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The NFL's disciplining of Brett Favre was downright kittenish, as the league fined Brett this sum for his role in the Jenn Sterger affair:
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$10,000
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$25,000
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$50,000
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$75,000
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Meanwhile, the league levied a fine against the Jets' sideline-tripping strength coach Sal Alosi, relative to Favre's $50,000 fine:
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The same amount
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Twice as much
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Four times as much
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Half as much
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These two Big East men's basketball teams, ranked #4 and #6, clashed on Tuesday night in the league opener for both:
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Georgetown and Syracuse
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West Virginia and Notre Dame
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Pitt and UConn
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Marquette and Louisville
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The queens are dead, long live the queens. UConn women's 90 game winning streak came to and end this week at the hands of which school?
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Stanford
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Baylor
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Tennessee
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UNC
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This college football team's rather snakebit season ended in typically bizarre fashion, after its opponent got a reprieve with time expired but an offensive penalty being called blah blah blah forced overtime....anyway, who are we talking about?
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West Virginia
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NC State
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Tennessee
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UCLA
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Cheers to this team, who, by virtue of beating SMU, earned its first bowl victory in 25 years this week:
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Army
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Texas Tech
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Florida International
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Arizona State
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No Soup for You if you're a college football fan from this state, whose two premiere teams lost in bowl games on Saturday by a combined score of 101-21:
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Florida
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Washington
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Oklahoma
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Michigan
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Meanwhile, this school's win in the Liberty Bowl was the bowl victory ever for the program:
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Colorado State
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Northwestern
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Central Florida
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Nevada
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This college program gave the heave-ho to its recently hired football coach after he was arrested over the weekend on domestic violence charges:
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Florida
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Colorado
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Pitt
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Vanderbilt
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This bowl game featured the country's two top rushing teams:
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Insight Bowl (Missouri and Iowa)
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Texas Bowl (Illinois and Baylor)
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Independence Bowl (Georgia Tech and Air Force)
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Alamo Bowl (Oklahoma State and Arizona)
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Which bowl featured a quality matchup of top 5 teams?
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Orange
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Fiesta
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Gator
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Rose
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On the heels of its win in the Military Bowl, Maryland, widely expected to name former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach to its head coaching position, instead brought in the man at the head of which team?
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Conneticut
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Texas A&M
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Holy Cross
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Virginia
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This team emerged the 3-1 victor in the entertaining NHL Winter Classic on New Year's day:
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Carolina Hurricanes
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Boston Bruins
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Philadelphia Flyers
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Washington Capitals
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The Classic was moved from its original afternoon start time to the evening because of:
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A blizzard
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Electrical problems
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A scheduling conflict
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Rain
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Which of these NFL teams did not win its division?
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Chiefs
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Saints
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Patriots
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Seahawks
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On the flip side of the coin, each of these teams finished last in its division, except for:
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Buffalo
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49ers
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Bengals
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Broncos
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Which of the following pairs featured teams that both secured playoff berths on the final day of regulation?
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Philadelphia and Green Bay
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Seattle and Indianapolis
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Kansas City and Atlanta
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Chicago and Baltimore
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A tip of the cap to the NFL regular season rushing title winner:
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Maurice Jones-Drew
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Michael Turner
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Clinton Portis
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Arian Foster
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Step forward if your 4700 yards passing made you the top passer for the NFL season. Yes, we're talking to you,
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Drew Brees
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Philip Rivers
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Tom Brady
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Kyle Orton
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And that would mean that the regular season sacks champ plays for:
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Denver
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Dallas
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NY Giants
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Houston
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As of Sunday night, the head coaches of these two NFL teams had been told they would not return next season:
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San Francisco and Carolina
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Carolina and New York Giants
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Cincinnati and San Fransisco
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New York Giants and Minnesota
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Hi, we're 7-9 and we're hosting a playoff game next weekend:
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Arizona
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St. Louis
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Seattle
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San Francisco
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Hi, we all had better records than Seattle (including two of us winning 10 games!) and we'll be watching the playoffs on television next weekend. Signed, all but:
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Tampa Bay
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New York Giants
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Miami
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San Diego
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Charlie Weis, most recently offensive coordinator for the Chiefs, continues to shuttle between college and the pros, as he as been offered the OC position at this football factory:
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Texas
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Penn State
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Florida
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Alabama
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The Patriots finished the season with this many turnovers, the fewest for a season in NFL history:
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10
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15
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6
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8
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