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Weekend Sports Recap–January 15 & 16

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Greg Olsen (Wikimedia Commons)

Four teams are left in the NFL Playoffs. This past weekend there were two very exciting football games and two dull ones.

The battles in the AFC were terrific. Hats off to the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, and the New England Patriots and New York Jets on Sunday.

The 31-24 score in the Baltimore-Pittsburgh matchup Saturday afternoon was very deceiving. The Steelers knocked off the Ravens, sure. But the Ravens were able to score 24 points despite only putting up 126 total yards of offense. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger was significantly better than Ravens QB Joe Flacco. Roethlisberger put up 101 more yards passing.

Defensively, the Steelers were led by safety Ryan Clark, who had an interception and a forced fumble.

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Weekend Sports Recap–January 8-9, 2011

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Marshawn Lynch (Ted Warren, Associated Press)

This is the right time for me to blow my own horn.

I successfully predicted the Seattle Seahawks to win on Saturday. So how did they beat the Saints 41-36? A combination of excellence through the air and on the ground. Matt Hasselbeck was spectacular, posting a quarterback rating of 113, and throwing four touchdowns for 272 yards. Hasselbeck found his tight end John Carlson twice and wide receivers Brandon Stokley and Mike Williams each once.

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