`Hey, didn't you used to be a three-hour college football game?' (Caught on the fly: fly@sportingnews.com).(Brief Article)(Column)

* Fly knows (shaddup!) Tim Floyd air-balled his chance coachin' NBAbies, but you can bet your local A.D.'S adding him to the speed dial (right after Leo Hamilton). TCU, Texas A&M, FSU and Clemson are just a few that could be making eyes at a guy with a hiss-toe-ree of pumping up sagging programs--no Bull.

* Atop Herm Edwards' '02-do list is getting the grounded Jets airborne. The line, receivers and C-Mart check out fine, meaning the coach'll do his tinkering under center, where Vinny's lookin' his age, or in the booth, where the play-calling just doesn't Hackett, Paul.

* Sure, Kevin Garnett's daily double-double isn't a sign of trouble, but those increasing fadeaways, turnarounds and looong jumpers are Exhibits A, B and C of a disappearing post game. That helps 'splain why his points, FTs, dunks and layups are down and why T-mates are quietly droppin' the virtues of a summer big man's camp to Da Kid.

* The Bungles making a difference in the playoffs? You betcha. NFL scouts'll be devouring the tapes of--gulp!--Jon Kitna pickin' apart a suddenly suspect Steelers secondary and how Cincy's `D' put the mistakes back in Slash Stewart's game. What could it all mean? Pittsburgh's Supe Bowl hopes come up ...