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| 1. | Deciding that a 2-14 record just won't do, the Colts decided to fire both head coach Jim Caldwell and GM Bill Polian. Right? Right?? | ||
| Wrong. Neither was fired | |||
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Wrong. Only Polian was fired | ||
| Wrong. Only Caldwell was fired | |||
| Right | |||
| 2. | Head coaching vacancies were created as the ax fell for the head honcho of these two teams this week: | ||
| Eagles and Rams | |||
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Rams and Buccaneers | ||
| Buccaneers and Vikings | |||
| Vikings and Eagles | |||
| 3. | Dozens of hockey fans from all over the world took delight in the Winter Classic, which pitted: | ||
| The Jets against the Sharks | |||
| The Maple Leafs against the Blackhawks | |||
| The Senators against the Lightning | |||
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The Rangers against the Flyers | ||
| 4. | More hockey! This squad put up on a football score on Calgary, drubbing the Flames by a score of 9-0: | ||
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Bruins | ||
| Avalanche | |||
| Capitals | |||
| Canucks | |||
| 5. | Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: Publisher of Obscure Sports Quarterly, cable network Versus was rebranded as the _________ Sports Network this week: | ||
| CBS | |||
| ABC | |||
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NBC | ||
| ESPN...no, wait. | |||
| 6. | A certain big time football conference went 1-4 on New Years Day bowl games this year. Say, that wouldn't have been the Big Ten, which went 0-5 on New Years last year, right? Right?? | ||
| Right, it was the ACC | |||
| Right, it was the SEC | |||
| Right, it was the Big 12 | |||
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Wrong | ||
| 7. | So, yeah, the Big 10 didn't exactly have a banner day on the New Years Day bowls (played on January 2!). This school was the conference's lone victor, who needed three overtimes to beat Georgia: | ||
| Ohio State | |||
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Michigan State | ||
| Nebraska | |||
| Wisconsin | |||
| 8. | The quarterback for this team threw for 533 yards as his team left Penn State with nothin' but stubs at the Ticket City Bowl: | ||
| Iowa | |||
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Houston | ||
| Miami (OH) | |||
| Boise State | |||
| 9. | The Orange Bowl gave us one of the more lopsided college football games in recent memory, as Clemson and West Virginia combined for 103 points. __________ of those were scored by the Mountaineers: | ||
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70 | ||
| 77 | |||
| 80 | |||
| 64 | |||
| 10. | This storied football program beat Virginia Tech in overtime at the Sugar Bowl for the team's first BCS bowl victory since 2000: | ||
| Florida | |||
| Florida State | |||
| Texas | |||
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Michigan | ||
| 11. | Wisconsin's Montee Ball and Oklahoma's Landry Jones announced their staying vs going intentions this week. Which of the following is true? | ||
| Both are declaring for the NFL draft | |||
| Ball will return to school next year, Jones will enter the draft | |||
| Ball will enter the draft, Jones will return to school | |||
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Both are returning to school | ||
| 12. | Penn State alum seemed less than thrilled with the hiring of this NFL's offensive coordinator as its new head coach this week: | ||
| Green Bay | |||
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New England | ||
| New York Jets | |||
| Miami | |||
| 13. | A slow start and an inability to corral the team's mouthy star led the head coach for this NBA team to get his walking papers: | ||
| Warriors | |||
| Trailblazers | |||
| Timberwolves | |||
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Kings | ||
| 14. | You have to wonder if the same fate might not be coming soon for the head coach of this team, who, at weekend's end remained the only winless team in the Association: | ||
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Washington | ||
| Philadelphia | |||
| New Jersey | |||
| Charlotte | |||
| 15. | The Heat's record is blemishless no more. Which NBA team blemished Miami for the first time this season on Monday? | ||
| The Thunder | |||
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The Hawks | ||
| The Jazz | |||
| The Hornets | |||
| 16. | This MLB executive gave his current position the heave-ho this week as he joined a bid to buy the Dodgers: | ||
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Joe Torre | ||
| Bud Selig | |||
| Michael Weiner | |||
| John McHale Jr. | |||
| 17. | The Cubs jettisoned mercurial pitcher Carlos Zambrano, trading the head-case to the: | ||
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Marlins | ||
| Nationals | |||
| Royals | |||
| Rockies | |||
| 18. | Those of you longing for controversy in the anticipated matchup of Louisiana-Lafayette and Western Kentucky over the weekend certainly weren't disappointed, as the Ragin Cajuns prevailed: | ||
| With fans having stormed the court before time expired | |||
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With a sixth man on the court | ||
| On a basket ruled a three pointer that was clearly only a two | |||
| By converting free throws following an end-of-regulation flagrant foul | |||
| 19. | The list of Division I college basketball teams without a loss dwindled further over the weekend as this Big 12 team hung an L on Missouri for the first time: | ||
| Iowa State | |||
| Oklahoma | |||
| Kansas | |||
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Kansas State | ||
| 20. | Meanwhile, this up and coming ranked team hit an impressive 16 3-pointers to snap a 16 game road conference losing streak: | ||
| West Virginia | |||
| Creighton | |||
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Indiana | ||
| Georgetown | |||
| 21. | The son of this NBA legend has taken leave of the Central Florida basketball team during his senior year: | ||
| Dennis Rodman | |||
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Michael Jordan | ||
| Magic Johnson | |||
| Dominique Wilkins | |||
| 22. | The Steelers arrived in Denver a fairly banged-up bunch, and without the services of ________________ - whose sickle cell condition could be life threatening if he were to play in Denver -all together: | ||
| Hines Ward | |||
| Lamar Woodley | |||
| Rashard Mendenhal | |||
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Ryan Clark | ||
| 23. | It took longer for the stammering official to explain the new rules governing playoff overtime than it did for Broncos receiver __________ to race 80 yard for the NFL's fastest-ever overtime touchdown: | ||
| Eddie Royal | |||
| Eric Decker | |||
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Demaryius Thomas | ||
| Daniel Fells | |||
| 24. | The Giants advanced past the Wild Card round of the playoffs by scoring 24 points, which happened to be _________ times the number of points scored by the Falcons: | ||
| 3 | |||
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12 | ||
| 8 | |||
| 2.4 | |||
| 25. | Get out your fingers and all of your toes. Now count up to __________, and you'll have the number of yards amassed by Drew Brees in his record-setting effort against the Lions: | ||
| 522 | |||
| 401 | |||
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466 | ||
| 433 | |||
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