desmoinesregister.com - 11/19/2008
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Who would you chose as Iowa State's most valuable player for this season? A nomination: punter Mike Brandtner. This isn't written as sarcasm, but is a serious vote of support for the Cyclones' most reliable performer during a 2-9 run that will culminate with Saturday's game at Kansas State. I ...
thesportscorner.ca - 11/26/2008
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Texas Tech went undefeated longer than any other
Big 12 team. That may be the team’s best
selling point. This is the hardest case to make, but it’s legitimate. It took until November 22 for somebody to knock off the Red Raiders. Remember that Oklahoma is playing lights out ...
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Big 12 Football three-way: The case for Texas Tech
sports.espn.go.com - 11/21/2008
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I have to love Mike Leach. I admire
him despite all his quirks and eccentricities. Maybe because
of them. All that stuff is fun -- from the obsession with pirates (not the kind that recently captured an oil tanker) to the long-distance relationship ...
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Chris Fowler: Don't count out Mike Leach, Texas Tech at ...
myespn.go.com - 11/20/2008
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Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Having two prolific
weapons like Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree tends to
overshadow almost every other element of Texas Tech's offensive arsenal. With good reason, considering the Red Raiders' potent passing game ...
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Improved running game boosts Tech's hopes - Big 12
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For a while now, I’ve been trying to find an excuse to do a completely self-indulgent blog post about a close family friend. “How,” I thought to myself, “can I work this in on MPS blog, without it looking completely unprofessional?” As if I value professionalism. Ha. Right.
Well guess what? The Des Moines Register, the most disproportionately powerful political newspaper in all the land, has officially given me my excuse:
Who would you chose as Iowa State’s most valuable player for this ...
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... It’s him or the equipment guy. Mike Brandtner, the punter for Iowa State, might really be their MVP. The layers to the deep irony and simultaneous accuracy of this suggestion…just let us savor them for a moment. It’s a like a tiramisu of football misery, soaked with the liqueur of sincerity. (HT: ...
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