Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites.
Highest scoring teams in college football:
44.2 ppg— Miami
43.3— Indiana
39.8— Notre Dame
39.2— SMU
39.1— Boise State
38.6— Texas Tech
Quote of the Day
“Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.”
Jim Valvano
Sunday’s quiz
Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel has played college football for two other schools; which ones?
Saturday’s quiz
San Diego hosts the Holiday Bowl every year.
Friday’s quiz
A’s moved from Kansas City to Oakland in 1968.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….
— Georgia 22, Texas 19 OT
Texas tied game on a 37-yard FG with 0:18 left.
Each team scored one touchdown in regulation.
Longhorns outgained Georgia, 389-277.
11-2 Dawgs won their last four games, the last two in overtime.
Georgia QB Beck hurt his right arm during the game, didn’t finish.
— Clemson 34, SMU 31
Clemson kicked a 55-yard FG at the gun for the win.
Tigers have won their last nine appearances in the ACC title game.
Clemson led this game 31-14 in 4th quarter.
SMU drove 79 yards, tied game 31-31 on TD with 0:16 left.
SMU’s punter Isaac Pearson was a coal miner for four years in Australia, before coming to America and going to college as a punter.
— Oregon 45, Penn State 37
Ducks led this game 31-24 at halftime.
Oregon ran ball 35 times for 292 yards (8.3 yards/carry).
Ducks win the Big 18, in their first year in the league.
— Arizona State 45, Iowa State 19
Sun Devils ran ball 39 times for 245 yards (6.3 yards/carry).
ASU wins the Big X, in its first year in the league.
Sun Devils were picked 15th out of 16 team in the pre-season media poll.
— Marshall 31, Louisiana 3
WR Chapman caught 8 passes for 86 yards and a TD.
Thundering Herd was 8-15 on third down, Louisiana 2-16
Marshall outgained the Ragin’ Cajuns, 410-256.
— Ohio U 38, Miami OH 3
Bobcats outgained Miami, 467-189.
Bobcats threw ball for 235 yards, ran it for 232.
Ohio won its last six games, since a 30-20 loss at Miami.
— College Basketball Upsets of the Day:
New Mexico State (+20.5) 89, New Mexico 83 OT
Washington State (+8.5) 74, Boise State 69
Loyola Marymount (+8.5) 68, Nevada 64
Denver (+8.5) 68, Portland State 67
Long Beach State (+6) 76, Hawai’i 68
Indiana State (+4.5) 80, Missouri State 77
— SS/3B Willie Adames signed a 7-year, $182M deal with San Francisco; he hit 32 homers, knocked in 112 runs for Milwaukee LY. He’s hit 87 home runs the last three years
— OF Tyler O’Neill signed a 3-year deal with the Orioles worth $49.5M, filling the void in the Oriole outfield created by Anthony Santander’s free agency.
O’Neill hit 31 homers last year in his only season with the Red Sox; his OPS was .842 last year, his career OPS is .792.
— Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted at the winter meetings, but he isn’t expected to sign until after January 15, when the international amateur signing period starts, and more $$$ will be available.
— Oklahoma State was paying football coach Mike Gundy $7.75M/year, but his contract has been re-done, and the money that was taken away from him will go into OSU’s NIL program, as they try to recruit better players.
Oklahoma State had gone to 18 consecutive bowls before this year, but they went 3-9, 0-9 in conference games. Gundy is the winningest coach in OSU history.
— Famous birthdays, December 8th:
Kim Basinger, 71
Steve Dils, 69
George Rogers, 66
Wendell Pierce, 61
Teri Hatcher, 60
Jeff George, 57
Mike Mussina, 56
Philip Rivers, 43
Josh Donaldson, 39
Dwight Howard, 39
— Marquette 88, Wisconsin 74
Marquette scored 88 points on 66 possessions; they were only 8-26 on the arc.
Marquette was +11 in turnovers (16-5), shot 63.9% inside the arc.
Badgers lost two in row after an 8-0 start; they led 39-37 at halftime.
— New Mexico State 89, New Mexico 83 OT
Huge upset in the Land of Enchantment.
Aggies had lost five in row, had the #338 eFG% in country.
Lobos led by 14 early, but State made 14-31 shots on the arc.
— Rhode Island 69, Providence 63
Rams are 9-0, but they’ve played schedule #330.
Both of URI’s top 100 wins were by six points.
Providence led this game by 8 with 13:43 left in the game.
— NC State 84, Florida State 74 OT
Seminoles led 66-60 with 3:444 left to play.
Wolfpack snaps 3-game skid with their first top 100 win in four tries.
NC State shot 64.5% inside the arc.
Bad beat if you had the Seminoles +5.
— St John’s 88, Kansas State 71
K-State came a long way to play a game that started at 11:30am in Queens.
Wildcats led by 10 with 5:36 left in first half.
Red Storm outscored K-State 53-32 in the second half.
NBA
Sunday, December 8
Trend Report
Philadelphia vs Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Chicago
Philadelphia is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games at home
Milwaukee vs Brooklyn
Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Brooklyn
Milwaukee is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Brooklyn is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 7 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Charlotte vs Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Charlotte's last 16 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Indiana's last 10 games at home
Denver vs Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
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 Denver
Cleveland vs Miami
Cleveland is 21-3 SU in its last 24 games
Cleveland is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games
Miami is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Miami is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Phoenix vs Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games on the road
Orlando is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Orlando is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Memphis vs Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Memphis is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Memphis
New Orleans vs San Antonio
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
New Orleans is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Antonio's last 10 games when playing at home against New Orleans
San Antonio is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Minnesota vs Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Utah vs Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games on the road
Utah is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Sacramento
Sacramento is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Utah
Sacramento is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Houston vs LA Clippers
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games
LA Clippers is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
LA Clippers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Portland vs LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 6 games when playing LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Portland
LA Lakers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Portland