whenever you play a team with a guy like brett farve and a running back like adrian peterson, you haved the guys were from the start. they continued to take the football away and i think we had four yesterday, which is the most we've had all season but they've been pretty consistent with that throughout. >> and they're up against the decimated dolphins quarterback core, chad henny hurt his knee and unlikely to play. they'll start tyler thigpen with graham ramsey in reserve and you'll be able to see it all thursday night on wgn. we hit south florida wednesday on the 5:00 show, continuing every newscast right up to the pregame show, miller light thursday night count down at 6:30 thursday. and an expanded edition of the wgn news with all the post game from miami so join us starting wednesday evening here on wgn. >>> a purple haze descended over wrigley field. playing illinois grid-iron style for the first time since 1923 and the cats are making wrigley their own, purple everywhere. jim philips taking a brush to the famed wrigley marquee. when you look, it's definitely different. there's n

really served as a launch pad for future college and nfl stars like michael orr tim tebow and adrian peterson congratulations. >>> what high school senior doesn't want to be on a fast track to earn a college degree. the community college of baltimore county is helping students get on the fast track to get their associates degree in general studies. 10 students will be selected next spring and is believed to be the first of its kind in the state. >>> one turkey in particular is closing in on his freedom. the president plans to send this year's turkey to george washington's house in mount vernon, virginia. for the last five years disney has been to go to destination for turkeys that have been pardoned by u. s. presidents. >>> remember, abc2 news is your source for holiday cooking tips on our web site tonight we are talking turkey. we've broken down which stores have the best deal per pound in the baltimore area. so if you're still looking around for that perfect bird trying to get the best but you don't have a lot to spend you can go to our web site and log on to abc2news.com. >>> i wonder if i

filling in for the injured adrian peterson, gerhart punched it in from five yards out. vikes up in the third. go it the fourth. minnesota needed a first down to pull the game away. brett favre picked up the first. calling his own number. after the game, he said the ten yards felt more like 50. at his age they would. leslie frazier, got his first win as head coach. and the chargers have hit their stride. they picked peyton manning four times. ran for touchdowns. san diego won 36-14. ugly scene in houston. the texans andre johnson and the titans cortland finnegan started to push and shove at the line of scrimmage. no harm, no foul, but on the next play, they took it a step further. off came the helmets, johnson got in a few punches before they were separated. both ejected. texans punched out the titans 20-0. and finally they say good teams always find a way to win and losing teams, well, they just lose. bills with a chance to beat the steelers in overtime. steve johnson in the end zone dropped the would-be game winner. moments later the steelers ended it with a 41-yard fi

have you seen adrian peterson run into somebody. when are they going to fine an offensive guy? some of the hits are ferocious, it's something we love about the game. it's the gladiator approach is what people love. i think it will take away from the game itself. >> you have to running full speed and you let up because you don't want to get fined,. and you are going to put your job in jeopardy. if you don't make plays and make those hits, the coaches are going to be like, well maybe we can find a guy who makes a little less money who won't do it. >> so it's not going to happen right away, because you don't want to lose your job but you don't want players suffering and having concussions. >> i don't think we can get away from that. i think it's pretty clear that if you play the game of football you're going to get a concussion. that is the reality of it. now, it's just a matter what do you do about it? how do you take care of yourself? do you take yourself out of game. what do the doctors have for you -- i think there is a lot of things you do to help once you have a concussion.