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Linehan guided an offense that saw quarterback Matthew Stafford throw for 5,038 yards to finish third in the league and wide receiver Calvin Johnson finish first in the NFL with 1,681 receiving yards along with 16 touchdowns.
The defense allowed 367.6 yards per game, 23rd in the NFL, and finished in the same spot in points per game with 24.2 points.
Englewood, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker has been ruled out of Saturday's divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots due to a sprained knee. Decker was injured while attempting to catch a pass in last weekend's victory against Pittsburgh. He was hit in the knee by Steelers linebacker James Harrison.
Long snapper Lonie Paxton has also been ruled out for personal reasons.
Defensive end Elvis Dumervil (ankle), linebacker Von Miller (thumb), tight end Daniel Fells (ankle) and safety David Bruton (Achilles) are listed as probable.
Fisher guided the Titans to a regular season record of 142-120, with four division titles and six postseason appearances during his tenure.
He first took over the team on an interim basis in November 1994, when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and was given the job full-time starting in 1995.
Fisher didn't part ways with the Titans until January 27 of last year, after other head coaching vacancies had been filled.
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - By this point, it's really no secret. All the headlines, sports-talk blathering and desperate Rick Perry co-opts over the past few weeks have merely confirmed the obvious.
Though the No. 15 phenomenon might still be novelty in places like Denver, Des Moines and Doylestown, it's been more than half a decade since shaggy hair and Biblical eye-black became a fashion statement for the cool folks in the university town two hours northwest of Disney.
Incidentally, that speech, given to media after No. 4 Florida lost to unranked Mississippi in its SEC home opener, is now commemorated on an exterior plaque just a few steps from the football offices.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.
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