Gridiron reality incomplete
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Take the town of Odessa, Texas. Its centerpiece is a gorgeous football stadium that towers high above the rundown homes of the townsfolk, who believe hope lies only in the success of their Permian High Panthers.
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It's been a week since the Super Bowl. Have you recovered yet? Was this the worst loss ever? Was it the top of the bottom?
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Pressure is only an illusion. To feel it you have to believe it, accept it. Pressure doesn't exist if you're a New England Patriot. It's simply not allowed. How else do you explain a team that accomplished more in a year than most NFL teams hope to accomplish in a half-century? You say win streak, they say "What streak?" You ...
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No lead is big enough. No distance for an opponent is too far. No scenario is too far-fetched. Nothing is safe. Somehow, some way over the past two seasons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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In the NFL, it used to be the object of the game was to get into the end zone. Now, the object of the game is to get into the end zone and act like a fool.
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If getting to the Super Bowl is half the fun, getting back is nearly impossible. No team over the last five seasons has gone to the NFL championship game in consecutive seasons, and
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The Giants are either still in the thick of the N.F.C. wild-card race or falling out of it. Having Eli Manning learning on the fly makes the puzzle much more puzzling.
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The Bowl Championship Series wouldn&#39;t win the popular vote, the coaches&#39; vote, the media vote, the players&#39; vote or almost any other vote that you could think of.
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Impossible. Inconceivable. A Southeastern Conference team is in position to go 12-0 and get locked out of the national championship game.
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As Saturday nightâs game against the Patriots showed, the Giantsâ inability to finish big games is a big issue as the playoffs arrive.
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It is an accepted axiom in the NFL: Every team has problems. Coaches and team executives commiserate about them like old folks complaining about aches and pains.
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What it doesn&#39;t have is a front office for said team, a permanent stadium, an actual owner, or a radio-television contract to broadcast games.
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After a quick inspection of the ACC Atlantic Division Standings, the only thing clear with the ACC bowl picture is that not much is clear at all.
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Fifteen seasons may not be not enough for Emmitt Smith.
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FOXBORO, Mass. -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we thankfully rediscover other storylines in the NFL beyond Camera-gate in New England ...
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The current Bowl Championship Series is a plague on college sports in general -- on college football specifically -- and shows a shortage of sense and a lack of imagination.
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An unspectacular afternoon of football provided the finishing touches on one of pro football&#39;s more remarkable achievements. And in a strange way, yesterday&#39;s rather mundane 24-10