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| Browns fumble away playoff hopes, counting on Colts for help |
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12/24/2007 |
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| y would pass the Browns based on a better record against common opponents - the third tiebreaker following head-to-head matchups and conference records. The Browns will also be shut out of the playoffs if they lose their season finale at home to the San Francisco 49ers and the Titans and Colts tie. That's an unlikely scenario, but in this surprising season of strange twists and bizarre bounces for the Browns, nothing can be ruled out. What's clear is that in the gusting winds inside Paul Brown Stadium, the Bro |
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| Titans/Colts moved to Sunday night |
NFL Football |
12/24/2007 |
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| . If Tennessee wins next Sunday night, the Titans will be in the postseason. If the Titans lose, the Browns will get the wild card -- the sixth and final AFC playoff spot. This would be regardless of what the Browns do in their home game against the San Francisco 49ers earlier in the day. The Titans are 6-5 in AFC play, while the Browns are 7-5. If the Titans win next week and finish 7-5, it could go to a third tiebreaker, which is common opponents, and the Titans would win based on the Browns' losses to Oakland a |
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| National Football League Game Capsules |
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12/24/2007 |
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| Andersen was 2-for-2 on field goals, including the go-ahead kick that gave Atlanta a short-lived 27-24 edge. Final Score: San Francisco 21, Tampa Bay 19 San Francisco, CA (Best E Casino) - Shaun Hill threw for 123 yards and three touchdowns, as the San Francisco 49ers edged the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21-19, at Monster Park. Jerramy Stevens caught four passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns, the second of which brought Tampa Bay within two points of the Niners with 1:20 to play. He caught a 24-yard pass from Luke M |
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| Titans control playoff destiny after edging Jets |
NFL Football |
12/23/2007 |
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| If Tennessee wins next Sunday night at Indianapolis, the Titans will be in the postseason. If the Titans lose, the Browns will get the sixth and final AFC wild card spot. This would be regardless of what the Browns do in their home game against the San Francisco 49ers earlier in the day. The Titans are 6-5 in AFC play, while the Browns are 7-5. If the Titans win next week and finish 7-5, it could go to a third tiebreaker, which is common opponents, and the Titans would win based on the Browns' losses to Oakland a |
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| Bucs slotted as NFC's fourth seed after tight loss to 49ers |
NFL Football |
12/23/2007 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Best E Casino) - Shaun Hill threw for 123 yards and three touchdowns, as the San Francisco 49ers edged the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21-19, at Monster Park. Jerramy Stevens caught four passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns, the second of which brought Tampa Bay within two points of the Niners with 1:20 to play. He caught a 24-yard pass from Luke McCown on a scrambling throw. The two-point conversion failed, though, as Michael Clayton stepped just out of bounds with one foot, despite catching McCo |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 23, 2007) |
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12/23/2007 |
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| , T Harvey Dahl, TE Courtney Anderson, WR Joe Horn, DT Tim Anderson Cardinals - 3rd QB Tim Hasselbeck, WR Jamaica Rector, S Bhawoh Jue, FB Tim Castille, LB Brandon Johnson, G Keydrick Vincent, DE Bo Schobel, DT Ross Kolodziej TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 4:05 P.M. (ET) Buccaneers - 3rd QB Bruce Gradkowski, RB B.J. Askew, RB Kenneth Darby, DE Patrick Chukwurah, LB Ryan Nece, G Dan Buenning, TE Keith Heinrich, DT Greg Peterson 49ers - 3rd QB Trent Dilfer, WR LeRon McCoy, CB Marcus Hudson, RB Michael |
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| Bucs WR Stovall injures right arm |
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12/23/2007 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Tampa Bay wide receiver Maurice Stovall was taken off the field on a cart with an injured right arm in Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers. Stovall was hurt trying to catch a pass from Jeff Garcia in the second quarter. He stayed down on the field for a few minutes while concerned teammates surrounded him. Trainers put an inflatable cast on the arm before carting Stovall off the field with his arm extended. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injury but the Bucs sa |
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| LSU appreciates Pelini's return for BCS championship after taking Nebraska job |
Division I College Football |
12/23/2007 |
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| emotions out of it. ... I owe a lot to LSU. I love this place and the kids I coach. It's a different time and a different place and right now I'm all about LSU.'' Pelini is no stranger to big games. As an assistant coach in the NFL, he helped the San Francisco 49ers win the Super Bowl after the 1994 season. He also coached in numerous NFL playoff games with the New England Patriots in the late 1990s and the Green Bay Packers earlier this decade before returning to the college ranks as an assistant at Nebraska.< |
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| Bengals Cast In Spoiler Role Against Browns |
NFL Football |
12/21/2007 |
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| Sunday's Battle of Ohio. Palmer made it clear that Cincinnati will not lay down against a Cleveland team trying to make the playoffs by winning a game on the road. Cincinnati fell to 5-9 on the season after last Saturday's 20-13 loss to the hapless San Francisco 49ers on the road. The Bengals haven't recovered from their disappointing loss to the Browns earlier this season and are in the midst of their first losing season in five campaign under coach Marvin Lewis. Cincy will finish with a record below .500 for th |
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| Niners Game Could Impact Bucs' Playoff Position |
NFL Football |
12/21/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - To be No. 3 or not to be No. 3 - that is the Shakespearean question facing the NFC South Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will travel to meet the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The Bucs, who clinched their second division title in the last three years with last week's 37-3 pummeling of the Atlanta Falcons, are contending with the similarly 9-5 Seattle Seahawks for the third seed in the NFC. The Bucs are currently No. 4 in the conference hierarchy due to their head-to-head loss in Seattle back |
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