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ALL DAWGS GO TO SEVEN November 16, 2008
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YES! YES! YES! 5 Instant Thoughts on the UCLA/ TEXAS A & M Win

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WHAT A FINISH!!!!!!!!!!!

1. MENTAL TOUGHNESS. POISE. I LOVE THIS TEAM!

2. RUSSELL WESTBROOK…WAY TO PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT AT THE END OF THAT GAME!

3. QUOTE OF THE NIGHT:

arabcameljockey: im gonna
arabcameljockey: have a heart attack
chuntyman: i was clinicallly dead for 2 minutes
chuntyman: but kevin love gave me mouth to mouth

4. I LOVE BEN HOWLAND. EVEN WHEN HE BURNS HIS LAST TIMEOUT WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT.

5. DARREN COLLISON. KEVIN LOVE. BIG TIME PLAYERS THAT CAME UP HUGE IN THE END! UNBELIEVABLE

YES YES YES! I AM STILL SCREAMING. THIS WAS A TOUGH TEAM TO PLAY. I WAS TERRIFIED OF THIS GAME AS A & M MATCHES UP REALLY WELL AGAINST US…BUT WOW. WHAT A FREAKIN’ FINISH. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WRITING IN CAPS LIKE 3 PARAGRAPHS AGO. MY APOLOGIES.

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