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Monday’s 6-pack:
— St John’s 85, New Mexico 71- Rick Pitino’s team out-rebounded his son’s team, 49-32.
— California 71, USC 66- Former Pac-12 rivals met, shot a combined 12-42 on the arc.
— Hawai’i 73, Weber State 68 OT- Weber led by 10 points early in second half.
— Saint Mary’s 77, Nebraska 74- Gaels were 11-25 on arc, Nebraska 5-17.
— Boise State 84, Clemson 71- Good win for the Mountain West here.
— Cal Poly 82, Eastern Washington 78- Good win for much-improved Mustangs.
Quote of the Day
“Forget the minutiae of what it is you do. You better play hard, fast and together or you have no shot.”
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin
Monday’s quiz
In the TV show Las Vegas, what well-known actress played James Caan’s wife?
Sunday’s quiz
John Robinson was UNLV’s football coach the last time they won a bowl game, in 2000.
Saturday’s quiz
From 1967-73, UCLA won March Madness every year; in 1974, NC State beat them at the Final Four and ended their streak.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday…..
Packers 20, Bears 19
Packers blocked a 46-yard FG on last play of the game.
Green Bay drove 78 yards, scored game-winning TD with 2:59 left.
Packers’ last three drives: 17 plays, 218 yards, 14 points.
Packers are 9-7 ATS in last 16 NFC North road games.
Bears were 9-16 on third down, Green Bay 1-5.
Packers averaged 14.4 yards/pass attempt.
Bears lost last four games, scoring 15-9-3-19 points.
Green Bay won last 12 series games (10-2 ATS)
Steelers 18, Ravens 16
Steelers won/covered their last five games.
Pittsburgh didn’t score a TD; they kicked six field goals.
Steelers are 18-7-1 ATS in last 26 games with spread of 3 or fewer points.
Since 2014, Steelers are 13-5-2 ATS as a home underdog.
Baltimore had 3 turnovers, plus 12 penalties for 80 yards.
Derrick Henry has scored at least one TD in every game this year.
Pittsburgh won eight of last nine series games.
Under is 7-0 in last six meetings.
Rams 28, Patriots 22
Rams’ first two drives: 9 plays, 69 yards, no points.
Rams’ next five drives: 30 plays, 296 yards, 28 points.
Rams won four of their last five games.
Rams are 4-0 scoring 26+ points, 1-5 scoring less than 26.
QB Maye was 30-40/282 passing, with two TD’s.
NE is 10-21-1 ATS in last 32 games as an underdog.
Patriots are 32-47 since Tom Brady left town.
Over is 4-1 in New England’s home games.
Colts 28, Jets 27
Colts drove 70 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:46 left.
Indy’s last two drives: 14 plays, 140 yards, 14 points.
QB Richardson threw for 272 yards, ran for 32 more.
Colts outgained the Jets, 332-253.
Jets’ first five drives: 16 plays, 27 yards, no points.
Jets rest of game: 38 plays, 223 yards, 27 points.
Jets are 1-7 SU/ATS in their last eight games.
Jets are 0-7 if they allow 27+ points.
Saints 35, Browns 14
Game was 14-14 after the third quarter.
Saints were 5-10 on third down, Cleveland 3-13.
Cleveland lost seven of its last eight games.
Browns scored 18 or fewer points in nine of 10 games.
New Orleans is 2-0 since they changed coaches.
Saints ran ball for 214 yards, threw for 259 more.
Saints’ last three drives of game: 17 plays, 185 yards, 21 points.
Taysom Hill ran seven times for 138 yards, 3 TD’s.
Vikings 23, Titans 13
Vikings’ first four drives: 33 plays, 187 yards, 16 points.
Minnesota won its last three games, giving up 13-7-13 points.
Minnesota is 7-2-2 ATS in last eleven games as road favorite.
NFC North favorites are 16-9 ATS in non-divisional games.
Titans’ first six drives: 34 plays, 93 yards, 3 points.
Tennessee ran ball 19 times for only 33 yards.
QB Levis is 4-12 as an NFL starter.
Tennessee is 1-6 ATS in last seven games coming off a loss.
— Famous birthdays, November 18
Brenda Vaccaro, 85
Linda Evans, 82
Glenn Carano, 69
Warren Moon, 68
Owen Wilson, 56
Gary Sheffield, 56
Sam Cassell, 55
David Ortiz, 49
Jameson Taillon, 33
Cory Littleton, 31
Shea Langeliers, 27
Caleb Williams, 23
Lions 52, Jaguars 6
Lions scored a touchdown on their first six drives.
Detroit won its last eight games (7-1 ATS).
Last three games, Lions outscored opponents 67-11 in 2nd half.
Under Campbell, Lions are 13-5 ATS as a home favorite.
Detroit led 28-6 at halftime.
Detroit converted 6-10 third down plays, 3-3 on fourth down.
Lions ran 76 plays for 645 yards, Jaguars 47 plays for 170.
First time in five games Jacksonville didn’t cover the spread.
Dolphins 34, Raiders 19
Miami’s lead was only 17-12 after third quarter.
Miami in second half: 32 plays, 226 yards, 3 TDs and a FG.
Dolphins converted 8-12 third down plays, 2-2 on 4th down.
Last four games, Miami is 29-48 on 3rd down.
Last six games, Las Vegas is 0-6 SU/2-4 ATS.
Last seven games, Raiders averaged 5.8 or fewer yards/pass attempt.
QB Minshew is 17-28 as an NFL starter.
TE Bowers caught 13 passes for 126 yards and a TD.
Broncos 38, Falcons 6
Denver’s first five drives: 41 plays, 262 yards, 28 points.
QB Nix was 28-33/307 passing, with four TD’s.
Broncos outgained Atlanta, 400-226.
Denver is 5-0 if they score more than 20 points, 1-5 if they score 20 or less.
Atlanta kicked field goals on two of first three drives.
Falcons in second half: 28 plays, 77 yards, no points.
Falcons were held to 17 or fewer points in their five losses.
Falcons are 7-15 ATS last 22 games with spread of 3 or fewer points.
Seahawks 20, 49ers 17
Seahawks drove 80 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:12 left.
Seattle is 5-0 when it allows 20 or less points, 0-5 when it allows more.
Seattle scored two TD’s on last three drives: 31 plays, 183 yards, 14 points.
Seahawks snapped a six-game losing skid against San Francisco.
San Francisco lost three of last four home games.
49ers are 2-4 in games decided by six or fewer points.
49ers are 2-5 when they run ball for less than 180 yards.
San Francisco held its last three opponents under 300 yards.
Bills 30, Chiefs 21
Leading 16-14, Bills scored TDs on last two drives: 22 plays, 153 yards.
Bills outgained Chiefs 366-259, converted 9-15 on third down.
Buffalo won its last six games overall (5-1 ATS)
Bills are 18-5-1 ATS in last 24 games with spread of 3 or fewer points.
Bills are first team since Week 1 to gain more than 320 yards vs KC.
Last four games, Chiefs were held to 85.3 rushing yards/game.
Chiefs are 12-20 ATS in last 32 games coming off a win.
Chiefs still lead AFC West by two games; Bills lead AFC East by 4.5 games.
Chargers 31, Bengals 24
Chargers led 24-6 at halftime, 27-6 early in third quarter.
Bengals tied game with 3 TD’s in a row: 21 plays, 191 yards, 21 points.
With game 27-27, McPherson missed two FG’s in 4th quarter.
Chargers drove 84 yards in four plays, scored game-winning TD with 0:18 left.
Bengals gave up 35+ points in their last five losses.
Cincinnati is 1-6 in games decided by 7 or fewer points.
Over is 8-2 in Cincinnati’s last ten games.
Chargers won a close game, but they’ve still lost ten games in a row that were decided by 3 or fewer points.