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FanHouse found this 11/26/2007 on www.packersnews.com [flag]
The NFL has completed its investigation into the Green Bay Packers' bounty issue and has turned it over to the team without taking any action. "The club has handled the matter with the players, and the incentive pool has been discontinued," said Greg Aiello , the NFL's senior vice president of public relations. It wasn't immediately known what action the Packers have taken or plan to take. ... [link]

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NFL Lets Packers Handle Bounty Issue
Published 11/26/2007 by Bruce Ciskie at FanHouse
... Packers played dumb at the time, with general manager Ted Thompson hypothesizing that his players weren't aware that they were breaking rules. The players themselves then denied anything shady was going on, downplaying the issue a bit. Lions QB Jon Kitna didn't seem to have a problem with it when asked about it last week in advance of the teams' Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit. Now, Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press Gazette reports (via Pro Football Talk) that the Packers will not be punished by the league for these ...

Bounty Matter Is Closed
Published 11/27/2007 by Brandon at Acme Packing Company: Front Page Posts
I thought it might be a big deal, but I was way wrong. The NFL turned over the bounty case over to the team, and Mike McCarthy said the matter has been resolved internally. The team didn't need any league investigation hanging over them as they get ready for Dallas. ...

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A&M taps Texans' Sherman as head coach | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog found this 11/26/2007 on www.chron.com

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M has scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. today to introduce Mike Sherman as the school's new head football coach, replacing Dennis Franchione, who resigned after the Aggies beat archrival Texas on Friday. The Chronicle ...
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Head to Head

RyNoSauce posted 11/26/2007 from www.dallascowboys.com

Sure, he grew up in Wisconsin and watched many of Green Bay Packers games featuring Brett Favre. And yes, Romo's style of play, his arm strength, elusiveness in the pocket - all resemble that of Favre. But to say Thursday's matchup between two 10-1 teams, possibly for home-field advantage throughout out of the NFC playoffs, will be about one quarterback who idolized the other, is a bit of ...
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Is it Thursday yet?

J-Mo posted 11/27/2007 from mvn.com

With all due respect to fans of New England and Indianapolis, we are a little over 72 hours away from the biggest NFL game of the year when Green Bay travels to Dallas to face the Cowboys. Both teams enter the game with identical 10-1 records and it will be the first NFL game since 1990 that will involve two teams with at least records of 10-1.
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Colin Cole placed on IR for Packers

millwaukeeSteve posted 11/27/2007 from www.packerspundit.com

Colin Cole suffered a broken forearm in the Packers game against the Lions and will not be able to go against Dallas, or any team for the rest of the season as he was placed on IR.
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All Hail The .500 Buzzsaw [Arizona Cardinals]

Browns Bites found this 11/26/2007 on deadspin.com

If you'll allow us this quick run of self-indulgent postings, we can't quite get over the image of Peter King proclaiming that The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals would make the playoffs. It was like watching someone speak in tongues on ...
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