Do you ever have one of those days where nothing makes sense? You spend all day trying to figure out what time it really is, you can't even name the day of the week it is, and at lunch time, you completely forget about the salsa bar at Alejandros'. Awfulness.

Well today was exactly that kind disastrously confusing day in the world of sports, filled with plenty of head scratchers.

Butch axed at UNC
And apparently the Tar Heel athletic department spent all spring and summer sharping that axe. At least that's the best reason I can come up with for them waiting until after the ACC media days and a mere nine days before the start preseason practice to fire him.

UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp said they "lost confidence in our ability to come through this without harming the way people think of this institution."

Real-world translation? "If we throw Butch on the sword, the NCAA might not be able to pick it up and swing it at all of us."

Let's face it, they got nervous. It's like one of those crime dramas where the accomplices are force to wait in that room with the conveniently extra large mirror for hours sweating it out. Finally one of them cracks under the pressure, throws one of them completely under the bus to save the rest of the team.

(You saw this in Friday Night Lights, but Tim Riggins went down of his on free will to save Billy and the fam, because he's a man like that.)

The only thing worst than the move itself, was the timing of UNC losing it's nerve to stick it out. Now they've got a whole crop of guys on their hands, whom they just robbed of their focal point for stability.

It's like a kid's mom giving dad the boot a week before Christmas and then expecting him to go through the holidays with a smile on his face like nothing happened. Then folks wonder why that kid doesn't fully trust adults throughout his childhood and young adult life.

Much like that scenario, it will be a minor miracle if any of UNC's youngsters ever fully trust a college institution again.

Still no replay? 
Also on the list of Wednesday silliness was the blown call by umpire Jerry Meals in Atlanta's 4-3 win in 19 innings over Pittsburgh early Wednesday morning.

By now surely you've seen this call and most likely agree the Braves' Julio Lugo was a good four feet from home plate when the Pirates' Mike McKenry tagged him out. While the call itself was silly, the more ridiculous part is that because of the lack of instant replay, Major League Baseball could do nothing to right the wrong.

Making a mistake is natural, we all do it, but refusing to fix a mistake simply for the sake of keeping things "natural" and allowing for the "human element" is stupid.

If that's the route the higher ups in baseball want to go, that's fine. Remove the batteries from their smoke detectors, along with that little bell that goes off in their cars when a door is ajar, and let them trust the human element while praying they slammed the hatch hard enough and don't get a sinus infection any time soon.

Other ridiculous acts of Wednesday
The Redskins are reportedly bringing in quarterback Kellen Clemsens to their group of second-string (at best) signal callers. John Beck is still the probable starter with Rex Grossman and Clemens likely to fight it out for the backup role.

The Cincinnati Bengals are playing the role of the bent ex-girl friend, with owner Mike Brown refusing to move Carson Palmer and help his franchise in exchange for being able to claim he didn't blink first.