With seven days left in 2005, it's time to look ahead to the new year:

January

* Detroit fans kick off Super Bowl week by burning down the media hotel.

* ESPN announces new sports show, "Jose, Can You See?" on which former major league slugger Jose Canseco "outs" a different player for steroids each week.

* UT football coach Phillip Fulmer sends e-mail to fans, apologizing in advance for anyone who might get beaten up by a UT football player during the off-season.

* John Daly drives a golf ball over Niagara Falls on first episode of "The Daly Planet."

February

* Detroit fans celebrate the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl victory by burning down the team's hotel.

* A 60-pound Pomeranian named "Needle" wins Best in Show at Westminster.

* Kurt Busch wins Daytona 500 but can't outrun two Florida state troopers in victory drive on I-95.

* John Daly drives a golf cart over Niagara Falls on final episode of "The Daly Planet."

* UT's Candace Parker and Stanley Asumnu exchange valentine gifts above the rim.

March

* UT band kicks off its 2006 fundraising drive by netting $352 at weekend carwash.

* Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson begins comeback by playing recreation-league basketball with UT football players.

* Needle forfeits Best in Show title after testing positive for steroids.

* UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl resigns to pursue a career in Sumo wrestling.

* Florida Marlins continue to reduce payroll by trading three ushers, two stadium vendors, and a secretary to the New York Mets for a bobble-head doll of Pedro Martinez and a batboy to be named later.

April

* Detroit Free Press sports columnist Mitch Albom authors new book, titled "Five People I Imagined Meeting at the Final Four."

* UT raises price of football season tickets but sweetens the pot with free subscriptions to "Golf Digest," "Vanity Fair," and "Oprah."

* In tell-all book titled, "Drug War of the Worlds," former major leaguer Rafael Palmeiro writes that space aliens kidnapped him and injected him with steroids.

* Florida Marlins go 0-for-April.

May

* UT band raises $22.33 with neighborhood lemonade stands.

* National Enquirer backs up Palmeiro's book with front-page picture of alien aiming a needle at the former major leaguer's backside.

* Kansas City Royals sweep series from Florida Marlins in first week of inter-league play.

June

* UT Athletic Department announces formation of a "Jawbreaker Hotline," which will enable local residents to get free emergency medial assistance and counseling if their jaw has been broken by a UT football player.

* Barry Bonds finally comes clean: "We just found out ... It was in my swimming pool."

* SEC presidents vote down UT proposal to make helmet throwing a conference sport.

* Michelle Wie hits five 300-yard drives but misses 3-inch putt to finish second in U.S. Women's Open.

* Sons beat fathers 5-2 in Florida Marlins father-son game.

July

* Former Tennessee football coach Johnny Majors says he was wrong about Phillip Fulmer.

* Alabama attorney Tommy Gallion says he was wrong about Phillip Fulmer.

* Basketball player with no knee problems commits to Lady Vols.

* New England Patriots trade for Terrell Owens.

* NBA bans tattoos.

* Neither Venus nor Serena makes Wimbledon final.

* Bob Hodge joins PETA.

* Hell freezes over.

August

* New Sentinel hires Scott Brown, a policeman and sports editor in Cadiz, Ky., to replace Mark Burgess on the UT football beat.

* Harris Interactive releases the names of new BCS voters, including four dead coaches, three former Vanderbilt coaches, two illegal aliens and "the friend" who left drug paraphernalia in Michael Irvin's car.

* Memphis high school coach sentenced to two years of "pounding the rock," after being convicted in the identity theft of Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer.

* UT band's fundraising drive falls $3.75 short of making all road trips.

September

* Three Elvis impersonators sub for UT band at Memphis game.

* Vols take first step toward state championship with victory over Memphis.

* Michael Irvin hosts new ESPN show called "Bad Friends," featuring college and professional athletes who have been victimized by friends.

October

* Three Class AAA teams, two AA teams and a college team outdraw Florida Marlins in per-game attendance.

* Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers beats up former yearbook photographer at high school class reunion.

* Minnesota Vikings theme hotel "for adults only" opens in Las Vegas.

* Talladega victory celebration turns ugly when Kurt Busch wrestles crew chief to the ground over bottle of champagne.

November

* Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers beats up teller after bank's surveillance camera shows him on TV monitor.

* Vols win state championship with victory over Vanderbilt, then qualify for Music City Bowl with victory over Kentucky.

* UT announces criteria for choosing the school's "Mr. Football": must have played at least eight seasons with the same NFL team, must have played in at least five Pro Bowls, must have a father who played in the Pro Bowl and must have a brother who has played quarterback in the NFL.

December

* Nashville string quartet subs for UT band at Music City Bowl.

* Ten-pound Needle eliminated in regional competition of Best in Show.

* Robert Blake joins O.J. Simpson in Simpson's pursuit of his ex-wife's killers.