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Developing throughout day.- The Vikings began cut down day by acquiring quarterback Sam Bradford in a trade with the Eagles, a move to replace the injured Terry Bridgewater. Chase Daniel becomes Phillys starter. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A season with national title hopes begins for Heisman hopeful Leonard Fournette and No. 5 LSU when the Tigers play Wisconsin at Lambeau Field. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Starts 3:30 p.m.- AUBURN, Ala. -- Quarterback Deshaun Watson and No. 2 Clemson open against an Auburn team desperate for redemption after a disappointing season. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. Starts 9 p.m. EDT.- HOUSTON -- No. 15 Houston and star quarterback Greg Ward Jr. look to follow up their breakout 2015 season with an upset of No. 3 Oklahoma and Baker Mayfield at NRG Stadium. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. 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BOSTON -- A man who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston identified former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in court on Tuesday as the one who pulled the trigger.The judge presiding over the upcoming murder trial also denied a bid by Hernandezs lawyer to push back the February start.Prosecutors asked Raychides Sanches during Tuesdays pretrial hearing to describe the chaotic scene the night of July 16, 2012.Sanches said he had been a passenger in a car stopped at a light in the citys South End when an SUV pulled up. He said someone from the SUV said Whats up, negroes? and then gunfire erupted.Sanches said bullets struck 29-year-old Daniel de Abreu and 28-year-old Safiro Furtado.When asked who the shooter was, Sanches nodded in the direction of Hernandez in Suffolk Superior Court, the Boston Herald reported.Looked like him, he said. Hernandez.Another survivor of the shooting, Aquilino Freire, told the court he was shot twice and described the shooter as light skinned, with no beard but tattoos.Hernanddez faces two counts of murder in the deaths of Furtado and de Abreu.ddddddddddddrosecutors say he gunned down the two men after one of them bumped into him at a Boston nightclub earlier that night. The former tight end has pleaded not guilty.Hernandez already is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the 2013 shooting death of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.Tuesdays hearing focused on a number of pre-trial issues as jury selection is slated to begin Feb. 13.Prosecutors are asking the judge to allow Sanches and Freire to give a general description of the shooter during trial.Defense lawyers argued that attorney-client privilege may have been violated because prison officials have acknowledged Hernandezs jailhouse calls were accessed by unauthorized people while he was awaiting his first murder trial.Hernandez is due back in court for another hearing Dec. 27. ' ' '