31.   No team obviously superior, no team clearly overmatched.

32.   Not only did Syracuse lose to a superior team, the Orangemen hurt themselves on account of too many physical and mental errors.

33.   On paper, Penn State is clearly the superior team.

34.   On Tuesday, the Bruins lost to a superior team that came to Boston on a remarkable roll.

35.   One dominant pitcher with a touch of mystery about him can also utterly unnerve a superior team.

36.   Plays like that can be the difference between a win and a loss, between a good team and a superior team.

37.   That was the first chance for the Pete Carroll-led Patriots to prove that they were grown-up enough to play evenly with a superior team.

38.   The Knicks finished the third quarter by giving the Sonics every reason to believe they were the superior team.

39.   The Mariners lost in the end only because they wore out against a superior team.

40.   The only given when Atlanta debuts against Denver in XXXIII is that the superior team Sunday will win.