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Walk of Shame: Rough Fortnight For the Patriots

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By Chris Mottram
Think back to your college days – or to perhaps this morning – and you should recall what the “walk of shame†is. Things are still blurry as you try to sort out what happened last night. Much like when your roommate helped you recall the debauchery, so to are we here to help sort out yesterday’s sports madness.
Once Is a Fluke, Twice is a Trend ... Or Something
On fourth and one, with less than two minutes left and the Patriots down by four, the Ravens stuffed Tom Brady for a loss. Game over. Oh, wait. What’s that? The Ravens called a timeout? Never mind, Pats get the first down on a BS penalty (horrible defensive holding call), throw a BS TD pass (ball was moving when Gaffney stepped out), win game. Last week I thought their close victory of the Eagles showed how good N.E. is. But after it happened again last night, I’m starting to think (hope) that the Patriots are beatable.
Brian Billick Has Man Love For Rodney Harrison
Isn’t this just so cute (via Awful Announcing):

Elijah Dukes Has a New Population of Women to ‘Impress’
Dukes, who is best known for leaving classy voicemails, is coming to the nation’s capital. This means that Wily Mo Pena, Dmitri Young, Lastings Milledge and Elijah Dukes are on the same team. The Nationals need their own reality show.
Proof That Nothing Else Happened Last Night...
... I’m going to talk about the Wisconsin-Wofford game, which the Badgers won by 27. Outside of MNF, there was nothing worth watching. Other than The Hills. That Justin Bobby is such a bastard. Yep, I’m all man.
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Chris Mottram is the Community Manager for SportingNews.com and is the co-author of his personal blog Mr. Irrelevant.
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