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Solving the playoff mystery

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Friday, January 5, 2007

Before we get to the Round 1 playoff picks, I couldn't resist passing along my top 10 highlights and lowlights from the extended holiday break: 1. Flicking over to the Fiesta Bowl and catching the last few minutes of Boise State-Oklahoma, seeing Boise's QB seemingly blow the game with one of those Paul Crewe "I'm openly shaving points" picks, watching him rally back with the first hook-and-ladder play I've seen live in 26 years (it's really the "hook-and-lateral," but I like the malapropism bet ...

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