Sweet 16

The Indiana Hoosiers became the second major college football team to go 16-0 – the first team to accomplish the feat was in 1894, 132 years ago. Besides Indiana, what other school went 16-0?

Here’s your choices: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Pennsylvania or Army.

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Odds & Ends

Indiana’s 100-1 preseason odds is the longest in college football history to win a title, and it’s the second-longest preseason odds when you factor in pro sports – and that leads us to the question. What team from the 1999 season won the Super Bowl with 150-1 odds, the longest preseason odds ever? Here’s your choices: Rams, 49ers, Giants, Dolphins.

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Tomlin‘s Amazing Streak

Fill in the Blank:

Mike Tomlin’s decision to step down as Steelers head coach marked an end to a 19-year run in which the 53-year-old coach never had a losing season. Only Hall of Famer _________ had a longer streak in NFL history.

Here’s your choices: George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, Tom Landry, Tommy Smothers.

Carroll Canned

Pete Carroll was canned as head coach of the Raiders after just one season in Las Vegas. Interestingly, the future Hall of Fame coach was let go after just one season in his first head coaching stint. That leads us to the question – what team gave Pete Carrol his first head coaching job but fired him after just one season, before Carrol rebounded and went on to have a Hall of Fame career?

Is it the Patriots, Titans, Browns, Cardinals or the Jets?

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Crosby Sets Pens Points Record

Congrats to Sidney Crosby on passing Mario Lemieux for most points in Pittsburgh Penguins history. Lemieux held the record since 1989 when he broke the record held by Penguins Hall of Famer Rick Kehoe.

Here’s video of Mario congratulating Crosby who lived with the Lemieux family when Sidney began his pro career as an 18 year old when he was the overall No. 1 draft pick.

With 1,724 career points, Crosby is now 8th on the NHLs all-time list. Which Penguins player ranks second on the NHLs all-time points list, trailing only Wayne Gretzky?

Running Record

Josh Allen had the longest rushing touchdown of his career this past week – 40 yards against the Bengals. Here’s a link to that great run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkd6pHk-plo

A week earlier Allen set the NFL record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.

Who held the NFL record for most rushing TDs by a QB before Josh Allen broke it?

Bobby Douglas

Steve Young

Cam Newton

Fran Tarkenton

Fran Lebowitz

And the answer is….

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Judge vs Raleigh – If I had my druthers…

Lots of debate on the internet as to whether Cal Raleigh should’ve edged out Aaron Judge for AL MVP because in addition to his offensive prowess he also was outstanding playing the demanding position of catcher where he didn’t have one passed ball all season long.

If I had my druthers I would’ve loved to have seen Judge and Raleigh be co-MVPs as both were deserving the award. And that leads me to the question – What players were co-MVPs in 1979, the only time in MLB history where two players shared the regular season MVP?

Dave Parker and Gary Carter

Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez

Steve Garvey and George Foster

Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton

And the answer is:

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