Armadillo Sports
Sunday’s 6-pack
Leading rebounders in the NBA:
12.5— Domantas Sabonis, Sac
12.0— Rudy Gobert, Minn
11.9— Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milw
11.5— Steven Adams, Mem
11.0— Nikola Jokic, Den
10.9— Nikola Vucevic, Chi
Quote of the Day
“Let me tell you something, man. I think from playing football, watching football, I know a lot of quarterbacks would’ve folded in that situation that he went through. For him just to be as poised and composed as he was, it showed another side of who we have on this team. I mean, that guy right there, standing right there, that’s a special man.”
Jaguars WR Zay Jones, talking about QB Trevor Lawrence
Sunday’s quiz
When Don Shula won his 325th win as an NFL coach back in 1993, which current NFL head coach played 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.
Friday’s quiz
Joe Montana won four Super Bowls playing for San Francisco; he finished his career with Kansas City, in 1993-94.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..
— Jaguars 31, Chargers 30
Chargers led 27-0 with 1:00 left before halftime.
Lawrence in 1st half: 10-24, 77 yards, 1 TD, 4 INT’s
Lawrence in 2nd half: 18-23, 211 yards, 3 TD’s
Jacksonville won, despite being minus-5 in turnovers.
I cannot emphasize enough how rare it is for an NFL team to be minus-5 in turnovers and still win the game. Doug Pederson is 5-2 as a head coach in the playoffs.
— 49ers 41, Seahawks 23
Seattle led this game 17-16 at halftime.
49ers had nine drives; they scored 4 TD’s, kicked 4 FG’s.
San Francisco averaged 10.5 yards/pass attempt.
Metcalf caught 10 passes for 136 yards, 2 TD’s for Seattle.
College basketball stuff………
SEC
Kentucky 63, Tennessee 56— Wildcats outscored Tennessee 22-7 on foul line. This is Kentucky’s first top 50 win this season.
Vanderbilt 97, Arkansas 84— Vandy outscored Hogs 63-42 in second half. Arkansas has injury issues; they’ve started SEC play 1-4.
Alabama 106, LSU 66— Crimson Tide led 59-22 at halftime.
SEC has seven teams in top 50; Alabama/Texas A&M are the two unbeatens in SEC play.
ACC
Clemson 72, Duke 64— Clemson is 7-0 in ACC play for the first time EVER. Duke led by 8 with 14:47 left in game. Duke is 4-3 in ACC; he is destined to be this generation’s Gene Bartow, replacing a legend but having mixed results.
NC State 83, Miami 81 OT— Wolfpack led by 10 at the half; they were +13 in turnovers (17-4). State outscored Miami 5-0 in last 2:13 of overtime.
Clemson is 7-0 in ACC games; five other teams are 5-2. ACC has six teams in top 50.
Big X
This is a very good league; Texas Tech/West Virginia are a combined 20-4 out of conference, a combined 0-10 in conference games. All ten teams in the league are in the top 60
Kansas 62, Iowa State 60— Jayhawks are 5-0 in Big X, with four wins by 4 or less points.
Kansas leads the Big X, a game ahead of Texas-Iowa State-Kansas State..
Big West
Cal-Riverside 65, UCSB 64— Highlanders upset Santa Barbara, are in 3-way tie for second in Big West play. Cal-Irvine sits atop the league with a 5-0 mark.
CAA
William & Mary 69, NC-Wilmington 67— Seahawks were 27-41 on foul line in a 2-point loss; they lost two games this week, after winning their previous 12 games.
Charleston 78, Elon 60— Cougars have won 17 games in a row; their one loss was 102-86 at North Carolina on November 11.
Charleston is 6-0 in CAA play, Hofstra 5-1. Only 5 of 13 teams in this league are in the top 200.
Conference USA
Florida Atlantic 66, North Texas 62— FAU has won 15 games in a row; their one loss was 80-67 at Ole Miss, back on November 11.
Rice 83, UTEP 82— Owls are 3-2 in C-USA; all five games were decided by 3 or less points, or in overtime.
FAU is 6-0 in conference games, has a 2-game lead. C-USA has four teams in the top 100.
Horizon
Wright State 78, Milwaukee 74 OT— Raiders shot 58.5% inside arc; they’ve won five of their last seven D-I games. Milwaukee has won four of its last five games, all of which were decided by 5 or less points, two of them in overtime.
Youngstown State, Northern Kentucky and Milwaukee are all tied for first, at 5-2 in league play.
Missouri Valley
Belmont 76, Northern Iowa 72— Belmont made 14-31 on the arc; they’ve won four in row, seven of last eight games.
Bradley/Drake are both in the top 100; Indiana State leads the MVC, by half-game over Belmont and Southern Illinois.
Mountain West
Colorado State 82, UNLV 81 OT— Rams banked in 40-footer at the buzzer to force overtime, then overcame a 4-point deficit in last 0:30 of OT. Colorado State was 14-32 on the arc, only 6-8 on foul line. UNLV was 23-31 on the line; they’ve lost four of five MW games, two of them in OT.
New Mexico 76, San Diego State 67— Lobos start three seniors, two juniors; they now have won at both Saint Mary’s and San Diego State.
Nevada, Boise State, San Diego State all have one conference loss; league has five teams in top 60, six teams in top 100.
Pac-12
Oregon 87, Arizona 68— Ducks got squashed by Arizona State 90-73 Thursday, then laid the wood on Arizona here. Arizona shot 37.5% from the floor; they’ve lost two of last three games, after a 14-1 start.
Washington 81, Cal 78 OT— Golden Bears led by 11 with 9:43 left, by 6 with 2:35 left.
UCLA is 7-0 in conference games, Arizona State 6-1; league has eight teams in the top 100, only three in the top 50.
WCC
Gonzaga 115, Portland 75— One of those nights in Spokane; during a time-out, a Gonzaga fan hit a half-court shot, for $1,300. Gonzaga scored 1.51 points/possession, almost a perfect game- they made 17-38 3’s.
Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s are both 5-0 in conference; BYU/Santa Clara are also in the top 100. San Francisco was 11-4 out of conference; they’ve started WCC play 1-5.
