1.   Consensus favorite in the Western Division, this Dodgers team is mostly sturdy, occasionally brilliant and thick with pitching.

2.   He quickly became the consensus Derby favorite of Santa Anita press-box handicappers.

3.   In fact, in the giddy optimism of March and April, the Dodgers were actually the consensus favorite to win their division for reasons I never quite understood.

4.   Lots of fruit, with complexity and balance, the consensus favorite.

5.   Moreover, Brazil, which beat a team of international all-stars just two weekends ago at the Meadowlands, came into this Olympics as the consensus gold medal favorite.

6.   Penn State has lost its last three after being a consensus favorite to play for the national championship.

7.   The consensus favorite among the two red sangrias.

8.   The Redskins are the consensus favorite this season to win the NFC East, if not the whole NFC.

9.   The Utes, consensus sentimental favorites, were soon running on three weeks of heady fumes.

10.   This year, when no film has emerged as a consensus favorite, the field is considered to be wide open.