— 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.
