Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites.
Some teams who have played tough schedules so far…….
4) Auburn 7-1
5) San Diego State 5-2
6) Alabama 7-2
7) North Carolina 4-4
9) Baylor 5-3
10) Memphis 7-1
Quote of the Day
“It’s a really significant day for Las Vegas, for Nevada. There will be more of that. We’ll have the groundbreaking, we’re going to have a (stadium) topping off party and were going to have Opening Day. We’re going to have many years of Major League Baseball.”
Las Vegas Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill
Friday’s quiz
What year did the A’s move from Kansas City to Oakland?
Thursday’s quiz
Super Bowl III was the biggest upset in Super Bowl history, when the 18-point underdog Jets upset the Baltimore Colts, 16-7.
Wednesday’s quiz
Bill Cowher was coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers before Mike Tomlin.
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Friday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Thursday……..
— Good day to be an A’s fan…….
A’s relocation to Las Vegas cleared a major hurdle Thursday with the approval of three long-anticipated agreements that were needed before ballpark construction can begin.
A’s will play in Sacramento the next three years, hope to begin playing in a new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip in 2028.
Damn near choked on my lunch Thursday when I got a text saying the A’s signed P Luis Severino to a 3-year, $67M contract, the biggest contract the A’s have given out since 2004, when Eric Chavez got paid.
This past year, Severino was 11-7, 3.91 in 31 starts for the Mets, after previously pitching for eight years in the Bronx. His career record is 65-44, 3.81 in 156 starts.
— Lions 34, Packers 31
Lions drove 63 yards, kicked 35-yard FG at the gun.
Detroit won its last eleven games (8-3 ATS).
Goff threw for 283 yards, three TD’s.
Detroit was 7-15 on third down, 4-5 on 4th down.
Only 5 of Packers’ 44 plays were on 3rd down (1-5).
Green Bay’s first three drives: 10 plays, 46 yards, no points.
Green Bay rest of the game: 34 plays, 249 yards, 31 points.
Detroit led 17-7 at halftime.
Packers scored two TD’s in first 3:45 of third quarter.
GB is 17-7 ATS in last 24 games as a road underdog
— North Carolina has interviewed 72-year old Bill Belichick about their coaching job; while Belichick has won six Super Bowls, he’s never coached in college.
Tar Heels just fired 73-year old Mack Brown as coach, after going 23-16 the last three years.
Belichick’s son is defensive coordinator for the Washington Huskies.
— If you like the NFL, Hard Knocks on HBO Max is great to watch; this year’s show is focusing on the entire AFC North. Get to see some behind-the-scenes stuff, which is educational.
— Quarterbacks/receivers should get stat credit for interference penalties.
— UCLA fired offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy after the Bruins ranked 126th in scoring this year, 118th in yardage. Bieniemy gets paid $1.2M to go away.
Bieniemy worked for the Washington Commanders LY, after working with the Chiefs for ten years before that. Rumor was he didn’t get along well with Patrick Mahomes, but Kansas City won two Super Bowls while he was there.
UCLA replaces Bieniemy with Indiana OC/QB coach Tino Sunseri.
— Oklahoma State fired both coordinators after their 3-9 season, where they were 0-9 in Big X games. Problem is, OSU had gone to bowl games the previous 18 years, going 12-6 in the bowl games and suddenly, this year the assistants aren’t good enough?
Offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn has worked for the Cowboys since 2011; that had to be a tense/awkward conversation when he was told to take a hike.
— Famous birthdays, December 6th:
Larry Bowa, 79
Steven Wright, 69
Bill Hanzlik, 67
Lance Blankenship, 61
Sarah Rafferty, 52
Judd Apotow, 57
Kevin Cash, 47
Johnny Manziel, 32
Giannis Antetokounmpo, 30
— Penn State 81, Purdue 70
Nittany Lions led by 27 midway thru second half.
Purdue turned ball over 24 times in their conference opener.
— TCU 76, Xavier 72
Xavier led by 6 with 7:28 left in the game.
Horned Frogs put five guys in double figures, including two subs.
Xavier shot 63% inside the arc, only 9-28 outside arc.
— Detroit 79, Fort Wayne 78
Mastodons led Detroit by 8 with 8:51 left in game.
Titans shot 11-25 on the arc.
Detroit is 5-5 under new coach Montgomery; they were 1-31 last year.
— Oakland 66, Wright State 64
Wright State shot 16-31 on arc, but 6-20 inside arc, only 4-5 on foul line.
Oakland starts four seniors; they played non-conference schedule #8.
— Drake 66, Valparaiso 60
Drake is 8-0, with four starters who used to play D-2 ball.
Bulldogs are forcing turnovers 22.4% of time (#27)
Drake already has three top 100 wins.
— Long Beach State 73, Fullerton 56
Long Beach gets its first win in nine D-I games.
Favored Titans were 1-13 on arc, 9-18 on foul line.
— Cal-Irvine 82, Bakersfield 66
Irvine was 33-40 on foul line, Bakersfield 17-19.
Anteaters are 9-0, with only two top 150 wins.
Six of Irvine’s eight I-A wins are by 12+ points.
NBA
Friday, December 6
Trend Report
Orlando vs Philadelphia
Orlando is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Orlando
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Orlando
LA Lakers vs Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Lakers's last 7 games
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing LA Lakers
Milwaukee vs Boston
Milwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Indiana vs Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Indiana is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing at home against Indiana
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Sacramento vs San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Sacramento's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 6 games when playing San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games when playing Sacramento
Minnesota vs Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Golden State's last 9 games
Golden State is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Utah vs Portland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games on the road
Utah is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Portland
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home