sun writer mike preston wrote it's time for him to step aside. years old, not as dominant as he was in his prime, but he does remain the heartbeat of the ravens defense. he told us today he dismissed the criticism. >> i have two obligations -- first of all, to myself to play the game with nothing else on my mind. the second thing i have an obligation is to my teammates, to give it everything i got and just do what i do. we have an opportunity, if we can block everything out that everybody wants to write about or think about, we have a great chance of doing something special. >> he did not participate in practice today. they'll hold another practice tomorrow. they will face either houston, denver, or pittsburgh. a game you can see here on wjz, 1:00 kick off a week from sunday. this sunday we'll bring you the steelers and broncos wild card game sunday at 4:00. in college basketball, an embarrassing milestone attained in humiliating fashion. playing at drexell in philadelphia, the tigers lost their 34th straight game. that ties the record for the lo

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mike preston for "the baltimore sun" wrote a couple weeks ago a piece that called ray lewis and ed liabilitiesnal football league and two of the smartest and great film studiers and that's needed against tom brady. >> can they stop hernandez? >> i think they can -- they can stop them by putting pressure on tom brady, but more importantly, what was fascinating to me in studying this game is that the patriots who were known with the prolific passing offense, 11 times this year, rushed over 100 yards, four timeso orver 135 yards. if that continues, the ravens won't win the game. i don't see the patriots running with as much success. which sets up tom brady for down and distance which can be unpredictable. >> giants are killing teams. >> killing teams. hottest team in football. hear about the patriots, ravens, niners, the most balanced team right now in the playoffs, hottest team in the playoffs, happens to be a team that only won nine games in the regular season, the giants. >> you think that will continue? >> absolutely. they need to run the football. they have a balance going. 8-1 when they rus

mike from cnn.com. let's bring in cnn political director mark preston from new hampshire.ll, randi, we've been talking for months now, for years, quite frankly, how bad the economy is and how the republican candidates have been talking about how they would be a better alternative to president obama. here in new hampshire, the unemployment rate is not nearly as high as it is nationally, but still it is a major major issue, so we're hearing from the candidates talk about how they would turn things around, how they would help the housing market get better. but the candidates are attacking mitt romney. we've seen it in the last 48 hours. he's the front runner expected to win on tuesday night. they're going after him now. >> are the candidates doing anything unique in the final hours to try to get more people to the polls? >> they're just rushing, rushing, rushing from all the different campaign events they can. 24 campaign events a month, campaign events here in new hampshire, and that doesn't include the handful that rick perry is doing in south carolina. rick perry the texas

mike huckabee. this one down here for ron paul. i want to bring in mark preston anybody. what does all of this mean, when you look at new hampshire, mark, for what happened in iowa in 2008 for santorum and huckabee, that territory, what happens in new hampshire coming up in the next few days? >> the difference between what happened in 200 a8 and what we' see in a few hours, huckabee decided not to play new hampshire. realized his views weren't going to mix well with new hampshire voters. libertarian and fiscal oriented. you know yourself growing up in iowa, caucusgoers tend to be a little more evangelical, a little more religious. so we'll see for rick santorum, though, heading over to new hampshire. >> he's going to do new hampshire and do it big? >> do it big, because he has to. he has no money. the whole national media is at the des moines airport heading east and going to get to manchester. i'll be in myself in a couple of hour. he's going it try to get as much free media as he can. he's got no cash. >> thinking about dropping out because of your showing in i