That is, despite being a road team with a mediocre win-loss record, the Knicks were still expected to win.
There were good wins, mediocre wins and bad wins.
An Oregon loss is the surest way in, thanks to the Pac-10's relative weakness, and with the Ducks' profoundly mediocre 15-13 win against unranked Cal-Berkley two weeks ago, they could conceivably fall in one of their two remaining games, versus No. 21 Arizona on Friday or at Oregon State on December 4th.
But many bloggers mounted a convincing campaign on his behalf, stressing Blyleven's value beyond his mediocre.534 winning percentage.
Just as the phrase "feeling a bit under the weather" signifies a general personal malaise, so "feeling a bit under the roof" might be best used as a description of Saturday's mediocre final, won by Serena Williams 2-6, 6-0, 6-0.
A "cheap" seat to one of their games costs $38 and even with their mediocre 36-46 won lost record this season, they drew 766,398 fans.
By contrast, Ryan Franklin, who emerged from a mediocre field to win the Cardinals' closing job this year, mustered a modest 4.61 QuikERA.
The Yankees have shown they can win with mediocre starting pitching.
Maybe he wants to demonstrate that, unlike during his pre-Yankees years, he can win with mediocre teams.
Pittsburgh will most likely start at quarterback a mediocre Kent Graham, who was without a victory in three starts, over a mediocre Kordell Stewart, who won on Sunday in his only start of the season.
In 18 years, he transformed L.S.U. from mediocre to overpowering, winning 865 games, 7 Southeastern Conference championships and 5 national championships.
