Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….

— Texas A&M 31, South Carolina 30
South Carolina led this game 30-3 at halftime.
A&M QB Reed threw for 439 yards, three TD’s.
Aggies are 10-0 for the first time since 1992.
Since 2004, SEC teams had lost 286 consecutive games when trailing by 27+ points.

— Oklahoma 23, Alabama 21
Sooners’ first TD came on an 87-yard pick-6.
Crimson Tide outgained Oklahoma, 406-212, but they had 3 turnovers.
Alabama also missed a 36-yard field goal, allowed a 46-yard punt return.
Alabama had its 17-game home winning streak snapped.

— Michigan 24, Northwestern 22
Michigan drove 50 yards, kicked 31-yard field goal at the gun.
Wolverines led 21-9 after three quarters, but blew that lead.
Michigan was 9-14 on third down, Northwestern 2-12.
This game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

— USC 26, Iowa 21
Iowa led 21-7 with 2:00 left in first half, on a rainy day in LA.
WR Lemon caught ten passes for 153 yards and a TD.
Trojans are 7-2, 7-0 when they allow less than 34 points.
Iowa’s four losses this year are by a total of 15 points.

— Georgia Tech 36, Boston College 34
Tech drove 68 yards, kicked a 23-yard FG with 0:11 left for the win.
Boston College led 28-17 after three quarters.
Tech QB King threw for 371 yards and a TD.
Boston College ran for 257 yards, but lost their 10 game in a row.

— Arizona State 25, West Virginia 23
Sun Devils kicked a 49-yard FG with 2:44 left for the winning score.
ASU led this game 22-10 at halftime.
QB Sims threw for 207 yards, three TD’s, ran for 81 more yards.
West Virginia threw for 353 yards (11.4 yards/attempt)

— LSU 23, Arkansas 22
Tigers drove 92 yards, scored game-winning TD with 7:53 left.
Arkansas led 14-0 after the first quarter.
LSU was 8-17 on third down, Arkansas 2-11.
Razorbacks have lost eight games in a row, six of them by 6 or fewer points.

Football Upsets of the Week:
Navy (+10.5) 41, South Florida 38
Nevada (+9.5) 55, San Jose State 10
Arizona (+6.5) 30, Cincinnati 24
Oklahoma (+6.5) 23, Alabama 21
Kent State (+6.5) 42, Akron 35, OT
Virginia (+5.5) 34, Duke 17

Famous birthdays, November 16th:
Don Hahn, 77
Herb Washington, 73
Marg Helgenberger, 67
Dwight Gooden, 61

Maggie Gyllenhaal, 48
Amare Stoudemire, 43
Pete Davidson, 32
Jason Sanders, 30

— UConn 86, BYU 84
Huskies had three players score 21 points each.
UConn led 43-32 at halftime.
Both teams shot over 60% inside the arc.

— Nebraska 105, Oklahoma 99
Oklahoma led by 16 with 6:00 left in first half.
Nebraska made 15-27 shots on the arc.
Cornhuskers scored 1.46 points/possession, ridiculously high.

— SMU 87, Butler 85
Butler led 38-29 with 3:56 left in the first half.
SMU shot 63% inside the arc
Butler was only 14-23 on the foul line.

— Georgetown 79, Clemson 74
Hoyas are 4-0, with wins over Tigers, Maryland.
6-4 junior Lewis scored 26 points (11-14 on foul line)
Clemson led by 7 with 9:07 left in first half.

— Maryland 89, Marquette 82
Maryland shot 63.6% inside the arc
Marquette shot 11-40 on the arc, 17-36 inside the arc.
Game was tied 42-42 at halftime.

— East Tennessee State 78, North Alabama 74
North Alabama led by 9 with 4:37 left in the game.
ETSU shot 57.1% inside the arc.
Buccaneers are 3-1, but against schedule #276.

— Santa Clara 98, Nevada 83
Santa Clara shot 72.2% inside the arc.
Broncos made 12-25 on the arc, scored 1.40 points/possession.
Santa Clara is 4-0; they led 48-34 at halftime. 

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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