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Following the first weekend of college football, this team supplanted USC at the top of the AP poll:
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Oregon
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LSU
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Alabama
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Georgia
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Meanwhile, the hot topic after the first week of college football regards a new rule regarding this piece of equipment:
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Cleats
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Official's timekeepers
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Padding
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Helmets
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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
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The Pac 10
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The Big 10
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The SEC
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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:
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NL East
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AL Central
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AL East
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NL West
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A shaky start against the ___________ led the Nationals head cheese to pull the plug on Steven Strasburg's season a game earlier than predicted:
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Braves
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Cardinals
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Mets
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Marlins
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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:
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Ryan Newman
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Kevin Harvick
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Kyle "Kurt" Busch
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Jeff Gordon
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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
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The NFC East and AFC West
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The NFC South and AFC East
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The AFC North and NFC East
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Oh, Bobby Valentine, you so crazy. The Red Sox skipper had to apologize unconvincingly after threatening to deliver a punch in the mouth to:
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David Ortiz
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A radio talk-show host
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Bud Selig
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Fox on-air talent
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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:
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Andy Murray
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Juan Martin del Potro
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David Ferrer
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Marin Cilic
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Serena Williams won the US Open ladies' singles title for roughly the 83rd time in a terrific three set match against:
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Maria Sharapova
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Victoria Azarenka
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Sara Errani
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Petra Kvitova
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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?
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Vinny Testaverde
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Jim Plunkett
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Ed "Too Tall" Jones
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Jim McMahon
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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:
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Pittsburgh
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Baltimore
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Oakland
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Dallas
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This weekend featured conference newcomers Missouri and Texas A&M in SEC contests for the first time. And the results were.....
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Both won
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Texas A&M won, Missouri lost
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Missouri won, Texas A&M lost
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Both lost
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This school was installed as a record 70.5 point favorite going into its weekend game:
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Oregon
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Texas
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Florida
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Florida State
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A rather shocking defeat at home sent this formerly eighth-ranked school all the way out of the Top 25:
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Clemson
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Arkansas
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Auburn
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Notre Dame
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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:
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Colorado
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Baylor
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Tulane
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Memphis
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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
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Denver
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Carolina
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Tampa Bay
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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?
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Washington
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Seattle
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Kansas City
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Indianapolis
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The first overtime game of the year was won by:
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Detroit
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Philadelphia
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Minnesota
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Chicago
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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:
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Saints
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Dolphins
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Chiefs
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Bills
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