Playing Santa Claus! Yo, Flyer Fans–I’ve got a long list, I’ve checked it twice, so let’s cut to the chase:

— To Matt Schwade and Greg Bilotta: a Message Board without all the yahoos on it.
— To Bob Huggins: a public persona to match the private one.
— To Tom Archdeacon of the DDN: more stories like the one with Rick Pitino. That was a superb piece of writing, Arch.
— To “The Fly”: a Super Bowl victory for the Steelers.
— To John Churan: a pain-free visit to OP’s Father/Son Basketball Camp next year.
— To Dick Vitale: a visit to the UD Arena for a nationally televised game.
— To Jason Osborne: an injury-free 3 years with plenty of PT at a nice D-1 school.
— To Johnny Davis: another shot at a head coaching job in the NBA.
— To Bucky Albers: more cool ideas like the Flyer Connection.
— To Alex Carmona: The chance to play basketball where YOU want to play.
— To WH from the A-10 Message Board: That your prediction about the Western Division becomes reality.
— To Dr. Pat Palermo: the opportunity to play one-on-one, one more time.
— To the elder Swampette and her Alter buddies: 10 minutes of playing time, all in one stretch for Greg Kohls.
— To Jimmy Paxson: a healthy Zydrunas Ilgauskas for more than 5 minutes at a time.
— To Mark Adams: a regular gig with ESPN. Wouldn’t it be great if he became the next Dickie V?
— To Brother Ray: an active, productive retirement.
— To Brother Ray’s Replacement: big feet, to fill those big shoes.
— To Jim Spadafore of the Detroit News: an Internet 101 course.
— To Ryan Perryman: a 10-day contract with an NBA team, so that The League can see what you’ve got.
— To Jason at UDHoops: lots of links.
— To Mike DeCourcy of TSN: a whole column about UD vs. X from the January 5th game.

That’s it “From the Swamp.”