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Clips with Coach: AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE

Unbeaten. But for how long?

Editor’s Note: We’re a week late on Clips with Coach because Denny’s last “clip” was simply too inappropriate. And he knows it. So if you hear around town that he’s been “censored,” tell him he needs to stop or I’m going to book him under the Alien and Sedition Act and not read him his Miranda rights.

Five. That’s the number of unbeaten teams in college basketball after the first full week of conference play. Villanova was no surprise over Cincinnati; the Bearcats are just not that good. Same can be said for Central Florida, who lost to an 8-6 Houston squad. Kansas needed overtime to beat a mediocre Michigan team, Ohio State survived a scare against Minnesota (as the Gophers missed a game-tying shot at the buzzer), Syracuse only beat Seton Hall by 5, and San Diego State beat a below-.500 Utah team. The 5th unbeaten??? Yes. Duke. They were challenged by Maryland, the last team to beat them (let me see, that was…10 months and 25 games ago).

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Go Army, Beat SMU!

The last time the Army football team was in a bowl game, I was stuck in Newark airport trying to get a flight to Shreveport, Louisiana. It was the Poulan Weed-Eater Independence Bowl, and Army lost to Auburn by a field goal. I’m fairly certain if the weather hadn’t been so terrible, and I had gotten to the game, we would have won. So I had big plans for this year’s bowl game. But Jeanie said we couldn’t go. And I have to listen to her, because she’s got the deep pockets of the family.

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The Greatest Christmas Present Ever

During the winter of my sophomore year of college I came home from basketball practice crying, only to find this little fella sitting on my laptop keyboard. And I’ve loved him ever since. He’s topped several Christmas trees and brought joy to children and adults alike, and I thought I’d share him with you on this very special Christmas. Thanks to Becca Madson for her glittering skills all those years ago.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

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