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Still, the prospect of a letdown after a big victory cannot be discounted...
Harvard will face the Big Green again tonight. Confidence may be the key to victory, but it can also lead to the dreaded letdown...
...49ers, who haven't had to care in, like, 9 weeks, are getting two from the Seahawks. WHAT? Despite the very real possibility that everybody knows something L.I. Slim doesn't, he just can't picture Coach Mooch losing this game and risking a playoff letdown in his debut year. The cares: Both DETROIT (without help from Colts or Philly) and the Jets, who are in only with a win. Which makes this one a tough pick . . . Tuna's time is next year. But at 6.5-point dogs? J-men'll keep it close. Take the points...
...titanic characters rage to be let loose. The sequel trundles along, often as not, merely because writer and readers want to spend more time with people they've grown fond of. The forces at work aren't as powerful, and enchantment can be elusive. It could be a letdown, for instance, to learn that Ishmael, rescued by the Rachel, returns to New Bedford and starts a seafood restaurant called The White Whale, only to be shut down by a spectral, one-legged inspector from the board of health...
...after the KC Line's finish last week brought him back to .500, it's all uphill from here in the drive to respectability. This week's locks: Take the Bears and 9 big, juicy points over a VIKINGS team that's ready for a letdown. Feel good about the Chiefs, even without Elvis, getting five in JACKSONVILLE. And like his collegue L.I., the KC Line loves Seattle over the Chargers...