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Bandwagon

9/29/2006 2:16 PM

The movement to have ESPN television clowns recognized for what they are has gained momentum with fine writer Jason Whitlock calling the nation's attention to the 'buffoonery' ... 

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Breaking News: Picker Confused

9/27/2006 2:27 PM

TULSA -- The world-famous football Picker was rushed to a free clinic recently after confusing Hostess Twinkies with pain pills. He went 5-8-2 against the point spread ... 

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The Weekend in Review

9/25/2006 12:23 PM

FOOTBALL: Tulsa World columnist John Klein was 120 percent correct -- Oklahoma State's loss to Houston was just plain dumb. Houston has no defense. None. ... 

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No More Mulligans

9/22/2006 1:32 PM

Here we go again -- another group of over-paid and over-praised American athletes is freezing up on a world stage. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse than ... 

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Pass the fish bones to wrap in sports journalism

9/20/2006 2:09 PM

Sports journalism continues to plunge to new lows. ESPN is a parade of nerds. In this week's barely pertinent Sports Illustrated, the story on the OU-Oregon game is ... 

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A Moment of Shock

9/18/2006 1:26 PM

Not a very good week for ex-OU coaches, was it. Chuck 'Third and' Long is shut out at home. Leach scores three in a loss at TCU and was lucky to get it. Mangino loses ... 

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Mad Zebra Disease

9/17/2006 8:39 AM

Sure, Lee Corso can be a buffoon. But at least he has the common decency to cover his head and face with circus clown-like props when discussing college football. ... 

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Pure Genius

9/14/2006 1:48 PM

How can a person watch most of the football games ever played and still think teams are holding back extra-special plays to be run on national television, third down ... 

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Ho Hum

9/11/2006 11:18 AM

We like Oregon over OU as much as we liked BYU over TU. Thank you and good afternoon. 

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Big Game Hunting

9/7/2006 11:39 AM

Concerning the TU-BYU game, everybody around here loves TU but us, we being the Picker and his faithful companion, a Starbucks latte. BYU opened on the road against ... 

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Get The Hook

9/5/2006 1:55 PM

The worst college coach in view is not the Colorado character who bonds and emotes like some promising poet. Colorado being bad is no surprise. The worst coaching job ... 

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Mayday

9/4/2006 11:27 AM

Ho, ho, ho, here's a good one: The so-called experts say OU suffered from 'bad tackling' against light-weight UAB. Bad tackling has been around forever. It's not like ... 

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