The Detroit ROADKILL: "Just Lose, Baby"... Rod Marinelli named latest Head Coaching victim of downtrodden ROADKILL, to become 13th consecutive failure to win a title for franchise... Mike Martz makes career blunder, accepts Offensive Coordinator gig... Ohio State still sucks...
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The Misadventures of Team Mascot ROGER ROADKILL
While everyone looks on in disgust, Roger spews on the sidelines after "a pretty hard night" before performing in Week 12
Roger Roadkill gets beaten up by opposing team's "Glee Club"
Smushed On Someone Else's Road To The Title
Roger Roadkill searching for something while moonlighting at Gainesville's "XMart" during another long off-season for ROADKILL
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12/7/58 Yale Lary fake punt on 4th and 22 at the 30 fails; Jim Martin late 25 yd FG  is blocked: Giants 19-17
10/9/60  ROADKILL shut out 49ers until less than three minutes left, still manage to lose 14-10
12/17/61  Late in 4th, ROADKILL fall for fake FG and give up TD.  Moments later, they give up real FG, lose to Eagles
10/7/62  Supposedly running out the clock, Milt Plum throws INT; Packers instantly kick FG to win, 9-7; Karras throws helmet at Plum
12/16/62  ROADKILL offer Bears 3 fumbles, 2 INTs, 3 missed FG's; lose 3-0
10/23/66  ROADKILL scores go-ahead TD w/ :51 left but celebrate too quickly, giving up a Brodie TD pass to lose to 49ers
12/11/66  Fans bomb coach Harry Gilmer w/ snowballs, singing "Bye Bye Harry"
8/15/67  ROADKILL 1st NFL team to lose to AFL team, dropping exhibition game to Broncos, 13-7
9/21/69  Steelers beat ROADKILL for only win of season, scoring TD w/ less than 3 minutes left
11/8/70  After starting season 5 of 15, Tom Dempsey kicks all-time record 63 yard FG w/ 2 seconds left to boost hapless Saints over ROADKILL
12/26/70  ROADKILL set record for losing lowest-scoring playoff game to Cowboys, 5-0
9/20/71  Errol Mann misses 5 FG's, including one w/ 33 seconds left: Vikings 16, ROADKILL 13
10/24/71 The only NFL player to die on the field, WR Chuck Hughes, collapses with a heart attack vs Eagles
7/28/74 One year after joining ROADKILL, former Super Bowl winning coach Don McCafferty has heart attack: ROADKILL responds w/ typical 7-7 season
9/26/76  Joe Reed messes up simple PAT snap w/ 3 minutes left: Vikings 10, ROADKILL 9
9/9/79  Mark Moseley misses FG, but ROADKILL flagged for 12 men on field; Mosely then hits: Redskins win 27-24
11/27/80  Bears tie score w/TD on last play of regulation and win on opening OT kickoff
12/20/81  With Division Championship on the line, ROADKILL choke in Red Zone 3 times, lose to Buccaneers 20-17
11/25/82  Lawrence Taylor returns INT 93 yards for winning score as Giants beat ROADKILL 13-6
12/31/83  Despite Monte Clark's televised sideline prayer, Eddie Murray misses wide right in playoff w/ 5 seconds left: 49ers 24, ROADKILL 23
11/27/86  Walter Stanley returns routine punt 85 yards for winning score w/ 41 seconds left for Packers
10/25/87 ROADKILL rallies from 24 pts down, take 33-31 lead; immediately give up FG before Eddie Murray misses again: Packers 34, ROADKILL 31
1988 Was A Banner Year:
9/18/88  At own 12 yd line, ROADKILL winning 14-12, Jim Arnold tries fake punt; sadly, no one else on team knows about it: Saints 22-14
10/30/88  QB John Witkowski fumbles on 1st play of OT; Giants instantly kick FG to win
11/13/88  ROADKILL scores go-ahead TD w/ :52 left; naturally give up losing FG to Buc's Donald Igwebuike
10/28/89  Rodney Peete throws INT on 1st play of OT, Packers instantly kick FG to win
1/8/94 Teague scores on 101 yd INT, Favre throws TD pass w/ less than a minute left in playoff: Packers 28-24
12/31/94 ROADKILL and HOFer Barry Sanders set NFL playoff record, rushing for -4 yards: Packers, 16-12
12/30/95  ROADKILL set record for losing highest-scoring playoff game to Eagles, 58-37
11/24/02  After ROADKILL gave up tying FG on last play of regulation, Coach Mornhinweg elects to kick off in OT; Bears instantly drive downfield, kick FG to win
10/2/05  Marcus Pollard scores winning TD; official review mistakenly overturns TD: Bucs, 17-13
12/11/05  Late 4th: ROADKILL can't score on 4th & 1 at goal line; next play, Packers called for 2 penalties in end zone, somehow no safety called.  In OT: Packers, 16-13.
10/12/08 QB Orlovsky doesn't know where he is, runs out of end zone for safety; ROADKILL loses by 2: Vikings 12-10
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