If you thought the late-'70s sitcom Eight is Enough had been relegated to the dustbins of history, with only enough pop-culture cachet to merit the occasional ironic offhand mention in Family Guy (see this YouTube clip), guess again. As it turns out, the very notion of discussing eight of anything is enough to make sports editors nostalgic for the days when Dick Van Patten prowled the airwaves.

After Oregon was eliminated in the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament by Florida, for example, the Oregonian's online sports section honored the Ducks with a headline composed entirely of the sitcom's name. (The editors there must have had a long night, perhaps watching Nick@Nite; another story was entitled "Dog Garnett," after the Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett made a late jumper to sink the Blazers.) Southern Oregon's Mail Tribune also went with the "Eight is Enough" headline.

The New York Post decided to vary the formula, announcing the quarterfinals for its contest to decide the greatest athlete in New York history with, ''These Eight Are Enough." (Despite the headline, this contest marches on.)

Recent plays on the sitcom title also feature in articles about hockey losing streaks and Big East women's basketball.

For future articles that deal with numbers, editors can keep the following dated TV shows in mind:

My Two Dads
Three's Company
Bionic Six
21 Jump Street
Hawaii Five-O
Just the Ten of Us
227 (Probably not too useful)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
3-2-1 Contact!

And if you want to get really obscure, we've got the perfect reference for any articles about Ohio State, Georgetown, UCLA, and Florida: The Four March Sisters, a Japanese, animated version of Little Women that aired in 1981. For those of us whose pop-culture memory barely makes it back to Garbage Pail Kids, it's about as clever as "Eight is Enough."