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Florida, FSU sink in the world of college football

October 18, 2017 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 3 a.m. The big guys have turned into little guys. The little guys have become big. Footballs now come with training wheels attached. The world is upside down. Welcome to Florida, the land that big-time football forgot. Quarterbacks are equipped with scatterguns. There are too many bulbs for the scoreboards. Coaching seats are warming […]

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Lightning falls in overtime to New Jersey

October 18, 2017 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. Now that the winning streak is over, the Tampa Bay Lightning can continue its search. Somewhere out there, a complete game is waiting. After suffering its second loss of the year, a 5-4 decision to New Jersey in a shootout, the Lightning can concentrate on the number of goals it has surrendered, […]

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Looking back on the Bucs loss to Arizona

October 17, 2017 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. 5 Observations 1. Adrian Peterson was terrific. So was Larry Fitzgerald. Carson Palmer, too. But I thought the best player on the field Sunday was Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson, who shut out Mike Evans before leaving with a quad injury. Still, the Arizona media was all over the pass coverage of the […]

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Once again, Kucherov leads Lightning victory

October 17, 2017 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. Have you heard this one before? Nikita Kucherov stars. The Lightning win. A hot opening to the season continues. Andrei Vasilevskiy wins another one. For the Tampa Bay Lightning these days, victoriess come as if they are being spit out by a photo copier. Same stars, same smiles, same results. It happened […]

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Don’t let the score fool you; Cardinals clobber Bucs

October 15, 2017 general

Monday, 3 a.m. The run defense was bad. You know, 1986 bad. The pass defense was awful. You know, 1986 awful. The tackling was terrible. You know, 2011 terrible. After a whipping like this one, you can reference every bad season, every bad coach, and every bad player the Tampa Bay Bucs have ever had, […]

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Random thoughts: Beware the stealth tweet

October 15, 2017 general

Sunday, 5 a.m. I thought it was amusing that Roger Goodell’s wife Jane had a secret twitter account to defend him. What are the odds she has a second secret twitter account she uses when he doesn’t clean up the bathroom? – I never thought Chris Foerster was much of a line coach. I just […]

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Bulls ‘only’ win by 30 points against Cincinnati

October 15, 2017 general

Sunday, 5 a.m. Before you shake your head at the underachievement, before you roll your eyes at a sputtering offense, before you throw your hands in the air over the points that were not scored, consider this: The USF Bulls have now won 11 straight games, the most in America. The Bulls have now scored […]

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Florida’s offense continues to struggle in defeat

October 15, 2017 general

Sunday 4:30 a.m. Three years into the Jim McElwain era, and the Florida Gators remain stuck in the mud. They are going nowhere, and they are doing very little. They are not growing, not improving and not dangerous. The Gators lost again Saturday, 19-17 to Texas A&M, continuing an offensive funk that has continued since […]

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Kucherov scores again to lead Lightning’s streak

October 15, 2017 general

Sunday, 2:30 a.m. At this rate, Nikita Kucherov will score only 82 goals this season. Just that. Kucherov, a 40-goal scorer a year ago, is on pace to more than double that so far this season. Kucherov scored a goal for the fifth straight game Saturday night as the Lightning beat the St. Louis Blues, […]

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UM pulls out another miracle to take over division

October 15, 2017 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. The Miami Hurricanes evidently like pulling out games at the end. After all, they did it again Saturday. The ‘Canes have now won two straight games with a combined 10 seconds to play, and as a result have taken over the ACC Coastal Division. Miami trailed FSU by three and Georgia Tech […]

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