Recap: NFL Google+ Hangout with Sam Farmer and Mark Thompson

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Sept. 14, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Here’s a recap of the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORCRP006761”&amp;gt;Google&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;+ Hangout chat with &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000007”&amp;gt;NFL&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; columnist Sam Farmer and &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PECLB0000014659”&amp;gt;Mark Thompson&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;, best known as the Mark part of the “Mark and Brian” radio show.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Topics they covered this week included a review of the Packers-&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000036”&amp;gt;Bears&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; game Thursday night and previews to the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000041”&amp;gt;Lions&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000057”&amp;gt;49ers&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; “handshake” rematch, &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000226”&amp;gt;Redskins&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; rookie sensation &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT0014793”&amp;gt;Robert Griffin III&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; playing his second consecutive road game against the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000059”&amp;gt;Rams&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; at St. Louis as well as the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000039”&amp;gt;Cowboys&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000058”&amp;gt;Seahawks&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000035”&amp;gt;Panthers&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000050”&amp;gt;Saints&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; games.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Farmer revealed that the handshake-gone-awry moment after last season’s comeback win by the 49ers stemmed from Lions Coach &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT00008923”&amp;gt;Jim Schwartz&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; laughing when San Francisco Coach Jim Harbaugh burned a timeout trying to challenge a call that he couldn’t challenge.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Thompson, who has season tickets for Carolina games, likes the Panthers against the Saints in a matchup of 0-1 teams, and a debate ensues.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Farmer talks about Tony Romo’s return to Seattle, where the Seahawks upset the Cowboys in the 2006 playoffs when Romo fumbled the snap on a field-goal attempt that could have won the game. Dallas has won only one playoff game since then.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Google+ Hangout with Farmer and Thompson takes place each Monday and Friday at 11:30 a.m. If you have a question for Sam or Mark, please email them on Monday and Friday mornings to sportshangout@latimes.com and they will try to address them during the chat.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ufc-ultimate-fighter-20120914,0,6160527.story”&amp;gt;Jay Cutler defends yelling at Bears’ linemen in loss&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-star-boxers-oscar-de-la-hoya-and-julio-cesar-chavez-admit-drug-use-20120914,0,7467702.story”&amp;gt;Oscar De La Hoya and Julio Cesar Chavez admit drug use&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ufc-ultimate-fighter-20120914,0,6160527.story”&amp;gt;UFC’s “Ultimate Fighter” will spotlight White-Nelson friction&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;

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