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Bloopies gone, Smith now heads into record books

By Ted Miller
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Oregon tailback Onterrio Smith won't reveal the name of the mysterious sage who provided him with the secret to boundless success, but the words echo with gravity and perhaps should be engraved in gold leaf on marble tablets. "No bloopies," Smith says, clearly moved. "Bloopies" are what Smith did before he became the nation's best tailback, apologies to Ohio State's Maurice Clarett and Miami's Willis McGahee. Bloopies are when you party a little too hard or blow off class or show up late for ...

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