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No respect for Pac 10. Oregon should be number 1

Once again the Pac10’s reputation precedes it.  People are still reluctant to take Oregon seriously as a National Title caliber team

SCOTT JACOBS
Duck, duck, duck, bull.

The Oregon Ducks thrashed UCLA at home 60-13  on Thursday night and somehow didn’t end up number 1 in the latest BCS standings.  Who is number 1?  Well, you guessed it!  [...]

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Dolphins jobbed by non-sense rule

Sometimes rules should be replaced by common sense
SCOTT JACOBS
“I am in misery.  There ain’t nobody that can comfort me” – Maroon Five’s Misery

That has got to be how the 3-3 Miami Dolphins are feeling right now, after a perplexing call on an even more bizarre rule, cost them a likely big-time, season changing first home [...]

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“Shamefully Annihilated”: What does the Broncos blogosphere have to say about Denver losing 59-14 to the Raiders?

The Denver Broncos just lost 59-14 to the Oakland Raiders, allowing the most points they have ever allowed, while Oakland scored their most points ever.
Reaction, from around the web, starting with The Denver Post’s supposed-to-be straight news story:
The Broncos were shamefully annihilated by the Oakland Raiders, 59-14, before a disgusted sellout-turned-very small crowd at Invesco [...]

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BetUs Presents: Inside the Lines Week Seven

This week we’re switching from Inside the Lines to BetCenter.  Rasheed and The Glove get the week off.  Damon D take us away

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Week Seven Picks (Against the Spread)

Can i go three winning weeks in a row???
JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
Last Week:  7-6-1  Best Bets:  2-1  Monday Night:  1-0
Overall:  40-46-4  Best Bets:  9-9-1  Monday Night:  5-2
Pittsburgh –3 @ Miami
Miami hasn’t had much luck at home and Pittsburgh is probably the best team in the league right now.  Three points is small [...]

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Double Coverage: Week 7, the picks

After a rough week, our resident pickatologist looks to return to his winning ways in week 7
MIKE KAYE
Last Week: 6-7 / [...]

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Hockey players: Now fighting with fans

Ron Artest on ice.
MITCH BLATT
A week ago, I wrote about the immature thuggish sport of hockey that encourages assault. There were so many “thugs” in the NBA the year or two following Ron Artest’s fight. Oh, the bad media coverage you get if anyone in a real sport gets in a fight.
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Double Coverage: Week Six

The NFL’s annual snoozer of a trade deadline, Jacksonville’s sorry fanbase (and possibly their inevitable departure) and another opinion about the NFL’s new hitting policy.  This is Double Coverage, week seis.
MIKE KAYE
Last week’s columns, part 1 and part 2 can be found here and here.
1. What is with the NFL trade deadline? The NBA’s is exciting, [...]

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