Word: spurrier
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...case, then about 50 I-A teams start each season with no chance at a national title, even if they win every game 100-0. The BCS no longer figures margin of victory into its calculations, in order to keep coaches like former University of Florida czar Steve Spurrier from continuing calling fly patterns in the midst of a 77-0 blowout...
...simply pick up the phone. Even at wine auctions, the quantity for sale might only be 10 or 20 cases per lot, which is prohibitively expensive in such small volumes. Planning for the future means the airlines buy en primeur (before bottling), especially for fine wines. Stephen Spurrier, who runs a wine academy in Paris, says that airlines look for "vintage premium wines that will not be served for at least five years or more...
...annually on wine, buyers and tasters bear a heavy responsibility. Bouquet and taste are greatly affected by the lower humidity and pressurized atmosphere of an aircraft. The "nose" will be less pronounced and the palate duller. "Particularly on long-haul flights, wines should not be cloying or boring," says Spurrier...
...should know. I was once invited by Singapore Airlines to taste-test wines alongside Spurrier and other judges. As a wine consultant, I average two wine tastings a week, with about 10 bottlings at each. This tasting, however, had a staggering total of 900 different wines to work through in three days?that alone ought to tell you what sort of event...
Hayes’ thinking? “Murphy’s offense is almost identical to the pass-happy scheme Spurrier uses...