1.   But that meant they were forced to sit through another loss to a division foe.

2.   For one thing, when division foes meet in the playoffs, the games usually are tight because the teams know each other so well.

3.   On Tuesday, the Penguins played on the road at division foe and fierce in-state rival Philadelphia, a red-hot team that is leading the Eastern Conference.

4.   The Giants swept their NFC East division foe this season and have won eight consecutive games against the Eagles.

5.   They will play Indianapolis, another division foe, on Sunday.

6.   This season, Angels manager Mike Scioscia talked about, when he was a player, how the final month of the season was played against division foes.

7.   This year that role will be filled by the younger, bigger Huard, who played with the Miami Dolphins, a division foe.