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Thursday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for the NFL
4.5— Houston
5— Atlanta
6— Carolina, Detroit, Jets, Seattle
6.5— Jacksonville, Chicago
7— Giants
7.5— Pittsburgh, Washington
Quote of the Day
“It’s going to be difficult for the people who are spending tons of money to get players. You’ve read about them. You know who they are. We were second in recruiting last year. [Texas] A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image and likeness.
We didn’t buy one player. But I don’t know if we’re going to be able to sustain that in the future because more and more people are doing it.”
Nick Saban
Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Oceans Eleven, which actor’s character owns the casinos that are robbed by the group led by Brad Pitt, George Clooney?
Wednesday’s quiz
Mets have won the World Series twice; they beat Baltimore in 1969, the Red Sox in 1986.
Tuesday’s quiz
Bud Grant was the Minnesota Vikings’ coach when they won four NFC titles in the 60’s/70’s.
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Thursday’s Den: USFL notes and doing some thinking out loud
USFL notes:
Birmingham Stallions (5-0)
— Trailed at halftime in four of five games
— Outscored opponents 78-27 in second half.
— Outrushed last two foes 281-115
— 5-0 against spread
Houston Gamblers (1-4)
— Lost last four games.
— Led all five games at halftime
— Last four games went over total
— Outscored 73-26 in second half.
Michigan Panthers (1-4)
— Threw for 322 yards LW (total of 225 previous three games).
— 0-3 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
— Outgained four of their five opponents.
— Their only win was 24-0 over 1-4 Pittsburgh.
New Jersey Generals (4-1)
— Won last four games, giving up 6-16-13-17 points.
— Have only two takeaways, have minus-2 turnover ratio.
— Allowed only 383 RY in four games (76.6/game)
— Covered three of their last four games.
New Orleans Breakers (3-2)
— Scored 23+ points in their wins, 13-17 in losses.
— Three of five games stayed under total
— Turned ball over eight games in last three games (minus-5)
— Trailed last three games at halftime.
Philadelphia Stars (2-3)
— Last three weeks, gave up 224.7 rushing yards/game.
— Gave up 23+ points in all five games.
— Have been outgained in every game.
— Scored 30-26 points in wins; 17-16-17 in losses.
Pittsburgh Maulers (1-4)
— Got first win last week, on last play of game.
— Outscored 44-28 in second half of games.
— Three of their last four games went over total.
— All four losses are by 7+ points.
Tampa Bay Bandits (3-2)
— Were hold to 3-10 points in their two losses.
— Were held scoreless in 2nd half in three of five games.
— Three of five games stayed under total.
— Were outgained in four of their five games.
Elsewhere in the world,
Golden State 112, Dallas 87— Warriors shot 56% from the floor.
Calgary 9, Edmonton 6— How do you score six goals and lose a playoff game? Flames blew a 6-2 lead, then scored last three goals of game.
Carolina 2, NY Rangers 1, OT— Hurricanes scored at 3:12 of the extra session.
Mets 11, Cardinals 4— Max Scherzer walked off mound with “left side discomfort” in sixth inning, a potentially large problem for New York.
Brewers 7, Braves 6 (11)— Keston Hiura walked it off with a two-run homer; Milwaukee tied game in bottom of 9th, with a run off Kenley Jansen.
Red Sox 5, Astros 1— Altuve led off game with a home run; Houston got one hit the rest of the way off of Nick Pivetta.
Rangers 6, Angels 5 (10)— Angels get swept by Texas; Nathaniel Lowe walked it off with a 2-run homer.
Astros’ P Jake Odorizzi avoided major injury, has sprains/strains of ligaments near his left ankle.
Pac-12 scrapped division play for their football; teams with two best winning %age in league games will play for the conference championship.
Thursday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for the NFL
4.5— Houston
5— Atlanta
6— Carolina, Detroit, Jets, Seattle
6.5— Jacksonville, Chicago
7— Giants
7.5— Pittsburgh, Washington
Quote of the Day
“It’s going to be difficult for the people who are spending tons of money to get players. You’ve read about them. You know who they are. We were second in recruiting last year. [Texas] A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image and likeness.
We didn’t buy one player. But I don’t know if we’re going to be able to sustain that in the future because more and more people are doing it.”
Nick Saban
Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Oceans Eleven, which actor’s character owns the casinos that are robbed by the group led by Brad Pitt, George Clooney?
Wednesday’s quiz
Mets have won the World Series twice; they beat Baltimore in 1969, the Red Sox in 1986.
Tuesday’s quiz
Bud Grant was the Minnesota Vikings’ coach when they won four NFC titles in the 60’s/70’s.
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Thursday’s Den: USFL notes and doing some thinking out loud
USFL notes:
Birmingham Stallions (5-0)
— Trailed at halftime in four of five games
— Outscored opponents 78-27 in second half.
— Outrushed last two foes 281-115
— 5-0 against spread
Houston Gamblers (1-4)
— Lost last four games.
— Led all five games at halftime
— Last four games went over total
— Outscored 73-26 in second half.
Michigan Panthers (1-4)
— Threw for 322 yards LW (total of 225 previous three games).
— 0-3 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
— Outgained four of their five opponents.
— Their only win was 24-0 over 1-4 Pittsburgh.
New Jersey Generals (4-1)
— Won last four games, giving up 6-16-13-17 points.
— Have only two takeaways, have minus-2 turnover ratio.
— Allowed only 383 RY in four games (76.6/game)
— Covered three of their last four games.
New Orleans Breakers (3-2)
— Scored 23+ points in their wins, 13-17 in losses.
— Three of five games stayed under total
— Turned ball over eight games in last three games (minus-5)
— Trailed last three games at halftime.
Philadelphia Stars (2-3)
— Last three weeks, gave up 224.7 rushing yards/game.
— Gave up 23+ points in all five games.
— Have been outgained in every game.
— Scored 30-26 points in wins; 17-16-17 in losses.
Pittsburgh Maulers (1-4)
— Got first win last week, on last play of game.
— Outscored 44-28 in second half of games.
— Three of their last four games went over total.
— All four losses are by 7+ points.
Tampa Bay Bandits (3-2)
— Were hold to 3-10 points in their two losses.
— Were held scoreless in 2nd half in three of five games.
— Three of five games stayed under total.
— Were outgained in four of their five games.
Elsewhere in the world,
Golden State 112, Dallas 87— Warriors shot 56% from the floor.
Calgary 9, Edmonton 6— How do you score six goals and lose a playoff game? Flames blew a 6-2 lead, then scored last three goals of game.
Carolina 2, NY Rangers 1, OT— Hurricanes scored at 3:12 of the extra session.
Mets 11, Cardinals 4— Max Scherzer walked off mound with “left side discomfort” in sixth inning, a potentially large problem for New York.
Brewers 7, Braves 6 (11)— Keston Hiura walked it off with a two-run homer; Milwaukee tied game in bottom of 9th, with a run off Kenley Jansen.
Red Sox 5, Astros 1— Altuve led off game with a home run; Houston got one hit the rest of the way off of Nick Pivetta.
Rangers 6, Angels 5 (10)— Angels get swept by Texas; Nathaniel Lowe walked it off with a 2-run homer.
Astros’ P Jake Odorizzi avoided major injury, has sprains/strains of ligaments near his left ankle.
Pac-12 scrapped division play for their football; teams with two best winning %age in league games will play for the conference championship.