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Patch Poll: Football and Thanksgiving

According to Monday's poll, stuffing is king today.

Somehow in our history football has become synonymous with Thanksgiving. And starting at 11:30 a.m. today and going into the night, pigskins will be flying in four games, both pro and college.

  • 11:30 a.m.: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions on FOX,
  • 3 p.m.: Miami Dolphins at Dallas Cowboys on CBS,
  • 7 p.m.: Texas at Texas A&M on ESPN and
  • 7:30 p.m.: San Francisco 49ers at Baltimore Ravens on the NFL Network.

Does all this football interfere with the day's entertaining and eating? What is the rule in your house? Tell us in the poll below.

Make sure you have plenty of stuffing on hand today. Stuffing was overwhelmingly cited as the favorite side dish in Monday's Sixty percent of those who responded to the poll favor stuffing. Mashed potatoes were second with 18 percent; followed by cranberry sauce, 12 percent and green beans, 2 percent. Five percent answered other. Some of the choices were strawberry jelly mold and apple-cranberry relish.

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