Idle Thoughts, while waiting for pitchers and catchers, infielders and outfielders and for the next AHHHH-OOOO at a Black Wolves game:

• Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, would like to know why the decision of some Florida State football players to skip shaking hands after the Rose Bowl constituted bad sportsmanship.

As opposed to those perfunctory, robotic, hollow handshake lines where nobody looks at each other, mumbles a remnant of "good game" and has all the sincerity of a conversation about the weather?

Stop it.

You want to shake hands? Great. You don't? Fine. Just don't be a fraud.

• Speaking of FSU, Dr. I took great delight in the following tweet from the other night:

"At least Jameis Winston can focus on academics now."

• Not done with the Criminoles yet, either.

Normally, Dr. I would bristle at how some Oregon players taunted Winston before the game, singing "no means no" to the tune of the Tomahawk Chop.

In this case, as ye sow, so shall ye reap.

• The next part of Idle Thoughts will be dedicated to Dr. I's new favorite lacrosse team, the New England Black Wolves:

PLEASE TURN THE MUSIC DOWN IN THE ARENA. LAWN MOWERS ARE ENVIOUS. THE GAME IS ENTERTAINING ENOUGH. DR. I DOESN'T NEED TO HEAR DURAN DURAN. THIS IS IN CAPS BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE, A FUN NIGHT.

• Tune in Jan. 16 for The Day's first high school basketball webcast of the season: New London at Waterford.

• It has come to Dr. I's attention that new reader commenter "Ct Blue Devil" does not endorse Dr. I's use of the word "iconic."

Make you a deal, Devil: You clean up your spelling, grammar, punctuation and ability to stay on point and Dr. I will never use the word again.

Until then, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic, iconic. And one more thing: iconic.

• If Mo'Ne Davis marries former Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe and then divorces him for Kings Point men's basketball coach Danny Nee, that would make her a Billy Idol lyric.

(Mo'Ne Moe Nee).

• Fabulous work again from Roger Goodell.

Suspend Ndamukong Suh for a playoff game and actually send a message that the intent to injure won't be tolerated.

And then lift the suspension for what amounts to lunch money.

Next time Suh behaves like a miscreant, let's remember Commissioner Toothless.

• Gee, that SEC West came up huge during bowl season, no?

A 2-5 record, allowing 35 points per game.

Maybe now the narrative changes and other leagues get a chance?

• We're really going to let East Lyme walk?

Really?

So we can placate Tourtellotte and Wheeler?

Really?

• Not that Dr. I considers himself a pop culture czar or anything, but can we get rid of Jenny McCarthy on New Year's Eve?

• Dr. I saw this the other day and had to retweet:

"I heard that Oxygen and Magnesium are going out. I was like OMg."

• Observation from the Giants/Eagles game last week:

How could Walt Coleman and his general obliviousness have spotted the tuck rule?

• Dr. I would wish many of you reader commenters a Happy New Year if he really meant it.

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro.

Twitter: @BCgenius