Ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland is at left. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland wrote NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith Monday Jan.28, 2013 to chastise the union for standing in the way of HGH testing and to warn that they might ask players to testify on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/J.That game was especially galling to Alabama fans, since the tie didn't prevent Notre Dame from winning the first of two national titles during the Parseghian era. The Fighting Irish stayed atop the rankings ahead of both the mighty Spartans (who had four of the top eight picks in the next NFL draft) and a Tide team that posted a perfect record in the quest for an unprecedented third straight championship (to this day, no team has finished No. 1 in The Associated Press rankings three years in a row)..

The Viking are hoping for a different result when they hit the road for the second st