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- The Cardinals thrilling 51-45 OT victory over the Green Bay Packers was easily the most entertaining NFL Wildcard game this weekend. The highest-scoring playoff game in NFL history featured a ton of offense (over 1,000 total yards) and only 2 punts. Ironically, the winning touchdown was scored by Arizona’s Karlos Dansby, who returned an Aaron Rodgers fumble 17 yards to punch the Cardinals’ ticket to New Orleans.
- In other NFL action, the Jets shut down the Bengals for the second week in a row, winning 24-14. The Cowboys dominated the Eagles for the 3rd time this season 34-14 (probably because Donovan McNabb was drunk). On Sunday, the Ravens jumped on several early miscues by the Patriots, coasting to a 33-14 victory. Next weekend’s matchups are here.
- Bob mentioned it on Saturday, but it looks like Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks have reached a contract agreement. Carroll is now the former coach at USC after resigning over the weekend. Make sure to check out the extremely busy Seahawks Addicts for more coverage. New York Jets rookie QB Mark Sanchez (a former USC standout for those with a short memory) playfully took a shot at Carroll, who was critical of Sanchez’s decision to jump to the NFL after his junior season.
- Nothing has been confirmed yet, but Kurt Warner has mentioned that he may call it quits after this season. Warner has put together a Hall of Fame career after many had left him for dead, or at least to bag their groceries. Not surprisingly, the only person to go through a bigger transformation during Warner’s career was Kurt’s wife Brenda.
- Bill Ford Jr., son of Lions owner William Clay Ford, may not have much say over daddy’s franchise (though he probably got Matt Millen fired), but at least he doesn’t have the potty mouth that Tom Hick Jr. has. Hicks responded to fans’ e-mails (always a bad idea) with less-than-appropriate responses. Check out Deadspin for the e-mails in their full, uncensored glory.
- I missed this at first, but thankfully my girlfriend caught it and proceeded to laugh hysterically for 10 minutes afterward. Towards the end of Thursday’s National Championship game, Alabama coach Nick Saban took a Gatorade jug to the noggin. I like that the red Gatorade matched the Bama uniforms, but is Fruit Punch really the best flavor they could get? [via Hot Clicks]
- You could probably file this under “Rob’s Lowlight of the Day.” Nuggets G J.R. Smith mistook Tyreke Evans’ airball as a made bucket and took the ball out of bounds. Check out Tyreke’s “at least I didn’t do that” smirk at the :18 mark. [via Ball Don’t Lie]
Rob’s Highlight of the Day
This was sick. Georgia’s Travis Leslie compiled his entire NBA highlight tape in one monster dunk over Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins on Saturday. Kentucky still got the win though, likely vaulting them to a #2 ranking this week after #1 Kansas lost to Tennessee.
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