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| 1. | The College Football Coach of the Year, according to the Associated Press, is the fellow who heads the program at: | ||
| Oregon | |||
| Pittsburgh | |||
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Texas Christian | ||
| Boise State | |||
| 2. | How well did you follow the bowls this week? Christmas week saw bowls sponsored by three of the following contested. Who sponsors a bowl that has not yet been played as of Sunday, December 27? | ||
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Chick-fil-A | ||
| Little Caesar's | |||
| Emerald Nuts | |||
| Meineke | |||
| 3. | Sarah Thomas made history this week, becoming the first woman to officiate a bowl game when she donned the zebra stripes for this bowl: | ||
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Little Caesars Bowl | ||
| Emerald Bowl | |||
| Maaco Bowl | |||
| Hawaii Bowl | |||
| 4. | Playing in its first bowl game in 25 years, which team cruised to an impressive 45-10 win? | ||
| Toledo | |||
| New Mexico State | |||
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Southern Methodist | ||
| South Carolina | |||
| 5. | Meanwhile, which university's football team notched its ninth straight bowl game? | ||
| USC | |||
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Utah | ||
| Pittsburgh | |||
| Marshall | |||
| 6. | The highly anticipated Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has seemingly been fustigated into oblivion. What issue seems to be the primary reason for the collapse of the bout? | ||
| Location | |||
| Pay | |||
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Drug testing | ||
| Number of rounds | |||
| 7. | Best known for his long-running highlight show The Sports Machine, sportscaster George Michael died this week. In which US city was Michael based? | ||
| Boston | |||
| Cleveland | |||
| Denver | |||
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Washington, DC | ||
| 8. | While Magic coach Stan Van Gundy rues the tradition, the NBA held its usual slate of Christmas day games. Which of the following was not one of them? | ||
| Cavs-Lakers | |||
| Celtics-Magic | |||
| Heat-Knicks | |||
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Thunder-Wizards | ||
| 9. | The Giants played their final home game in the current iteration of Giants Stadium on Sunday. In the process: | ||
| They played in front of the largest home crowd ever | |||
| They played the longest game in that stadium | |||
| The game set the stadium record for most combined return yards | |||
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They suffered their worst home loss ever | ||
| 10. | Looking to expose the missteps of athletes, this non-sports related news organization announced it will be starting a sports-based site: | ||
| OK! Magazine | |||
| The Sun | |||
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TMZ | ||
| National Enquirer | |||
| 11. | As Athletes of the Decade, Sports Illustrated selected this pair: | ||
| Maria Sharapova and Michael Phelps | |||
| Annika Sorenstam and Lance Armstrong | |||
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Serena Williams and Tiger Woods | ||
| Venus Williams and Derek Jeter | |||
| 12. | In addition to being named SI Athlete of the Decade, Serena Williams was the AP Athlete for 2009, alongside this male: | ||
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Jimmie Johnson | ||
| Peyton Manning | |||
| LeBron James | |||
| Tony Romo | |||
| 13. | As Mike Holmgren ascended to the top spot in Cleveland's organization, current coach Eric Mangini got a vote of confidence from this former Browns great: | ||
| Ozzie Newsome | |||
| Paul Warfield | |||
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Jim Brown | ||
| Len Ford | |||
| 14. | Which historic college basketball powerhouse notched its 2000th win on Monday against Drexel? | ||
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Kentucky | ||
| Louisville | |||
| Kansas | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| 15. | If you would like step-by-step instructions on how to lose an NBA game when you're up by 35 points in the third quarter, talk to these chuckleheads, who pulled off this dubious feat in a loss to the Kings this week: | ||
| Thunder | |||
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Bulls | ||
| Grizzlies | |||
| Heat | |||
| 16. | Urban Meyer's Really Odd Weekend ended with the Florida coach not resigning, but rather taking a leave of absence. What is the name of the interim coach that will try to steady the ship in Meyer's absence? | ||
| Rob Pellegrino | |||
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Steve Addazio | ||
| John Castel | |||
| Zombie Lane Kiffin | |||
| 17. | As of end of play on Sunday, which division had not yet been clinched? | ||
| AFC East | |||
| AFC North | |||
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NFC East | ||
| All divisions had been clinched | |||
| 18. | Many, many NFL teams did not eat their Wheaties on Sunday. Which of the following losing teams did not lose by at least three touchdowns? | ||
| Buffalo | |||
| Seattle | |||
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Miami | ||
| Jacksonville | |||
| 19. | After striking the fingertips of an official, which NFL receiver was told to go to his room until he learns how to act? | ||
| Wes Welker | |||
| Calvin Johnson | |||
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Brandon Stokely | ||
| Derrick Mason | |||
| 20. | The last we checked, no one had yet registered the web domain name FireJimCaldwell.com. But that might change any second. The loss to the Jets ended the Colts' record of ______ consecutive victories: | ||
| 25 | |||
| 19 | |||
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23 | ||
| 27 | |||
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