11/30/2006 4:56 PM
This week's games seem more difficult than usual to handicap; and usually, they're next to impossible. Readers of this space know that when it comes to picking, going ...
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11/29/2006 3:10 PM
Handicapping a sporting event, which is to say, picking a winner, requires an eye for the unusual. Like the blackjack or poker player, you're looking for an edge, something ...
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11/28/2006 1:37 PM
1. Big Stinker. The possibility exists that this season the Big 12 is the worst major conference in the history of football. What was the Big 12's signature non-conference ...
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11/27/2006 1:11 PM
Here are the top five stories from last weekend. 5. Quit crying over turnovers. New England had five or ten turnovers and still beat the Bears. Here's a unique thought: ...
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11/24/2006 12:18 PM
Our top five pro teams at the moment are: 1. Indy. 2. Dallas. 3. New England. 4. San Diego. 5. Bears. People are now complaining because Parcells let Romo sit on ...
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11/22/2006 10:38 AM
Might somebody explain this: Why would any basketball coach in his or her right skull pull players off the free throw line? If you don't want your players to foul, you ...
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11/21/2006 2:34 PM
Has the Oklahoma State Money Department gone stark-raving berserk? For possibly the first time in Bedlam history, scalping prices for a college football ticket could ...
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11/20/2006 12:45 PM
Here's a weekend re-cap for you. The Ohio State-Michigan game was apt demonstration of the way real men play football. There was none of that High School Horace running ...
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11/17/2006 12:51 PM
We'll take Cal over USC this weekend. Arkansas deserves better than it's getting and needs for the one-loss teams to fall away like old leaves. After watching West ...
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11/16/2006 2:40 PM
A reader writes, Dear Picker: Do you ever get tired of being so right? This was in reference to the following contrasts in basketball coaching analysis. Scroll back: ...
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11/15/2006 2:04 PM
Wednesday afternoon. It appears that we have hit our first hoop blockbuster pick, as soon to be ex-Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson ran up a not so grand total of 55 points ...
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11/14/2006 1:06 PM
Last night, which was Monday evening, we saw two extremely frightening sights on the television screen. First, Barbara Walters came on Conan's show wearing a revealing ...
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