Two pieces of NFL absurdity -- and the BCS finishes the job on Notre Dame!

Three pieces of football absurdity.

• Ndakumong Suh will not be suspended for his kick in the family jewels from Thursday.

OK, someone has to explain to me, then, why I don't draw the immediate conclusion that the NFL will, at the very least privately, abandon it's Player Safety Initiative at some point when it's convenient for Goodell to do so.

• And a little note for my favorite Seahags bitch...  err, FAN, that's it.  The team that you basically throw everything else under the bus for just had BOTH it's starting cornerbacks suspended for performance-enhancing drugs.

Gee, on a Pete Carroll team no less.  Like to see you defend that...

Of course, the real question, as an ex-NFL fan friend of mine has been asking for some time, is when does it come out that there are labs providing these drugs (and masking agents) to the better part of the league.

• And from the NCAA, the BCS, and ESPN:  Notre Dame finished the job at USC, is going to the BCS National Championship Game with the win, and there's several questions I have about the fourth quarter of that game.

First off, what the Hell was that time out for on the second-to-last drive?   With about ten minutes to go in the fourth quarter and USC trailing 19-10, third and goal at the Notre Dame 4.

All of a sudden, it appears as if a time out has been called to ice the backup USC quarterback -- by USC!!  No one can figure out why.

Next play, incomplete pass, settle for the chip field goal, 19-13.

Then this sequence on the next and final meaningful USC drive, down 22-13 after Marqise Lee, on back-to-back plays, took the kickoff about 40 yards and then hauled in a pass that went almost the rest of the way.  First and goal, at the Notre Dame 2.

1. False start on USC, first and goal at the 7.
2. McNeal for 3 yards to the 4, second and goal at the 4.
3. Pass interference on Notre Dame, first and goal at the 2.
4. ANOTHER pass interference on Notre Dame, first and goal at the 1.
5. QB sneak, nothing.  Second down.
6. QB sneak, nothing.  Third down.
7. After a USC timeout, rush into the line, NOTHING.  Fourth down.
8. Incomplete pass.  Turnover on downs.

I will need to find video, but this is getting awfully suspicious, with all of what was on the line here.  8 tries from the 2, effectively, and you get NOTHING?

Including two QB sneaks that everyone could see coming, and you couldn't just do the old Madden thing:  "Get in behind the center and guard, and keep pushing and pushing until they're putting six points on the board..."?

There might well be another article on this.