Ponder this: Can Vikings QB be as hot on the field as off?

Vikings rookie QB Christian Ponder is bringing much-needed sizzle to Winter Park.

Belatedly, while watching KSTP-TV's "Sports Wrap with Joe Schmit," I got the memo: PONDER IS HOT!

Dressed casually in expensive-looking loafers, golf shorts and a dress shirt, while speaking in complete sentences to Schmit, there was something Joe Willie Namath-charming about Ponder, a Florida State grad who earned his undergraduate finance degree in 2 1/2 years and in 2010 received his MBA. The QB drips sex appeal, a little of which I thought was glistening from his chin dimple.

If Ponder can play football ... Lord Have Mercy!

"Yes, you are right," said Schmit. "Christian Ponder had quite a few hearts going pitter-patter around the old KSTP when he showed up. We've got video of him without his shirt on practicing. That made the women go 'oooh' and 'ahhh,' just like at fireworks."

Only thing I can figure is that Ponder must have had a growth spurt since draft day, when his total appeal eluded me.

Wanda Wisdom, the drag queen football correspondent on MyTalkFM 107.1's Jason and Alexis show, got a gander of Ponder and concluded that QB stood for "Quality Beef."

There seems to be conflicting information on the Web regarding the status of the Christian Ponder-Kacie McDonnell romance. She's described as a model, although I worry about the K-spelling of "Casey" and that lollipop prop on what appears to be her Twitter page.

If Ponder's only companion is that dog KSTP had footage of the QB leading around on a leash, then this advice, which I already Twittered, may not be pertinent: Don't forget to wear protection off the field, Christian, because silly women won't Ponder long before attempting to have your off$pring.

More eye candyWith Christian Ponder joining the list of eligible local sports bachelors, there should be at least one Minnesota player on every upcoming "hottest athletes" list published.

There's the Twins Joe Mauer if you like the willowy silent type, and KSTP anchor Rebekah Wood continues to do so: "Christian Ponder. Very good-looking. I have been hearing the buzz around the newsroom with all of the girls swooning. But nothing can take my eyes away from Joe Mauer," she says.

Woods agreed that the Timberwolves have a Timberpup in Ricky Rubio, who's cute but safe, living with his parents and all.

I'm a black woman who grew up in the Deep South -- Sawkar can't make me care about hockey. Still, I was curious about her nominee -- and someone with teeth, if you please. "I interview a lot of these Wild players. I'm old enough to be a mother to most of these players," she said.

I'm not saying we're touching, but there will be looking.

Sawkar's nominee: Cal Clutterbuck.

I Googled the right wing, who looks like a MAYBE, depending on his personality and speaking abilities and whether they include the nonexistent word HISSELF. "Hockey players don't talk that," Sawkar reassured me.

Kim takes chargeKim Kardashian knows how to make sure her man doesn't complicate marriage plans by accidentally falling onto a stripper at his bachelor party.

Kardashian has everything under control as they cruise into what is believed to be their Aug. 20 wedding date. It would be great if Humphries would supply as least one groomzilla meltdown, just to show mild resistance to what's about to come from saying "I do."

Cyrus panned again"I hate to say it because it's a charity event, but I love that Miley Cyrus is playing a hearing loss benefit. That's probably her audience," said a TMZ staffer, referencing a recent "Minneapolis" event. That's meaner than what I wrote in the last sentence of the 21st paragraph of a column posted on the Web July 20, while being critical of Cyrus' appeal.

More musical chairs?Could it be that a local meteorologist who was online to start chasing storms will wind up at another company just like the one he's reportedly departing?

Stay tuned.