It's another angst-filled loss for Serena Williams at a Grand Slam, this time at Wimbledon

HEY, THEY ALL PLAY BETTER WHEN THEY PLAY ME

WIMBLEDON

How many angst-filled, stunningly premature losses does Serena Williams suffer

before it becomes not a shocker, but a trend?

Arrogance, she just cannot bow out gracefully

A sorry way to end a career

"I'm still number ONE in my own eyes"

Because with her 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat at the hands of No. 25 seed Alizé Cornet of France in the third round at Wimbledon Saturday, that makes her three-for-three in Grand Slams – this season.

A fourth-round loss to Ana Ivanovic in Australia, a second-round shocker against Garbiñe Muguruza in Paris, and now a third-round loss to Cornet after a long day of waiting out the rain at Wimbledon.

When she first came into the interview room, it appeared old Serena might show up – downcast eyes, halfhearted shrugs, non-answers and three-word sentences.

Her first answer: "I don’t know. I tried and it just didn’t work out." Shrug. Awkward silence.

But as it went along, it was clear Williams did want to hash it out a little, because she was truly at a loss to explain the loss.

"In Australia, I just couldn’t play. In Paris, I played really bad. Here, I thought I played better. I came into the tournament in better form. I thought I was doing pretty decent," she said. "I think I’m going to have to watch this film to see what I can do better, and see what went wrong."

Several times during the press conference Williams brought up the notion that every one of her opponents completely plays above her level, plays the match of their life against her.

Against her. Not against anyone else. Just against her.

"The changes I need to make are mostly within, just try to see why I’m making some errors. But it’s difficult; if I’m not playing a great, great match these girls play me as though they’re on the ATP Tour, and they play other girls completely different," she said. "It’s not easy to be in my shoes, but you’ve got to be ready."

Williams said it's always been that way, in her opinion. But for whatever reason, it seems to be getting to her now. Maybe it's that she's getting older – the nerves under pressure can be the first vulnerability. Maybe it's because she's so far ahead of the rest of the field in the rankings that there's not that urgency.

She truly did not know why she lost. It wasn't Cornet's drop shots. It might have been that she didn't serve all that well, or made a few too many errors.

Because this time, it wasn't that she had physical issues as she did in Australia, and as she did in losing to Cornet the last time they met, this past winter in Dubai. It wasn't that she just had a bad day.

How modest can one guy be?

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor says he would "dominate" college football if he played in a spread offense.
Pryor made the comments to the Chicago Tribune when asked about the attention given to players like Auburn's Cam Newton and Michigan's Denard Robinson.

"I'd dominate the nation (in a spread offense)," Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor says. "I'll put it like this: You put me in any of their offenses — any of them — and I'd dominate," the junior told the newspaper. "I'd dominate the nation. What those guys do, that's what they're supposed to do in their offense.

"They carry the ball 30 times a game. I carry the ball maybe five times. There are times I didn't even run the ball in a game. You put me in any of their offenses, where I can run the ball and have a choice to throw, I would dominate college football."

Pryor, who entered Ohio State amid much hype in 2008, was not named to the first or second team of either of the All-Big Ten teams (one selected by coaches, one by the media). But he is a finalist for the Tribune Silver Football, awarded annually to the Big Ten's best player.

"We could have done better, but I'm 30-4," Pryor said of his time with Ohio State. "I want nothing else but to win. If I was having a lot of stats and I was losing, I would really be kind of mad. My competitive nature wants just to win, by any means. By any means, win. That's all I really care about, to tell you the truth, man."

Then, WHY did he choose Ohio State, he must not be too bright, arrogant, but not too bright. Why not choose a school where the spread offense is used. I'd say some "sour grapes" are contained in that statement, he has been "overlooked" in a lot of categories, what movie was that in, "I cudda been a contender." How about, "They made me come here, I wanted to go to a school with the old "spread offense," but they promised me so much, I just hadda come here."

Must make old coach Tress and his little sweater vest wonder if he will be back next year. My guess is he was promised a Heisman if he came to OSU, Archie probably told him that. He likes to blow his own horn, maybe go into politics, transfer to another school, or turn pro. "I cudda been a contender."

Early part of the season a lot of talk about his being in the running for the Heisman, have heard none since the loss to Wisconsin, must have really been ego deflating for him, and he apparently has a larger ego than I thought.