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How Well Do You Know: 12/28/15-1/3/16
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The College Football Playoffs offered two one-sided contests, leaving us with a championship game featuring:
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#1 vs #2
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#1 vs #3
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#2 vs #4
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#2 vs #4
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Elsewhere in the bowls, the all-time NCAA touchdown mark was set by a fine young man from:
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Cal
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Wisconsin
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Miami (OH)
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Navy
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But the most thrilling contest came in the Alamo Bowl, where TCU spotted Oregon the first __________ points of the game before marauding back to win the game in triple overtime:
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34
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31
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24
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28
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We bid a sad RIP to this legend of the Harlem Globetrotter:
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Curly Neal
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Sweet Lou Dunbar
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Meadowlark Lemon
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Twiggy Sanders
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With the scandal of only a few weeks ago having apparently been forgotten, Ardoldis Chapman was acquired by trade by the:
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Red Sox
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Rangers
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Yankees
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Cardinals
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In collegiate hardcourt action, the top-ranked Spartans suffered their first loss of the year as they were toppled by this Big 10 opponent:
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Iowa State
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Iowa
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Nebraska
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Penn State
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Hosting the Winter Classic was a dubious honor, as this home team was smacked around 5-1 on New Year's Day:
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Canadiens
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Red Wings
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Bruins
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Flyers
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The final Monday Night Football game of year was won by a team from the:
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AFC East
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AFC West
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NFC East
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NFC West
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And mid-week, this NFL organization ensured its place in the headlines when it gave its coach the boot:
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Cowboys
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Eagles
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Rams
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49ers
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Finally, this NFL team's loss on Sunday guaranteed it the #1 pick in next spring's draft:
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