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Missouri is making some serious noise in college football. The Tigers demolished Florida and vaulted to number fourteen in the AP Top Twenty-Five, while the Gators tumbled eight spots down to number sixteen. LSU stepped right into that top ten vacancy, and the top five didn't budge an inch.
Shifting to the NFL, and a moment that felt genuinely surreal in Pittsburgh — the Jets finally recorded an interception. Minkah Fitzpatrick picked off Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent on Sunday, ending a stretch of twenty-one consecutive games without a single interception for New York. Twenty-one games. That is the kind of drought that follows a franchise around for years, and it is finally over.
Meanwhile in Philadelphia, the Eagles are rolling against the Rams but doing it without Saquon Barkley, who was ruled out after leaving with a hamstring injury. Darius Cooper stepped up in a big way, hauling in his second touchdown catch of the afternoon to give Philadelphia a twenty to ten halftime advantage. The Eagles are finding ways to win even when their best weapon is watching from the sideline.
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