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Sports take: A love letter to the BCS

I am absolutely thrilled with your decisions this year. Although the vast majority of America wants to see a playoff system and there are probably ways to have that make more money anyways, you guys have really stuck to your corrupt principles and kept the BCS Championship series.

NFL Picks, Week 7

The Lariat’s sports desk reveal their picks for the league’s games this week.

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Sports Take: Rangers repeat is a surprise

The 2011 Texas Rangers are in the World Series. Again. Just think about that.

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Sports Take: BU lacks execution on defensive side

After the Bears’ 55-28 loss at Texas A&M, the numbers are in, and some of them aren’t pretty.

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Sports Take: Rangers extend history of success

In the words of Texas Ranger manager Ron Washington, “That’s the way baseball go.”

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Sports Take: Red Sox will miss Francona

It is absolutely amazing what difference a month can make. One day you can be on cloud nine without a worry in the world. A month later, everything has fallen apart and your world in shambles.

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Sports Take: Hockey warrants watching next to football, baseball

Postseason baseball is here, as well as college football and cooler weather. What most people may not care about, but I am here to advocate, is the arrival of the 2011-2012 hockey season.

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Sports Take: Sports numbers are everything for Reyes

I’ve been a baseball fan for quite some time now. I’ve heard of every statistic one can imagine, and I agree that just as Billy Beane found out, numbers aren’t everything in baseball. But at least one MLB player this season, in perhaps the weakest decision I’ve seen in a long time, thought one statistic was so important that even dignity was worth losing for it.

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Sports Take: Despite being incredibly unlikable, Yankees are consistent

I hate the New York Yankees. I want that to be made perfectly clear. Anytime the Yankees lose, I am happy.

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Sports take: Parents reason for sports love

My love relationship with sports began when I was little, dressed in a Michael Jordan jersey seated on my dad’s lap. It has grown over the years as my dad has introduced me to different ones. I remember watching the Cowboys in the late 90’s, sharing the frustrations of my dad with the lack of athletic ability on the field. I remember fighting off sleep as I watched the Dallas Stars win the Stanley Cup in 1999. I remember my first Texas Rangers’ game and the excitement the atmosphere brought.

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