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Good morning and happy Friday! Carter Bahns here with a look ahead to an absolutely loaded weekend of football. College Football Playoff hopefuls aim to stay alive in the postseason race with Saturday's stacked slate of top-25 matchups, while MVP candidates and Super Bowl contenders square off against each other in Sunday's NFL action.

But first, it's award season in baseball, and the American League and National League MVPs have finally been selected. Let's start there.

🏆 Five things to know Friday

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are the 2025 MLB MVPs. Not only did Ohtani match Barry Bonds as the second p

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