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"Toughest Metrosexual I've Ever Met" is how this NFL starter quarterback's wide receiver referred to the signalcaller:
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Tom Brady
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Alex Smith
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Eli Manning
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Joe Flacco
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The first night of Monday Night Football of the year featured a pair of intra inter same division games featuring teams from the:
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NFC West & AFC North
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AFC North & AFC West
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AFC West & NFC South
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NFC West & NFC South
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Continuing to have its cake and eat it too, Notre Dame will move to this conference, except in football for which it will keep its independence:
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Atlantic 10
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ACC
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Big 10
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SEC
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The ACC could use an injection of credibility on the football field, especially after going 0-3 this weekend against this less-than-formidable conference:
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Big East
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Sun Belt
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MAC
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Ivy League
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A rusher for this NCAA school ran for 197 yards during the team's 52-0 blowout Saturday - the stat is more impressive considering the fact the runner sat out the second half:
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Alabama
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Florida State
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Michigan
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Clemson
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Meanwhile, this school had to play its second half without its head coach on the sidelines, as he was rushed to the hospital with acute amoria phlebitis:
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Hawaii
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Boise State
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UTEP
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Nebraska
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Two top-10 ranked teams were upset during the weekend - specifically the teams ranked ___________ - and were punished accordingly:
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3 and 8
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4 and 5
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1 and 6
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2 and 10
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Congratulations to Jose Reyes, who is believed to have committed/earned the 500,000th _________ in baseball history:
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stolen base
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walk
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error
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caught stealing
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Oh, that wacky Bobby Valentine. The Sox' skip this week actually spoke thusly: "Are you kidding? This is the __________ we've ever had in September in the history of baseball."
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Toughest schedule
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Weakest roster
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Least disciplined team
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Best managed
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We're not sure where this division leaders' eyes were this weekend, but they certainly weren't on the prize, as they were swept by their closest competitor:
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Yankees
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Nationals
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Rangers
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Reds
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A Sunday officiating on the field turned into an afternoon playing MouseHunt for the referee banned by the NFL for being a fan of this team on Facebook:
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Titans
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Cardinals
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Cowboys
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Saints
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If you're an NFL team who has amassed 9 turnovers and 2 wins this season so far, please step forward and explain how you're doing it. We're talking to you:
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Eagles
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Cardinals
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Chargers
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Texans
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Eli Manning had himself an afternoon. The Giant earned a 89.5 rating after going 31/51 with 3 TD and 3 picks while throwing for this prodigious yardage:
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542
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510
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496
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487
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Each of the following passed for more than 300 yards on Sunday. Only one was victorious. Who?
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Carson Palmer
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Andy Dalton
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Tom Brady
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Brandon Weeden
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Even in the postseason, racecar spelled backwards is still racecar. This speed merchant won at Chicagoland for a victory in the first Chase for the Sprint Cup event:
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Jimmie Johnson
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Martin Truex, Jr.
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Greg Biffle
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Brad Keselowski
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