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| ACC crown up for grabs in clash between Eagles and Hokies |
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12/03/2008 |
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| arlier this season as mentioned above. Boston College is scoring a solid 26.7 ppg despite the fact that the offense is generating a lackluster 319.3 total ypg. Last season, the Eagles were guided by quarterback Matt Ryan, who is now starring for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. With Ryan gone, senior Chris Crane has taken the majority of the snaps this season with modest results. Unfortunately for Crane, he broke his collarbone two weeks ago and will miss the remainder of this season. His replacement, freshman |
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| NFC South: Falcons' Turner one-ups former mentor |
NFL Football |
12/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) -- Michael Turner was deemed expendable by the San Diego Chargers this past offseason, but there's no denying that the talented running back has been vital to the Atlanta Falcons' amazing turnaround in 2008. Eight months after the Chargers allowed Turner to test the free-agent waters, the fifth-year pro made his ex-team pay for the decision with another top- notch effort that aided Atlanta's 22-16 victory over San Diego this past Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium. Turner grinded out 120 yards on a c |
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| AFC West: Do Chiefs Have Worst-to-First Potential in '09? |
NFL Football |
12/02/2008 |
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| r after going 11-5 and advancing to the AFC Championship Game, Norv Turner's club has instead endured a precipitous fall from grace that has all but eliminated the team's chance to return to the postseason. San Diego's 22-16 home loss to the upstart Atlanta Falcons last Sunday was the team's fifth defeat in its last six games, with the only victory over that span a narrow 20-19 affair over the two-win Kansas City Chiefs. The Bolts are 4-8 in their second season under Turner, and after averaging more than 11 wi |
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| National Football League Game Capsules |
NFL Football |
12/01/2008 |
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| Redskins. Chris Cooley had six grabs for 71 yards in defeat. Final Score: Atlanta 22, San Diego 16 San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - Matt Ryan tossed a pair of touchdown passes and Michael Turner ran for 120 yards against his old team as the surprise Atlanta Falcons gutted out a 22-16 victory over the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Ryan was an efficient 17-of-23 passing for 207 yards and Turner was the workhorse with 31 carries as Atlanta (8-4) won for the fourth time in five games to keep pace in a st |
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| Ryan, Turner help Falcons get past Chargers |
NFL Football |
11/30/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - Matt Ryan tossed a pair of touchdown passes and Michael Turner ran for 120 yards against his old team as the surprise Atlanta Falcons gutted out a 22-16 victory over the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Ryan was an efficient 17-of-23 passing for 207 yards and Turner was the workhorse with 31 carries as Atlanta (8-4) won for the fourth time in five games to keep pace in a stacked NFC South. Carolina and Tampa Bay both logged victories earlier Sunday to move to 9-3. "That |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, November 30, 2008) |
NFL Football |
11/30/2008 |
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| Terrence Metcalf, DT Matt Toeaina, WR Brandon Rideau, DE Ervin Baldwin, RB Kevin Jones Vikings - 3rd QB John David Booty, G Artis Hicks, WR Aundrae Allison, RB Maurice Hicks, TE Garrett Mills, LB Dontarrious Thomas, DE Otis Grigsby, DT Letroy Guion ATLANTA FALCONS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. (ET) Falcons - 3rd QB D.J. Shockley, CB Brent Grimes, S Jamaal Fudge, LB Tony Gilbert, T Sam Baker, C Ben Wilkerson, WR Laurent Robinson, DE Simon Fraser Chargers - 3rd QB Charlie Whitehurst, S Paul Oliver, RB Michae |
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| Playoff Position On Line In Falcons-Chargers Battle |
NFL Football |
11/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - This Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers was supposed to be a matchup of one team squarely in the playoff mix and the other struggling to pick up wins. That's turned out to be exactly the case, only the roles have been reversed. Thought to be in the first year of an extensive rebuilding process, the Falcons enter this post-Thanksgiving interconference encounter with realistic visions of a postseason berth. The Chargers, on the other hand, are heading into the se |
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| Falcons place Hartsock on IR |
NFL Football |
11/26/2008 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (Best E Casino) - The Atlanta Falcons have placed tight end Ben Hartsock on injured reserve because of a toe injury. Hartsock, in his first year with the Falcons, was hurt in last Sunday's game against Carolina. Better known for his blocking, Hartsock has just three catches for 26 yards in 11 games. The Ohio State product has also played for Indianapolis and Tennessee since the Colts selected him in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He has 27 receptions for 273 yards in 56 NFL games. |
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| Brees, Barber, Douglas earn NFC weekly honors |
NFL Football |
11/26/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber and Atlanta Falcons punt returner Harry Douglas have been selected as the NFC's top players for Week 12 of the NFL season. Brees went 20-of-26 for 323 yards and four touchdowns, as the New Orleans Saints trounced the Green Bay Packers 51-29 on Monday night. The signal-caller had two touchdown passes of 70 yards and held a passer rating of 157.5, a new career-high, against the third-ranked pa |
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| Vick pleads guilty to state dogfighting charge |
NFL Football |
11/25/2008 |
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| Sussex, VA (Best E Casino) - Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, already serving a prison sentence for federal dogfighting charges, pleaded guilty to a state dogfighting charge Tuesday. Vick was in a Virginia court room Tuesday and entered his guilty plea in an effort to hasten his early release. He is currently serving a 23-month jail sentence in Leavenworth, Kansas for the federal offense and could be released to a federal halfway house in July. Without the resolution of the state charges, Vic |
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