1.   As for the Bengals, how can a perennial loser like Coslet continue NFL head-coaching employment if Erickson is on the verge of a pink slip?

2.   Democrats, currently shut out of statewide office, need an intramural ethnic struggle about as much as they need perennial loser Gene Kelly atop their ticket again.

3.   Even our perennial loser Cubs are winning.

4.   For so long the forlorn broadcaster of a perennial loser, he is now the signature voice of a glamour team.

5.   He also pointed to Iowa State and Kansas State, once perennial losers who have turned around their football programs.

6.   He will have to do what he already tried in Cleveland and Golden State, two other perennial losers.

7.   His high school team in Federal Way, Wash., was a perennial loser but won the conference championship by his senior year.

8.   In his second NFL season, he took his team, a perennial loser, to the playoffs.

9.   Instead of playing for a perennial loser, he is going to a Super Bowl contender.

10.   Parcells respects Johnson and also feels an allegiance to a team whose culture he changed from perennial loser to playoff contender.