I pay a decent amount of $$$ for the NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV, so I can watch whatever game I want, but couldn’t watch the Baltimore-Green Bay Saturday night; it was only on the Peacock Network. This is BS.
How greedy are these people? There are so many TV networks now, they’re going to wind up hurting their own product because of this. If someone buys the Sunday Ticket, they should get access to EVERY game.
— Texans 20, Chargers 16
Texans clinch playoff spot, third year in row they’re in playoffs.
Houston won its last eight games (6-2 ATS).
First two drives, Texans had TD passes of 75-43 yards.
Houston outgained the Chargers 362-275.
Chargers’ first four drives: 15 plays, 22 yards, four punts.
Houston led 14-3 at halftime.
Houston has won five of last six games against the Chargers.
Chargers are in the playoffs; they’ll have a road playoff game in two weeks.
— With Chargers’ loss, Denver clinches the AFC West
— Ravens 41, Packers 24
Henry ran the ball 36 times for 216 yards, four TD’s
With the win, Ravens keep their playoff hopes alive.
Baltimore needs the Steelers to lose in Cleveland Sunday.
Ravens are 16-5-1 ATS last 21 games as a road underdog.
Baltimore led 27-14 at halftime.
Green Bay lost its last three games, giving up 34-22-41 points.
Baltimore was 10-14 on third down, Packers 3-6
Packers averaged 10.5 yards/pass attempt, but were minus-2 in turnovers.
Green Bay’s loss makes Chicago the NFC North champ
— Last six Super Bowls, with conference seeds:
2019- #2 AFC 31 (-1.5), #1 NFC 20
2020- #5 NFC 31 (+3.5), #1 AFC 9
2021- #4 NFC 23 (-4.5), #4 AFC 20
2022- #1 AFC 38 (+1.5), #1 NFC 35
2023- #3 AFC 25 (+2), #1 NFC 22
2024- #2 NFC 40 (+1), #1 AFC 22
Underdogs covered the last five Super Bowls
A #1-seed has won only one of last six Super Bowls
— Cincinnati Reds added two outfielders Saturday:
JJ Bleday hit .215 in 404 games his first four years in the majors; he hit 20 homers, had a .762 OPS for the A’s in 2024.
Dane Myers has hit .245 with a .653 OPS in 172 games, over three years with the Marlins. He is a righty hitter, Bleday is lefty.
— Famous birthdays, December 28th:
Ray Knight, 73
Denzel Washington, 71
James Brooks, 67
Carl Willis, 65
Zane Smith, 65
Keith Lee, 63
Seth Meyers, 52
Dylan Cease, 30
Dillon Gabriel, 25
— Bowl records, by conference (SU/ATS):
AAC- 4-3/3-4
ACC- 4-4/3-5
Big X- 1-0/1-0
Big 18- 5-0/4-1
Conference USA- 3-3/3-3
MAC- 2-3/3-2
Mountain West- 2-5/3-4
SEC- 2-3/2-3
Sun Belt 2-4/3-3
— East Carolina 23, Pittsburgh 17
Pitt led 7-3 at halftime.
ECU’s first five drives in 2nd half: 19 plays, 151 yards, 20 points.
ECU won despite being outgained 376-249; they were +4 in turnovers.
— Penn State 22, Clemson 10
QB Grunkenmeyer threw for 262 yards, 2 TD’s on a cold day in NYC.
Penn State was 11-19 on third down, Clemson 5-15.
Penn State outgained Clemson 397-236.
Both teams finished the season 7-6.
— BYU 25, Georgia Tech 21
Georgia Tech led 21-10 at halftime.
Tech in second half: 36 plays, 188 yards, 2 turnovers, one blocked FG
BYU finishes season 12-2, their most wins since 2001.
— Army 41, UConn 16
Army ran the ball 56 times for 368 yards.
Army was 8-12 on third down, UConn 1-9.
Army led 14-10 at halftime, on a cold day at Fenway Park.
— Fresno State 18, Miami OH 3
EJ Warner threw for 219 yards and a TD in his last college game.
Bulldogs outgained Miami, 396-192.
Miami kicked a FG on their first drive of the day, didn’t score again.
— North Texas 49, San Diego State 47
Mean Green led 28-20 at halftime.
Total yards: North Texas 618, San Diego State 532.
QB Mestermaker was 27-47/250 passing, with three TD’s.
— Virginia 13, Missouri 7
Missouri drove 75 yards for a TD on their first drive.
Missouri rest of game: 48 plays, 185 yards, no points.
Virginia was 13-23 on third down, Mizzou 3-12
Cavaliers finish their season 11-3.
