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The TEN

(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)

1.) “Good evening and welcome everybody. I’m Kirk Herbstreit along with Brent Musburger…”— ESPN’s Brent Musburger’s intro into Monday night’s BCS title game.

2.) “There has never been any great achievement in history of man, that can be attributed to skin color!”—Author David Higgins

3.) Lindsey Vonn to miss Sochi Olympics

4.) “I will tell you this Dan, I think the best job out there is the Detroit Lions. That’s the job I would want, I think they are the closest to the Super Bowl.”—Tony Dungy on “The Dan Patrick Show” Monday.

5.) “Can you simply congratulate him? Someone always has to have something negative to say. Can some of you simply be positive instead of constantly have something negative to say. Geez!!”—MVS commentor “HS Football Fan” MVS choice of Schurr’s Peter Soto as DC of the year.

6.) On this date in 1972 the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 134 to 90 in Atlanta. Jim McMillan led the scoring with 26 points. Gail Goodrich scored 23 and Flynn Robinson added 19 as six Lakers scored in double figures. Pete Maravich led the Hawks with 17…It was Los Angeles’ 33rd consecutive victory.

7.) “I know that might sound a little cold, but as long as I have a camera and a website I’m always going to be looked at with suspicion. I don’t necessarily like it but it is what it is.”—MVS’ Joe T. in “Fanview Lite” on this date in 2012.

8.) “Defense is dying in college football.”—National Recruiting Director at ESPN for high school football as well as college football analyst, Tom Luginbil

9.) “Should Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers be in the MVP conversation?”—Alex Flanagan

10.) Chicago Bulls trade Luol Deng to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a first round draft pick and…Andrew Bynum.