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“That’s like, that’s a tough schedule to open the season,” Kane said. “You’re playing three home openers starting against one of the best teams in the league that’s been training at altitude for their whole training camp, you get a day off, that’s a travel day, you lose two hours. I’m not trying to make excuses. We obviously have to be better.”
“Irrelevant Week” generated so much publicity that in 1979 the Los Angeles Rams, who owned the next-to-last pick, intentionally passed to let the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the last pick, choose first. The Steelers also wanted the publicity and passed as well. Both teams refused to choose a player until Commissioner Pete Rozelle forced them to pick, with the Steelers winning. That led to the so-called Salata Rule, which bars teams from passing to get the final selection.
The Hawkeyes defense, which came in leading the nation with 20 takeaways and a plus-15 turnover margin, only had one takeaway. That came in the third quarter when Sheffield, trying to dive for the end zone, had the ball slip out of his hand, hit the pylon and go out of bounds for a touchback.
The Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, left, celebrates with J.D. Martinez after hitting a grand slam against the Astros during the second inning in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday in Houston. Martinez hit a slam in the first inning. (David J. Phillip/AP)
Northwestern appeared to be a favorable matchup for the Scarlet Knights (3-4, 0-4), who were coming off three consecutive games against opponents currently ranked in the top 10. But five of Rutgers’ first six drives ended in punts, and they couldn’t find the end zone after halftime. Though quarterback Noah Vedral hit all four of his passes on Rutgers’ only scoring drive, he had an inconsistent day, going 18 of 30 for 152 yards.
Fields is the eighth quarterback to start against Rodgers, and while the Bears have rolled through other starters in that era, not all of them have faced the Packers. The previous seven — Kyle Orton, Jay Cutler, Josh McCown, Brian Hoyer, Matt Barkley, Mike Glennon and Mitch Trubisky — were 0-7 in their first start against Rodgers. They combined for five touchdown passes and 11 interceptions in those games while Rodgers totaled 18 TD passes and one pick. Rodgers is 12-6 in his career against rookie quarterbacks.
And because of the archaic NFL rules at the time, the game was being blacked out in Chicago, so Jerry came up with the idea to watch it from Peoria — far enough away from blackout restrictions. After Bob received permission from his wife to leave, and blew off a previous engagement with friends, the two fans made the three-plus hour drive on a Saturday night, checked in to a room with an old, 20-inch TV and headed down to the bar to relax.
“They all have their own strengths and weaknesses, so probably the thing we need to do as coaches is making sure we’re using those strengths, whether it’s a type of scheme in the run game, whether it’s a protection in the pass game, just to make it a little easier,” Nagy said. “You have a younger guy, like a rookie, like Khalil. You have a guy that hasn’t seen as many defenses as somebody like David, whether it’s the vision when you get a handoff and how you read the three-tech and whether you cut in or break outside. Or if it’s a blitz, that Mike linebacker comes up in the A-gap versus coming off the D-gap. … We just have to temper with a younger guy how much volume we put on him, that he doesn’t get tripped.”
Correa, who has been with the Astros since being selected first overall in 2012, will be a free agent at season’s end, and it seems likely he won’t remain in Houston. He has a history of big hits for the Astros that includes 18 postseason home runs, several of them in key situations.
The Mercury shot 25% from the field, setting a record for the lowest field-goal percentage in a WNBA Finals game. Diana Taurasi finished with five points on 1-for-10 shooting, the worst playoff performance of her career. Skyler Diggins-Smith, who was named to the All-WNBA first team earlier in the day, ended the night with seven points on 2-for-9 shooting.