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The College Football Playoff committee dropped their Week eleven rankings and the decisions are already drawing heat. Indiana and Miami both tumbled out of prime positioning, while Notre Dame climbed into the top five and Georgia surged upward. Critics are pointing to the committee leaving points on the board with some genuinely puzzling placement calls that could reshape the playoff picture heading into the stretch run.
Shifting to the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals have officially handed the keys to rookie Carson Beck for Week ten after Gardner Minshew was ruled out needing UCL surgery. Head coach Mike LaFleur made it official, and while the timing is sudden, this move had been quietly building for weeks. Beck steps into a tough spot, but this is exactly the kind of moment that defines a young quarterback's trajectory.
And in Philadelphia, the Flyers are turning a locker room moment into a rallying cry. Matvei Michkov and defenseman Nick Seeler went at it on the bench during Monday's win over Vancouver, and rather than downplay it, Michkov called the fire a good thing, saying emotional guys make competitive teams. The Flyers won three to one, so maybe he's onto something.
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