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Manchester United have sacked Michael Carrick as head coach, with the club sitting in the Premier League relegation zone after just one win in eleven games. Carrick becomes the latest decent man fed into a broken machine, following a years-long parade of managerial wreckage that has left Old Trafford unrecognizable from its former self.
Shifting across the Atlantic, the NFL's Super Bowl picture is sharpening up fast after Week nine, and the stock report is telling. Jacksonville went all-in at the trade deadline betting on a run, while New England's offense has been gutted by injuries — leaving the Patriots looking increasingly like a side just trying to survive the season rather than shape it.
And on the college football front, Week eleven is setting up as a potential upset festival. Georgia, sitting at number one in the coaches poll, heads home but history tells us the week after a blockbuster slate is exactly when top programs lose focus. Our panel of experts is picking every top twenty-five matchup, and the chalk may not hold.
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