U.S. vs. Jamaica

The USA: Huge nation with thousands of top athletes. There are more than 300 million of us overall.

Jamaica: Small nation with a few top athletes. It has less than 3 million people, about 1 percent of our population.

So guess which country went 0 for 6 in the high-profile sprint races at the Olympics -- the men’s and women’s 100s, 200s and 400 relays?

That would be, duh, us.

Which nation could sweep the Super Six?

That would be Jamaica.

Tsk. Tsk.

Both our men’s and women’s 400-meter relay teams even managed to drop the baton and fizzle out.

At least one of those athletes, Lauryn Williams, minced no words when she evaluated the performance of her team (and by extension, all U.S. sprinters).

“They brought their ‘A’ game,” she said of the Jamaicans. “I don’t know where we left ours. It’s packed somewhere in my suitcase. I forgot to dig it out. We’ve got to go find it, though.”