1. | The college football world was turned on its ear as #1 and undefeated Alabama suffered its first loss on the turf of: | ||
Kyle Field | |||
Tiger Stadium | |||
Sanford Stadium | |||
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Bryant-Denny Stadium | ||
2. | We hate math, but we do dig aftermath. In the wake of the Tide's loss, this team now sits atop the BCS rankings: | ||
Oregon | |||
Notre Dame | |||
LSU | |||
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Kansas State | ||
3. | Along with Alabama, this other undefeated team went down for the first time this year: | ||
The Wildcats of Kansas State | |||
The Ducks of Oregon | |||
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The Cardinals of Louisville | ||
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dam | |||
4. | How weird was it to see college football played on a Tuesday? Election night brought saw Ball State spoil this team's return to the Top 25: | ||
Wichita State | |||
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Toledo | ||
Tulsa | |||
Oklahoma State | |||
5. | USC is now involved in Deflate-gate, as the team fired a person in this position who supposedly deflated footballs for purpose of competitive advantage in the Trojans' game against Oregon: | ||
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Student manager | ||
Assistant coach | |||
Athletic director | |||
Head coach | |||
6. | And for more college football weirdness, we note as of this Saturday, this SEC team is done with league play already: | ||
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Florida | ||
South Carolina | |||
Missouri | |||
Tennessee | |||
7. | And this school's best player, receiver Marquess Wilson, has quit the team, citing abusive behavior at the hands of the head coach: | ||
Colorado | |||
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Washington State | ||
Louisiana Tech | |||
Miami (OH) | |||
8. | And staying in college but switching from football to basketball, we love how college hoops starts off with a game. The entertaining Michigan State-UConn game that kicked of the season was played on a military base in this country: | ||
England | |||
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Germany | ||
Afghanistan | |||
USA, baby | |||
9. | In a tale of good boat/bad boat, the game between these two schools held on the deck of a warship had to be called at halftime, due to uncondensationable condensation on the court..... | ||
Villanova and Michigan | |||
USC and Texas | |||
Duke and Gonzaga | |||
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Florida and Georgetown | ||
10. | ....while Syracuse, playing onboard a completely different ship, blew by this ranked opponent: | ||
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San Diego State | ||
North Carolina State | |||
Creighton | |||
VCU | |||
11. | SportsIllustrated.com featured its collection of 100 Greatest Sports Photos of All Time. The #1 spot was held by a photo featuring this sports icon: | ||
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Michael Jordan | ||
Lou Gehrig | |||
Magic Johnson | |||
Dwight Clark | |||
By way of explanation.....
Dig: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/100greatestphotos/?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t14_a0 |
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12. | Following one of the more eventful races you'll ever see, this speed merchant will enter the Sprint Cup's final race with an unexpected 20 point lead: | ||
Denny Hamlin | |||
Kasey Kahne | |||
Clint Boyer | |||
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Brad Keselowski | ||
13. | The race in Phoenix was marred by this driver intentionally wrecking Clint Boyer, setting off an exchange of harsh words and fists between the two entourages: | ||
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Jeff Gordon | ||
Kevin Harvick | |||
Kurt "Kyle" Busch | |||
Tony Stewart | |||
14. | Switching to the NFL, This team's head coach had to spend his bye week defending his comments suggesting he has already given up on his team's season: | ||
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Washington | ||
Arizona | |||
Jacksonville | |||
Philadelphia | |||
15. | There will be no undefeated pro football team this year, as the Atlanta Falcons were beaten for the first time by a team from this conference: | ||
NFC East | |||
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NFC South | ||
NFC West | |||
NFC North | |||
16. | A somewhat short player for this NFL team scored returned a kick for a touchdown for the second time in as many weeks: | ||
San Francisco | |||
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Denver | ||
Dallas | |||
Houston | |||
17. | This dude, unsurprisingly, has been voted the NFL's dirtiest player by his peers for the second straight year. Guess wrong and he'll most likely give you a knuckle sandwich: | ||
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Ndamukong Suh | ||
James Harrison | |||
Aqib Talib | |||
JJ Watt | |||
18. | The Colorado Rockies are in dire need of some serious managering, so they turned to a rookie skipper who spent his MLB career playing: | ||
Catcher | |||
Third base | |||
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Shortstop | ||
Outfielder | |||
19. | The Lakers death-stared Mike Brown into unemployment. Fortunately, they replaced him with Phil Jackson, right? Right??? | ||
Wrong, they replaced him with Jerry Sloan | |||
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Wrong, they replaced him with Mike D'Antoni | ||
Wrong, they replaced him with Mike Dunleavy | |||
Right | |||
20. | As of Sunday, this pair of NBA afterthoughts still have not won a game: | ||
Toronto and Washington | |||
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Washington and Detroit | ||
Detroit and Portland | |||
Portland and Washington | |||