As the Roger Clemens public relation assault continues full force, the folks over at Fox’s “Moment of Truth” had an offer he could probably refuse.

Why not come on the show and take a lie detector test before God and country? That has worked out so well for an assortment of saps forced to bare their secrets on the wince-inducing reality show.

The gang at TMZ broke this story, explaining how show creator Howard Schultz contacted the Rocket’s manager with this pitch:

“People have stood in awe at your incredible accomplishments in baseball. This show could let the world know that you are an incredibly courageous person, as well as to clear your name in front of a nationwide audience, all in the name of charity.”

Oddly, there the Clemens camp didn’t respond.

Meanwhile, Koby Clemens , an Astros farmhand, said his father has been receiving plenty of fan support.

“Me and my dad have been running around Memorial Park and everybody’s been great saying, ‘Good luck in Congress,’ and nothing but great e-mails,” Koby said. “There’s some people that are going to have their opinion, but that’s just how it is. There’s been a lot more good than bad.”

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

Questions to ponder while Keon Lawrence tries to ramp up this game:

• Who could have possibly guessed that a prominent University of Missouri athlete would end up in a club fracas?
• So how does Scott Linehan really feel about the Al Saunders courtship? And how does Isaac Bruce feel about it?
• Now that Teemu Selanne is back, will the Ducks have enough firepower to take down the Red Wings in the NHL’s Western Conference?
• Now that Todd Wellemeyer is under contract, can St. Louis finally relax and quit worrying about Cardinal pitching?

RIGHT ON, DUDE

David Harrison of the Indiana Pacers earned NBA sanctions, apparently for a positive marijuana test. He offered this response to the Indianapolis Star:

“I don’t understand how they have a right to look into our lives on any level besides performance-enhancing drugs. It’s not a rule made by government and it’s not a rule made by God; it’s made by an organization (the NBA). I guess they feel it will benefit that organization.”

QUIPS ‘R US

Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:

Norman Chad, syndicated columnist: “In Week 6, I said the Patriots would not go 16-0 and would not get to the Super Bowl. So sue me. It’s not as if I leaned out of a balcony at a Stowe, Vt., bed-and-breakfast in November 1776 and shouted, ‘America’s got no chance to make it!’”

Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “New Dolphins coach Tony Sparano has nearly completed his staff, bringing in everything from Dallas not nailed down. In the confusion, Sparano accidentally offered the job of special teams coach to Dirk Nowitzki. Talks continue.”

Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel: “My picks for the sports Oscars: Best picture — No Country for Old Men: After Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden refuse to retire, boosters from both schools get together and expatriate the aging coaches to the Cayman Islands. Best screenplay — There Will Be Blood: Raucous locker-room comedy about Major League Baseball players injecting each other in the rear end with steroid needles. Best foreign film — 12: Urban Meyer reveals the untold story of how many times a day he really calls recruits.”

Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle: “I don’t care why Tom Brady was wearing that boot when he delivered the flowers. What I want to know, if I’m a gambler, is why he was in the doghouse.”

Dan Daly, Washington Times: “Hey, I just thought of another reason — other than an ankle injury — for Brady’s boot. Maybe he’s going to ask Gisele Bundchen to marry him, and he wants to know what it feels like to drag around a ball and chain. Good thing Tom isn’t a publicity hound. If Chad Johnson were in this position, he’d be on MTV singing his new single, ‘This Boot Is Made for Walking.’”

Will Leitch, SportingNews.com: “Super Bowl parties are just the one-time-a-year excuse for sportswriters to brag about something that sounds a lot cooler in theory that it was in practice. Most of the year, having to drag your sleep-deprived carcass from Cleveland to Seattle to Jacksonville is as glamorous as your job gets. But for one week, you can tell the poor schlubs back at the office that you went to the Maxim party. Sure, the only attractive bikini-d women you saw were on the cover of the magazine you stole from somebody else’s gift bag … but hey, you went to the Maxim party! And you only had to wait in line for three hours!”

MEGAPHONE

“I’m happy for them. I really am. A lot of people assume, and this has been somewhat of a source of consternation for me, mainly because of the media-driven, for lack of a better word, B.S., that gets put in the New York media and then picked up around the country about me being overly critical of the New York Giants. I said what I said because it is my job to say what I said about the New York Giants but that doesn’t mean that I’m not a supporter of an organization that was part of my family for years.”

Giants basher Tiki Barber, feigning excitement for his former teammates.