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5-at-10: Friday mailbag on the GOP debate, the Oscars and sports movies, and best sports headlines ever

Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, left, and businessman Donald Trump argue while answering a question during the Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Houston Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado, Pool) MANDATORY CREDIT
Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, left, and businessman Donald Trump argue while answering a question during the Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Houston Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado, Pool) MANDATORY CREDIT Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, left, and businessman Donald Trump argue while answering a question during the Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Houston Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado, Pool) MANDATORY CREDIT

From several of you:

What did you think about the debate?

-Gang

A: Marco Rubio crushed Donald Trump. Crushed him.

From start to finish, and on almost every question, Rubio was all over Donald. He even introduced a debate version of the Rope-a-Dope (and no it did not involve Gov. Kasich) where he landed one verbal jab at Trump before switching direction and landing another. The move let Trump stunned, and for the first time since he was a toddler, speechless at times.