Syracuse, N.Y. — It was the great philosopher, Simon Cowell, who once warned us to "create the hype, but don't believe it."
And, hmmm, we seemed not to have paid attention over these past few days.
OK, perhaps we didn't fashion the hoo-ha surrounding the NFL Draft and how many guys with Orange ties were going to get chosen. And maybe we didn't produce the hubbub that rumbled long before Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Manny Pacquiao threw a single hand.
But so many of us got far too close to the heat. And so, more than a few eyebrows got burned.