When I first got there, someone asked me what I expected of the night, and I said, "I'm taking Microsoft and seven points." "What do you mean Microsoft and seven points?" "Microsoft's got no running game." ... Actually, the football stadium will be the site of the first-ever Illinois-New Jersey Corruption Bowl. Individual team members' efforts will be added together  to determine the winner of the "Lie, Bribe and Plead" competition. The losing team has to wash the winner's prison garb for a year. ... There was a Mike Ditka look alike wandering around posing for pictures. A Rod Blagojevich clone had to stand in one place because of the weight of his hair.