By GameSpot Staff

Welcome to another fast-paced installment of Three & Out, where sports video game opinions are like the buffet line at Star Jones' wedding: nothing is off-limits, there's sure to be lots of growling, and someone will most likely leave injured. This time out, the regular cast of GameSpot editors--Brian, Rich, Justin, Bob, and Alex--takes on holiday wishes, the glut of baseball titles this year, and the tolling death bell for PC sports gaming. A new feature, the Option Play, makes an appearance here in the second episode of Three & Out, and finally, in an effort to cleanse our souls and completely deflate our egos, we list our most humiliating real-life sports moments. Needless to say, these stories are a must-read.

First Down: Make a Wish

Brian: Santa Claus or some other inclusive, nondenominational mid-winter deity appears at your doorstep one late-December evening and grants you one sports gaming wish. What would it be?

Bob: Two words--Tecmo Bowl. Give it to me on the GBA or the PSP, and don't change a thing about the gameplay. Four plays is all you need, damn it! I'd love for it to have all NFL teams and rosters, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen.

Rich: I've heard this idea in our forums a couple of times, and I think it would be a great idea if done right: Bring back Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey! C'mon EA, those babies would run on the GBA, wouldn't they? I bet there's somebody down at Redwood Shores who could throw those games onto a cartridge in a day. Three days, tops.

Santa, we've been good. Bring back the Mutant League!

Justin: A new version of Sensible World of Soccer that closely resembles the Amiga version, but which also incorporates online play--preferably via Xbox Live. That, and I'd like KCET to include Bolton Wanderers in its next Winning Eleven title.

Alex: For the love of God, let the AKI Corporation develop another mainstream wrestling game. I love the Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E. and Def Jam games and all, but they haven't had the opportunity to develop a simulation wrestling game since WWF No Mercy for the N64, and that's a damned travesty. No Mercy and Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 are two of the best wrestling games ever made, and I would absolutely love to see what they could pull off with this generation's hardware.

Second Down: Option Play

	Brian Ekberg	Bob Colayco	Rich Gallup	Justin Calvert	Alex Navarro
Better sports control innovation: maximum passing or isomotion?	Maximum Passing	Maximum Passing	Isomotion	Say what? I choose FIFA's first-touch control.	Maximum Passing. I'm not sold on isomotion yet, and never have been.
Better create-a-player: WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw or Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005?	Tiger	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woo	I like masks, 'nuff said.	As much as it pains me to say it, Tiger Woods. SmackDown!'s CAW mode has just gotten stale over the years.
Sports game begging to be made (five words or less):	Gary Bettman's Negotiate-o-tron	Playground Pigskin for the DS--draw up your own plays!	Inches presents: Slamball!	Sensible World of Soccer Online	Ron Artest's Combat Basketball
Hunting games or fishing games?	I gotta think some of those deer had it coming. Hunting.	Would rather clean my bathroom.	Fishing games	Neither, unless it's in World of Warcraft.	Can I pick ritual suicide instead? Seppuku really sounds like a better option.
BCS: Best system we've got or one letter removed from BS?	I'm an Auburn fan, what do you think?		Play it on the field, like almost D-1AA National Champs UNH!	British Cardiac Society? Good thing.	What the hell does a computer know about football? Huh?