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Denver Broncos – MVP Like Second Half for Peyton Manning
The Denver Broncos had a terrible first half, going down 0-24 against the San Diego Chargers. The Second half? Peyton Manning was perfect, the defense embarrassed Philip Rivers, helping complete a 35 point comeback to win 35-24, the fourth biggest regular-season comeback in NFL history.
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Hit of the Week – Brandon Browner on Wes Welker
Big hits rarely come without their share of controversy these days in the NFL, but there was no one complaining about Brandon Browner of the Seattle Seahawks hitting, not tackling, Wes Welker of the New England Patriots.
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San Francisco 49ers – Introducing the Real Alex Smith
We really thought Alex Smith was over his on-field problems, moving onward to the next level. Then comes a potential revenge game against the New York Giants at home, and the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers implodes, throwing three interceptions on the way to a 3-26 loss.
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2012 NFL Season – Only Atlanta Falcons Left Undefeated
And we’re down to 1. The Houston Texas came in as favorites against the struggling Green Bay Packers, but Aaron Rodgers shushed everyone and threw six touchdown passes on a huge win. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Falcons kept their undefeated (not the only team) status by beating the Oakland Raiders, just barely, 23-20.
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Dallas Cowboys – Jason Garrett Finding New Ways to Lose
Eventually, it came down to Dez Bryant not making a catch, dropping yet another pass. For once, most of the blame won’t go to Tony Romo, who along with all of the Dallas Cowboys, should be feeling good about themselves despite the 31-29 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
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2012 College Football Season – Week 7 BCS Standings
The BCS belongs to the SEC, everyone knows that. The first published standings of the season coming out, following week 7 of the 2012 College Football Season gives us the first controversial issue, as Florida rank second behind Alabama at number one, leaving Oregon, number 2 in the AP Poll, a spot behind the Gators.
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2012 NFL Season – Broncos vs Chargers Predictions
Monday Night Football will be about the AFC West in week 6, as Peyton Manning, playing well but struggling to actually win, takes his Denver Broncos to play the San Diego Chargers and Philip Rivers, who as usual have a lot of problems getting consistency out of their fantastic talent across the board.
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College Football – Week 7 Rankings
A lot of movers up and down for yet another week, as South Carolina and West Virginia (huge fall) fell out of the top 5 after their losses to LSU and Texas Tech, while Alabama just keeps on winning, Florida are now in the top 3, Notre Dame and Kansas State keep climbing the rankings while Texas fell out of the AP Poll after a humiliating Red River Rivalry loss to Oklahoma.
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Red River Rivalry – Oklahoma Keep Crushing Texas
A good rivalry needs a fair fight, and the way the Oklahoma – Texas rivalry has been played on the field the last two years means it’s not at that point right now. Both teams came in with one loss going into the game in Dallas, but the Longhorns came out of the Cotton Bowl with one of the more humiliating defeats in the Red Rivalry history.
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LSU Tigers – Still National Title Contenders
Les Miles knows he doesn’t have the best team he’s had in Baton Rouge in 2012, but they’re still good enough to remain undefeated at home over the last 22 games, as LSU made a huge dent in the aspiration of South Carolina to finish higher than ever before this season, beating the Gamecocks 23-21.