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Seven NFL teams are staring down the abyss at oh and three, and history says the odds are brutal — only seven oh-and-three teams have ever punched a playoff ticket. That's seven out of hundreds who've tried, so the math is merciless and the margin for error is gone for every one of those squads starting this weekend.
Meanwhile, in New York, the Mets have officially clinched last place in the National League East — and that's not the headline, the headline is the three hundred fifty-seven million dollar payroll sitting right next to that seventy-three and eighty-seven record. Second-highest spending in all of baseball, and they finished below Washington. Steve Cohen's front office has some serious explaining to do this offseason.
And on the college gridiron, Clemson running back David Eziomume was carted off the field in Berkeley during the Tigers' Friday night matchup against California, suffering an apparent leg injury in the first quarter on a kickoff return. Clemson came in two and one and looking to make noise in the ACC — losing a key back early is the last thing Dabo Swinney needed on the West Coast.
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