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No. 19 Georgetown has won 25 straight at home. The streak might stop there — with Tyreke Evans and No. 17 Memphis coming to Verizon Center. 2 p.m., Chs. 9, 13

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Our friend Jimmy from Bodog sent along some new odds for the rest of the NFL season:

The Redskins are 90-1 to win the Super Bowl — the 20th-highest number on the board. The Giants are 9-4.

The Redskins are 50-1 to win the NFC title. Among teams still eligible for the postseason, only Green Bay (500-1) is a longer shot.

Kurt Warner and Adrian Peterson are 6-5 to win MVP. Clinton Portis isn’t on the board.

James Harrison is 10-11 to win defensive MVP.

The Lions are 1-4 to finish 0-16.

- Ryan O’Halloran

TWT FIVE » HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED

These days, Heisman Trophy winners usually are guaranteed a roster spot in the NFL and a huge payday. It wasn’t always that way, however. Consider the first five winners of college football’s most prestigious award:

1. Jay Berwanger — After being selected first in the first NFL Draft, Berwanger asked the Bears for two years at $25,000. Chicago balked and Berwanger took a job as a foam rubber salesman. Talk about things you can’t make up.

2. Larry Kelley — Turned down an offer to play for the Detroit Lions (“Supposedly because Yale alumni do not yet regard professional football as dignified,” Time reported), then returned to his native New Jersey to teach and coach. Pro football still isn’t dignified.

3. Clint Frank — With a degree in economics from Yale, he embarked on a career in advertising and eventually founded his own firm, Clinton E. Frank Inc. Creativity wasn’t his forte.

4. Davey O’Brien — Set an NFL single-season record for passing (1,324 yards) as a rookie with the Eagles, but retired after his second season to join the FBI. That’s like Adrian Peterson calling it quits to become a district attorney.

5. Nile Kinnick — President of his senior class at Iowa, he rejected a $10,000 offer from the Brooklyn Dodgers (the NFL version) to pursue a law degree. But at least there’s a stadium named after him.