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ESPN 100: Games of Chance

ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, December 23, 2003

There's a Harrah's Casino in the middle of downtown New Orleans, which figures, since you need a pit boss to explain the odds of three teams rolling the bones for the chance at one national championship. Or maybe two. Okay, let's see & the season will end on Jan. 4, almost assuredly in some state of chaos, all because the BCS is messier than the ralph room at Pat O'Brien's on New Year's Eve. Think about it. First, you've got USC, No.1 in the media and coaches' polls, but squeezed out of the tit ...

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