Memphis seeks redemption in todays' tilt with Ole Miss

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12/09/2006 - Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fresh off a rather lopsided loss to an intra-state rival, the 16th-ranked Memphis Tigers will attempt to get back on track by knocking off the Ole Miss Rebels in a non-league clash.

Ole Miss has been idle since November 30th when it posted an 85-77 decision over New Orleans. That win was the third in a row for the Rebels, who suffered their only loss to national powerhouse UConn on the road. They have yet to post a quality win, but that would certainly change if they can find a way to knock off Memphis.

The Tigers got off to a bad start against Tennessee on Wednesday and couldn't recover in what turned out to be a 76-58 loss to the Vols on the road. That defeat snapped a four-game winning streak for the Tigers, and the 58 points that they scored marked a season low by a wide margin. On a positive note, they do carry a perfect 4-0 home record into this afternoon's tilt.

Memphis holds a 26-11 advantage in the all-time series with Ole Miss, including a 72-49 romp over the Rebels in last season's meeting.

Bam Doyne has emerged as a big-time scorer for Ole Miss, as he is posting 17.9 ppg to go along with 7.6 rpg. Clarence Sanders adds 15.0 ppg to the lineup, and Todd Abernethy provides some balance with his 10.4 ppg. Even more impressive than his scoring ability is the fact that Abernethy has racked up 31 assists against only seven turnovers. In the win for the Rebels over New Orleans last week, a 65.2 percent shooting effort from the floor and a 15- of-19 showing from the foul line over the final 20 minutes proved to be the difference. Doyne and Jeremy Parnell tallied 16 points apiece in the triumph, while Kenny Williams and Eniel Polynice contributed 15 points each. Abernethy and Sanders combined to hit only two shots from the floor, and it is surprising that Ole Miss was able to overcome their ineffectiveness.

Memphis shot 9-of-40 from the floor in the first half against Tennessee and trailed by 21 points at intermission. The Tigers finished the game 5-of-28 from three-point range and 9-of-18 from the foul line in what was a poor offensive showing in all regards. Chris Douglas-Roberts was one of the lone bright spots for Memphis, as the talented guard finished with 19 points. Robert Dozier pitched in 13 points and nine rebounds, and Joey Dorsey pulled down 13 boards before fouling out. Douglas-Roberts is averaging 15.3 ppg on 50.6 percent shooting from he floor, and Dozier adds 12.8 ppg to the lineup on 55.6 percent efficiency to go along with 7.0 rpg. Jeremy Hunt (11.6 ppg) and Antonio Anderson (10.3 ppg) round out the double-digit scorers for Memphis, which is netting 81.5 ppg while limiting opponents to 67.9 ppg on 38.2 percent shooting from the field.

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FOOTBALL TRASH TALK

NFL Football Trash Talk

Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).

Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.

Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).

Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.

Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.

The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.

What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.

Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.

But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.

In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.