Reno Gazette-Journal columnist Chris Murray has been known to be a bit wordy, so we're giving him 1,000 words (no more than that) to share his thoughts from the week that was in the world of sports.
* IT TAKES A TEAM TO WIN A championship, in football more than any other sport. College teams have 22 starters, 85 scholarship players and more than 100 guys on the roster. One or two star players can’t drag a team to success. Still, frontline players are important and if you have core of a dozen or so great players you can do some special things.