Some news and notes while wondering whether or not ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd will explode on air the day Joe Paterno retires from college football:

Lots of people make predictions on the radio when it comes to the National Football League, but few do as well as Adam Erikson of Q-94 (WBXQ-FM 94) did this past season.

Erikson, the morning on-air personality, does a show with the Mirror’s Neil Rudel on Fridays during the football season picking games. He was 16-1 on the Steelers, including a 16-0 mark during the regular season, losing only the playoff game.

“I let Neil go first on the playoff game and I was buying what he was selling after hearing his reason for predicting the Steelers,” Erikson laughs. “Let’s put the blame on him for the loss.”

That means Erikson predicted such notable gems as the losses to the Jets, Cardinals and Broncos, all teams the Steelers — on paper — were better than this year.