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Sunday’s 6-pack
Odds to score first TD in Sunday’s 1:00 NFL games:
Odds from South Point Casino in Las Vegas
7-1— Chiefs
8-1— Bears, Dolphins
9-1— Lions, Browns
10-1— Bills, Giants
12-1— Vikings, Jaguars, Titans
15-1— Saints, Broncos
18-1— Texans, Steelers

Quote of the Day
“The great players didn’t become great by sitting on their ass.”
Bob Huggins

Sunday’s quiz
Which NFL team was last one to go 0-16 in a season?

Saturday’s quiz
Klay Thompson played his college basketball at Washington State.

Friday’s quiz
Jacob deGrom played his college baseball at Stetson.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

— Alabama 30, Ole Miss 24
Alabama outscored Ole Miss 13-0 over final 22:00 of game.
Crimson Tide scored TD with 0:08 left in first half, trailed 17-14 at half.
This result puts LSU in SEC Championship game.
Rebels converted 8-16 on third down, were 0-3 on 4th down

— LSU 13, Arkansas 10
Arkansas wound up playing its #3 QB most of this game.
LSU survives a flat effort after beating Alabama last week.
Total yardage: 284-249, LSU

— Vanderbilt 24, Kentucky 21
Commodores snap a 26-game SEC losing streak.
Vandy drove 80 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:32 left.
Commodores converted 11-17 third down plays.

— Pittsburgh 37, Virginia 7
Virginia’s first play: 29-yard pick-6
Virginia’s second play: 39-yard pick-6
0:16 into game, Pitt led 14-0.

Virginia’s third play was a draw play for no gain; the home fans cheered.

— West Virginia 23, Oklahoma 20
Mountaineers kicked a 25-yard FG at the gun for the win.
This is West Virginia’s first Big X win over the Sooners.
Oklahoma scored 2 points when West Virginia botched the snap on a PAT.
WVU was 7-19 on third down, Oklahoma 1-11
Sooners are a disappointing 5-5 this season.

— UConn 36, Liberty 33
UConn threw 30-yard TD pass with 5:43 left for the game-winning TD.
Huskies are bowl eligible for first time since 2015.
UConn is 8-2 against the spread this year.

— College Football Upsets of the Week:
Arizona (+20) 34, UCLA 28
Boston College (+19) 21, NC State 20
Vanderbilt (+18) 24, Kentucky 21
UConn (+14) 36, Liberty 33
UL-Monroe (+13.5) 31, Georgia State 28
Washington (+13) 37, Oregon 34
West Virginia (+8) 23, Oklahoma 20
TCU (+7) 17, Texas 10
Purdue (+6.5) 31, Illinois 24

— Houston 43, Temple 36
Houston threw a 44-yard TD pass with 0:40 left for the win.
Owls’ QB EJ Warner was 42-59/486 passing, with three TD’s.
Houston is 6-4 and is now bowl eligible.

— TCU 17, Texas 10:
10-0 TCU was a 7-point underdog to 6-4 Texas. Go figure.
Total yardage was 283-199, TCU
Longhorns converted once in 13 third down plays.

— North Carolina 36, Wake Forest 34
Tar Heels kicked 33-yard FG with 2:12 left for the winning points.
Third straight loss for Wake Forest, giving up 48-30-36 points.
North Carolina wins Coastal Division, will play Clemson in ACC title game.

— Central Florida 38, Tulane 31
UCF QB Plumlee ran for 176 yards, two TD’s; threw for 132 yards and another TD.
UCF ran ball for 336 yards, converted 10-18 on third down.
Both teams are 8-2, 5-1 in the AAC.

— Tennessee 66, Missouri 24— Back in July, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz took a shot at Tennessee’s issues with the NCAA; the alleged violations happened under the previous coaching regime. Vols led this game 59-24 in last 3:00; they were running no-huddle offense, throwing the ball (with their 2nd unit), scored a meaningless TD with 0:36 left to rub salt in the wound.

This game was 28-24 with 8:55 left in third quarter; Tennessee dominated from there. Vols gained 724 yards, averaging 7.1 yards/rush, 12.1 yards/pass.

— Washington 37, Oregon 34
This game was on FOX so I couldn’t watch it, seeing how DirecTV and Mission Broadcasting are greedy bastards who can’t agree on $$$, so that station is blacked out in Albany.

Washington tied game on 62-yard TD pass with 3:07 left.
Huskies won game with a 43-yard FG with 0:51 left.
Total yardage: 592-522, Oregon. Ducks ran football for 312 yards.

College Basketball Notes:
— Wright State 73, Louisville 72— Cardinals are first team since Arkansas State in 1991-92 to start a season 0-2, with two one-point losses.

— Alcorn State 66, Wichita State 57— Shockers went 303-84 in Gregg Marshall’s last 11 years coaching there; they fired him after there were multiple allegations of verbal and physical abuse from former players.

Wichita is 32-20 since then, 17-11 in conference games.

— Boise State 71, Washington State 61— Good win for the Mountain West Conference.

— James Madison 97, Buffalo 62— Dukes scored 106-97 points in winning their first two Division I games- they scored 1.41, 1.09 points/possession in those games.

 

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Sunday, November 13

 

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Sunday, November 13

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13

NCAT at ISU	01:00 PM	ISU -19.0	+500
CLMB at SH	01:00 PM	SH -6.5	+500
QUIN at CCSU	01:00 PM	QUIN -8.0	+500
COLO at TENN	02:00 PM	COLO +15.0	+500
HARV at ELON	02:00 PM	HARV -6.5	+500
EIU at CMU	02:00 PM	CMU -7.5	+500
PAC at NDSU	02:00 PM	NDSU -6.0	+500
VMI at DAV	02:00 PM	VMI +21.5	+500
OKST at OAK	03:00 PM	OAK +8.5	+500
SFBK at STT	03:00 PM	STT -7.5	+500
ASU at TXSO	03:00 PM	ASU -12.0	+500
ARPB at MSST	03:00 PM	ARPB +24.5	+500
IDHO at NEOM	03:00 PM	NEOM -4.0	+500
AMER at GMU	04:00 PM	GMU -15.0	+500
TOWS at PENN	04:00 PM	TOWS -3.5	+500
YSU at ND	04:00 PM	YSU +10.5	+500
SELA at WYO	04:00 PM	WYO -20.5	+500
SIU at SIND	04:00 PM	SIU -10.0	+500
ALST at PEPP	05:00 PM	PEPP -18.0	+500
NJIT at USD	05:00 PM	NJIT +16.5	+500
MAN at FDU	05:00 PM	MAN +1.5	+500
BRWN at L-MD	05:00 PM	BRWN +2.5	+500
WMU at VALP	05:00 PM	VALP -4.5	+500
CWM at VT	06:00 PM	VT -26.5	+500
PRST at SEA	06:00 PM	SEA -8.5	+500
MTST at LBSU	07:00 PM	MTST +3.0	+500
YALE at MVSU	07:30 PM	MVSU +23.5	+500
UNT at SMC	08:00 PM	SMC -8.0	+500
UVM at CSF	08:00 PM	UVM -4.5	+500
EWU at HAW	10:00 PM	HAW -6.5	+500

 

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OVEMBER CBB OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

DATE..........................................W-L-T..............................%%................. .................UNITS

11/13/2022.................................17-13-0..........................56.66%...............................+ 13.50
11/12/2022.................................17-19-0..........................47.22%...............................- 19.50
11/11/2022.................................34-29-0..........................53.97%...............................+ 10.50
11/10/2022.................................25-36-1..........................41.13%................. .............- 73.00
11/09/2022..................................10-14-0.........................41.66%.................. ............- 27.00
11/07/2022..............................104-117-5.......................47.12%.................... .........- 123.50

TOTALS....................................207-228-6........................47.58%................. .............-219.00

BEST BETS

11/13/2022..............................6-3-0................................66.66%............................+ 13.50
11/12/2022..............................8-9-0................................47.05%.............................- 9.50
11/11/2022............................15-18-0.............................45.45%.............................- 24.00
11/10/2022.............................8-11-0..............................42.10%............. ...............- 20.50
11/09/2022...............................1-5-0..............................16.66%............. ................- 22.50

TOTALS..................................38-46-0.............................45.23%.............. ................- 63.00

 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Interesting Week 11 NFL spreads
— Titans @ Green Bay (-2.5)
— Lions @ NJ Giants (-3.5)
— Jets @ New England (-4)
— Bears @ Atlanta (-3)
— Eagles (-8.5) @ Indianapolis
— Browns @ Buffalo (-8.5)

Quote of the Day
”In truth, I felt very at peace. I felt like we had a very good plan in place. I felt like all the men who I had talked about empowering and giving them the ability to do what they could do exceptionally well, they all stepped up.”
Colts coach Jeff Saturday

Monday’s quiz
Who coached the Browns during that 0-16 season? He didn’t get fired until the next year.

Sunday’s quiz
Cleveland Browns went 0-16 five years ago, the NFL’s last winless team.

Saturday’s quiz
Klay Thompson played his college basketball at Washington State.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday, on Felix Unger Day

Anyone remember the old TV show The Odd Couple? It always began this way:
“On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to leave his place of residence. That request came from his wife……”

Great TV show, very funny. Hope you had a good Felix Unger Day.

Vikings 33, Bills 30 OT
— Up 27-23, Bills stopped Minnesota on 1-yard line with 0:49 left.
— Allen fumbled snap on next play, Vikings recovered for go-ahead TD.
— Bills then drove 69 yards for tying FG that forced OT.
— Buffalo turned ball over four times (minus-2)
— Vikings have 11 takeaways in last four games (+7)

— Vikings won their last seven games (5-1-1 ATS).
— Jefferson caught 10 passes for 193 yards and a TD.
— Diggs caught 12 passes for 128 yards against his old team.
— Both teams had eight plays of 20+ yards.
— First Buffalo game this season that went over the total.

Lions 31, Bears 30
— Chicago led 24-10 with 12:00 left in the game.
— Detroit scored two TD’s in 1:08 to tie game, the second one a pick-6.
— Fields ran 67 yards for a TD to put Bears ahead; they missed the PAT.
— Detroit drove 91 yards, scored game-winning TD with 2:21 left.
— HC Campbell is now 1-11-1 SU on the road (7-6 ATS)

— Chicago lost last three games, despite scoring 29-32-30 points.
— Last five games, Bears ran ball for 238-243-240-252-258 yards.
— Chicago opponents scored TD’s on 13 of last 25 drives.
— Bears have led at halftime once this season (1-8-1).
— Five of their last six games went over the total.

Buccaneers 21, Seahawks 16
— Seahawks in first half: 20 plays, 29 yards, no points.
— Seahawks in 2nd half: 31 plays, 231 yards, 16 points.
— Seattle lost fumble in red zone when they trailed 14-3.
— Last four weeks, Seattle is 14-54 (25.9%) on 3rd down conversions.
— Seahawks are 8-14-1 ATS last 23 games coming off a win.

— Bucs converted 10-15 on third down, Seattle 1-9.
— Tampa Bay outrushed Seahawks 161-39.
— Bucs won despite Seattle’s 12-yard edge in field position.
— Tampa Bay’s TD drives were 88-86-87 yards.
— This is Tampa Bay’s first cover in eight games (1-6-1 ATS)

Chiefs 27, Jaguars 17
— Jaguars started game with a successful onside kick.
— Jaguars won field position by 13 yards, were +3 in turnovers, still lost by 10.
— Jacksonville lost six its last seven games (1-6 ATS)
— Jaguars are 10-21-1 ATS last 32 games as a road underdog.
— In his career, Pederson is 10-17 ATS as a road underdog.

— Chiefs won five of their last six games SU.
— Last five weeks, Chiefs converted 44-68 (64.7) third down plays.
— Chiefs have 23 TD’s on their last 59 drives.
— Kansas City led this game 20-0 late in 2nd quarter.
— Chiefs have 50 plays of 20+ yards; opponents have 34.

Giants 24, Texans 16
— Houston was in red zone six times, scored only 16 points.
— Texans lost seven of their last eight games SU (2-5 ATS last six).
— Giants converted 7-14 on third down, Houston 3-10
— Texans outgained Giants 387-367, were minus-2 in turnovers (0-2).
— Texans are 10-18-1 ATS last 29 games coming off a loss.

— Barkley carried ball 35 times for 152 yards and a TD.
— Giants were in red zone twice, scored TD both times.
— Giants won/covered seven of first nine games.
— Giants are 7-0 if they score more than 16 points.
— Under is 7-1-1 in Giant games this season.

Steelers 20, Saints 10
— Pittsburgh outgained the Saints, 374-186.
— New Orleans in 2nd half: 19 plays, 24 yards, one first down.
— New Orleans ran ball 15 times for 29 yards.
— Saints are 1-6 when they score less than 27 points.
— Saints lost 7 of last 9 games; their turnover ratio is minus-13.

— Steelers converted 9-17 on third down, Saints 3-12.
— Pittsburgh ran ball 43 times for 217 yards.
— Steelers have no turnovers (+11) in their wins, 14 (-9) in losses.
— Under is 7-2 in their games this season.
— Pittsburgh has been outscored 43-13 in last 2:00 of each half.

Dolphins 39, Browns 17
— Dolphins won last four games, scoring 31-35-39 points in last three.
— Miami had eight drives, scored five TD’s, kicked two FG’s.
— Miami is 12-4-1 ATS last 17 games as a home favorite (3-1 TY).
— Dolphins converted 19 of last 33 third down plays.
— Dolphins are 6-0 if they score more than 17 points.

— Dolphins outgained Cleveland, 491-297.
— Browns turned ball over 12 times in last five games (minus-7)
— Browns are 0-4 scoring less than 26 points.
— Cleveland lost five of their last five games SU.
— Six of their nine games went over the total.

Titans 17, Broncos 10
— Denver lost five of last six games, losing by 1-9-3-7-7 points.
— Broncos in 2nd half: 36 plays, 106 yards, no points.
— Denver scored 16 or fewer points in seven of nine games.
— Last seven games, Broncos are 29-115 (25.2%) on third down.
— Eight of nine Denver games stayed under the total.

— Tennessee won six of last seven games (7-0 ATS), allowing 15.1 ppg.
— Titans’ first six drives: 22 plays, 51 yards, 2 first downs.
— Titans’ last six drives: 38 plays, 245 yards, 17 points.
— Opponents have converted only 34-122 (27.9%) third down plays.
— Tennessee held last seven opponents under their team total.

Colts 25, Raiders 20
— Matt Ryan returned to the lineup, was 21-28/222 with a passing TD; he ran for 38 yards.
— Colts drove 82 yards, scored game-winning TD with 5:07 left to play.
— Jeff Saturday wins his first game as a head coach.
— Underdogs covered seven of their ten games.
— Indy is 11-5-1 ATS last 17 games coming off a loss.

— Las Vegas lost last three games, outscored 36-13 in second half.
— Raiders’ first four drives: 17 plays, 18 yards, no points.
— Raiders are 0-5 SU in games decided by 5 or less points, or in OT.
— Last eight games, Las Vegas’ opponent is 7-0-1 against its team total.
— Last five games, opponents converted 38-65 on third down.

Cardinals 27, Rams 17
— Neither starting QB played in this game.
— Cardinals scored two TD’s in 1:32 span late in 2nd quarter.
— Arizona had an 11-yard edge in field position.
— Arizona is 15-4-1 ATS last 20 games as a road underdog.
— This was Arizona’s 2nd win in last 14 games against the Rams.

— Rams lost five of their last six games.
— Rams were held to 17 or less points in their losses.
— LA has one takeaway in its last seven games (minus-8).
— Last six games, Rams ran ball for only 69.3 yards/game.
— WR Kupp got hurt, is going to miss some time.

Packers 31, Cowboys 28 OT
— Dallas led 28-14 after three quarters.
— Green Bay drove 89 yards, tied game 28-28 with 2:29 left.
— Cowboys’ last four drives: 23 plays, 87 yards, no points.
— Last three games, Dallas scored 13 TD’s on 31 drives.
— NFC East teams are 18-8-2 ATS outside the division

— Watson caught four passes for 107 yards, three TD’s.
— Jones ran ball 24 times for 138 yards and a TD.
— Green Bay ran for 207 yards, averaged 9.5 yards/pass attempt.
— Packers converted 20 of last 40 third down plays.
— Since 2018, Packers are 3-0 ATS as a home underdog.

49ers 22, Chargers 16
— Chargers drove 75 yards in 7 plays for a TD on their first drive.
— Chargers rest of game: 52 plays, 195 yards, 3 field goals.
— Chargers in second half: 19 plays, 57 yards, 2 first downs.
— Bolts ran ball 16 times for only 51 yards.
— Chargers have been outscored 117-68 in second half.

— 49ers outscored Chargers 12-0 in second half.
— 49ers’ last six drives: 51 plays, 274 yards, 19 points.
— Last three games, 49ers converted 22-40 on third down.
— SF is 15-9 ATS in last 24 games vs AFC teams
— 49ers trailed their last four games at halftime.

 

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Monday, November 14

 

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Monday, November 14

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14

PRIN at UMBC	06:00 PM	PRIN -6.0	+500
ME at BC	06:00 PM	ME +20.0	+500
DSU at VILL	06:30 PM	DSU +36.0	+500
GW at HOF	07:00 PM	HOF -8.0	+500
PORT at KENT	07:00 PM	KENT -5.5	+500
UMES at CHAR	07:00 PM	CHAR -12.5	+500
NAVY at COPP	07:00 PM	NAVY -2.5	+500
SCST at DUQ	07:00 PM	DUQ -20.0	+500
COR at SFPA	07:00 PM	COR -4.0	+500
LAF at STJOE	07:00 PM	STJOE -10.0	+500
RICH at COFC	07:00 PM	RICH +2.5	+500
M-OH at UGA	07:00 PM	M-OH +12.5	+500
TNTC at MRSH	07:00 PM	TNTC +16.0	+500
NCCU at LIB	07:00 PM	LIB -11.5	+500
FAU at FLA	07:00 PM	FLA -13.0	+500
TROY at FSU	07:00 PM	FSU -10.0	+500
DEP at MINN	07:00 PM	DEP -1.0	+500
STET at USF	07:00 PM	USF -8.0	+500
WIU at UCF	07:00 PM	WIU +14.5	+500
LT at TTU	08:00 PM	TTU -12.5	+500
UNCO at BAY	08:00 PM	BAY -28.0	+500
JVST at UIC	08:00 PM	UIC +2.5	+500
UALR at CARK	08:00 PM	CARK -2.5	+500
BEL at LIP	08:00 PM	BEL -3.0	+500
ORU at HOU	08:00 PM	HOU -20.5	+500
INDPU at CHS	08:00 PM	INDPU +6.5	+500
IDST at UTAH	08:00 PM	UTAH -22.5	+500
NWST at TCU	08:00 PM	TCU -25.0	+500
WOF at DRKE	08:00 PM	DRKE -12.0	+500
BUT at PSU	08:30 PM	BUT +6.0	+500
SCU at USU	09:00 PM	USU -7.0	+500
MONM at ILL	09:00 PM	ILL -27.5	+500
AAMU at TNST	09:00 PM	TNST -9.0	+500
HC at CREI	09:00 PM	HC +30.0	+500
CSUS at DEN	09:00 PM	DEN -1.5	+500
WEB at CSU	09:00 PM	CSU -8.5	+500
TAMCOM at AFA	09:00 PM	AFA -10.0	+500
MVSU at EWU	09:30 PM	MVSU +18.5	+500
NORF at UCLA	10:00 PM	UCLA -20.5	+500
YALE at HAW	11:59 PM	YALE +4.5	+500

 

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NOVEMBER CBB OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

DATE..........................................W-L-T..............................%%................. .................UNITS

11/14/2022.................................22-17-0..........................56.41%...............................+ 16.50
11/13/2022.................................17-13-0..........................56.66%...............................+ 13.50
11/12/2022.................................17-19-0..........................47.22%...............................- 19.50
11/11/2022.................................34-29-0..........................53.97%...............................+ 10.50
11/10/2022.................................25-36-1..........................41.13%................. .............- 73.00
11/09/2022..................................10-14-0.........................41.66%.................. ............- 27.00
11/07/2022..............................104-117-5.......................47.12%.................... .........- 123.50

TOTALS....................................229-245-6........................48.31%................. .............-201.50

BEST BETS

11/14/2022..............................7-6-0................................53.84%............................+ 2.00
11/13/2022..............................6-3-0................................66.66%............................+ 13.50
11/12/2022..............................8-9-0................................47.05%.............................- 9.50
11/11/2022............................15-18-0.............................45.45%.............................- 24.00
11/10/2022.............................8-11-0..............................42.10%............. ...............- 20.50
11/09/2022...............................1-5-0..............................16.66%............. ................- 22.50

TOTALS..................................45-52-0.............................46.39%.............. ................- 61.00

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Interesting Week 11 NFL spreads
— Commanders (-2.5) @ Houston
— Raiders @ Denver (-2.5)
— Cowboys (-1.5) @ Minnesota
— Bengals (-4.5) @ Pittsburgh
— Chiefs (-7) @ LA Chargers
— 49ers (-8) vs Arizona (@ Mexico City)

Quote of the Day
“People in today’s world want instant gratification. The guy’s coached nine games. We’re 2-7, not the results we’re looking for but at the same time we’ve lost six one-score games with the ball and a chance to win at the end. I gave him my vote of confidence when I signed him to a contract to be coach of the Raiders. That’s when I gave it to him. Rome was not built in a day.”
Raiders’ owner Mark Davis

Tuesday’s quiz
Butler Bulldogs played in the national title game in both 2010, 2011, when Brad Stevens was their coach. What league was Butler in back then?

Monday’s quiz
Hue Jackson coached the Browns during their 0-16 season in 2017.

Sunday’s quiz
Cleveland Browns went 0-16 five years ago, the NFL’s last winless team.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

Commanders 32, Eagles 21
— Washington converted 12-21 third down plays.
— Robinson ran for 86 yards and a TD.
— McLaurin caught eight passes for 128 yards.
— Joey Slye kicked four FG’s, three of them from 44, 58, 55 yards out.
— Only 2nd win for Washington in their last 11 games against the Eagles.

— This was first time all season Eagles trailed in the second half.
— Eagles had 4 turnovers; they had total of 3 in first eight games.
— Commanders ran 81 plays, Eagles 47.
— Philly scored TD’s on first two drives, only one on last eight.
— Philly has converted 55-107 3rd down plays this year.

— Washington ran 51 plays in the first half Monday night; by contrast, Saints ran 45 plays the whole game in Pittsburgh Sunday. Seattle ran only 50 plays the whole game against Tampa Bay.

— In their three post-bye games, Buffalo Bills have been outscored 33-12 in the second half, scoring no TD’s on 15 drives, with six turnovers.

— Baker Mayfield will start at QB for Carolina this week; PJ Walker has a sprained ankle. Sam Darnold will be the backup.

— Player of the Week in Mountain West football this week is San Diego State QB Jalen Mayden, who was 17-22/268 passing, with 2 TD’s vs San Jose State. He also ran the ball 13 times for 78 yards.

What makes this more interesting is that this summer, Mayden wasn’t listed in the top 5 of QB’s on the Aztecs’ roster, but he’s the man now for a team that has won four of its last five games. He threw six passes for San Diego State last year; good for him for hanging in there, instead of just transferring somewhere else.

— Ohio State WR Kamryn Babb caught a TD pass at the end of their game with Indiana last week; normally wouldn’t be a big deal, since it made the score 56-14, but this kid has endured four ACL operations, is a senior and has overcome a lot just to be out on the field.

His teammates elected him a captain; they went nuts when he scored the TD. A good moment.

— Texas Longhorns are 6-4 this year, 11-11 in two years under Steve Sarkisian. Longhorns fired the previous coach, Tom Herman, after he went 32-18 as head coach. Awkward.

— West Virginia fired their athletic director, which could be bad news for their football coach. Mountaineers are 4-6 this year, 21-24 in four years under Neal Brown, The natives are restless.

— Football fans at Mississippi State ring cowbells during home games, for whatever reason; the school bookstore sells cowbells- they sell an average of 200 a day on football weekends.

— Houston Astros just won the World Series, with the #9 payroll in baseball; they manage their payroll by signing lot of international players, whose bonuses are generally lower than players taken in the amateur draft in this country.

Framber Valdez made $3M this year.
Luis Garcia made $1,251,500
Cristian Javier made $749,100

Curious to see if they re-sign Justin Verlander this winter. They did give reliever Rafael Montero a 3-year deal for $34.5M this week.

— There is another Matt Ryan (not the Colts’ QB) in pro sports; Lakers have a Matt Ryan, who is averaging 4.7 points/game in 10 games, playing 12.2 minutes/game.

He played ball at three colleges- Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Chattanooga, shooting 36.3% on the arc over four seasons.

Ryan gets his first NBA paycheck today; he is making $1.64M this year, but has to stick on the roster until January 10 to have the contract fully guaranteed. Not bad for a guy who recently worked as a delivery driver for DoorDash and worked at his grandfather’s business run out of a graveyard in White Plains, NY.

Shooting is marketable in the NBA; Ryan is 13-31 on the arc (41.9%) this year. He keeps that up, and he won’t be driving DoorDash anymore.

— Joel Embiid had a HUGE game Sunday; he scored 57 points, had 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 blocked shots as the 76ers beat Utah 105-98. He scored over half their points. 76ers were +25 while Embiid was on the court.

— Big East is playing Big 14 this week, in series of games:
DePaul 69, Minnesota 53— Blue Demons had 20 offensive rebounds.

Penn State 68, Butler 62— Nittany Lions made 11-24 on the arc, took only five foul shots the whole game (4-5). Jalen Pickett scored 15 points, had 9 rebounds, 11 assists.

— Northwestern State 64, TCU 63— Pretty big upset here; Horned Frogs led by 12 with 12:54 left in the game. TCU was a preseason top 25 team, but they beat Ark-Pine Bluff 73-72, are off to a slow start.

— Stetson 68, South Florida 67— Hatters have wins over Florida State, USF; solid start to the season for the Hatters, who play in the Atlantic Sun, which has 14 teams in it this year.

— Florida Atlantic 76, Florida 74— Another upset in the Sunshine State. Owls shot 21-45 on the arc in splitting a pair of games against SEC opponents Ole Miss/Florida.

— Big-time recruit DJ Wagner signed on to play basketball at Kentucky next year; his father Dujuan Wagner played for John Calipari at Memphis; his grandfather Milt Wagner was just hired as an assistant coach by Louisville.

— RIP to Leo Anthony Gallagher, 74, a comedian who passed away last week. His stage name was simply Gallagher; back in the 80’s, he was a regular on talk shows, with an act that usually included smashing a watermelon with a sledgehammer. People in the first couple rows at this shows would often wear ponchos, so the spray from the ill-fated watermelon wouldn’t get on their clothes.

Oddly, he graduated from college with a chemical engineering degree; you wouldn’t think that would lead to a career in comedy.

Back in my high school/college days, I was a big fan of stand-up comedy; Gallagher was one of the better ones. He was freakin’ funny. RIP, sir.

 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

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