Sports this 'n' that

 Well, that didn't take long.

Nebraska sacked head coach Scott Frost on Sunday after the Cornhuskers got out of the blocks with a 1-2 start following a loss to Georgia Southern.

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Frost, a former quarterback at Nebraska who was drafted by the Jests, but washed out in the NFL after a couple of years, had just started his 5th season at his alma mater. Nebraska has suffered the consequences of school administration chasing the money after leaving the Big 12 for the Big 10 a few years ago, a clear case of a square peg in a round hole (see also: Rutgers). With former rivals Texas & Oklahoma set to move to the SEC, chasing bigger money themselves, there's an opening where Nebraska could return to the Big 12. They're better served if they did.

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The defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves began Saturday with a 1/2 game lead over the Mets in the NL East. That lead didn't even last 24 hours, and this morning, the Braves are back in 2nd, 1 1/2 games behind the Mets, after losing the last two games of their series to Seattle, while the Mets throttled Miami to the tune of 20-6 in the last two games.

And this is despite the Mets losing co-ace Max Scherzer (oblique) and star outfielder Starling Marte (finger) to the IL in the last few days. When you're top winners are your #4-5 starters (Carlos Carrasco & Taijuan Walker), you're doing something right. The Mets have 2 games left with Miami coming in two weeks, and will close the season with Atlanta. In between now and then, they'll finish business with the NL Central, starting tonight against Chicago. It's all about that 1st round bye that comes with the division title.

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A number of NFL teams saw key players go down with injuries on Sunday.

New England QB Mac Jones suffered a back injury in a loss to Miami. X-rays, however, were negative, so Jones could be ready for the team's next game. Journeyman backup Brian Hoyer would start otherwise.

Pittsburgh LB and former Subway pitchman TJ Watt was injured in a win over Cincinnati. Steelers fans are hoping it's not serious.

Dallas QB Dak Prescott suffered a hand injury in Sunday's loss to Tampa Bay, and will be out for an indefinite period. The Cowboys, or, more specifically, owner-GM Jerry Jones didn't even bother trying to draft or trade for a capable QB in case of a situation like this in the offseason, and it's already biting him in the wallet. Karma, you know.

In the same game, Tampa RB Leonard Fournette nearly wiped out Dallas' star defensive back Micah Parsons with a block while Parsons was engaged with another offensive player. This caught the attention of Buffalo LB Von Miller, who thinks that this kind of play should be outlawed by the league.

However, not everyone's on the same wavelength with Miller, who was roasted on Twitter.

What I do get is the likelihood of Brady haters siding with Miller, given how Brady's Patriots teams often got away with dirty tricks, too.

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America's Idiot, Stephen A. Smith, got roasted Friday for forgetting that the Philadelphia Eagles traded receiver Jalon Reager to Minnesota in the off-season. In discussing the Eagles' opener, Smith mistakenly assumed Reager was still on the team. Apparently, Smith isn't paying too much attention to headlines before going on the air, and this is the 2nd time at least that this has bitten him on his overpaid tuchis. Seems he thinks he's too cool for production meetings.