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Comeback, Part I: Any shot Oklahoma had at making the College Football Playoff seemed to go kaboom in the first half Saturday. They found themselves down by 25 to _______ before flipping the switch and engineering a remarkable comeback to win:
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Oklahoma State
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Texas Tech
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TCU
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Baylor
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Almost as impressive were the Minnesota Vikings, down 20-0 at halftime to a team from this conference, before storming back and engineering a last-minute goal-line stand for a 27-23 win:
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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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Much, much, much less impressive was the brawl that took place on Monday Night Football, during which this Cleveland Brown struck Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with his helmet:
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Genard Avery
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Emmanuel Ogbah
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Derrick Kindred
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Myles Garrett
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Almost as blatant as Garrett's actions is the league's absolute refusal to overturn pass interference calls, as evidenced by the 4th-down, end zone no-call in this game:
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Washington-Jets
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Ravens-Texans
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Patriots-Eagles
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Cardinals-49ers
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Back to college football for a moment, where the ranks of the undefeated were thinned yet again, thanks to this team's victory on Saturday:
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Iowa
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Kansas
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USC
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Washington
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And Alabama's title hopes seemed to vaporize even further, with a rather gruesome sounding injury Tua Tagovailoa suffered to his:
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Knee
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Hip
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Elbow
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Shoulder
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Pity this school's mascot, forced into early retirement because she runs too fast:
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Colorado
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Texas
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Arkansas
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Georgia
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Don Cherry, longtime controversial broadcaster covering this sport, finally went too far this week and got the axe:
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Soccer
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Hockey
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College basketball
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Football
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Over in baseball, this team not only was the home of the 2019 Rookie of the Year, but the league's Cy Yong winner as well:
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The Nats
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The Phillies
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The Mets
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The Yankees
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Meanwhile, the mighty #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats were shocked at home by Evansville. Name the Evansville team name:
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The Green Wave
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The Purple Aces
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The Zips
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The Hilltoppers
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The school for whom James Wiseman was to play college basketball this year dropped its lawsuit, thereby revoking Wiseman's eligibility for this year. Name the school:
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Syracuse
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Cincinnati
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West Virginia
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Memphis
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This is your final reminder for the season that racecar spelled backwards is racecar. This left-hand turn specialist drove faster than everyone else and won this year's NASCAR cup championship:
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Jimmie Johnson
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Martin Truex
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Kyle Busch
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Joey Logano
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