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1. 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:
$10,000
$25,000
$50,000
$75,000
 
2. Meanwhile, the league levied a fine against the Jets' sideline-tripping strength coach Sal Alosi, relative to Favre's $50,000 fine:
The same amount
Twice as much
Four times as much
Half as much
 
3. These two Big East men's basketball teams, ranked #4 and #6, clashed on Tuesday night in the league opener for both:
Georgetown and Syracuse
West Virginia and Notre Dame
Pitt and UConn
Marquette and Louisville
 
4. 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?
Stanford
Baylor
Tennessee
UNC
 
5. 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?
West Virginia
NC State
Tennessee
UCLA
 
6. Cheers to this team, who, by virtue of beating SMU, earned its first bowl victory in 25 years this week:
Army
Texas Tech
Florida International
Arizona State
 
7. 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:
Florida
Washington
Oklahoma
Michigan
 
8. Meanwhile, this school's win in the Liberty Bowl was the bowl victory ever for the program:
Colorado State
Northwestern
Central Florida
Nevada
 
9. This college program gave the heave-ho to its recently hired football coach after he was arrested over the weekend on domestic violence charges:
Florida
Colorado
Pitt
Vanderbilt
 
10. This bowl game featured the country's two top rushing teams:
Insight Bowl (Missouri and Iowa)
Texas Bowl (Illinois and Baylor)
Independence Bowl (Georgia Tech and Air Force)
Alamo Bowl (Oklahoma State and Arizona)
 
11. Which bowl featured a quality matchup of top 5 teams?
Orange
Fiesta
Gator
Rose
 
12. 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?
Conneticut
Texas A&M
Holy Cross
Virginia
 
13. This team emerged the 3-1 victor in the entertaining NHL Winter Classic on New Year's day:
Carolina Hurricanes
Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers
Washington Capitals
 
14. The Classic was moved from its original afternoon start time to the evening because of:
A blizzard
Electrical problems
A scheduling conflict
Rain
 
15. Which of these NFL teams did not win its division?
Chiefs
Saints
Patriots
Seahawks
 
16. On the flip side of the coin, each of these teams finished last in its division, except for:
Buffalo
49ers
Bengals
Broncos
 
17. Which of the following pairs featured teams that both secured playoff berths on the final day of regulation?
Philadelphia and Green Bay
Seattle and Indianapolis
Kansas City and Atlanta
Chicago and Baltimore
 
18. A tip of the cap to the NFL regular season rushing title winner:
Maurice Jones-Drew
Michael Turner
Clinton Portis
Arian Foster
 
19. Step forward if your 4700 yards passing made you the top passer for the NFL season. Yes, we're talking to you,
Drew Brees
Philip Rivers
Tom Brady
Kyle Orton
 
20. And that would mean that the regular season sacks champ plays for:
Denver
Dallas
NY Giants
Houston
 
21. As of Sunday night, the head coaches of these two NFL teams had been told they would not return next season:
San Francisco and Carolina
Carolina and New York Giants
Cincinnati and San Fransisco
New York Giants and Minnesota
 
22. Hi, we're 7-9 and we're hosting a playoff game next weekend:
Arizona
St. Louis
Seattle
San Francisco
 
23. 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:
Tampa Bay
New York Giants
Miami
San Diego
 
24. 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:
Texas
Penn State
Florida
Alabama
 
25. The Patriots finished the season with this many turnovers, the fewest for a season in NFL history:
10
15
6
8
 




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