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Horse whisperers

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

The spread kept moving. Started at -2.5 last Monday. Dropped a half-point for the rest of the work week. Settled at -1 on Saturday. On Sunday morning, it flipped another 2 points. Suddenly the champs were underdogs in their own stadium, getting one point against a team that always choked against them. This made no sense. None of this made sense. Everyone liked the Colts. And I had my Game Face on. "Why aren't you watching this game with anyone?" the Sports Gal asked me. "Nah, not this one. ...

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