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The Weekend Curse (well, just this past weekend thus far)

I don't know what I did to piss off the football gods this weekend, but I must have done something. Assuming Denver beats Oakland tonight, I'll finish the week an awful 6-10. Oddly enough, those numbers should be reversed at 10-6, but due to a number of strange events, that just wasn't to be. Green Bay led Cincinnati by a couple of scores heading to the 4th quarter, but after Cincy trimmed that to one and the Packers were driving late in the quarter, rookie tailback Jonathan Franklin fumbled the football on a 4th-and-inches, the Bengals scooped it up and ran it in for the game-winning score. San Diego led Tennessee throughout most of the game, but Jake Locker connected with a receiver on a deep last-second pass, where the receiver got away with offensive pass interference, to give the Titans the victory. Minnesota led Cleveland late in the 4th quarter (much like they did in their game against Chicago the week before), but unknown backup quarterback Brian Hoyer put the...