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Sunday’s 6-pack:
Six highest-paid pitchers last season:
— Max Scherzer
— Justin Verlander
— Jacob deGrom
— Gerrit Cole
— Patrick Corbin
— Steven Strasburg
Those six pitchers combined to make $233M this year, but won only 21 games.
Quote of the Day
“Yes. Without hesitation, yes. He has something you can’t draw up, reminds me a lot of our other tight end, he’s the head coach up at Detroit right now.”
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, touting Jason Witten as a potential NFL coach
Sunday’s quiz
Who was UNLV’s football coach the last time they won a bowl game?
Hint: He also was a head coach in the NFL
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.
Friday’s quiz
Joe Gibbs was head coach of the Washington Redskins/Commanders last time they won a playoff game, in 2005; Mark Brunell was the QB.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….
— Georgia 31, Tennessee 17
Tennessee led 10-0 after the first quarter.
Game was 17-17 at half; Vols didn’t score in 2nd half.
Vols were 10-17 on third down, Georgia 8-13.
Dawgs have now won eight in a row against Tennessee.
— Clemson 24, Pittsburgh 20
QB Klubnik ran 50 yards for game-winning TD with 1:16 left.
Up to that point, Clemson had 8 yards rushing for the whole game.
Clemson led 17-7 at halftime.
WR Williams caught 13 passes for 149 yards, two TD’s.
— Oregon 16, Wisconsin 13
Ducks kicked a 24-yard field goal with 2:36 left.
Wisconsin led this game 10-6 at halftime.
Oregon outgained the Badgers, 354-226.
— USC 28, Nebraska 20
QB Maiava threw for 259 yards, 3 TD’s in his first start for USC.
Nebraska was on USC’s 5-yard line in the last few seconds, but didn’t score.
Both teams are 5-5, need a win to become bowl eligible.
Nebraska hasn’t been to a bowl since 2016; they’ve lost their last eight games that could’ve made them bowl eligible, with seven of those losses by 8 or fewer points.
— Stanford 38, Louisville 35
Stanford kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired.
Cardinal’s win snaps a six-game losing skid.
Louisville led 35-21 with 7:00 left in the game.
— South Carolina 34, Missouri 30
QB Sellers ran 15 yards for game-winning TD with 0:15 left.
Mizzou had taken lead on a 37-yard TD pass with 1:10 left.
Gamecocks averaged 11.8 yards/pass attempt.
— Florida 27, LSU 16
Game was 10-10 at halftime.
Gators had lost five games in a row against LSU.
LSU lost its third straight game overall, by 15-29-11 points.
— Upsets of the Week:
Stanford (+20.5) 38, Louisville 35
Louisiana Tech (+12.5) 12, Western Kentucky 7
New Mexico (+11.5) 38, Washington State 35
Syracuse (+10) 33, California 25
Arizona State (+7.5) 24, Kansas State 14
Troy (+7.5) 28, Georgia Southern 20
South Alabama (+7) 24, Louisiana 22
Rutgers (+5.5) 31, Maryland 17
Florida (+3.5) 27, LSU 16
— Temple 18, Florida Atlantic 15 OT
FAU led 7-6 after the third quarter.
Temple kicker Trujillo made four field goals.
FAU forced OT on a TD/2-point play with 0:34 left.
— Sam Houston 23, Kennesaw State 17 OT
8-2 Bearkats outgained 1-9 Kennesaw 382-243.
San Houston was 8-17 on third down, Owls 3-13.
Kennesaw tied game on a 9-yard TD pass with 0:25 left.
— SMU 38, Boston College 28
Surprising Mustangs improve to 9-1, with seven straight wins.
QB Jennings threw for 298 yards, three TD’s.
Boston College QB James threw for 237 yards in his first college start.
— Baylor 49, West Virginia 35
Hope you bet the over; it was 35-28 at halftime.
Baylor won its 4th straight game, scoring 59-38-37-49 points.
This was Baylor’s first win in seven visits to Morgantown.
— Liberty 35, UMass 34, OT
UMass led 20-7 at halftime.
Minutemen missed a 43-yard FG at end of regulation.
UMass scored first in OT, but missed the PAT.
— Famous birthdays, November 17
Martin Scorsese, 82
Lauren Hutton, 81
Danny DeVito, 80
Adrian Branch, 61
Reggie Wayne, 46
Nick Markakis, 41
Ryan Braun, 41
Seth Lugo, 35
Minkah Fitzpatrick, 28
College basketball from Saturday…….
— Missouri State 111, Tulsa 106, 3OT
Bears were 32-51 on foul line, Tulsa 30-44.
Tulsa led by 5 points in the first OT.
Martin scored 18 points in 44:00 for Missouri State; he didn’t start.
— Bucknell 80, Richmond 76, 2OT
Richmond led 35-14 late in first half.
Spiders are 0-3 vs D-I teams, shooting 23.9% on the arc.
— Radford 92, Evansville 81
Purple Aces led 50-28 late in first half.
Evansville shot 17-35 on the arc, Radford 10-19.
— East Carolina 78, George Mason 77, 2OT
ECU was down 75-71 with 2:17 left in 2nd overtime.
East Carolina had 24 offensive rebounds; they only played 7 guys more than 5:00
— Syracuse 104, Youngstown State 95, 2OT
Penguins led by 9 early in second half.
Teams combined to shoot 13-53 on the arc.
NBA
Sunday, November 17
Trend Report
Phoenix vs Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Miami vs Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games when playing Indiana
Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing Miami
Detroit vs Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Detroit's last 12 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Washington's last 12 games when playing at home against Detroit
Charlotte vs Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Charlotte's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Charlotte's last 7 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Denver vs Memphis
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Denver's last 9 games
Memphis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Memphis is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Denver
Atlanta vs Portland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Atlanta's last 15 games
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Portland is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Houston vs Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Chicago
Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
Dallas vs Oklahoma City
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Dallas's last 18 games
Oklahoma City is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Oklahoma City is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
Brooklyn vs New York
Brooklyn is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Brooklyn is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Brooklyn
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Brooklyn
Utah vs LA Clippers
Utah is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Utah is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
LA Clippers is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against Utah
LA Clippers is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Utah