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A major futures wager was placed by the Green Bay Packers 2½ years ago, and the result finally was posted Sunday. Aaron Rodgers, as most of us strongly suspected all along, was the right choice.
The more I watch Chace Stanback play basketball, the more I wonder what Ben Howland was thinking.
Recent developments in the Mountain West Conference recall the board game Monopoly, with commissioner Craig Thompson cast in the role of Rich Uncle Pennybags, minus the top hat and bushy mustache.
If a tough guy gets his teeth knocked out, he stops smiling and starts brawling. Six days ago, ironman receiver Hines Ward and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ proud defense got punched in the mouth.
Almost every pass was delivered on the money, he executed a smart game plan to perfection and he played with a raging emotional fire. It was a classic performance by the NFL’s top quarterback, Tom Brady.
Disappointing. You would think UNLV football coaches might have stayed up on this whole fake-an-injury-when-your-guys-are-dead-tired strategy that seems to have grabbed onto college defenses across the country, or at least the ones playing Oregon.
Playtime is over for now. UNLV has won its first two basketball games to open what should be a highly successful season, and yet we have learned just a couple of things about the Rebels, neither of which will mean anything when Wisconsin visits Saturday.
It’s an image that will burn in the memory of underdog bettors, that of New York Jets receiver Santonio Holmes breaking loose and sprinting to the house as the clock ticked away in overtime. A cruel way to lose.
A moment of pause here for good thoughts sent to Robert Herron, the Wyoming football player taken from Sam Boyd Stadium in an ambulance Saturday night with 1:49 remaining in what would be a loss to UNLV.
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