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How Well Do You Know: 8/26/13-9/1/13
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College football? College football! Collllllegggggee Foooooootttttballllll! This team got off to a good start by winning a matchup of two top-10 teams:
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Ohio State
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Clemson
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Georgia
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Louisville
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The weekend was not without its share of notable upsets. This ranked team shocked its fans by coming up short against its FCS opponent:
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Boise State
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Oklahoma State
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Nebraska
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Oregon State
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Similarly, recent FCS power North Dakota State visited this established college football program and walked away with a win:
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Miami (Fla)
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Kansas State
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TCU
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Arkansas
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In its infinite wisdom, Texas A&M suspended Johnny Manziel for _________ of its opening game against Rice:
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A quarter
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A half
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The entire game
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Not one second
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To the delight of millions, baseball is still being played. The know-it-all at Forbes said that this struggling baseball team is the league's most profitable:
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Toronto Blue Jays
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Houston Astros
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Seattle Mariners
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Miami Marlins
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You don't have to know a lot about baseball to know that 7 RBIs in one game is a lot. This hitter accomplished the feat this week:
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Allen Craig
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Todd Helton
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Robinson Cano
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Shane Victorino
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It sucks to be this pitcher, who was sidelined for the rest of the year with a partially torn UCL:
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Anibal Sanchez
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Zack Greinke
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Matt Harvey
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Cliff Lee
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Thanks to a series of unfortunate events, this NFL team, which we're fairly sure you have heard of, will apparently start undrafted free agent Jeff Tuel at quarterback in its first game of the regular season:
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Tennessee Titans
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Buffalo Bills
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New York Jets
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Oakland Raiders
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The list of quarterbacks cut during the week include each of the following, except for:
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Tim Tebow
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Matt Leinart
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Vince Young
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Pat White
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Slavery still exists in the UFC? That's the contention that this MMA star made against league boss Dana White this week:
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Kimbo Slice
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Anderson Silva
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Rashad Evans
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Tito Ortiz
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Break out your counting fingers. This is the amount of the settlement the NFL will pay its former players for concussion-related issues:
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$1.8 billion
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$345 million
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$765 million
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$2.3 billion
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If you're an NBA star who was not arrested for drunk driving over the weekend, please step forward. Not so fast there,
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Lamar Odom
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Shane Battier
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Rajon Rondo
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Chris Paul
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