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Auburn's triumph over Oregon in the BCS National Championship game was the SEC's ____ straight national title.
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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Perhaps 37 days between games is a wee bit too long, as it took the Oregon and Auburn offenses a little while to get going. They combined for this many points in the first quarter:
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0
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3
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6
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7
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New England's Wes Welker fired the most subtle kill shot of all time against the Jets this week, making multiple references to this during a press conference:
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Rex Ryan's weight
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Spygate
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how Mark Sanchez sucks
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feet
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With 601 career saves, Trevor Hoffman hung it up this week. After spending most of his career with the Padres, Hoffman spent his final seasons with:
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Milwaukee
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Atlanta
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Florida
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San Francisco
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After his former team, Cleveland, got eviscerated by the Lakers 112-57, LeBron James tweeted that the Cavs' loss was:
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hilarious
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depressing
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karma
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unfortunate
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And perhaps showing that that word does not mean what he thinks it does, LeBron then missed Miami's game against the _______ where the Heat suffered their worst defeat of the season.
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Bulls
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Clippers
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Lakers
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Nuggets
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We haven't been able to pile on the Heat much lately during this winning streak, so let us rejoice that Miami suffered their third straight loss (and second straight game without LeBron) against the:
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Bulls
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Clippers
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Lakers
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Nuggets
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Some good news came from a pinkslip as the recently deposed head coach of this team donated all of the team's memorabilia that he owned to charity:
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Carolina Panthers
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Michigan Wolverines
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Cleveland Browns
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Pittsburgh Panthers
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One of the coaches mentioned above found new employment quickly, introduced this week as the new coach of the Denver Broncos:
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Carolina Panthers
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Michigan Wolverines
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Cleveland Browns
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Pittsburgh Panthers
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College basketball will have a new #1 team in the land as Duke fell at the hands of this ACC rival:
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North Carolina
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Florida State
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Virginia
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Wake Forest
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That new #1 won't be any of these teams, three of whom lost this weekend. Who escaped?
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Missouri
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Notre Dame
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Purdue
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San Diego St.
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It was thoughtful of the Steelers to spot the Ravens a ___-point lead before eventually taking control of the game in the second half:
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10
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13
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14
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17
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An assistant manager at a McDonald's restaurant was fired after letting a customer in to use the restroom after hours. She was later rehired because the customer turned out to be this NFL running back:
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Adrian Peterson
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Arian Foster
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Marshawn Lynch
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Chris Johnson
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A power-hungry referee (from Minnesota!) doled out ____ technical fouls to the Timberwolves in ____ seconds in their game against the Spurs:
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5, 10
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5, 30
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4, 20
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6, 20
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If you're the Atlanta Falcons, the only bright spot in that shellacking from the Packers was a kickoff return by Eric Weems that totaled this many yards:
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99
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100
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101
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102
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This team backed up the money truck to the house of Rafael Soriano, luring him away from the Tampa Bay Rays for a three-year deal worth $35 million:
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Cubs
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Red Sox
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Yankees
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Dodgers
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17.
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Add up the seed numbers of the teams playing in each conference championship game and you've got this as a total:
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10
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16
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6
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13
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18.
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Best wishes to this recent MLB award winner who spent most of the week in the hospital with pneumonia:
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Joey Votto
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Josh Hamilton
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Roy Halladay
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Buster Posey
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In NBA news that does not involve the Heat, the rumor mill has been working overtime regarding news of Denver's Carmelo Anthony eventually being traded to this team:
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New York
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New Jersey
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Dallas
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Miami
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20.
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This division is not represented in the conference championships:
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AFC East
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NFC North
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AFC North
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NFC South
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