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Despite a loss in Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts have the inside track on winning Super Bowl XLV according to bodog.com. The Raiders are right now 100/1 to win the dance in the 2010 season. Below are all the odds on all the teams making the Super Bowl in Dallas in 2011:

Indianapolis Colts 13/2
San Diego Chargers 8/1
New England Patriots 10/1
New Orleans Saints 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 11/1
Dallas Cowboys 12/1
Green Bay Packers 12/1
Minnesota Vikings 12/1
Philadelphia Eagles 16/1
Baltimore Ravens 20/1
New York Giants 20/1
New York Jets 25/1
Tennessee Titans 25/1
Atlanta Falcons 30/1
Cincinnati Bengals 30/1
Arizona Cardinals 35/1
Chicago Bears 35/1
Houston Texans 35/1
Carolina Panthers 40/1
Miami Dolphins 45/1
San Francisco 49ers 45/1
Seattle Seahawks 45/1
Denver Broncos 50/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 50/1
Washington Redskins 50/1
Buffalo Bills 100/1
Cleveland Browns 100/1
Detroit Lions 100/1
Kansas City Chiefs 100/1
Oakland Raiders 100/1
St. Louis Rams 100/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100/1

Former Raider Warren Sapp was arrested Saturday following an alleged domestic violence incident at a Miami Beach hotel, police said.

Sapp was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery and is expected to appear before a Miami-Dade County judge Sunday, Miami Beach police spokesman Juan Sanchez said.

Shortly after police officials confirmed the charge NFL Network spokesman Dennis Johnson said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Sapp—who is an analyst—wouldn’t be part of the Super Bowl coverage for Sunday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints.

“We have been made aware of the arrest of Warren Sapp by the Miami Beach Police Department,” a network statement said. “In light of these circumstances, Warren Sapp will not appear on NFL Network while we review the matter.”

The domestic violence allegation was reported around noon Saturday and detectives interviewed Sapp later that day, Sanchez said. The incident occurred early Saturday morning at the Shore Club hotel, according to a police news release.

The victim had a swollen knee and bruises on her neck, according to an arrest affidavit. She told detectives that she was partying with Sapp and her friends at the hotel and asked for his room key when she grew tired. Sapp reportedly woke up the victim a few hours later and they started to argue. She told investigators that Sapp started to choke her and pushed her down on a couch.

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1. Where was the first Super Bowl Played between the Packers and Chiefs?

2. Who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history?

3. Who is the leading lifetime rusher in Super Bowl history?

4. What team has won the most Super Bowls with 6?

5. Who is the youngest head coach to have ever won a Super Bowl?

6. What wide out caught the game winning TD with less than a minute to go in Super Bowl XXIII?

7. What kicker missed the game-winning field goal in the final seconds of Super Bowl XXV?

8. Where was Super Bowl XX held?

9. Name the four current Franchises that have never been to a Super Bowl

10. Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XVI?

11. What was odd about the first points scored in Super Bowl IX?

12. Where was last years Super Bowl (XLIII) held?

13. Name the four coaches to have lost four Super Bowls

14. What Falcon took back a kickoff for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXIII?

15. What Colt kicker hit the game-winning kick in Super Bowl V vs Dallas?

16. Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XIV?

17. How many touchdowns did Steve Young throw in Super Bowl XXIX?

18. Who was the coach of the Colts when they lost to the Jets in SB III?

19. Who sang the National Anthem at last years Super Bowl (XLIII)?

20. What WR came up a yard short of the game-tying TD on the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV?

The Raiders have a new offensive coordinator, as today Hue Jackson says he is leaving his job as quarterbacks coach in Baltimore to take the job for Oakland.Jackson told the Ravens team Web site Tuesday he will be the primary play-caller for the Raiders. The team has not made an official announcement.

Coach Tom Cable called plays last season when Oakland did not have an offensive coordinator. The Raiders have not said whether Cable will be back as head coach next season. But they have hired two assistants with ties to Cable in Jackson and defensive line coach Mike Waufle. Jackson worked with Cable at California in 1996.

Jackson played a big role in developing Joe Flacco in Baltimore. He will be counted on to do the same with former No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell in Oakland.

Former Giants head coach Jim Fassel told Sporting News Radio on Monday that he believes the Raiders will keep Tom Cable as coach. Fassel also told host Tim Montemayor that he hasn’t spoken to anyone with the Raiders other than his son John, who is Oakland’s special teams coordinator. Jim Fassel has been mentioned in media reports as a potential replacement if the Raiders were to fire Cable.

It’s been a wild week full of headlines for the Oakland Raiders, and as usual, no one is still sure of the status of the team and its coaching staff. Tom Cable (as of this writing) remains the coach of the team, this despite a bunch of possible replacements coming in to take his spot.

Cable has had a couple meetings owner Al Davis about his job since the season wrapped up on January 3rd. The team under Cable went 5-11 in his first full season as coach. He is 9-19 since replacing Lane Kiffin early in the 2008 season, leading the Raiders to their NFL-worst seventh straight season with at least 11 losses.

“It’s still a fluid deal,” senior executive John Herrera said. “The assumption is they will continue to meet on the agenda in front of us until it comes to a resolution.”

Many NFL Insiders say that Cable is eventually going to be fired by Davis, yet you would think that if it was going to happen, it would have happened already. Maybe Davis can’t find the guy he wants to come in and replace Cable, or maybe Cable has said all the right things to stick around another season.

There’s really only one for sure thing for the Raiders so far this offseason, as the team this past week hired Mike Waufle as the teams defensive line coach.

I wonder if Davis has called Art Shell yet?

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Raiders have hired a new D-line coach, as the team is bringing in Mike Waufle, who has previously been with the New York Giants.

The Oakland Raiders, still in limbo in terms of a head coach, have hired a new defensive line coach.

Mike Waufle, who has worked as an assistant with the New York Giants since 2004, was hired by the Raiders, according to a league source.

Waufle knows what he’s stepping into — he coached with the Raiders from 1998-2003. From 1992-97, he coached at the University of California.

Dwaine Board coached the Raiders’ defensive line last season.

The fate of head coach Tom Cable is still undetermined. Raiders owner Al Davis and Cable have been scheduled to meet for more than two weeks, but no decision has been made about Cable’s future.

National Football Post reports that the interview that the Raiders gave to Hue Jackson was indeed for their head coaching spot:

Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson hasn’t only been interviewed for the Oakland Raiders’ offensive coordinator position over the past few days. According to a league source with knowledge of the situation, Jackson is also meeting with the Raiders regarding the head-coaching position currently held by Tom Cable. A former offensive coordinator with the Atlanta Falcons and the Washington Redskins, Jackson has been instrumental in the development of quarterback Joe Flacco.

It seems like every couple hours another name pops up for the next Raiders head coach, and now another name that has been reveled that Al Davis spoke to was Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh:

The Oakland Raiders have spoken to Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh about becoming their head coach, sources inside and outside the organization said, but Harbaugh did not express interest in the job.

First it was Hue Jackson from the Ravens, then later in the day it was Jim Fassel and Marc Trestman, and now Harbaugh. Why do I think the names that Davis has and will be speaking too will keep popping up?!