, Brown quarterback Colt McCoy was re-inserted in a game just two snaps after suffering an obvious concussion.
It's obvious to everyone who isn't a team doctor paid by the team and benefitting from keeping in the good graces of the team.
But I can tell you for a fact that concussions are not something to take lightly.
I can't prove it scientifically, but I can tell you for a fact that the more concussions you suffer the more likely you are to suffer from mental health problems.
I've had three or four concussions and each time it's complicated my battle with clinical depression.
You can't keep putting the brain through that much trauma without suffering long-term consequences.
It's scary, and I worry, if there's a long-term connection with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia.
While mine haven't been as severe as many of the ones suffered by athletes, it's past time for the leagues to stand up and do something about it.
The NFL needs to have a league-paid doctor on the sidelines of every NFL game that can take a player out of the game if they are even showing concussion-like symptoms.
Trust me, if your kid is playing a sport and starts to show any symptoms of a concussion, make sure they're pulled out of the game and kept off the field for at least a couple of weeks. It's not easy, but in the long-run you and the kid will be much better off.