Teams should enjoy run while it lasts
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When Florida beat Kentucky in the last game of the regular season last week, Gators coach Billy Donovan and his team celebrated their Southeastern Conference championship by cutting down the nets.
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Things are getting tighter, contenders are dropping like flies and conference races are coming down to the wire. Ahhhh, it&#39;s a good time to be a college football fan.
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In this era of wild-card entries and best-of-five-game playoff series, a talented team can stroll through the regular season, fire its manager, pick up its pace and find
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The good teams in college football find a way to win, even under the most dire conditions. The not-so-good teams, the wannabes, do not.
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THERE can&#39;t be many times when the only unbeaten team in the division goes into a match with the leaders with 15 points to make up.
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Soccer is a sport with a field 80 yards wide by 120 yards long, and 22 players running for 90 minutes. Often times the only players that stand out are the ones that put up &#39;big&#39; numbers, scoring goals and setting up others.
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By Douglas A. Kaid, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 31--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Sometimes the other team is simply better. It's a tough thing to admit for competitors who spend all season trying to convince themselves they can't be beaten if they play their best.
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Better come focused, not drift. Remember the last visit here and recognize exactly what could be at stake. It&#39;s the new USC theme -- win or else.
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A month should be enough time to figure out the character of a football team, to pick up the direction of a season that is now almost half-over.
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In such a tight race, the game is about turning out your supporters. TIME goes inside the ground war
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It doesn&#39;t take a football genius to know that the New England Patriots are an amazing team. The organization&#39;s ability to plug in players and keep winning over the last three years is a model
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&quot;Football is a funny game. There are injuries, suspensions and so on and you&#39;ve just got to take your chance when you get it,&quot; was Michael Owen&#39;s response last week when asked how he felt
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The Patriots can be healthy or hurting. The field can be drenched or dry. The opponent might have a stingy defense or a high-scoring offense.
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Some baseball teams are built for the long grind of the season, some for a short playoff series.
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Funny thing about pro sports. One team&#39;s mess is another team&#39;s messiah. In Toronto last week, the Vince Carter era came to a close, and not a minute too soon.
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You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.
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Tom Coughlin and his staff drilled it into the players last week not to give up if the ball was not caught. The way the play develops, it could be a lateral and a live ball.