Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……

Jaguars 31, Chiefs 28
Chiefs led 14-0 midway thru the second quarter.
Jaguars drove 60 yards, scored winning TD with 0:23 left.
LB Lloyd had 99-yard pick-6 to put Jaguars ahead 21-14.
Jaguars have 14 takeaways, are +8 in turnovers.

Jaguars in first half: 31 plays, 156 yards, 7 points.
Jaguars in second half: 24 plays, 175 yards, 17 points.
Chiefs had won 23 games in row when they led by 14+ points.
Chiefs are 15-24 ATS in last 39 games coming off a win.

— Dodgers 4, Phillies 3
Snell-Luzardo were in 0-0 pitchers’ duel after six innings.
Will Smith had a 2-run single in LA’s 4-run 7th inning.
All-time, Phillies are 0-8 in playoff series when they lost the opener.
Series head west with Dodgers leading, 2-0

— Brewers 7, Cubs 3
Both teams hit 3-run homers in first inning.
Milwaukee used 8 pitchers; Misiorowski was only one to get 6+ outs.
Cubs only had one hit after the second inning.
Series heads to Wrigley with Milwaukee leading, 2-0

College football conference trends (in conference games):
American
Home teams 4-9 ATS
Favorites 9-4 ATS

ACC
Road teams 12-8 ATS

Big 18
Underdogs 12-7 ATS

Big X
Favorites 12-7 ATS

Conference USA
Home teams 5-2 ATS

Mid-American
Home teams 7-3 ATS

Mountain West
Home teams 3-4 ATS

SEC
Home underdogs 4-0 ATS
Home teams 11-5 ATS

Sun Belt
Home teams 9-1 ATS

NFL divisional trends:
AFC East
Home teams 1-4 ATS divisional games
4-6 ATS non-divisional games

AFC North
4-11 ATS non-divisional games

AFC South
8-5 ATS non-divisional games

AFC West
6-7 ATS non-divisional games

NFC East
8-6 ATS non-divisional games

NFC North
7-5 ATS non-divisional games

NFC South
Non-divisional road underdogs 5-3 ATS

NFC South
Home teams 0-4 ATS divisional games
7-5 ATS non-divisional games

— This is only the 4th time ever that every NFL team has a loss by Week 5.

Famous birthdays, October 7th:
José Cardenal, 82
Judy Landers, 67
Dylan Bakler, 66
Priest Holmes, 52
Omar Miller, 47

Evan Longoria, 40
Chase Daniel, 39
Mookie Betts, 33
Jesus Sanchez, 28
Tutu Atwell, 26

— NBA season starts in a couple weeks; NBA uses their preseason to market their game all over the world. Just this month, they’ll have games in:

Adu Dhabi
Australia
China
Puerto Rico
Vancouver, Canada

In regular season, they’ll have NBA games in England, Germany, Mexico City.

— White Sox IF Colson Montgomery hit 21 home runs this year in 71 games, the most home runs EVER by a player who didn’t hit a home run before the All-Star break.

— St Louis Cardinals are probably going to make big changes this winter:
2024: 83-79…….2,869,783 fans at home games (35,872/game)
2025: 78-84…….2,250,007 fans at home games (27,777/game)

Cardinals missed the playoffs the last three years; last time they missed the playoffs 4+ years in a row was 1988-95.

— Texas Rangers hired Skip Schumaker as their new manager; he went 84-78 managing the Marlins in 2023, then went 62-100 last year and he surprisingly resigned.

— Saturday night, Fresno State held off Nevada 20-17 in the Mountain West; Fresno held the ball for the last 8:42 of the game to preserve their win. 15 plays, 68 yards, no punts.

— Sunday in England, Dillon Gabriel was 41st quarterback to start for the Cleveland Browns, since 1999.

— Time flies; the NHL season starts tonight, with three games scheduled. 

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.

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