FINGER LAKES MOTOCROSS

While watching Monday night's thrashing of the West Virginia Mountaineers by Syracuse at the Carrier Dome in New York on ESPN, we spotted something that could be huge for Monster Energy Supercross. As the teams were crossing mid-court, the long, digital flip-sign under the scorers' and announcers' table called the Carrier Dome "the new home of Monster Jam," set to take place on March 12.

For years, the Carrier Dome— home to the Syracuse Orangemen football and basketball teams— has not allowed dirt events in the building. But those restrictions have been loosening up in recent years, likely due to the economy and the mediocre performance of the university's football team over the last decade. Monster Jam is a dirt event, and it is organized by Feld Motor Sports— the same producers of the Monster Energy Supercross tour. It has long been the goal of the series to make a dent in the Northeast, which has been difficult for a variety of reasons: lack of closed-roof venues, the higher costs of labor, scheduling conflicts, etc. Now it looks like they might finally get a foothold here, only it will be in the shape of a giant tread in the dirt! Atlanta to Daytona to Syracuse sounds very doable for 2012....