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Gannon, biased crowd are keys for Raiders

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Friday, January 24, 2003

SAN DIEGO -- Last year was the year of the underdog. The Patriots had one of the great Cinderella seasons and won the Super Bowl. This was a season for the favorites. ESPN's picks Want to know who Dan Patrick picked? How about Chris Mortensen? For all of the picks from our group of experts, click here. The reason the Raiders will beat the Buccaneers, 28-24, goes beyond the Jon Gruden-Raiders angle. The Raiders will win because this Super Bowl will not go to a one-year wonder like ...

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