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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Titans in Trouble: Injuries, Creeping Competition Spell Impending Doom

Posted on 12:03 AM by ergeg
Remember the glory days of 2008, when the Tennessee Titans were 10-0 and looked to be a surging AFC power? They had a killer defense and two strong young running backs, and it seemed like they were only going to get better as the playoffs loomed. Well, those days are gone.In their past four games, the Titans are 2-2. Their victories were over the Lions and Browns, two teams that might have
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Big 12 Teams Play No Defense, Sooners' Dominance Based on Skewed Statistics

Posted on 7:01 AM by ergeg
Oklahoma is hanging its claim on a shot at the national championship based in large part on the fact that they have scored more than 60 points in each of their past four games. It’s evidence, says coach Bob Stoops, of momentum and superiority. We won’t dispute that the Sooners are swamping their opponents, but do points mean dominance when you play in a conference where nobody plays any defense??
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Monday, December 1, 2008

Musburger's Misquote of Famous Rickey Aphorism Leads Weekend Media Hits

Posted on 5:37 PM by ergeg
Brent Musburger bit the big one over the weekend. While broadcasting the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State football game on Saturday night for ABC, dumb ol’ Brent misquoted the great baseball executive Branch Rickey. Trying his darndest to be “eloquent,” and make a relevant quip germane to the game action, Brent burst forth excitedly with this gem, “As Branch Rickey once said, ‘Luck is the residue of...
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