robert griffin iii completes to niles paul. it will be fourth down. >> tim: really the feisty tackler that cortland finnegan has. you know what, chris? that's where he's going to bring something to the table and selling to the rest of the defense and really the entire st. louis rams. i just was talking about jeff fisher's "refuse to lose" mentality. fisher's got those same traits. >> chris: it's punted. and amendola with a spread across the 36 yard line. he has tied his career high with 12 catches in his game. 133 yards receiving for danny amendola. but jeff fisher and the underdog rams are battling back. cer 1 ] s business travel challenge: redeeming a reward flight. the other airlines versus southwest. [ starter's airhorn ] these executives have earned reward flights... [ announcer 2 ] they just need to pick a date. those other airlines never make it easy. oh, that's a great day to fly. ahh! he just got the blackout knockout! but here's the southwest solution! every date is available and so is every ! this executive can't los

griffin gets hit. doesn't matter. 88yards, for number 88. that's a touchdown, and how about that, griffin completes his first 8 passes. second degree, 3rd and goal, griffin the rookie, actually a second year guy, was on the practice yard last year. 5yards to the house. griffin's second td pass of the day. redskins up. at the end of the first half, punt is blocked. lead is 20-14. long snapper broke his left arm on the play and stayed in the game. 3rd quarter, griffin rolls, throws deep to robinson, incomplete. but called for pass interference. 31-yard penalty, on the next play, the rookie right there, morris will punch it in from a yard out. 27-14, they take adversity and flip it around. 4th quarter, 4th and 10, 33 yards for the score. 2-point conversion is good, and we got a ball game again. very next possession, here come the saints, long over the middle. 49yards, all the way down on the saint's 3-yard line. very next play, morris again, 6th rounder from florida atlantic, had a good day. 28 carries, 96 yards. redskins shock the saints, look

the first touchdown of griffin's career. griffin getting popped as he releases.atches the play down field and loves what he sees. skins up 10-7. second quarter, more from the rookie. rgiii hooks up with robinson in the end zone. redskins take a 17-7 lead. griffin, 19 of 26, 320 yards and two tds. with less than a minute to go before halftime, one mistake. pupt is blocked, robey recovered, returns it four yard to the touchdown. saints would trail at the half. third quarter, redskins start with the ball down field. morris punches it in. under four minutes to go in the game. drew brees and the saints on the 8, down eighth rather, trying to come back. but brees' pass with some mustard on it. gomes picks it off, returns it -- took me all day to come up with that. the saints 3 yard line. and the boys on offense. immediately cash in. it's it's morris for the second touchdown of the day. two scores for this rookie. redskins win 40-32. most points for the skins since 2005 and rgiii a winner in his debut. >> reporter: robert griffin iii couldn't have dreamed up a better de

officer griffin contacted a supervisor and partner. after working a leak investigation the night before, these dedicated officers return to work after just a few hours' rest in an effort to locate and arrests a dangerous criminal. and they met at the station in order to set up surveillance on the suspect in question. they responded to the location at 7:00. officer griffin, the driver, droves through the rear garage area of the identified property. as the approach the garage as the rear, and get a slowly opened. the men saw a car pulling up to the exit, and immediately recognize the driver as the subject they were seeking. knowing his propensity for violence and the fact that he had numerous weapons, griffin and tursi made a quick decision to park the police carxgñ?ñ? to prevent the exit. they knew they put them selves at risk. officer tursi exited the car and drove his handgun. he then moved to an area of limited coverage north of the gate. simultaneously, officer griffin exited the car and tactfully moved to the tree line south of the

to griffin. >> hope we won't be griffinning in st.is. >> that's pretty good, isn't it? i'll be in st. louis, by the way. >> enjoy it. >> thank you. >> you did it. that qualifies as griffinning. >> very good stuff. >> all right. coming up, the x-factor is about to kick off. we'll talk to the new judges about the live auditions and how they are getting along with each other because they have been spending so much time together. >> find out why your ipad could be keeping you from getting a good night's sleep. the news edge is next. >>> it looks like randy jackson will be a judge on the next season of american idol afterall. jackson is close to signing a deal despite producers trying to make him a mentor instead of a judge. enrique was going to fill the spot, but negotiations fell apart. idol auditions start in less than two weeks. >>> the second season of the x- factor begins tomorrow with two new judges. britney spears joins the team. adam caught up with l.a. reid to talk about this year's talent pool. >> at fox's fall season kickoff pa

far hadt griffin iii by best outing. new orleans. he became the first rookie in 62 years to lead his team to 40 a season opener. as the redskins overcame the odds. not the same for robert came marching 88 yard field with an touchdown. he threw another touchdown and the first rookie in 42 a perfectnd with rating. game, griffin was his own credit. .> nothing is ever perfect were some plays and passes i had back. not be a downer. game. the about that. >> they had a chance to tie it in the game. >> we knew what we had to do. >> the redskins held on, 40-32. they showered their quarterback with love. >> rg3! rg3! >> that was phenomenal. >> we will have more on griffin other stars coming up in sports. in new orleans, abc 7 news. >> local fans of both teams bar in d.c..he they could both agree on rg3. good to see them that excited. on acking incident trail involving a police officer. while tapinglled g part in president obama's motorcade. and the tragic >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. of a rigid an officer was killed t

griffin: we have thousands of assets that we have to keep track of. we have to always know their condition and continuously plan for their refurbishment at the right time. one of the things we're required to do under the consent decree is inspect our system. we're trying to find where there's leaks. so we blow smoke into the sewer pipe. man: we're locating places where water from the surface to the ground is running into the sewer pipe and overloading the system. hunter: we have 1,600 miles of sewer. we are evaluating every linear foot of that system. is the pipe leaking; are you having a lot of infiltration or inflow? thornell: every time it rains, water will come down, go into the pipe, enter the sewer system. it's very easy to repair this defect and get all that water out of the system. griffin: with our closed-circuit tv inspection, we record cracks, holes, pipes that are partially collapsed. hunter: we literally will have a digital video of every foot of our sewer that in the future, we can go back and do a comparison. what's changed? is it degra

lofty praise for robert griffin iii. i guess the heisman trophy winner is used to it by now, thanks for help from pierre. an 88-yard touchdown. the first td pass of griffin's career and the longest by the redskins in 25 years. rg-iii finished the day 19 of 26, for 320 yards, and two touchdowns. it was the best day of any quarterback on the opening weekend and the second best ever by a rookie making his debut. mike shanahan was scad what he liked the most about his quarterback's performance. >> i think anytime you have a rookie going into that environment, you know you're going to have a lot of situations where it's not going to be perfect. and it wasn't perfect, but he was able to make a play or not make a mistake where he turned the football over, or, you know, he made one of those plays that you can't recover from. so he was pretty collected throughout the whole game. and did the things that you need to do to win. >> he seemed so comfortable out there, so poised. that's what everybody's talking about. were there any bu

last surges griffin won the heisman award with luck finishing second.s selected top overall draft with the redskins taking second. today, they share the pressure of high expectations to turn their teams around. >> with the first pick, the indianapolis colts select andrew luck with the second pick, the washington redskins select robert griffin iii. >> once the skins made the trade to get me here, the fans are going nuts. it's like a much, much bigger baylor. it's the same thing here. >> if there's pressure out there from fans or whatever else, that's great, but, you know, i try not to buy into it. ♪ >> luck throws. touchdown! >> robert's going deep. touchdown, redskins! >> obviously the speed of the games from college to the nfl is always a bump up. i think the big adjustment has been learning a new playbook. >> got to learn a whole new language. that's pretty challenging. after two weeks, we're pretty much acclimated to the league. the next learning curve would be the speed of the game when you get to the playoffs. >> the colts get 1-1. >> obviously nic

all right. >> old number 10 for robert griffin. out there tonight, not going to be 10 degrees, no, no, no. but it is going to get about 10 degrees cooler -- you're really writing that down, dorian? >> i am. and i'm going to show it to my lawyer, too. >> out there right now, temperatures 77 degrees. the high temperature, 5 degrees below average. simply fantastic. it was gorgeous out there today with plenty of sunshine. the low, 60 degrees. again, our average low temperature, 65. and right now, that's exactly where we are. winds out of the north at about 6 miles per hour. as far as temperatures go around the region, down to 52 in frederick, 54 in monasis and 54 in culpepper. i think temperatures could drop by another 10 degrees by tomorrow morning. so that could put many of you into the 40s. radar? there's nothing to show you. i'm talking about the entire eastern half of the nation. high pressure is just dominating chicago, st. louis, memphis, raleigh. it's all dry. it's going to bring us cool conditions overnight tonight. but then b

there is now griffinning. here is a look at some of the fans getting on the griffinning craze. >> i like it. >> this is from a student doing same at rg iii's alma mater at baylor university. some people are actually griffinning at the office and finally scott benson on twitter sent this photo of his 3-year- old son calvin griffinning. to we knowally do it all the time in. >> he is a done it once. here the difference between griffinning and tebowing, griffin can actually play. >> oh! >> enough said by wisdom martin. >> enough of that. plenty ahead including some of the latest information we have on the major breaking news. >> that's right. the u.s. ambassador to libya reportedly killed in an attack on the consulate. ahead at 6:00, we'll get a full update this morning. >>> switching gears right now, he we want to take this time as we do every day to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. today, we say hello to tonya forte. she tells us she is a fox 5 double dipper tuning in at 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

now we have the griffinning. think redskins fans are hoping to see more griffinning but just maybe standing up. >> maybe a griffin or a favre? >> that it would be a favreing? we're creating new terms. people want to see this guy not take the shots he took to throw those touchdown passes week two this sunday in st. louis. >> you'll be there. >> i'll be there. >>> another rabid animal attack in northern virginia, the details coming up. >> plus is the government doing enough to keep you safe on the road? some say a fatal flaw is leading to deadly crashes, but it's not getting the attention it deserves. a fox 5 investigation is coming up next. >> if you see a story we should look into, call us at 202-895- 3000 or send us a tip to fox5tips@wttg.com. >>> this is fox 5 news. >>> each year hundreds of people die when their cars slam into the backs of semi trucks despite federal safety standards designed to prevent these deadly crashes. sherri ly has tonight's fox 5 investigation. >> reporter: driving behind a fully leade

. >> hail to the redskins and sensation robert griffin iii. they opened the season with an victory on the road in new orleans. hope this is a glimpse of things to come. rg3 was sensational. drew brees was not the better quarterback. the saints went undefeated last season. yesterday.d it did not take long for robert griffin to usher in a new redskins era and he did it in on this 88-yard touchdown pierre garcon. >> he caught it high over the middle and did a good job finishing applied. i commend him for that. me the ball from that touchdown. my first touchdown in the nfl. >> it was on the screen a couple times. >> then robert griffin went on with this past august robinson. cane makes plays and you see why we are excited about him. .> there was a deep throw 33-25, redskins. >> making them earn everything was our mindset. >> drew brees throws up a hail pass. win and the team was all smiles coming off the .ield >> played awfully hard to allow a game. a good football team today. they never gave up. but kept fighting back. but came away with the vict

let's get back to the rookie quarterback robert griffin, iii.didn't take long for him to excite redskins fans yesterday. second possession. he takes a big hit after connecting with pierre garcon and he turns it into one of the biggest plays of the game, an 88-yard touchdown by no. 88 and griffin completes his first eight passes, finishing 19 of 26 for 320 yards with two touchdowns. he also showed his athletic ability, running not the first choice, but when robert was pressured he was able to escape. he rushed 42 yards on 10 carries. he left the field a 40-32 winner in his nfl debut. >> the one thing i don't do is try to stress about anything or try to go out and prove anything to anyone. you just go play, have fun. this is a game i played for a long time and the guys in that locker room, i was still a rookie to them and after this game they told me i'm not a rookie anymore. >> robert did an unbelievable job. for him to play the way he did, first game in the national football league, but with the poise that he played and some of the throws he mad

this morning the city is buzzing about robert griffin iii. hear from the rookie on his first game as a red skin. >>> and the comment that mitt romney made that is getting a lot of attention this morning. good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we have a sweater alert for you. temperatures took a big dip. some of us waking up to temperatures in the 40s. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein back with us this week and brought us cooler weather. >>> heading off to school, going to need jeans and a sweatshirt. that's for the teachers. they're dressing down lately. and students too. you're going to need to layer up a bit this morning, a chill in the air. that's a live view from our satellite and radar. storm team 4 looking down upon us there from space showing a clear sky, thanks to high pressure that is pushed in over the last 24 hours. right now it's only in the 40s these areas in blue. west virginia, western maryland, and central shenandoah valley. these dark green areas, the low 50s. that includes most of

officer griffin contacted a supervisor and partner. after working a leak investigation the night before, these dedicated officers return to work after just a few hours' rest in an effort to locate and arrests a dangerous criminal. and they met at the station in order to set up surveillance on the suspect in question. they responded to the location at 7:00. officer griffin, the driver, droves through the rear garage area of the identified property. as the approach the garage as the rear, and get a slowly opened. the men saw a car pulling up to the exit, and immediately recognize the driver as the recognize the driver as the subject they were seeking.

it's called griffining.orn on sunday when robert griffin iii was seen celebrating his first touchdown pass from the seat of his pants. now everybody is striking the pose. in the office, on the sidewalk, even in front of the white house. everyone is griffining. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> griffining. >>> yet an even silly err jessica simpson controversy and a strong new entry for strange celebrity baby names. your early morning news headlines straight ahead. >>> plus when it comes to loyalty to the arkansas razor backs, this woman has proven she's all hog. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back into "early today." one thing we're going so see temperatures across the country. 65 in new york, 63 down towards d.c. your temperatures will be limited. we'll have a front moving through around 10 to 20 mile per hour range. 71 there with an increasing chance for showers later on this evening or this afternoon, i should say. dallas will get into some of the thunderst

how about this, robert griffin iii completed his first eight passes.nother youngster, robertson, 5 yards for the score. griffin 19 of 26, for 320 yards. second most ever by a rookie quarterback in his debut. how about the other rookie, morris, the 6th rounder. 2touchdowns, 28 carries, 96 yards. redskins shocked the saints in new orleans, 40-32. >> the one thing i don't do is try to stress about anything or go out and try to prove anything to anyone. just go play, have fun. it's a game i've played for a long time, and the guys in that locker room, i was still a rookie to them. and after this game, they told me i wasn't a rookie anymore. >> robert did a great job playing first game in the nfl. >> redskins travel to st. louis next week to take on the rams. this first week, a plus performance. >> i'm liking what i saw. >> redskins excited. >> heck of a game. >>> skins were playing in new orleans, but no lack of enthusiasm for those watching rg3 on tv here at home. karen gray houston went to bethesda to take the temperature of redskins watchers and found a

robert griffin iii looked like a seasoned veteran in his pro debut. he did it all. the 21-year-old just did not make many mistakes as the skins beat the saints on the road 40- 32. skins fans across the region gathered to watch their new franchise quarterback make hi debut and there was no lack of enthusiasm. >> the excitement was over the top. people went nuts when robert griffin iii started making play after play and here is how some of them graded his performance. >> what grade? >> a plus. >> a good solid a. after seeing all five other rookies, i would say a plus. >> as the youngest quarterback in the league, he is very mature. he handled it very well. >> coming up in the next hour, we'll break down the skins' big win with dave ross in monday morning quarterback. >> exciting. good start to the season. the former navy seal who authored a book detailing his raid on osama bin laden is speaking out for the first time. >> for the first time in 25 years, cool without school teachers in chicago this morning. the latest on the labor dispute next as we check more headlines

griffining.e heard of that, it's for our quarterback here in washington redskins, rg3. it's supposed to be the new tebowing. >> oh, griffining. i was, like, wow! i'm not speaking english today. i'm going to google it. and then i'm going to get back to you with my own griffin. >> all right, good. >> have a good day. >> you, too. thanks. >>> here it is right there. that's your griffining. there we go. if you want to be cool, this is what you've got to get into. griffining. it's the newerr it's the newerr an the internet phenomenon took off hours after rg3's historic debut on sunday in people's offices and whatnot. just put your arms up in the air like he did after throwing an 88-yard touchdown pass to pierre garcon. people have been tweeting pictures of themselves griffining in all sorts of places. and there's the moment for rg3. >> there you go. >> so get on board. >> get on board. >> we will have ourselves griffining at some point. >> i know. here i asked savannah to do it. i haven't. have you do

robert griffin iii lived up to the hype. >> the skins won 40-32. the big stat for griffin, no turnovers. here is how some fans graded his performance. take a listen. >> report card, what grade? >> a plus. >> a good solid a -- you know, of what seeing all five other rookies, i say a plus. >> a plus. >> as a youngest quarterback in the league, he is very mature. he handled it very well. >> coming up in about 20 minutes, we will break down the skins' big win with dave ross in monday morning quarterback. >> here what is i know. he outperformed the guy that was taken ahead of him and he won the game. >> it is off tie good start. >> just one week but it is one week at a time. >> you got to have a good start because can you imagine the redskins fans would be so upset. >> i'm sure he feels really good inside. >> he got one under my belt. all right. and it went well. >> i've got one storm from the weekend under my belt and now i'm ready to move on. let's take a look. our satellite-radar composite showing you absolutely nothing. ridge of high pressure in con

here is robert griffin iii. this refers to griffin's reaction while on the ground doing his first touchdown pass. both arm are raised. his index fingers are pointed and they are calling that griffinning. here is a look at some of the fans getting in on this craze. the first picture was september from lamont on twitter. here is a student doing the same thing. back at rg iii's alma mater at baylor. some people are actually griffinning at the office whether she had you had be working. and scott benson on twitter sent this photo of his 3-year- old son calvin griffinning. we are starting something new here already on our trip to the super bowl with my favorite team the redskins. they will be back out on the road to face the rams in st. louis on sunday. you can catch the action here as they kick off at 4:05. that is your morning line. back over to you. >> i think i see tucker do that after a weather forecast. >> that would be great. >> mostly i go like this, like please let it go well. >> that is tuckering. >> this is

the move is named after robert griffin iii. after delivering 320 yards passing, rgiii laid halfway on the field and that up his hands. fans are -- fans are mimicking the move now. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> dave ross with you. the nats continue to roll, and i do mean roll. 87 wins already, six and a half game lead over the braves. a magic number of 15 meaning any combination from here on out of nats wins and braves losses that equal 15 and the division title will reside in washington, d.c. last night stiff winds blowing in, in new york city, didn't bother the nats' bats. top 3rd, ryan zimmerman with a man on, and that man is off, because that is off. two-run shot for zim from virginia beach. and just like that the nats had only five hits of the night, thre

robert griffin iii was stellar in his nfl debut. he threw two touchdown passes and threw for 320 yards in the wind. statistically, that's among the best quarterback debuts in league history. our own dan hellie was there for the game. he has more on rg3's historic performance and more on what coach shanahan thought about it. >> reporter: it really was a masterful performance by the redskins last night. the defense delivered against drew brees, and robert griffin iii walked on water. not quite, but he did do everything else. a couple of touchdown passes and 320 yards in his nfl debut. he's also the first rookie qb to lead his offense to 40 points since 1950. >> he seemed so comfortable out there, so poised. that's what all the other guys were talking about. was there a welcome to the nfl moment? were there any butterflies? >> there were butterflies, but the one thing i tried to do this week is keep my mind clear, know what i had to go out and do, and just be myself. don't stress about it. don't try to prove anything to anyone. i think

dalton was doing it with his arm, griffin doing it with his legs here. his third rushing touchdown of the season. 38-31 now. one last drive. josh morgan was the goat last week. he gets it done there. 221 yards. later in the drive, ball at the bengals' 38-yard line. griffin spins out. running, running, running. 12 carries, 89 yards. the redskins' leading rusher. not always a good thing. then it gets crazy. fred davis calls for a false start. the clock had been stopped so there is no 10-second runoff. the refs call unsportsmanlike. some reports say because kyle shanahan chased down a ref and berated him. it all leads to this play. hail mary? hell no. redskins lose 38-31. >> it's disappointing. i thought the defense was going to be the strength of our football team, the and even though it doesn't look that way to start off, we lost a number of guys, and we're starting to regroup. we're getting some guys that are getting a chance to play that haven't really played before. >> defensively we thought we'd bea better unit, and i know we will be but right now we

and griffin points out to say thank you. next hitter, griffin is feeling good. trout down again. he would pitch 8 shutout innings, 6-0, e.r.a. just under 2. a little insurance here with a home run. his 18th of the year. the a's tack on 2 more. pujols hits a 3 . but it matters not. the a's win their 12th straight road game, matching the 1971 team, longest streak in history. they're 3 back of texas in the divisional race. then they go on the road with the yankees and texas on the -- on the scene, the team just keeps getting better. >>> dodgers lose again to arizona. dodgers a chance to go seven up with 19 to -- 18 to play after tonight. the rockies, 27 games below.500. nobody is going to their games, and it's five-0 giants. they score 5 runs in the opening inning. hector sanchez skips some playing time, gets xeeed in the stomach. wind knocked out of him. texas will survive. and lincecum cruising along tonight. struggled early, but found it. 3 runs over 6 innings. his career best 5 straight road wins, and here's sanchez again. from wind knocked out to great catch at the wall. 8-3. g

griffin's numbers, 19-26, 320 yards and two touchdowns. that is a morning line. >> : what you don't see is how calm he was. he stood there and the poise and the way he found his receivers. the way he moved around and still tossed the ball around. that is what you didn't see in the stat column. >> that is something -- >> he has command and control. >> i think we were worried it would be too much too soon for him. he was like no, just another football game for him. >> he plays the game, walks the walk, talks the tuck. and there was alfred morris. they had this running back by committee type deal. maybe it would be running back bay morris. he told me during the week he says he likes contact. doesn't shy away from it. no, he doesn't shy away. this guy is one of those every down backs it looks like. just kind of rolling off. >> we got some shake and bake too. >> rg iii getting a block there too. two touch downs, 28 carries, 96 yards. they might have found something with this kid. >> yeah. >> one game. >> we take them one at a time. >> you can o

it was also the highly anticipated debut of robert griffin the third. he did not disappoint. >> robert griffin the third not only dazzled in his debut, but he made history becoming the first rookie since 42 years ago having the first passer rating. trailing the saints' 7-3, but not for long. then he goes deep. an 88-yard touchdown, and never looking back. in the fourth quarter, don't count the st. out drew brees throws the hail mary into the end zone but it is packed off. the redskins win a thriller, 40-32. >> it was a lot of fun out there and i think everyone was comfortable with the game plan we had coming in. we did a lot of things we have not -- had not shown preseason. >> he wasn't the only iraqi standing out here. we will have more from the locker room coming out and -- coming up in sports. >> local fans of both teams gathered at a bar in the sea to sound off after the skins when the. >> i feel great because washington d.c. finally has a player who's going to transform this city. >> trust me, the saints will come back. >> most of the fans say they

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he's the man. >> everybody hopes to see more griffinning when the convince travel to st. louis -- when the skins travel to st. louis. let's go back to brian.n. >> get him off his butt. >>> now to brian.br >> exclusive with form fur dc mayor fenty. what he has to say about the current state of dc politics. >>> a major step in the release of a maryland man jailed cuba.cu latest on the aftermath inaf libya, teand the political fallt from the deadly attacks. see you at 6:00 >> i don't like the fact they e made me to the be the nicee judge. i'm the nice guy now. what do you make that have? >> reporter: as the mentor, simon took home 10 grounds in a1 side bet, but l.a. is ready for round 2. >> you want to do it again? >> double or nothing. >> deal? >> there we go. >> reporter: with no host named for season 2, simon shared his thoughts on rumored candidate chloe kardashian. >> i think she would be great. she would be good.b i like the idea. >>> thank for joining us tonight at 5:00. >> the news starts right now. >> this is fox 5 news. >>> united states condemns in the strongest t

griffin had a perfect passer's rating in the 1st half of sunday's game. that combined with 320 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions earned him the honor of also becoming the first ever rookie quarterback to win the award after his debut game. >> it's more than just myself. so i mean all the guys went out there, performed at a high level and it paid off for us with a win and i guess with another win for offensive player of the week. >> reporter: adding to that rg3 is featured on the cover of this week's sports illustrate, the headline reading power surge. it's not the first time and i'm sure it won't be the last. redskin nation crossing their fingers it won'ting a curse for the rest of the season. -- won'ting a curse for the rest of the season. >>> -- won't be a curse for the rest of the season. >>> switching gears to the college game now, acc fans have another opponent to worry about. the league announced today notre dame will join the acc. the irish become the sixth big east program lured to the conference since 2004. now notre dame will remain ind

. >> reporter: the team yesterday unveiled the option and griffin's longest run of 12 yards came on the very second play from scrimmage. he showed poise. he was willing to take a hit, possibly on the biggest play of the game, an 88-yard touchdown pass complete to pierre garcon. griffin completed his first eight passes, finished anyone teen of 26 for 322 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. he showed his athleticism. first possession of the 2nd quarter he fakes the handoff, heads left. eludes the offender and throws across his body to the other side of the field to fred davis for a 26-yard pickup and rg3 leaves the field a 40-32 winner in his nfl debut. it is something nobody is going to forget here, so good. a couple over updates. mike shanahan had a press conference and said rookie running back alfred morris solidified his starting role. we'll have more on him later, also rookie safety jordan bernstein out for the season, tore an acl, mcl and pcl, knick sundberg will be out next -- nick sundberg will be out next week with a broken arm and pierre garcon will test his foot wednesd

it's called griffining. born on sunday when robert griffin iii was seen celebrating his first touchdown pass from the seat of his pants. now everybody is striking a pose. at the office, on the sidewalk, in a field, even in front of the white house. everyone is griffining. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> who knew. >>> yet another, even sillier jessica simpson controversy. and a strong, new entry for strange celebrity baby names. your early-morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, when it comes to loyalty to the arkansas razorbacks, this woman has proven she's all hog. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back into "early today." at least a few cool spots this morning. blues on the map is temperatures in the 40s and even 30s. 57 in medford right now. we'll look for much nicer conditions, especially by this afternoon. check out medford, 99 this afternoon with full sunshine. beautiful up toward the cascades. keep in mind the high fire danger today

a new pose called griffining, born on sunday when robert griffin was seen celebrating from the seat ofnow everyone is doing it. everyone is griffoning. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >> griffining. good to know. here is meteorologist todd santos with the weather channel forecast. >>> hey, a beautiful day for everybody. going to be playing outside, getting football in at least with some friends. did want to mention areas where you may be dealing with showers for the morning commute. a lot of activity to your north. a few lightning strikes, chicago, down to st. louis, better chance for showers to get into your area. more your afternoon commute. there is a look at temperatures across the area. 60s across the northeast coast. 74 in orlando. again today, a lot of south florida, especially down towards west palm, miami, better chance for showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. of course, you see other areas including dallas by later this afternoon. new orleans, a slight chance for a thunderstorm. another opportunity there tomorrow. there's a look at friday. northe

and griffin on cruise control. six hits and no walks. six k's. the a's win it and have a two-run lead. giants in colorado and left town on a rocky mountain high after taking two of three from the rockies. what do these two think of larry beil? he's nationwide. top of first and giants up 2-0. brings home hunter penz. brandon crawford and slaps one to the right field corner. hector sanchez and bringing all 220 pounds home, and there will be a play at the plate. he's in there, but he gets the wind knocked out of him. stayed in the game and 5-0g men. a solid outing for tim lincecum. allowed three runs and walked 4 and struck out eight. top of 9 and giants add to the tally. stand up r.b.i triple. giants win it big 8-3 the final coupled with a dodger loss to arizona and the giants up seven in the national league west. the 49ers hosting detroit in the home opener sunday at the stick. and this is a grudge rematch. jim harbaugh's handshake last year was deemed inappropriate in coaching circles. it was more of the slap on the back afterwards. on defense th

authorities say richard herd contacted one of griffin's agents in june demanding $1 million. they said he threatened to release information to the media that he claimed would damage griffin's reputation. he pleaded guilty to extortion charges and faces up to five years in prison and will be sentenced in november. >>> d.c. police are defending their handling of a case that left a man badly beaten on capitol hill near the eastern market. his name is thomas macklin. back in august he was attacked and he still is in the hospital and can't speak. news4 has learned police arrested three night the night of the attack in a robbery and those men had macklin's cell phone but it sat in evidence. those men were not arrested and charged in the beating until last night. today we caught up with his wife. >> i want people to know that they have a social responsibility in these situations. if they see something, i don't care if they're not sure what the situation is. it is so much better to say something and to be sure that you have told the people, the appropriate people. >> police emphasize

griffin threw for the second -- fans. griffin threw for the second most yards by a rookie. tomorrow we're your station for college football all weekend long. our bran new show game on -- brand-new show game on premiers at 7:00 after the alabama/arkansas game, sec local and looking ahead to redskins redskins/ravens. >>> gather around your tv tonight. high school highlights. great job. we had over 56,000 voters, wow. >>> well, there was going to be a season, the caps would be preparing to return to kettler iceplex, but put those plans on ice. it looks increasingly like the caps will not play soon or at all, lockout looming. when they come back, john carlson will have a fatter pocket. the caps signed him to a six- year deal worth 23 million bucks, only 22 years old. all that could change when and if the new collective bargaining agreement goes into effect. carlson loves the contract but wants those negotiation talks to wrap up soon. >>> finally we know manny machado is the hot shot rookie for the orioles, game winning hit yesterday, but he's not above rookie hazing. check that

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