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College basketball is back! College basketball is back! The guys from this school were the first ranked team to get a W on the season:
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Duke
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Cincinnati
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Baylor
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Texas A&M
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The Sycamores of Indiana State went into the house occupied by this Big 10 team and handed the hosts a rather awkward loss to open their season:
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Indiana
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Ohio State
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Michigan
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Michigan State
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Meanwhile, this school opened its season by welcoming a dominant figure from its past to its sidelines as head coach:
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UCLA
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Georgetown
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NC State
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San Francisco
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And we wouldn't have a basketball season without Bobby Knight making a fool out of himself, this team knocking the recruiting practices of this coaching great:
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Dean Smith
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Lefty Driesell
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Lou Carnesecca
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John Wooden
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In Tales from the Association, we read that, as of publication time, this NBA squad has reeled off a dozen wins in a row:
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The Cavs
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The Celtics
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The Warriors
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The Spurs
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With baseball already an almost distant memory, we pause to note that the Golden Glove awards came out this week. This pitcher won his fourth:
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Max Scherzer
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Jon Lester
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Madison Baumgarner
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Zack Greinke
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To add to the storminess that has afflicted the NFL this season, there appears to be a not-so-cold war between this team's owner and commissioner Roger Goodell as the latter is up for contract extension:
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The Dolphins
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The Patriots
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The Cowboys
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The Titans
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Anti-TNF venom spewed again as Richard Sherman of the Seahawks began the game against the ____________ Thursday night, but did not finish, as a torn Achilles will cost him the rest of the season:
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The Titans
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The Cardinals
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The Chargers
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The Texans
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This team recorded a kickoff return for touchdown, recovered a muffed punt reception and blocked a punt on Sunday:
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The Patriots
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The Vikings
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The Lions
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The Steelers
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This week gave us another wonderfully wacky College Football Saturday, as the teams ranked ____________ in the CFP fell:
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#1 and #3
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#1 and #2
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#2 and #3
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#1, #2 and #3
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Most of the OPJ newsroom staff was expecting Notre Dame to go into Miami and hand The U its first loss of the season. None of us were expecting a Hurricane blowout to the tune of this final score:
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37-3
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44-6
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41-8
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53-15
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As its season turns from mitigated disaster to unmitigated disaster, this SEC school gave the boot to its besieged head coach:
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Kentucky
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South Carolina
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Ole Miss
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Tennessee
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