Tag: Lang’s World
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Lang’s World: Giving Thanks for College Football
My family didn’t have many traditions for the Thanksgiving holiday, other than snoring loudly post-meal in various reclining chairs. But the one moment we always managed to make time for as we sat down around the table, just before we dug in, was when we would go around the table and each say something for…
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Lang’s World: Who’s In, Who’s Out of the College Football Playoff?
We are a dozen weeks into the college football season, and by now we have a pretty good idea of which teams have legit claims to the throne. So who deserves to be in the final four? As I see it, there are 10 teams with a legitimate claim to be invited to the small…
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Lang’s World: Conley ‘getting my feet back under me, being mentally right where I need to be’
Just a few games into the 2017-18 season, Mike Conley’s season was done. Season-ending surgery was required. So what do you do when the thing you love to do, that thing you were born to do, is taken away from you? So Conley sat and thought. A lot.
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Lang’s World: The Joy of Hate-Watching
Watching college football is very rarely a purely partisan experience. No matter which squad is your favorite team, they will only play about a dozen games, maybe a couple more if you’re lucky (or maybe if they’re lucky).
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Lang’s World: A College Football Halloween
It’s that time of year again, when we all dress up in costumes and stumble around begging strangers for free candy. The older we get, the more of a burden wearing a good Halloween costume becomes. Half-stepping is no longer allowed; you have to go all-in, which I plan to do this year.
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Lang’s World: Amid college football chaos, Crimson Tide consistently rises above fray
Last weekend was a wild one in college football. Six of the top sixteen teams caught an L, which included four of the top eight teams. This traditionally means a big shakeup among the top 25, and this week’s rankings are no different, with several teams rocketing up the standings, while the losers settle into…
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Lang’s World: MUSCLEWATCH 2018
It’s a tradition unlike any other: MUSCLEWATCH. It began almost two decades ago, when my friend Matt and noticed each season that some player would report to NBA training camp having added “15 pounds of muscle.” For whatever reason, it was never 12 pounds, never 17 pounds, but always 15 pounds of muscle. Which always…
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Lang’s World: Sending my (un)official application for Oklahoma’s defensive coordinator vacancy
I would like to throw my hat in the ring to be the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma. If you missed it, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley dismissed Sooners defensive coordinator Mark Stoops over the weekend, not long after the Sooners gave up 48 points to the Texas Longhorns.
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Lang’s World: Kentucky among those atop SEC standings – in football – is just so, uh, weird
The Kentucky Wildcats enter Week 6 undefeated, at 5-0. They’ve won all five games by double digits, are 3-0 in the SEC (including wins over Florida and South Carolina) and haven’t really shown any signs of looking troubled. In a land of high-speed spread offenses
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Lang’s World: Wagering on college football isn’t quite for me, but it can turn even blowouts into nail-biters
I understand why people bet on college football. It gives games another layer, gives people another reason to watch or not to watch. It’s legal now – at least I think it’s legal, thanks to a recent court ruling. So there’s no need to sneak around.