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On the eve of the NFL season starting, Vegas oddsmakers installed these two teams as Super Bowl champion favorites...and, after Week 1, it seems like they know what they're talking about:
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Denver and New Orleans
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Indy and San Francisco
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Indy and New Orleans
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San Francisco and Denver
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The Broncos got off to a strong start, if you don't count the bonehead drop-the-ball-as-you-cross-the-goal-line play made by this jughead:
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Danny Trevathan
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Wesley Woodyard
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Adrian Robinson
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Chris Harris
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After going a combined 0-4 during the opening weekend, the teams from this NFL division are still seeking its first win:
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AFC South
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NFC West
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AFC North
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NFC North
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Don't ask us to do the percentage, but 78/93rds of this runner's yardage on Sunday game on a touchdown dash on his first play from scrimmage:
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Reggie Bush
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Adrian Petersen
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Chris Johnson
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Steven Jackson
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This team scored a safety mere milliseconds into their opening game (....and that, by orders of magnitude, was the best thing that happened to them Sunday):
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Steelers
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Packers
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Buccaneers
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Browns
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....but at least a safety was not the only score they made on Sunday, much unlike this deplorable team:
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Bengals
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Giants
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Cardinals
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Jaguars
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From the Like, Duh file, we red that this recent NFL retiree explained this week that his former team had a player whose job it was to fake an injury in order to slow down opposing offenses:
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Ray Lewis
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Randy Moss
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Al Harris
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Brian Urlacher
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Now, as far as college football goes, the most recent AP poll had a new member in its top 5, and that member was:
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South Carolina
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Washington
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LSU
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Clemson
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If you are hanging your head this morning because your alma matter gave up a staggering 500+ yards rushing to its opponent on Saturday, then you're not too proud to call yourself a:
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Longhorn
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Trojan
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Badger
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Rebel
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....but at least you can console yourself that your team did not commit five turnovers in the span of six offensive plays, as did the men from this school:
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Northern Iowa
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Western Kentucky
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East Carolina
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South Alabama
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In this glorious onslaught of football, you still remember baseball, right? Yes, you do. This team denied the Tigers' Max Scherzer the opportunity to become the just the second pitcher in MLB history to start the season 20-1:
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Yankees
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Angels
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Rangers
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Red Sox
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Meanwhile, the Pirates guaranteed themselves a winning season by virtue of a 4-3 win over the Brewers this week. Quick, name the last year the Pirates finished over .500:
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1999
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1978
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1992
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1988
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With all the safeties recorded in the NFL Sunday, we're surprised to learn that __________'s baseball, not football, team lost by a score of 20-4 this week:
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Cleveland
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Seattle
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Detroit
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New York
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A dude from this western MLB team came || this close to a perfect game before surrendering a bottom of the 9th, two out hit this week:
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Seattle
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Colorado
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San Diego
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San Francisco
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And we close, as sometimes we do when we have absolutely no other choice, with soccer. The US's 12 game international winning streak when kablooey thanks to a 3-1 loss to this country:
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Uruguay
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Costa Rica
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El Salvador
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Mexico
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