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November 15, 2014
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
That's remarkable, and he's wreaking the havoc in one of "defensive wizard" Pelini's last games as Huskers' coach.
posted by beaverboard at 06:47 PM on November 15, 2014
Minnows San Marino scored their first ever point in European Nations Cup Qualifying today, as they held Estonia to a 0-0 draw.
The result snapped San Marino's sixty-one game losing streak.
This put the cap on something of a good week for minnows, as Liechtenstein beat Moldova 1-0 and on Friday the Faroe Islands won 1-0 in Greece.
In the moral victory column you can find Gibraltar, who held reigning world champions Germany to "only" a 4-0 scoreline. Meaning Gibraltar are better than Brazil, right?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:39 AM on November 16, 2014
I'm surprised no-one in the media seems to have picked up on the Faroes result. They defeated the former European champions, away from home.
posted by owlhouse at 06:32 AM on November 16, 2014
Yeah, the Faroe Islands one was the big shock to me. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the score with only minutes remaining. That's the kind of loss that gets the manager/national team president fired.
posted by grum@work at 03:47 PM on November 16, 2014
Don't look now, but Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon III just broke LaDainian Tomlinson's single game rushing record with 408 yards (and 4 TDs) through THREE QUARTERS vs. Nebraska.