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Luck is not enough.

January 3, 2012

Stanford’s field goal kicker picked a bad time to turn into an honorary Seminole.

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As T.C. said, however, at least he didn’t miss wide right.

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Just imagining a tie NFL game with Brees, Brady or Rodgers and 52 seconds to go with three time outs on the opponents 25 yard line…. Can’t imagine a coach playing for the field goal.

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To be fair, Williamson had been good earlier in the year. If he had had a game like this in the regular season they might not have been in a BCS bowl. (See Boise State.)

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Andrew Luck almost did it all tonight. Too bad he couldn’t kick.

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Think it’s time to declare a moratorium on Tiger Woods’ appearance as a Stanford honorary co-captain. The time before tonight’s loss was November 2009, when the heavily-favored Cardinal was upset by Cal in the Big Game. And then there was that little Thanksgiving incident in the same month.

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Weird grumpy Fiesta Bowl trivial fact – Oklahoma State never led in regulation.

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We’re coming to the end of Capitol One Bowl Week, which started about December 17. And they wonder why football players are bad at math.

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All this hype about Iowa. And the total number of people who will vote in the caucuses will be fewer than a capacity crowd at Cowboys Stadium.

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Rick Santorum thinks he is the most electable conservative. Considering he lost his last Senate bid by 18 % (largest margin ever for a GOP senator from Pennsylvania), it sounds like his math is as good as Rick Perry’s.

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Online Bloomingdale’s ad for the “Last Day of Our After Christmas Sale.” Fully expect tomorrow to see the ad somewhere “Only 358 shopping days until next Christmas.”

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A confident Mitt Romney on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses – “We’re going to win this thing with all of our passion and strength.” This might be the first time “Romney” and “passion” have appeared in the same sentence.

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Bowled over?

December 5, 2011

In a college football season, only one team stays undefeated all year, after beating their rival by 3 points. And that rival ends up with only the one loss. And so since it’s that close, why not a rematch in the national championship? Well, except when it was Ohio State beating Michigan 42-39 in 2006 And the Florida Gators got into the championship game. (Apparently Michigan didn’t qualify under the SEC codicil.)

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Here’s a crazy easy idea for the National Championship. Can’t be any worse. Play the big bowls Jan 1 like they used to – either the four BCS bowls or those bowls plus say, the Cotton Bowl. Vote afterwards and have the top two vote-getters play a week later.

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One reason Jim Harbaugh probably figures he made the right choice to jump to the 49ers last year: In the NFL you can lose a game and still have a chance to play for the championship.

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It seems like yesterday that many pundits figured Tim Tebow was John Elway’s taking a shot in the “SuckforLuck” bowl. Of course, I figured Alex Smith was going to serve the same function for Jim Harbaugh.

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With LSU-Alabama in the National Championship, schools in the SEC conference will divvy up $34 million. Wonder how many thousands will go for academics?

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LSU coach Les Miles was quoted on ESPN saying he is very happy to be playing Alabama. Well, yeah, a team with a mediocre offense they know they can beat. With a lot less prep work than it would take for Oklahoma State.

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The first of many Fiesta Bowl trivia items: Brandon Weeden, the OSU QB, is 28 years old. (Really.) That’s older than Alex Smith, Tim Tebow and Aaron Rodgers -Rodgers turned 28 on Friday.

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Manny Ramirez has had his second PED suspension reduced from 100 games to 50 games. Plus Manny has both hired agents AND filed for reinstatement from MLB’s retired list. Even Brett Favre is saying “Dude, give it up already.”

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There are rumors that Herman Cain may now endorse Newt Gingrich. Well, Newt may not have shown he can lead the country, but he has shown Herman a path on how to rebound from “woman issues.”

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Cain says he’s not quitting, he’s just changing to Plan B – “changing Washington from the outside.” Hmmm, wonder if Sarah Palin helped him out by writing that message on his palm with a sharpie.

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And regarding plan B, might not have been necessary if Cain had had a plan Z (as in keep your zipper zipped.)

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