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| 1. | Following the first weekend of college football, this team supplanted USC at the top of the AP poll: | ||
| Oregon | |||
| LSU | |||
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Alabama | ||
| Georgia | |||
| 2. | Meanwhile, the hot topic after the first week of college football regards a new rule regarding this piece of equipment: | ||
| Cleats | |||
| Official's timekeepers | |||
| Padding | |||
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Helmets | ||
| 3. | Conference execs most likely spent the weekend swimming in a sea of gold coins, Scrooge McDuck-style, as ESPN and Fox reached a $2.6 billion deal with: | ||
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The Big 12 | ||
| The Pac 10 | |||
| The Big 10 | |||
| The SEC | |||
| 4. | Get a lumberjack in here, we got a logjam. Tuesday found two teams tied for first atop this division, with another squad lurking only 1.5 games back: | ||
| NL East | |||
| AL Central | |||
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AL East | ||
| NL West | |||
| 5. | A shaky start against the ___________ led the Nationals head cheese to pull the plug on Steven Strasburg's season a game earlier than predicted: | ||
| Braves | |||
| Cardinals | |||
| Mets | |||
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Marlins | ||
| 6. | He didn't win, no. But this race car driver's final charge at Richmond landed him the 12th and final spot in the Sprint Cup Chase: | ||
| Ryan Newman | |||
| Kevin Harvick | |||
| Kyle "Kurt" Busch | |||
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Jeff Gordon | ||
| 7. | Were you ready for some Wednesday night football? The League's opening evening featured a tilt against teams from: | ||
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The NFC East | ||
| The NFC East and AFC West | |||
| The NFC South and AFC East | |||
| The AFC North and NFC East | |||
| 8. | Oh, Bobby Valentine, you so crazy. The Red Sox skipper had to apologize unconvincingly after threatening to deliver a punch in the mouth to: | ||
| David Ortiz | |||
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A radio talk-show host | ||
| Bud Selig | |||
| Fox on-air talent | |||
| 9. | Barring a comeback in either human or zombie form, history will record that Andy Roddick's last match was played in the US Open against: | ||
| Andy Murray | |||
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Juan Martin del Potro | ||
| David Ferrer | |||
| Marin Cilic | |||
| 10. | Serena Williams won the US Open ladies' singles title for roughly the 83rd time in a terrific three set match against: | ||
| Maria Sharapova | |||
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Victoria Azarenka | ||
| Sara Errani | |||
| Petra Kvitova | |||
| 11. | On one of its covers this week, Sports Illustrated ran a teaser about its article regarding concussions and their effects on post-NFL lives. Which former league star is pictured on the cover? | ||
| Vinny Testaverde | |||
| Jim Plunkett | |||
| Ed "Too Tall" Jones | |||
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Jim McMahon | ||
| 12. | The influential former owner of this NFL team, who managed to cause just a wee bit of controversy in his day, passed away at the age of 87: | ||
| Pittsburgh | |||
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Baltimore | ||
| Oakland | |||
| Dallas | |||
| 13. | This weekend featured conference newcomers Missouri and Texas A&M in SEC contests for the first time. And the results were..... | ||
| Both won | |||
| Texas A&M won, Missouri lost | |||
| Missouri won, Texas A&M lost | |||
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Both lost | ||
| 14. | This school was installed as a record 70.5 point favorite going into its weekend game: | ||
| Oregon | |||
| Texas | |||
| Florida | |||
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Florida State | ||
| 15. | A rather shocking defeat at home sent this formerly eighth-ranked school all the way out of the Top 25: | ||
| Clemson | |||
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Arkansas | ||
| Auburn | |||
| Notre Dame | |||
| 16. | A scary sight unfolded Saturday as Devon Walker, a safety for this school, collapsed on the field and had to be treated at a hospital for a spinal fracture and collapsed lung: | ||
| Colorado | |||
| Baylor | |||
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Tulane | ||
| Memphis | |||
| 17. | The kicker for this team doinked his way into the record books, as his 63 yard field goal skidded off the uprights and through, giving him a share of the mark for longest kick made: | ||
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San Francisco | ||
| Denver | |||
| Carolina | |||
| Tampa Bay | |||
| 18. | NFL pregame shows would have you believe that 90% of all teams started a rookie quarterback on Sunday. Of the below, which is the only one whose signalcaller wasn't making his debut? | ||
| Washington | |||
| Seattle | |||
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Kansas City | ||
| Indianapolis | |||
| 19. | The first overtime game of the year was won by: | ||
| Detroit | |||
| Philadelphia | |||
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Minnesota | ||
| Chicago | |||
| 20. | Shame on the teams that surrendered at least 40 points in their first game. So you'll find each of the following except ___________ being sent to their rooms to think about what they've done: | ||
| Saints | |||
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Dolphins | ||
| Chiefs | |||
| Bills | |||
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