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Okay, if you're an NHL team that fired your coach this week, take a step forward. Whoa, hold up there:
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Carolina
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Washington
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Columbus
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Anaheim
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In one of the stranger coaching carousel moments ever, _________ immediately hired the former coach of _________ two days after he was fired:
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Anaheim, Washington
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Carolina, Washington
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Columbus, Anaheim
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Washington, Carolina
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We were shocked - Shocked! - when Ohio State filled its football head coaching victory with a guy who had most recently held the post at:
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Florida
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USC
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Penn State
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Michigan
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Say hey to the new #1 ranked college basketball team in the country:
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Duke
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Kentucky
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Syracuse
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Kansas
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This pair of Pac 12 schools canned their head football coach this week:
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Washington and Washington State
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Colorado and Utah
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USC and Oregon State
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UCLA and Arizona State
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Lo, and the great Goodell ruled that this many shall be the number of games Ndamukong Suh shall be suspended for getting too stompy on Thanksgiving
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1
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2
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3
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4
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More true Suh news! When he wasn't busy getting all suspended, Ndamukong spent his time:
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Foiling a bank robbery
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Driving his car into a tree
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Being cited for overdue library books
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Was busted for DUI
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Bobby Valentine was introduced as the new manager of this team, though there was no word of where his fake mustache and glasses were at the time:
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Chicago Cubs
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St. Louis
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Chicago White Sox
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Boston
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This bunch of ice skaters were sorry to see November end, as they ended their NHL schedule for the month at 12-0-1:
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Penguins
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Maple Leafs
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Bruins
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Canucks
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A halftime Hail Mary touchdown was key to the victory of the:
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Chiefs
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Patriots
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Jets
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Broncos
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Louisiana State University cemented its place in the BCS Championship by spotting the first ______ points to Georgia before woodshedding the Bulldogs for the final ________:
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13 / 51
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17 / 34
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7 / 38
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10 / 42
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Each team that bitches about being left out of the BCS Championship has only themselves to blame. The last previously undefeated team that suffered an L this weekend was:
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Houston
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TCU
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Boise State
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Clemson
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Please raise your hand if you are a Division I football conference that held its championship this weekend. Dammit, put your hand back down,
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ACC
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Pac 12
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Big 10
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Big 12
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This conference champion won the crown by storming back from a 20-0 deficit to win 23-20:
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Nevada
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Northern Illinois
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Colorado State
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Wisconsin
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Some terrific college basketball games were played this week, highlighted by the Big 10-ACC Challenge. So, um.....which conference won?
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ACC 8-4
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ACC 9-3
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Big 10 10-2
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Big 10 8-4
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Meanwhile, the Big Bad Big East also won 8-4 in its challenge against which conference?
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Pac 12
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SEC
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Big 12
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Ivy League
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A last second blocked shot figured into the entertaining Kentucky-UNC clash, which saw:
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UNC win on the road
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Kentucky win at home
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UNC win at home
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Kentucky win on the road
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A sellout Madison Square Gardens crowd saw plenty of fustigation Saturday night in the welterweight bout between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. You got paid if you put money down on:
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Cotto winning by TKO
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A draw
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Cotto winning by disqualification
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Margarito winning by KO
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OPJ are big fans of portly dudes who run hard unnecessarily. So we were sure to take note of notable MLB closer Heath "Crunch" Bell as he signed with this team during the week:
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Rockies
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Cardinals
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Phillies
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Marlins
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The Minnesota Vikings waived Donovan F. McNabb during the week. Certainly someone stepped up to claim the man, right? Right??
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Right, the Bears did
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Right, the Chiefs did
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Right, the Dolphins did
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Wrong
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Look out, world! Eldrick Woods won for the first time in approximately 657 events by birdieing the last two holes in regulation to win at the:
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Chevron World Challenge
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Bay Hill Invitational
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Byron Nelson Championship
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Players Championship
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Three of the below distinguished themselves by rushing for 100+ yards in their Week 13 NFL game. One dude did not. Who was that dude?
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Ray Rice
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Arian Foster
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BenJarvus Green-Ellis
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Marshawn Lynch
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So you may have heard that Cam Newton ran for three rushing touchdowns on Sunday, thereby setting the rushing TD record for quarterbacks. But do you know whose record he broke?
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Steve Grogan
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John Elway
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Sammy Baugh
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Warren Moon
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The following NFL divisional championship was decided on Sunday:
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AFC East
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NFC South
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NFC West
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AFC West
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25.
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It's not often when you see an NFL head coach ice his own kicker just before he misses a game-winning kick. Say hello to the special genius of:
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Jason Garrett
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Mike Smith
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Mike Shanahan
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Tom Coughlin
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