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College football? College Football! COLLEGE FOOOOTTBAALLL! If your school had to apologize after its marching band formed a rather vulgar formation on field at halftime on Saturday, you likely go to:
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Kansas State
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Florida State
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Oklahoma State
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Notre Dame
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The first spectacular game-ending play occurred when this school threw a Hail Mary touchdown pass as time expired:
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Air Force
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Miami (OH)
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Arkansas
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BYU
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ESPN got its season coverage started on Thursday night with this cross-state rivalry game:
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Colorado at Wyoming
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Florida at Alabama
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South Carolina at North Carolina
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Washington at Oregon
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And the Nittany Lions' season got off to an auspicious start as Penn State lost to this school, not exactly a mecca of college football:
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Delaware
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Villanova
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Temple
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McNeese state
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the wide wide world of sports, the USOC rubberstamped the bid for this US city to host the 2024 Olympics:
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Las Vegas
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Seattle
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Dallas
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Los Angeles
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You remember baseball, right? Sure, you do. The first day of September saw that this division leader had the smallest lead:
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Toronto
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Kansas City
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Houston
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Dodgers
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And this heavy hitter did no hitting at all, scoring four runs without swinging the bat once on Friday night:
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Mike Trout
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Bryce Harper
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Paul Goldschmidt
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Troy Tulowitzki
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And this clubhouse of contenders was hit by a bout of chicken pox during the week:
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Cubs
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Royals
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Dodgers
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Cardinals
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After all of the nonsense over the past several months, the length of the suspension Tom Brady will start the season with number this many games:
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4
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3
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2
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0
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The US Open tennis tournament began during the week, though without the services of this top female, who withdrew due to injury:
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Maria Sharapova
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Serena Williams
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Caroline Wozniaki
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Simona Halep
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Over on the men's side, this contender made it into the second week, but not without having to endure a 5 set match, which he survived after having dropped the first two sets:
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Djokovic
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Murray
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Federer
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Nadal
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But that was better than the fate suffered by this guy, who was eliminated in the third round of the tourney:
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Djokovic
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Murray
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Federer
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Nadal
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