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Monday’s 6-pack
Some of the most experienced teams in college basketball:
1) Penn State
3) Notre Dame
4) Virginia
5) UAB
6) Iowa State
7) Marshall
Quote of the Day
“It’s the playoffs, you’re three games away. Put a brace on it. Get it going. I played a whole season with a torn MCL.”
Former NFL QB Michael Vick, talking about Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson
Monday’s quiz
Where did Michael Vick play his college football?
Sunday’s quiz
When Don Shula won his 325th win as an NFL coach back in 1993, Jaguars’ coach Doug Pederson played some QB for the Dolphins that day.
Saturday’s quiz
In the old TV show Get Smart, the agents had numbers. Barbara Feldon’s character was Agent 99. Maxwell Smart was Agent 86.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday……
— In the history of the NFL, there have been 692 games where one team was +5 or better in turnovers; those teams are 657-30-5.
In playoff games, teams with a +5 or better turnover ratio were 26-0 before the Chargers lost in Jacksonville Saturday night— now they’re 26-1.
Bills 34, Dolphins 31
— Buffalo led 17-0 early in 2nd quarter.
— Dolphins led 24-20 midway thru 3rd quarter.
— Bills outgained Miami, 423-231.
— Last three Buffalo games went over the total.
— Bills host Cincinnati in next round Sunday afternoon.
— Bills won their last eight games, scoring 32-35-35-34 in last four.
— Last three games, Buffalo converted 30-53 third down plays.
— Miami lost six of its last seven games overall.
— Dolphins’ last six games were all decided by 6 or less points.
— Miami lost its last five playoff games; their last win was in 2000.
Giants 31, Vikings 24
— QB Jones threw for 301 yards, ran for 78 more.
— Giants’ first four drives: 35 plays, 316 yards, 24 points.
— Giants outgained Minnesota, 431-332.
— Giants converted 7-13 third down plays.
— Giants visit Philadelphia in next round Saturday night.
— Last six years, #6-seeds are 9-3 SU/11-1 ATS in this round of playoffs.
— Giants are 14-4 ATS this season, 6-2 as a road underdog.
— Kirk Cousins is now 1-3 in his career in playoff games.
— Over was 8-2 in Minnesota’s last ten games.
— Vikings were 13-5 this season, but were outscored by 10 points.
Bengals 24, Ravens 17
— Bengals scored on a 98-yard fumble return for a TD with 11:37 left, after QB Huntley lost the ball trying to score on a QB sneak.
— Ravens outgained Cincinnati 364-234, to no avail.
— Baltimore was 9-2 this year giving up 20 or less points, 1-6 if they give up 20+.
— In their last seven games, Baltimore scored 13.1 ppg.
— Since 2015, Ravens are 1-4 in playoff games.
— Cincinnati won its last nine games (12-3 ATS last 15).
— Bengals converted 7-13 on third down, Ravens 3-11.
— Bengals’ first two drives: 24 plays, 114 yards, 9 points.
— Bengals’ last five drives: 30 plays, 117 yards, 7 points.
— Bengals are 12-0 this season if they score 21+ points.
— Next weekend’s playoff schedule:
Saturday:
Jaguars @ Chiefs (-8.5)
Giants @ Eagles (-7)
Sunday:
Bengals @ Bills (-4.5)
Cowboys/Bucs winner @ 49ers
— Former Cardinals’ coach Kliff Kingsbury is going to be paid $5.5M a year every year thru 2027 by Arizona; will be interesting to see if/when he gets back into coaching.
— Cubs signed 1B/DH Trey Mancini for two years, $14M.
— Xavier 80, Marquette 76— Musketeers have won 11 games in a row, scoring 80+ points in their last five; Marquette scored 48 points in first half of this game, only 28 in second half.
— Rutgers 68, Ohio State 64 OT— These teams split two meetings this season, with the games decided by total of five points.
— St John’s 85, UConn 74— Huskies have lost four of their last five games, after a 14-0 start. Red Storm was +11 in turnovers (21-10); they shot 62.2% inside arc.
— There were five games in the MAAC Sunday; all five were decided by 7 or fewer points, four of them were decided by 4 or fewer points.
— Memphis 61, Temple 59— Teams combined to shoot 8-52 on the arc; Temple led 45-36 with 8:43 left in the game. Memphis improves to 13-5, 3-2 in AAC. Ugly game, though.
— Missouri State 64, Indiana State 62— Loss drops the Sycamores into a 3-way tie for first in Missouri Valley, with Southern Illinois/Belmont. Missouri State made 16-17 on foul line, Indiana State made 8-14.
Monday’s 6-pack
Some of the most experienced teams in college basketball:
1) Penn State
3) Notre Dame
4) Virginia
5) UAB
6) Iowa State
7) Marshall
Quote of the Day
“It’s the playoffs, you’re three games away. Put a brace on it. Get it going. I played a whole season with a torn MCL.”
Former NFL QB Michael Vick, talking about Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson
Monday’s quiz
Where did Michael Vick play his college football?
Sunday’s quiz
When Don Shula won his 325th win as an NFL coach back in 1993, Jaguars’ coach Doug Pederson played some QB for the Dolphins that day.
Saturday’s quiz
In the old TV show Get Smart, the agents had numbers. Barbara Feldon’s character was Agent 99. Maxwell Smart was Agent 86.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday……
— In the history of the NFL, there have been 692 games where one team was +5 or better in turnovers; those teams are 657-30-5.
In playoff games, teams with a +5 or better turnover ratio were 26-0 before the Chargers lost in Jacksonville Saturday night— now they’re 26-1.
Bills 34, Dolphins 31
— Buffalo led 17-0 early in 2nd quarter.
— Dolphins led 24-20 midway thru 3rd quarter.
— Bills outgained Miami, 423-231.
— Last three Buffalo games went over the total.
— Bills host Cincinnati in next round Sunday afternoon.
— Bills won their last eight games, scoring 32-35-35-34 in last four.
— Last three games, Buffalo converted 30-53 third down plays.
— Miami lost six of its last seven games overall.
— Dolphins’ last six games were all decided by 6 or less points.
— Miami lost its last five playoff games; their last win was in 2000.
Giants 31, Vikings 24
— QB Jones threw for 301 yards, ran for 78 more.
— Giants’ first four drives: 35 plays, 316 yards, 24 points.
— Giants outgained Minnesota, 431-332.
— Giants converted 7-13 third down plays.
— Giants visit Philadelphia in next round Saturday night.
— Last six years, #6-seeds are 9-3 SU/11-1 ATS in this round of playoffs.
— Giants are 14-4 ATS this season, 6-2 as a road underdog.
— Kirk Cousins is now 1-3 in his career in playoff games.
— Over was 8-2 in Minnesota’s last ten games.
— Vikings were 13-5 this season, but were outscored by 10 points.
Bengals 24, Ravens 17
— Bengals scored on a 98-yard fumble return for a TD with 11:37 left, after QB Huntley lost the ball trying to score on a QB sneak.
— Ravens outgained Cincinnati 364-234, to no avail.
— Baltimore was 9-2 this year giving up 20 or less points, 1-6 if they give up 20+.
— In their last seven games, Baltimore scored 13.1 ppg.
— Since 2015, Ravens are 1-4 in playoff games.
— Cincinnati won its last nine games (12-3 ATS last 15).
— Bengals converted 7-13 on third down, Ravens 3-11.
— Bengals’ first two drives: 24 plays, 114 yards, 9 points.
— Bengals’ last five drives: 30 plays, 117 yards, 7 points.
— Bengals are 12-0 this season if they score 21+ points.
— Next weekend’s playoff schedule:
Saturday:
Jaguars @ Chiefs (-8.5)
Giants @ Eagles (-7)
Sunday:
Bengals @ Bills (-4.5)
Cowboys/Bucs winner @ 49ers
— Former Cardinals’ coach Kliff Kingsbury is going to be paid $5.5M a year every year thru 2027 by Arizona; will be interesting to see if/when he gets back into coaching.
— Cubs signed 1B/DH Trey Mancini for two years, $14M.
— Xavier 80, Marquette 76— Musketeers have won 11 games in a row, scoring 80+ points in their last five; Marquette scored 48 points in first half of this game, only 28 in second half.
— Rutgers 68, Ohio State 64 OT— These teams split two meetings this season, with the games decided by total of five points.
— St John’s 85, UConn 74— Huskies have lost four of their last five games, after a 14-0 start. Red Storm was +11 in turnovers (21-10); they shot 62.2% inside arc.
— There were five games in the MAAC Sunday; all five were decided by 7 or fewer points, four of them were decided by 4 or fewer points.
— Memphis 61, Temple 59— Teams combined to shoot 8-52 on the arc; Temple led 45-36 with 8:43 left in the game. Memphis improves to 13-5, 3-2 in AAC. Ugly game, though.
— Missouri State 64, Indiana State 62— Loss drops the Sycamores into a 3-way tie for first in Missouri Valley, with Southern Illinois/Belmont. Missouri State made 16-17 on foul line, Indiana State made 8-14.
