Will the Oscar committee ever get it right?

They handed out the Oscars on Sunday night and, once again, none of my favorites won.

What do you suppose the Academy didn’t see that I did? Tell me you wouldn’t have given two thumbs up to:

“Apocalypto” – Yes, that’s Washington State in the basketball Top 25 and Gonzaga clinging to an RPI that looks like a defensive tackle’s uniform number.

“Employee of the Month” – Dennis Erickson sets an all-time record even for him for shortest stay at a school when he dumps the University of Idaho and takes the football coaching job at Arizona State.

“The Departed” – Idaho athletic director Rob Spear discovers that he was so giddy to get Erickson in the first place that the buyout clause was to be settled in beads and trinkets.

“Basic Instinct 2” – Washington State coach Bill Doba tries to resist the temptation to open the Apple Cup with a fake punt.

“Letters from Iwo Jima” – Ichiro drops the big one on the Seattle Mariners: free agency.

“Friends With Money” – There’s a golden parachute for University of Oregon athletic director Bill Moos when one of his well-heeled boosters actually buys his job out from under him – and then moves into his office.

“Thank You For Smoking” – West Coast Conference basketball teams send their regards to a couple of Gonzaga players who run afoul of Cheney’s finest.

“Bobby” – The owner of the Spokane Chiefs wins his $100,000 money-back guarantee when the team makes the playoffs, and celebrates by raising ticket prices.

“The Illusionist” – Rodney Stuckey keeps saying he’s coming back for another year of basketball at Eastern Washington.

“The Night Listener” – Arbitron measures the audience for Sonics radio broadcasts in Spokane and comes up with a startling discovery.

“Snakes on a Plane” – Hop aboard a charter flight of sports owners and agents to Acapulco.

“Off the Black” – Another night of watching Joel Pineiro torture the concept of the strike zone.

“Nacho Libre” – Now Adam Morrison has heard it all from the peanut gallery about his mustache.

“Eight Below” – The .500 mark, that is. And it’s only June 1 for the Seattle Mariners.

“Babel” – Some advice to college basketball color men: less is more. And this means you, Stephen Bardo.

“Rocky Balboa” – Oops, not eligible for an Academy Award after being busted in Australia for possession of human growth hormone.

“The Devil Wears Prada” – Johnny Weir fires his costumer and choreographer and remakes his long program after his Jesus-on-skates thing bombs in Spokane.

“Little Miss Sunshine” – “I’m not any more on the hot seat than anyone in baseball,” said Seattle Mariners manager Mike Hargrove. “Honest to goodness, I really don’t want to hear another thing about it. You’re pissing up a rope.”

“Man of the Year” – The Cougars’ storybook basketball turnaround has coach Tony Bennett destined for the cover of Time magazine – until he declines to wear a necktie.

“Fast Food Nation” – Jimmy’s soccer practice is at 4, Jennifer’s volleyball game is at 5, Randy’s karate demonstration is at 6 and dad has a rec-league game at 7. And the family’s supposed to have a sit-down dinner when, smart guy?

“United 93” – Idaho 54. Another night of basketball at the Cowan Spectrum.

“Dreamgirls” – The PGA passes a rule stating that female teenage phenoms who want to play in its events actually have to beat some women first.

“For Your Consideration” – The Sonics want a spiffy new arena in Renton and NASCAR wants a state-of-the-art track in Bremerton, and guess who they want to pay for it?

“The DaVinci Code” – Somebody finally cracks Tyrone Willingham’s press conference obfuscation and discovers the University of Washington football coach occasionally has something interesting to say.

“Children of Men” – Browbeaten Little Leaguers, peewee hockey players and AAU hoopsters rebel and boycott their games until their overbearing dads agree to get a life.

“Stranger Than Fiction” – Randy Johnson shoves a cameraman his first day as a Yankee and then, after being traded back to Arizona two years later, complains that the New York media “never took the time” to get to know him.

“The Prestige” – The feel-good success of the new 1B and 2B state basketball tournaments convince school administrators to split the field further into 3B, 4B and 5B so every school with an enrollment under 150 gets a trophy.

“Blood Diamond” – Commissioner Bud Selig surprises the baseball world by announcing his retirement and his successor – daughter Wendy, who previously took over his ownership of the Milwaukee Brewers and ran the club into the ground.

“You, Me and Dupree” – It’s the toughest job of the year: trying to come up with a clever new name for your Hoopfest team.

“An Inconvenient Truth” – Lorenzo Romar doesn’t want Gonzaga on the University of Washington basketball schedule because he’s tired of getting his butt kicked. And he wouldn’t mind ditching the Cougars, either.