Armadillo Sports

September’s Too……..is a good bar
1165 Central Avenue in Colonie, just west of Osborne Road

Wednesday- 25-cent wings; its a great deal……..
Thursday- Open Mike Night, 7:00
Friday- Karaoke at 8:00
Saturday- Live music at 8:00…….
Sunday- 25-cent wings; open at 4:00, NFL games on TV

You can order food from them via Door Dash
There’s a pool table, only 25 cents/game.

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Week 10 NFL stuff is posted

Sunday’s 6-pack:
College football spreads for next week:
— Oregon (-13.5) @ Michigan State
— UCLA (-7) @ Michigan
— Indiana (-7.5) @ Washington
— BYU (-7.5) @ Kansas
— Ohio State (-4.5) @ Nebraska
— Iowa (-6.5) @ Illinois

Quote of the Day:
“It’s difficult, but ain’t nobody coming to save us, nobody cares, we’ve got to find a way to get it done.”
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, after the Tigers were upset by Georgia Tech

Sunday’s quiz
Where did Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw play his college football?  

Saturday’s quiz
In 1991, Wayne Gretzky and the great comic actor John Candy were minority owners of the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. 

Friday’s quiz
Ken Anderson was the Cincinnati Bengals’ QB, first time they played in a Super Bowl. 

— Indiana 27, USC 13
Game was 10-10 at halftime.
Backup QB Wilson threw for 306 yards, two TD’s.
9-1 Indiana has allowed 17 or fewer points in eight of nine wins.

— Texas 22, LSU 21
Texas drove 58 yards, threw 4-yard TD pass with 0:03 left.
LSU led 21-10 with 2:00 left in third quarter.
Both quarterbacks threw three INT’s.

— Maryland 24, Wisconsin 21
Maryland scored 10 points in last 2:21 of the game.
Terrapins kicked 30-yard FG with 0:29 left for the win.
Maryland’s last three games were decided by 3-5-3 points.

— Texas State 37, Fresno State 35
Bobcats drove 53 yards, scored game-winning TD with 1:00 left.
6-4 Texas State ran for 195 yards; they’re bowl eligible.
Last three games, Texas State scored 45-42-37 points.

— UNLV 21, New Mexico 17
New Mexico led 17-7 after the third quarter.
UNLV scored TD’s on plays off 44-43 yards in 4th quarter.
Rebels are bowl eligible for fourth year in a row.

— Boise State 46, Oregon State 41
Broncos led 32-20 at halftime.
WR Jones caught 11 passes for 230 yards, three TD’s.
Beavers lost despite scoring a TD on each of their last four drives.

— College Football Upsets of the Week:
Stanford (+14.5) 40, Virginia Tech 22
UNLV (+14) 21, New Mexico 17
Georgia Tech (+13.5) 20, Clemson 6

Maryland (+8.5) 24, Wisconsin 21
Western Kentucky (+7.5) 34, Jacksonville State 24
Arkansas (+7) 34, South Carolina 6

— LSU 81, Gonzaga 80
Zags led by 13 with 8:11 left in the game.
LSU shot 12-26 on the arc, scored 1.16 ppp.
Donovan Dent scored 23 points, had 10 assists.

— Siena 79, Brown 74
Brown led by 16 early in the second half.
Saints were 21-28 on foul line, Brown 8-16.
Siena won its last three games, scoring 86.7 ppg.

— Georgia Tech 75, NC-Asheville 74
Underdog Bulldogs led by 14 with 8:32 left in the game.
Tech was 16-31 on foul line, Asheville 4-8
Yellow Jackets are 4-0, vs the #340 schedule in country so far.

— Belmont 72, Furman 62
Furman led by 5 with 13:41 left in the game.
Belmont was 23-31 on foul line, Furman 15-20.
Furman shot 11-40 on the arc, 7-16 inside the arc. 

— Famous birthdays, November 15th:
Sam Waterston, 86
Beverly D’Angelo, 75
Greg Anthony, 59
Ethan Westbrooks, 36

Trevor Story, 34
Karl-Anthony Towns, 31
Emmet Sheehan, 27
Wyatt Langford, 26

— Washington 21, Michigan State 14
Huskies drove 78 yards, scored game-winning TD with 2:24 left.
6-4 Washington is bowl eligible, but only ran for 44 yards.
Huskies have won 3 in a row on road, lost 3 in a row at home.

— Georgia Tech 20, Clemson 6
Tech fired four assistant coaches this week, then posted this upset.
This was Tech’s first win at Clemson since 2008.
Yellow Jackets outgained Clemson 407-228. Tigers fumbled 7 times.

— Syracuse 34, NC State 31
Syracuse scored two TD’s in last 5:12 of the game.
Orange had a pick-6 with 5;12 left, then scored winning TD with 0:48 left.
Syracuse was 8-17 on third down, Wolfpack 4-11.

— Wake Forest 49, SMU 7
Deacons were slight underdog, but led 42-0 at halftime.
Wake in first half: 40 plays, 284 yards, 42 points.
Wake Forest outgained the Mustangs, 535-275

— Louisville 16, North Carolina 14
Cardinals won their fifth game in a row.
Total yardage: Louisville 302, UNC 293
Tar Heels were 7-14 on third down, 0-2 on fourth down.

— Miami 36, Duke 25
Hurricanes led 13-10 at halftime.
RB Mallory had 150 total yards, three TD’s.
QB Mensah threw for 382 yards for 9-1 Miami. 

— Ole Miss-Oklahoma football game got moved to Sunday, because of the travel issues caused by Friday’s chaotic events.

— 1B/DH Jake Bauers signed a four-year deal with the Red Sox, worth $58M. Boston finished 23rd in runs scored this season; signing Bauers figures to help that.

— Kentucky 78, Northern Arizona 77
Kentucky was favored by 31 points; they hit a 3-pointer with 0:02.1 left for the win.
Lumberjacks led by 5 with 7:13 left in the game; they shot 13-26 on the arc.
Kentucky shot 69% inside the arc.

— Georgia 78, North Carolina 70
Tar Heels led by nine with 10:31 left in the game.
Georgia had 18 offensive boards, out-rebounded UNC 52-43.
Kanon Catchings had 22 points, 11 rebounds.

— Arizona 80, Auburn 69
Auburn shot only 34.3% inside the arc.
Arizona had 49-37 edge on the boards.
Caleb Holt scored 24 points, had nine rebounds.

— UConn 84, Ohio State 68
Huskies outscored Ohio State 42-28 in second half.
UConn shot 70% inside arc, scored 1.25 ppp
Huskies are 4-0, with top 50 wins over Michigan/Ohio State.

— Alabama 82, Seton Hall 76
Alabama was 29-38 on foul line, Pirates 17-18.
Crimson Tide went on 16-0 run over last 4:25 of first half.
Amari Allen scored 24 points, had five assists.

— Famous birthdays, November 14th:
Mike Livingston, 81
Jack Sikma, 71
Patrick Warburton, 62
Curt Schilling, 60

Lionel Simmons, 58
Josh Duhamel, 54
Xavier Nady, 48
Francisco Lindor, 33

— RIP to TV reporter Dan Hicks, who passed away this week after a sudden/acute illness; he was 64 years old. Hicks had been NBC Sports’ lead play-by-play announcer on its PGA Tour coverage since 2000; he was married to ESPN’s Hannah Storm.

— UNLV 76, Stanford 68
UNLV led by 18 late in first half.
Rebels shot 7-12 on the arc, Stanford 3-21.
UNLV shot 57.6% inside arc, scored 1.11 ppp.

— Georgetown 85, Clemson 78
Hoyas shot 63.6% inside arc, scored 1.37 ppp.
Georgetown led 47-32 at halftime.
Hoyas are 4-0, with top 100 wins over Maryland/Clemson.

— Virginia 87, Maryland 83
Maryland led 47-36 at halftime.
Terps were 31-39 on foul line, Virginia 17-27.
Virginia shot 67.4% inside arc, scored 1.16 ppp.

— Tennessee 83, Tennessee State 78
Volunteers were favored by 27 points.
Tennessee was 27-40 on foul line, State 20-24.
Tigers had 24 offensive rebounds, had 45-43 edge on boards.

— Pittsburgh 76, Butler 64
Butler led 42-34 at halftime.
Panthers shot 64.3% inside the arc.
Pitt is forcing turnovers 22.5% of time (#53 in country)

— North Dakota State 82, Illinois State 81 OT
Illinois State led by 5 with 2:16 left in overtime.
North Dakota State shot 14-28 on arc, scored 1.11 ppp.
First Division I win in four tries for North Dakota State.

“On November 13th, Felix Unger was asked to leave his place of residence. That request came from his wife……..”

So began every episode of The Odd Couple, one of the funniest TV shows ever, with Tony Randall/Jack Klugman as two divorced guys sharing an apartment in New York City.

Happy Felix Unger Day!!!

— Commanders 24, Giants 21
QB Daniels threw a 32-yard TD pass with 0:57 left for the game-winning score.
Daniels threw for 249 yards, three TD’s.
Washington is 5-0-1 in their last six games against the Giants.
Commanders got their first win in five road games.

Commanders were 7-14 on third down, Giants 4-12.
TE Likely caught nine passes for 127 yards and a TD.
Giants missed a 33-yard field goal in the first half.
Five of Giants last six games went over the total.

— Texas A&M 88, Oklahoma State 69
Aggies shot 12-25 on arc, scored 1.17 ppp.
A&M led 50-37 at halftime.
Aggies are 4-0, but this was their first top 200 game.

— Southern Illinois 80, Richmond 70
Salukis were 28-28 on foul line, Richmond 9-15.
6-3 senior Mayo was 15-15 on the foul line, scored 25 points.
First loss in four games for the Spiders.

— Texas-El Paso 60, New Mexico State 58
Game was 28-28 at halftime.
UTEP was 8-30 on arc, 13-25 inside arc.
Aggies were only 10-18 on the foul line.

— South Alabama 79, Loyola Marymount 72
6-1 junior Langsy scored 27 points, had seven assists.
Jaguars shot 63.3% inside the arc, scored 1.28 ppp.
LMU shot 72% inside arc, only 7-31 on the arc.

— Cal-Bakersfield 91, Western Illinois 83
Roadrunners were 30-38 on foul line, only 1-6 on the arc.
Bakersfield shot 65.9% inside the arc, scored 1.24 ppp.
Western Illinois led 38-32 at halftime.

— Famous birthdays, November 13th:
Joe Mantegna, 79
Chris Noth, 72
Whoopi Goldberg, 71
Rex Linn, 70

Dan Petry, 68
Lorenzo Romar, 68
Vinny Testaverde, 63
Steve Christie, 59

Gerard Butler, 57
Asdrubal Cabrera, 41
Trevor Rogers, 29
Brett Baty, 27

— Golden State star Steph Curry tore an oblique abdominal muscle, will be re-evaluated in two weeks; the 38-year old Curry will miss at least seven games.

— Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen broke two bones in his right hand, will be re-evaluated in four weeks. He is scoring 18 ppg this year, grabbing 6.8 rebounds/game.

— Celtics star Paul George scored 27 points in Sunday’s game, without taking a foul shot, which is pretty unusual.

— Memphis 52, South Florida 41
8-2 Tigers led 21-0 after the first quarter.
QB Stokes threw for 313 yards, three TD’s.
Total yardage: Memphis 581, USF 552.

— NCAA basketball tournament is expanding to 76 teams this year, adding four play-in games after Selection Sunday. More big conference teams with cruddy league records are going to get in; doubtful they put a lot more mid-major teams with at-large bids.

— Of the 32 conference tournaments that will happen in March, only three of them will have their championship in the higher seed’s gym- America East, Northeast, Patriot Leagues.

There will be four conference tournaments in Las Vegas this season.

— Former Saint Louis star Robbie Avila sued to become eligible to play this year and he won, but the Billikens already had 15 guys on scholarship, so Avila is ineligible to play for Saint Louis- they were 29-6 last year, won a game in the NCAA’s.

Instead, Avila is heading to play for TCU, which has an opening- they’re apparently going to pay him $1M to play this season. Good for him. 

— Cal-Santa Barbara 76, Nevada 63
Gauchos led 40-24 at halftime.
Brickfest: teams combined to shoot 9-44 on the arc.
UCSB was 25-30 on foul line, Nevada 15-19.

— St Joe’s 83, South Florida 80
USF led 12-0 out of the gate, led 34-29 at halftime.
Hawks shot 12-26 on the arc, 23-34 on foul line.
Bulls out-rebounded St Joe’s, 52-36.

— Santa Clara 76, North Texas 71
Broncos trailed 51-41 early in second half.
Santa Clara’s bench outscored the North Texas subs, 33-8
Santa Clara is 4-0, scoring 85.8 ppg.

— Charleston 91, Temple 81
Cougars shot 69.4% inside arc, scored 1.28 ppp.
Charleston led 46-28 at halftime.
6-0 senior Johnson scored 32 points for the Cougars.

— Navy 81, Penn 76
Quakers led 21-6 early on, trailed 36-34 at the half.
Navy shot 12-25 on the arc, scored 1.13 ppp.
Navy out-rebounded Penn, 46-34

— Michigan 84, Marquette 70
Michigan shot 58.3% inside arc, scored 1.11 ppp.
Marquette shot 34.2% inside the arc.
Wolverines out-rebounded Marquette, 45-33.

— College football conference trends:
AAC: home favorites 15-10 ATS, home dogs 7-5 ATS
ACC: home favorites 12-13 ATS, home dogs 14-9 ATS
Big 18: home favorites 9-20 ATS, home dogs 14-10 ATS
Big X: home favorites 16-15 ATS, home dogs 7-5 ATS
C-USA: home favorites 10-6 ATS, home dogs 8-6 ATS

MAC: home favorites 17-9 ATS, home dogs 7-9 ATS
MW: home favorites 4-6 ATS, home dogs 7-6 ATS
Pac-8: home favorites 8-5 ATS, home dogs 3-4 ATS
SEC: home favorites 14-13 ATS, home dogs 8- ATS
Sun Belt: home favorites 11-15 ATS, home dogs 5-13 ATS

— Famous birthdays, November 12th:
Steve Bartkowski, 74
Jody Davis, 70
Ryan Gosling, 46
Anne Hathaway, 44

Charlie Morton, 43
Russell Westbrook, 38
Marcell Ozuna, 36
Addison Barger, 27

— Houston Astros named Brad Ausmus their new manager; Ausmus played 18 years in the major leagues, has also managed the Tigers/Angels, going 314-332, making the playoffs with Detroit in 2014. 

Ausmus played for the Astros for ten years. Houston has made the playoffs nine of the last ten years, but they fired their GM/manager after this past season. 

— Detroit Tigers signed reliever Emilio Pagán to a one-year contract; the 35-year old Pagan had 57 saves for the Reds the last two years.

— 54 position players pitched at least an inning in the big leagues in 2026. 20 of those 54 players were catchers.

— RIP Bob Boone, the former major league manager who passed away at age 78. Boone played in the big leagues for 19 years, playing for some really good Philly teams. He also managed for six more years. Bret/Aaron Boone are his sons.

— NC State is going to announce Philip Rivers as its new football coach later this week; his son has already committed to play QB for the Wolfpack.

— Georgia Tech fired four assistant football coaches, two on offense, two on defense. Yellow Jackets are 2-7 and in last place in the ACC.

— College football teams with best record against the spread:
9-0- UCLA
8-1- Louisiana Tech, Utah, Georgia Southern
7-2- Baylor, Duke, Georgia, Kentucky, Liberty,New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Wake Forest

— Tuesday was the NFL’s trade deadline; Vikings traded for QB Kirk Cousins, sending a 3rd round pick to the Raiders to get him. This frees up rookie QB Fernando Mendoza to start for the Raiders; his first start will be this week against Seattle, coach Klint Kubiak’s old team.

— Kirk Cousins’ career path:
2012-17- Washington, 26-31-1 W-L
2018-23- Minnesota, 51-39-1
2024-25- Atlanta, 12-10
2026- Las Vegas, 4-5
playoffs- 1-3

Total- 93-85-2

Vikings have already had their bye week this year, so Cousins has a chance to be the first QB ever to start 18 regular season games in a season.

— Cousins tore his achilles in 2023; since then, Vikings have changed starting QB’s 17 times. When Cousins starts for Minnesota (this week??) that’ll be the 18th change since 2023.

— Viking fans know full well that they went 14-3 with Sam Darnold in 2024, but they let him go, and he won the Super Bowl with Seattle last year.

— Minnesota is 6-2 this year, but they didn’t score a touchdown in three of the eight games.

— Tennessee Titans traded DB Amani Hooker to Buffalo for 2nd/5th round picks; Tennessee now has two first round picks/two second round picks in 2027, plus two more first round picks in 2028.

— Miami Dolphins put QB Malik Willis on IR with a groin injury; he’ll miss at least four games. Miami’s other QB’s are Kyle McCord, Brady Cook.

— Indianapolis Colts keep trying to make the NFC West better; they traded WR Keenan Allen to the 49ers, for a 6th-round pick.

— Kansas City Chiefs acquired WR Josh Downs from the Colts, for 4th/5th round picks. Colts also get a 7th round pick.

— Famous birthdays, November 11th:
Scott Hunter, 79
Kevin Kunnert, 75
Stanley Tucci, 66

Cory Snyder, 64
Demi Moore, 64
Bill Musgrave, 59

Leonardo DiCaprio, 52
Mark Sanchez, 40
Ladd McConkey, 25

— Michigan State 79, Duke 73
Spartans never trailed, led 34-25 at halftime.
Duke shot only 41.9% inside the arc.

— Kansas 89, Kentucky 69
Tre White scored 30 points, had no assists (his job is to score)
Kansas shot 10-26 on the arc, Wildcats 4-21.

— Siena 99, Dayton 89
Saints were a 13-point underdog.
Siena (on the road) was 28-33 on foul line, Flyers 6-12.
Siena was +9 in turnovers (18-9)

— Florida 81, Florida State 72
Gators led by a hoop at halftime.
Florida was 30-41 on foul line, Seminoles 14-18.

— Virginia Tech 93, Iowa 88, OT
Iowa was 31-47 on foul line (16 misses), Tech 26-33.
Ben Hammond scored 32 points, had four assists.

— Troy 74, LMU 69, OT
Loyola Marymount led by 15 with 12:35 left in the game.
LMU shot 8-40 on the arc, 19-34 inside the arc.
Good win for the Sun Belt over the WCC.

— Vanderbilt 105, Memphis 81
Commodores shot 15-32 on the arc.
Vandy outscored Tigers 58-39 in second half. 
Vandy has impressive wins: 74-51 vs Wake Forest, and this game. 

— Bills 23, Vikings 6
Buffalo is 7-1, leads AFC East by three games.
RB Cook ran ball 31 times for 107 yards and a TD.
Bills won last two games 36-10/23-6, both vs backup QB’s.
K Tyler Bass kicked 3 field goals, has made his last 24 FG attempts.

Vikings’ first five drives: 15 plays, 27 yards, 4 punts and a fumble.
Buffalo was 7-18 on third down, Minnesota 0-8.
Last three games, Vikings are 6-29 on third down.
Last seven Minnesota games stayed under the total.

Monday’s college basketball
— Indiana 83, Syracuse 80
Syracuse led by 5 with 6:09 left in the game.
Indiana scored 34 points in first half, 49 in second half.
6-5 junior Harris scored 20 points (10-10 on foul line)

— Minnesota 63, Cincinnati 61
Gophers outscored Cincinnati 7-0 over final 1:35.
Minnesota had 14 offensive boards, out-rebounded Bearcats 40-28.
6-2 senior Evans scored 26 points, had 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

— Oklahoma 81, North Alabama 72
Sooners led by only 37-36 at halftime.
Oklahoma lost to East Texas; they’re off to shaky start.
North Alabama shot 64.3% inside the arc. 

— Auburn 75, Appalachian State 53
Auburn led at halftime, 38-36.
6-1 junior Pettiford (26 points) was their only double figure scorer.
App State shot only 32.1% from the floor. 

— Seton Hall 68, Charlotte 62
Seton Hall was +7 in turnovers (17-10)
Pirates’ subs outscored Charlotte’s, 41-23.
Charlotte was only 11-21 on foul line.

— Georgia 80, Florida Gulf Coast 72
Dawgs led by 23 with 11:08 left in the game.
Georgia shot 55.6% inside arc, scored 1.19 ppp.
Dawgs start three seniors and a junior.

— Famous birthdays, November 10th:
Steve Pisarkiewicz, 73
Kenny Rogers, 62 (pitcher)
Isaac Bruce, 54
Shawn Green, 54
Lionel Chalmers, 46

Zach Ertz, 36
Teddy Bridgewater, 34
Drew Lock, 30
JJ Bleday, 29
Scotty Pippen Jr, 26

Sunday’s college basketball
— Virginia 91, Arkansas 72
Cavaliers led 46-27 at halftime.
Virginia shot 12-32 on the arc, scored 1.34 ppp.
Virginia starts a freshman, three sophomores.

— Boise State 100, Butler 81
Big win for the Pac-9 over a Big East team.
Boise led 51-31 at halftime.
Broncos shot 17-35 on the arc, scored 1.19 ppp.

— Nevada 96, Saint Mary’s 95, OT
Nevada led by 10 with 3:59 left in regulation.
Wolf Pack was 23-36 on foul line, Saint Mary’s 16-19.
Two of Gaels’ first three games went to overtime.

— Siena 82, Princeton 68
Saints shot 68% inside the arc.
Nevada Smith gets his first win as Siena’s coach.
Princeton shot only 7-33 on the arc.

— USC 93, Wichita State 86
Wichita led by 11 late in the first half.
USC were 37-42 on foul line, Shockers 25-36.
Trojans won despite shooting 2-14 on the arc.

— Pittsburgh 82, Penn State 76
Penn State led by 7 late in the first half.
Pitt shot 57.8% inside the arc.
Panthers are 3-0, scoring 85.7 ppg.

— Richmond 79, Temple 53
Spiders led 37-23 at halftime.
Richmond shot 55% inside arc, scored 1.14 ppp.
Temple shot 7-32 on the arc.

— NFL Divisional trends (non-divisional games)
NFC East teams 2-5 ATS non-divisional favorite
NFC North teams 12-5 ATS non-divisional favorite
NFC South teams 2-11 ATS non-divisional home games
NFC West teams 5-1-1 ATS non-divisional home favorite

AFC East teams 6-2 ATS non-divisional home favorite
AFC North teams 3-5 ATS non-divisional home favorite
AFC South teams 4-7 ATS non-divisional home games
AFC West teams 6-2 ATS non-divisional favorite

— Bengals 34, Falcons 17
First four Cincinnati drives: 31 plays, 278 yards, 24 points.
Cincinnati led 24-10 at halftime.
Bengals won last four games, scoring 31-35-43-34 points.
Bengals converted 28 of last 44 third down conversions.  

Falcons lost four of their last five games.
Atlanta scored 35-45-29 points in wins, 23 or less in losses.
Falcons are 1-5 when they gain less than 400 yards.
Atlanta had 12 penalties for 88 yards.

— Cowboys 27, Colts 23
Dallas drove 65 yards, scored game-winning TD with 1:08 left.
Colts had taken 23-20 lead on 50-yard FG with 1:37 left.
Dallas outgained the Colts, 508-271.
Cowboys ran the ball 34 times for 179 yards.

Cowboys won despite committing 14 penalties for 153 yards.
Colts lost last five games, by 12-6-6-35-4 points.
Dallas led 17-7 at halftime.
Under Schottenheimer, Cowboys are 2-6 ATS as a road favorite.

— Saints 23, Browns 22
Game was 6-6 after 3rd quarter; both teams scored in last 1:00 of regulation.
Saints scored TD in OT, then Browns did too, but they went for 2 and failed.
Saints ran ball for 160 yards, but were minus-2 in turnovers.
Last six games, Saints’ opponents total: over 5-1.

Backup QB Sanders was 19-31/297 passing, with two TD’s.
Sanders is now 3-5 as an NFL starter.
First win in four home games for the Saints.
New Orleans opponents’ team total: over 6-2.

— Rams 20, Commanders 13
Rams won their third game in a row.
Last two games, LA allowed one TD on 21 drives.
Puka Nucua caught 14 passes for 150 yards and a TD.
Rest of the Rams caught 12 passes for 78 yards.

Rams held last three opponents to 48-64-60 rushing yards.
Rams are 26-15-1 ATS in last 42 games as a favorite.
Washington’s first two drives: 17 plays, 128 yards, 10 points.
Washington rest of the game: 41 plays, 185 yards, 3 points.

— Giants 19, Eagles 11
Giants snapped a 13-game losing skid to the Eagles in Philadelphia.
Giants are 5-0-1 when they allow less than 28 points.
Eagles led this game 8-6 at halftime.
Backup QB Winston came off bench to lead game-winning drive in 3rd quarter. 

Philly lost its last six games, its longest losing skid since 2012.
Last six weeks, Eagles were outscored 103-20 in second half.
Last five years, Eagles are 0-4 ATS as a home underdog.
Under Sirianni, Eagles are 10-19 ATS in games coming off a loss.

— Broncos 26, Panthers 21
Denver won five in row, seven of its last eight games.
Broncos won their last 16 games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Denver converted 6-10 on third down, Carolina 3-10.
Carolina opponents converted 28 of last 53 third down plays.

Carolina led this game 14-13 after the third quarter.
Denver in 4th quarter: 22 plays, 139 yards, 13 points.
Panthers gave up 3-26-14 points in wins, 59-21-43-27-26 in losses.
Carolina committed 13 penalties, for 119 yards.

— Lions 19, Dolphins 9
Detroit won its last three games, giving up 17-15-9 points.
First five games, Lions gave up 29.6 points/game.
Both teams had a successful fake punt in this game.
Jake Bates kicked four field goals for Detroit.

Detroit is 15-4 ATS last 19 games as a road favorite 
Lions held 5 of last 6 opponents to 90 or fewer rushing yards.
Dolphins are 0-4 at home, losing by 14-7-5-10 points.
Defensive struggle: total yardage, Lions 270, Miami 228.

— Famous birthdays, November 9th:
Roy Jefferson, 83
Virgil Carter, 81
Lou Ferrigno, 75

Teddy Higuera, 69
Adam Dunn, 47
Michael Busch, 29

— Chiefs 35, Jets 12
Mahomes banged up his right elbow in 2nd quarter, but finished game.
RB Walker gained 143 total yards, scored three TD’s.
Chiefs are 4-0 at home, winning by 21-3-16-23 points.
Kansas City ran ball 32 times for 163 yards.

Chiefs outgained the Jets, 391-229.
Jets lost seven of their last eight games.
Jets gave up 10-12 points in wins, 20-31-23-26-28-38-35 in losses.
Jets are 8-13-1 ATS last 22 games as a road underdog. 

— Texans 44, Chargers 22
Texans won three of last four games, after an 0-4 start.
QB Stroud threw for 384 yards, five TD’s.
Houston led 24-9 at halftime.
Texans gained 485 yards, converted 8-14 3rd down plays.

Chargers are first team since 2020 Jets to start a season 0-8.
Overall, Bolts are 0-11 SU/0-10-1 ATS in their last 11 games.
Chargers ended a drought; they went 37 drives without a TD.
Chargers are 0-5-1 ATS as an underdog this year.

— 49ers 38, Raiders 17
49ers’ first three drives: 36 plays, 242 yards, 21 points.
San Francisco led 21-10 at halftime.
49ers scored on a pick-6 on first play of third quarter.
49ers outgained Las Vegas, 414-240.

Raiders are 8-12 ATS last 20 games as a road underdog.
Last seven Raider games went over the total. 
Opponents went over their team total in last seven games.
Raiders lost 5 of last 6 games; rookie QB Mendoza should start soon. 

— Packers 45, Patriots 27
QB Love threw for 372 yards, three TD’s.
WR Watson caught 7 passes for 171 yards; WR Golden 10 for 164 yards.
Packers’ first three drives: 21 plays, 180 yards, 17 points.
Green Bay won five of its last six games.

Most points Patriots allowed at home since 1970, at Harvard Stadium.
Five of last six New England games went over the total.
Patriots threw an INT on three of first six drives.
New England was minus-4 in turnovers, is minus-11 in this season.

— Seahawks 17, Cardinals 3
Seahawks outgained Arizona, 295-198.
Cardinals ran the ball 18 times for only 50 yards.
Seahawks have won 11 games in a row vs Arizona.
Cardinals are 0-5 SU/ATS in last five visits to Seattle.

Five of Arizona’s six losses this year were by 12+ points.
Backup QB Lock threw for 175 yards and a TD.
Seattle coach MacDonald is 32-14 as a head coach 
Last four games, under is 4-0 in Seattle’s team total.

— Bears 27, Buccaneers 24
Chicago drove 49 yards, kicked 38-yard FG at the gun.
Bears led 24-13 after the third quarter, after a 67-yard pick-6.
Chicago survived five turnovers; Williams threw four INT’s.
Over is 5-1 when Williams starts at QB.

Chicago won six of its last seven games.
Bears were 7-13 on third down, Tampa Bay 2-12.
Bucs are 3-6, with losses are by 6-4-7-3-7-3 points.
Tampa Bay is 16-7 ATS last 23 games as a road underdog.

— Texas Tech 53, West Virginia 48
Total yardage: Tech 638, West Virginia 582
8-1 Red Raiders led 41-27 at halftime.
West Virginia led 48-41 after the third quarter.
QB Castellanos threw for 362 yards, five TD’s. 

— Utah 28, BYU 20
9-0 Utes outscored BYU 14-0 in second half.
Utah snapped a three-game skid against its in-state rival.
QB Dampier threw for 177 yards/2 TD’s, ran for 89 yards/2 more TD’s.

— Oregon 41, Ohio State 28
Buckeyes led 14-0 after the first quarter.
Oregon’s first two drives: 11 plays, 37 yards, two punts.
Oregon’s next seven drives: 49 plays, 310 yards, 31 points.
Ohio State has lost consecutive games, for first time since 2011.

— Alabama 31, LSU 13
LSU led 13-10 with 2:00 left in third quarter.
Tigers were 5-14 on 3rd down conversions, 0-4 on 4th down.
As a head coach, Lane Kiffin is 0-6 vs Alabama.

— Notre Dame 31, Miami 24
Notre Dame led 17-3 at halftime.
QB Carr was 29-40/319 passing, with three TD’s.
Miami was minus-2 in turnovers; their star WR Toney didn’t play.

— Central Florida 33, Kansas 32
Knights drove 73 yards, threw 6-yard TD pass with 0:01 left for the win.
UCF led 26-7 with 5:00 left in third quarter.
WR Derry caught eight passes for 143 yards and a TD.

— Nebraska lost at Illinois Friday night, their 4th loss in a row, then fired OC Dana Holgorsen the former head coach at Houston/West Virginia. Cornhuskers averaged 13.5 ppg during their four-game losing skid- they led three of those games in the fourth quarter.

— College Football Upsets of the Week:
UL-Monroe (+14) 19, Arkansas State 17
Michigan State (+13.5) 15, Michigan 6
Oregon (+7.5) 41, Ohio State 28

FAU (+7) 60, Tex-San Antonio 29
Oklahoma (+6.5) 23, Florida 7
Buffalo (+6.5) 34, Miami OH 31, OT

Old Dominion (+6.5) 21, Coastal Carolina 8
Alabama (+6) 31, LSU 13
Georgia State (+6) 39, Appalachian State 23

— Memphis 89, VCU 88
VCU led by 10 points, early in second half.
5-10 senior Reid scored 32 points, had seven assists.
VCU lost, even though they shot 13-24 on the arc.

— Northern Illinois 81, Dayton 76 (OT)
NIU has a new coach, a totally new roster; great win for them.
Dayton was favored by 19 points.
Flyers led by 5, with 4:01 left in regulation.

— Nebraska 67, Providence 58
Big 18 gets a win against the Big East, at Mohegan Sun.
Nebraska shot 68% inside the arc.
Brickfest: teams combined to shoot 12-62 on the arc.

— Georgetown 86, Maryland 74
Big East gets a win against the Big 18.
Georgetown shot 15-30 behind the arc, Maryland 3-20.
Hoyas led 44-28 at halftime.

— Famous birthdays, November 8th:
Alfre Woodard, 74
Jimmie Giles, 72
Courtney Thorne-Smith, 59
Brevin Knight, 51

Gretchen Mol, 54
Sam Bradford, 39
Yasmani Grandal, 38
Giancarlo Stanton, 37

— Navy 42, Temple 35
Navy led 28-0 late in the second quarter.
Temple tied game 35-35 with 5:35 left to play.
Middies drove 75 yards, scored game-winning TD with 1:14 left.

— Arizona 29, TCU 28
This game ended ended after 2am Friday night.
Arizona scored nine points in last 1:45 for the comeback win.
TCU muffed a pooch kick after Arizona’s TD to set up the winning FG.
Arizona is 7-2, TCU 4-5.

— Auburn 26, Arkansas 23
Auburn drove 50 yards, kicked 43-yard FG with 0:33 left for the win.
QB Brown passed for 180 yards, 2 TD’s, ran for 122 yards and another TD.
Auburn ran for 183 yards; they were +2 in turnovers.

— Georgia 42, Ole Miss 7
Dawgs’ first three drives: 20 plays, 229 yards, 21 points.
Ole Miss in first half: 32 plays, 106 yards, trailed 28-0 at half.
Total yardage: Georgia 481, Ole Miss 252

— Oklahoma 23, Florida 7
Oklahoma converted 10-18 on third down, Gators 2-9.
Florida ran the ball 25 times for only 70 yards.
Underdogs covered six of last eight Oklahoma games.

— Houston 31, Cincinnati 24
Houston led 21-10 at halftime.
Cougars needed a 51-yard TD run with 5:10 left for the winning score.
Houston ran the ball 35 times for 241 yards. 

— Every year, one of my best resources for studying college basketball has always been the Blue Ribbon Yearbook- I’m talking 20 years, at least. Great book, full of information.

This year, with all the BS around college/semi-pro sports, they delayed putting the book out- as of today, my book is supposed to come in the mail next week. Not good.

I’ll have to use a marker to add/cross out players as they become eligible/ineligible.

— Back when I picked games on this blog, we made hay before Christmas; knowing which teams were most experienced was a huge help. Won a lot of picks using that information.

Now? Not so much; teams totally change from year to year. Northern Illinois has a new coach and NO PLAYERS who were on the team last year. Teams with no kids who got poached means that no other teams wanted their players.

How talented are the new players? There is no metric that measures talent.

— Valparaiso 83, Purdue 80, 2OT
Purdue is 0-2 for the first time since 1976. I had a full head of hair in 1976.
Purdue led by 15 late in the first half.
Rakim Chaney scored 35 points, had six assists for the Crusaders.

— Saint Louis 90, Missouri 84
Newly-eligible Robbie Avila didn’t play for Saint Louis.
Billikens shot 14-25 behind the arc.
Saint Louis led 49-38 at the half, hung on for the win.

— UConn 85, Michigan 77
Huskies get revenge for losing last year’s national title game.
UConn was 30-36 on foul line, Michigan 18-23.
Big downgrade at coach for Michigan, from Dusty May to Mike Boynton.

— Indiana State 69, Ball State 66
Ball State led by 15 with 14:22 left in the game.
Cardinals were only 15-26 on the foul line.
Both teams started three seniors.

— San Diego 96, Tarleton State 90, OT
Tarleton shot 63% inside arc, led by 15 late in first half.
Toreros shot 12-28 on arc, scored 1.21 ppp.
San Diego was 34-39 on foul line, Tarleton was 26-39.

— Famous birthdays, November 7th:
Jim Kaat, 88
Buck Martinez, 78
Elvis Peacock, 70
Greg Dreiling, 64

Glendon Rusch, 52
Kris Benson, 52
Sonny Gray, 37
Cason Wallace, 23

— Five retired major league umpires have filed a federal lawsuit against MLB, claiming the league wrongfully underpaid them under its umpires’ retirement income plan.

Joe West (worked a record 5,480 games)
Gerry Davis
Tom Hallion
Larry Vanover
Jerry Layne……….those are the five umpires.

— This season, NFL underdogs of 7+ points are 20-7-3 ATS.

— In his great career, Warriors star Steph Curry has had 155 games where he made 7+ 3-pointers. He is the greatest shooter ever.

— SMU 51, Virginia Tech 28
QB Jennings threw for 350 yards, four TD’s.
Mustangs outgained Tech, 569-417.
SMU is 7-2, Hokies are 6-3.

— East Carolina 20, South Florida 17
Pirates kicked a 55-yard FG with 0:02 left for the win.
ECU was 6-15 on third down, South Florida 1-10.
Game was 10-10 at halftime.

— Illinois 24, Nebraska 13
Illini won their 4th game in a row; they’re bowl eligible.
Nebraska lost its fourth game in a row, after a 5-0 start.
Cornhuskers outgained Illinois 426-376 but had 82 penalty yards.

— New Mexico 31, Nevada 3
8-1 Lobos led 14-3 at half; they’re #22 in the country.
Lobos ran ball 45 times for 213 yards; they were 9-16 on third down.
New Mexico outgained the Wolf Pack, 374-97. 

— Jaguars 33, Ravens 10
Jacksonville led 17-3 at halftime.
Jaguars scored 31-42-33 points in their last three games.
Baltimore had only 55 passing yards (2.8 yards/attempt)
Total yardage: Jaguars 319, Ravens 227

Ravens lost last four games, giving up 35-36-33 points in last three..
Under Coen, Jaguars are 11-4 ATS as a favorite
Jaguars are +8 in turnovers this season.
Last four games, Ravens were outscored 84-10 in second half.

— Vikings’ QB Kyler Murray has a hamstring issue, won’t start Monday night vs Buffalo. Carson Wentz gets the nod for Minnesota; he started a game earlier this year.

— Florida Atlantic 60, Texas-San Antonio 29
FAU ran ball 49 times for 339 yards.
Owls led 35-22 at halftime.
UTSA slips to 7-2; FAU improves to 6-3.

— James Madison 54, Southern Miss 23
James Madison ran ball 36 times for 175 yards.
Dukes led 16-14 at halftime.
James Madison improves to 8-2, Southern Miss is 3-6.

— Over his last six games, Lakers’ star Luka Doncic is averaging 42.8 ppg, quite a run.

— I’m curious who the Angels are going to hire their baseball operations; Stan Kroenke owns the Angels, so they’ll spend money and try to win. He generally hires smart people and gets out of their way, so starting next year, it should be fun to be an Angels’ fan.

— Saint Louis Billikens’ basketball team got excellent news; star F Robbie Avila is now eligible to play this season. Billikens play Missouri Friday night.

— Famous birthdays, November 6th
Sally Field, 80
John Candelaria, 73
Maria Shriver, 71

Ethan Hawke, 56
Erik Kramer, 62
Lamar Odom, 47

— I’m disappointed that Gonzaga-Saint Mary’s aren’t playing basketball this year; they were great WCC rivals for years, a midnight staple on TV 2-3 times a season, but with Gonzaga gone to the Pac-12, that rivalry is on hold. Too bad.

— Queens 96, LMU 95
LMU led by 12 with 10:15 left in this game, played late Wednesday night.
Queens shot 60.4% inside arc, scored 1.29 ppp.
Queens won its opener 103-98 over Winthrop; fast start to the season for them.

— North Texas 77, McNeese State 67
Mean Green held McNeese to 36.4% from the floor.
North Texas shot 65.5% inside arc, scored 1.17 ppp.
Je’Shawn Stevenson scored 30 points, had five assists.

— Penn State 97, Chattanooga 93
Penn State led 54-31 at halftime, hung on for dear life.
Nittany Lions were 43-49 on foul line, Chattanooga 14-23.

— Princeton 60, Hofstra 58
Hofstra led by 12 with 12:11 left in the game.
Princeton was 12-40 on the arc, 6-19 inside the arc.
Slow tempo game, only 63 possessions.

— DePaul 82, South Florida 80
Blue Demons led 50-35 at halftime.
DePaul shot 14-32 on the arc, scored 1.23 ppp.
Kruz McClure scored 18 points in 29:00 off the bench.

— South Alabama 83, Jacksonville State, 2 OT
Visiting Gamecocks led 32-23 at halftime.
Stephen Williams scored 27 points, had 13 rebounds.
South Alabama shot 63.6% inside the arc.

— Arizona Cardinals are trading QB Jacoby Brissett to the Ravens, who lost their top two QB’s for the year with injuries. Rookie Joe Fagnano makes his first NFL start for the Ravens Thursday against the Jacksonville; right now, his backups are Kedon Slovis, Austin Reed.

Details of the trade will be worked out this weekend.

— Seahawks are starting Drew Lock this week vs Arizona; starter Sam Darnold is out with a quad injury, Jalen Milroe will be Seattle’s backup this week, against a Cardinal team that will start Gardner Minshew.

Lock is 11-18 as an NFL starter.

— Philadelphia Eagles will start #3 QB Joe Milton against the Giants this week, after they lost the last three games with Tyler McKee under center. This will be Milton’s first NFL start.

— New Orleans Saints fired their run game coordinator and also changed kickers after they lost 16-10 to the Steelers in France.

— Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson is in concussion protocol; if he doesn’t play in New Orleans this week, Sheduer Sanders will get the start.

— UMass 31, Ball State 30 OT
Ball State scored TD in overtime, but missed the PAT.
Cardinals had forced OT, scoring a TD with 0:25 left in regulation.
UMass is 5-4, one win away from being bowl eligible.

— Toledo 20, Sacramento State 17
7-2 Rockets ran ball 49 times for 230 yards.
Toledo had two running backs run for 100+ yards.
Total yards: Toledo 290, Sacramento State 224

— Central Michigan 35, Eastern Michigan 7
Chippewas led 21-0 at halftime.
CMU ran the ball 52 times for 235 yards.
Central was 7-15 on third down, Eastern 1-10

— Famous birthdays, November 5th:
Kellen Winslow, 69
Tatum O’Neal, 63
Famke Janssen, 62

Javy Lopez, 56
Johnny Damon, 53
Jerry Stackhouse, 52

Jason Kelce, 39
Odell Beckham Jr., 34
Blake Grupe, 28

— 76ers 112, Pistons 106
Embiid scored 26 points, had 15 rebounds.
76ers led 56-42 at halftime.
76ers are 4-0 on the road, for first time since 2001.

— Celtics 109, Bucks 102
Boston led 62-41 at halftime.
Paul George scored 25 points (5-9 on arc)
Tyler Herro scored 25 points for Milwaukee.

— Thunder 124, Cavaliers 116
Oklahoma City led 60-44 at halftime.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 42 points, had eight assists.
Injury-ravaged Thunder improved to 6-2.

— Pacers 107, Grizzlies 103
Indiana outscored Memphis 27-21 in 4th quarter.
Pacers were +18 in the 14:00 that Nance played.
Memphis starters were a combined +23, their subs minus-43.

— Pelicans 118, Jazz 113, OT
New Orleans outscored the Jazz 34-24 in fourth quarter.
Pelicans were 39-43 on foul line, Utah 20-30.
Saddiq Bey scored 22 points in 29:00.

— Four years ago when baseball season was delayed a few days by a labor impasse, there was a flurry of signings in between the labor agreement being signed and the season starting.

Back then, I had Kris Bryant on my fantasy team; I told someone “If Bryant signs with Colorado, I’m going to go buy a lottery ticket. That would be great!!!”

He signed with Colorado, but it wasn’t great; turned out he had arthritis in his back, and he only played in 170 games the next four years. Oy. At least I didn’t buy the lottery ticket. 

— UNLV 89, Northern Arizona 77
Lumberjacks led by 12 late in the first half.
Rebels outscored NAU 46-30 in second half.
UNLV were +8 in turnovers, scored 1.29 points/possession.

— South Dakota State 68, Kansas State 66
K-State was up 7 with 10:50 left in the game.
6-9 frosh Davis Kern scored 25 points, had 8 rebounds.
Excellent non-conference win for the Summit League.

— San Diego State 102, Cal State-Fullerton 78
Aztecs were 28-34 on foul line, scored 1.28 ppp.
San Diego State led 54-43 at halftime.
Latrell Davis scored 25 points for the Aztecs.

— Duquesne 78, Fort Wayne 71
Fort Wayne led by 6 with 11:29 left in the game.
Dukes shot 61.5% inside arc, Mastodons shot 31.4%.

— Boston College 76, Wagner 50
Luke Murray (Bill Murray’s son) wins his debut as BC’s coach.
Eagles started 4 seniors, only played 7 guys (8th guy played 7:00)

— Ohio U 28, Akron 20
Akron led 17-14 early in 4th quarter.
Bobcats had TD plays of 60-91 yards in the last 9:12 of the game.
Ohio U improves to 7-2; Zips fall to 1-8.

— Buffalo 34, Miami OH 31 OT
Buffalo QB Wright threw for 358 yards, two TD’s.
Miami led 31-16 with 10:00 left in the game.
Miami scored a TD on blocked punt.

— Famous birthdays, November 4th:
Ralph Macchio, 65
Eric Karros, 59
Carlos Baerga, 58
Matthew McConaughey, 57

Dez Bryant, 38
Jared Verse, 26
Tyrese Maxey, 26
Jalen Wilson, 26

— Seattle Mariners hired Jason Kanzler as their new manager; he was previously the director of player development for the Cubs. The 36-year old Kanzler has never managed at any level.

Seattle lost Game 7 of the ALCS in 2025, then went 76-86 this past year, so a change was made.

— In the NHL, Montreal was beating Winnipeg 4-0 with 3:00 left in the game; Jets scored four goals in a 2:08 span, then scored in OT to win 5-4, one of the best comebacks in NHL history.

— Top 4 teams in the hypothetical college football playoff bracket:

1) Miami
2) Georgia
3) Utah
4) Indiana

— Monday night in Norman, East Texas State posted a huge upset, winning 68-64 at Oklahoma; last three years, East Texas went 15-45 in the Southland Conference- this is their fifth year as a Division I team.

— Florida State fired football coach Mike Norvell; he gets $46M to go away. Former Seminole QB Rick Stockstill is the interim coach; he was pretty good when he coached Middle Tennessee.

— UCLA’s fontball team is 8-0 for the first time since 2005.

— Monday night, MAC/Sun Belt teams had a basketball challenge; MAC teams went 8-4 SU/9-3 ATS in those games, which were all in Sun Belt gyms.

— In the NFL, Gardner Minshew will start at QB for Arizona this week; Joe Fagnano will get his first NFL start, for Baltimore. 

— Bears 34, Seahawks 17
Chicago led this game 13-9 at halftime.
Bears won four of their last five games.
Chicago scored 59-27-23-31-30-34 points in wins; 3-7 in losses.

Over is 4-1 when Williams starts at QB.

Seattle lost four of their last six games.
Bears were 7-for-15 on third down, Seahawks 1-11. 

Chicago outgained Seattle, 363-252
Seattle in 2nd half: 33 plays, 153 yards, 8 points. 

— Arizona Cardinals will start Gardner Minshew at QB this week in Seattle; rookie Carson Beck will be the #2 QB, Jacoby Brissett the #3 QB.

— College basketball season is underway; boatload of games from midnight Sunday night thru Monday night. ESPN used to have a college hoop marathon every year, but ESPN has largely gone down the drain the last few years. The 8-game marathon was on YouTube, fun to watch.

— A quick reminder; NCAA Tournament bumps up from 68 to 76 teams this season.

— Grambling 89, Northern Illinois 87
Grambling has a player, Isaiah Miranda, who scored 29 points in 22:00 in this game; he is 7-foot-2, and has an interesting career path.

2023-24- Oklahoma State
2024-25- Green Bay
2025-26- LIU
2026-27- Grambling

He made 4 of 5 shots behind the arc in this game; do you want your 7-2 center taking five 3’s in a game? Before last night, he was 5-for-25 in his career behind the arc.

Northern Illinois, on the other hand, is an expansion team. 14 new players, with NO PLAYERS back from last year. New coach, new players, it is going to take them a while to get going.

— High Point 72, Liberty 57
High Point made NCAA’s last two years; they upset Wisconsin in NCAA’s last year.
Panthers outscored Liberty 35-23 in second half.
I’m wondering how different it is to prepare for a game that started at midnight?

— Gonzaga 78, Purdue 72
Zags were 26-34 on foul line, Purdue 15-21.
Purdue shot 61.9% inside the arc, but were only 5-21 on 3’s.

— BYU 94, Ohio State 83
BYU scored 1.38 ppp, making 11-24 shots behind the arc.
6-1 junior G Wright scored 33 points, had five assists. 

 Famous birthdays, November 3rd:
Dwight Evans, 75
Kate Capshaw, 73
Phil Simms, 71
Dolph Lundgren, 69

Tyler Hansbrough, 41
Kyle Seager, 39
Sean McDermott, 30
Jake LaRavia, 25

— Florida 77, Miami 67
Gators made 11 of 26 shots behind the arc (42.3%).
Thomas Haugh had 19 points, 10 rebounds.

— Memphis 80, Iowa State 76
Impressive win without big man Popovic, who isn’t eligible yet.
5-10 senior G Reid had 26 points, only one assist.

— McNeese State 99, UAB 78
Cowboys scored 1.40 points/possession, making 12-27 on arc.
McNeese made the NCAA’s the last three years, beating Clemson in ’25.

— Utah 66, Long Beach State 63
Long Beach led by 17 early in the second half.
Utes survived shooting only 9-19 on foul line.

— Tulane 100, Tenn-Martin 98, 2OT
UT-Martin led by by nine with 9:10 left in the game.
Tulane was 32-46 on foul line, UT-Martin 19-31.

— College football conference trends:
AAC home favorites 12-9 ATS, home underdogs 6-4 ATS
ACC home underdogs 14-6 ATS
Big 18 home favorites 8-16 ATS, home underdogs 12-9 ATS
Big X home favorites 13-11 ATS, home underdogs 7-4 ATS
C-USA home favorites 9-5 ATS

MAC home favorites 13-7 ATS
Mountain West underdogs 12-7 ATS
Pac-8 home favorites 7-4 ATS
SEC home favorites 14-13 ATS
Sun Belt home underdogs 5-10 ATS

— NFL divisional trends (non-divisional games):
NFC East 3-5 ATS away from home
NFC North favorites 11-5 ATS
NFC South home underdogs 2-6 ATS
NFC West home favorites 4-2 ATS, road favorites 2-5 ATS

AFC East home favorites 6-1 ATS
AFC North favorites 8-6 ATS
AFC South home teams 3-7 ATS
AFC West home teams 5-3 ATS

— Bengals 43, Titans 36, OT
Bengals drove 81 yards, forced OT with a TD with 1:17 left.
QB Burrow threw for 462 yards, with 5 TD’s, 3 INTs.
Tennessee led 13-0 after the first quarter.
Five of Bengals’ seven games were decided by 7 or fewer points.

QB Ward threw for 304 yards, two TD’s.
Tennessee has five losses by 7 or fewer points.
Titans scored 26-24-36 points in their last three games.
Tennessee ran ball 28 times for 158 yards. 

— Lions 19, Vikings 15
Lions ran the ball 39 times for 230 yards.
Lions drove 69 yards, scored game-winning TD with 4:35 left.
Detroit is 4-0 at home, winning by 1-7-3-5 points.
That was first 4th quarter TD Vikings allowed this season. 

Lions’ first five drives: 31 plays, 58 yards, 3 points.
Lions rest of game: 37 plays, 326 yards, 16 points.
Detroit outgained the Vikings, 384-266.
Vikings are 1-5 SU/ATS in last six visits to Detroit.

— Cardinals 33, Cowboys 30
K Ryland kicked walk-off 42-yard field goal in OT.
Down 30-24, Cardinals scored with 0:06 left- Ryland missed PAT.
QB Minshew came off bench, threw for 188 yards, 3 TD’s.
Arizona is 13-6 ATS last 19 games as a road underdog.

Cardinals outgained Dallas, 467-261.
Under Schottenheimer, Cowboys are 2-6 ATS as a home favorite.
Under Schottenheimer, Cowboys are 3-8 ATS in games coming off a win.
Opponents have converted 54 of 105 third down plays.

— Broncos 28, Chiefs 24
Chiefs had ball on 1-yard line in last 0:10, but didn’t score.
Denver won its 15th straight one-score game (decided by 8 or fewer points)
Overall, Broncos won four in row, six of their last seven games.
Broncos are 7-2 ATS in last nine AFC West home games.   

Sean Payton got his 200th win as an NFL head coach.
Chiefs are 2-9 in last 11 games as a road favorite.
KC is 0-6-1 ATS in last seven AFC West road games.
Chiefs outgained Denver 399-294, but had 105 penalty yards. 

— Buccaneers 16, Falcons 0
Game was played in a rainy quagmire, a soaking wet field.
Tampa Bay won despite not completing a pass (0-3) all day.
Buccaneers ran ball 56 times for 324 yards.
Tampa Bay kicked field goals on three of its first five drives.

Falcons turned ball over on four of first seven drives.
Tampa Bay was 4-13 on third down, Atlanta 0-12.
3-5 Atlanta scored 35-45-29 points in wins, 23 or less in losses.
Falcons are 1-5 when they gain less than 400 yards.

— Bills 36, Ravens 10
QB Jackson hurt his thumb on first play, is probably out for year.
#2 QB Huntley hurt his toe in 2nd quarter, left the game.
#3 QB Fagnano went 10-21/91 passing with 2 turnovers in his NFL debut.
Last three games, Ravens were outscored 68-3 in the second half.

Bills outgained the Ravens, 426-144.
Buffalo was only 4-14 on 3rd down, but 4-5 on 4th down.
RB Cook ran the ball 21 times for 80 yards and a TD.
AFC East non-divisional favorites are 7-2 ATS.

— Raiders 38, Jets 33
Jets led 30-21 with 5:00 left in third quarter.
Raiders’ first 3 drives of 2nd half: 29 plays, 227 yards, 21 points.
Raiders ran a kickoff back 95 yards for TD in 2nd quarter.
Last six Raider games went over the total.  

Jets ran the ball 27 times for 166 yards.
Jets lost six of their last seven games.
Jets are 2-6, with five losses by 7 or fewer points.
Aaron Glenn is 5-20 as a head coach.

Famous birthdays, November 2nd:
Jim Bakken, 86
Stefanie Powers, 84
Ron Reed, 84
Larry Little, 81

Tom Paciorek, 80
Ron Lee, 74
Willie McGee, 68
Mark May, 67

David Schwimmer, 60
Danny Amendola, 41
Jimmy Garoppolo, 35
Parker Meadows, 27

— Rams 24, Chargers 9
Rams’ first five drives: 16 plays, 4 yards, no first downs, 3 points.
Rams’ next four drives: 21 plays, 180 yards, 21 points.
Rams are 25-15-1 ATS in last 41 games as a favorite.
Rams are 10-2 ATS in last dozen games vs AFC teams.

Chargers outgained Rams 229-70 in first half.
Bolts in second half: 22 plays, 93 yards, no points.
Chargers lost first seven games, giving up 25.0 ppg
Last four games, Chargers are minus-6 in turnovers.

— Steelers 27, Browns 6
Pittsburgh ran the ball 33 times for 200 yards.
Cleveland ran the ball 15 times for 34 yards.
Steelers won five of their last six games.
Browns are 0-6 SU/ATS last six visits to Pittsburgh.

Cleveland didn’t score a TD, had five 3/outs on 11 drives.
Browns are 4-9 ATS in last 13 games coming off a win. 
Browns are 10-21 ATS last 31 games as a road underdog.
Browns scored 10-12-6 points in losses, 23-21-27-13-27 in wins.

— Jaguars 42, Colts 7
During week, Colts threw in the towel, trading two good linemen.
In this game, Colts threw in the towel again, trailing 28-0 at the half.
Jaguars ran ball 33 times for 183 yards.
First three Jacksonville drives: 31 plays, 261 yards, 21 points.

RB Tuten ran ball 16 times for 104 yards and a TD.
Colts in first half: 28 plays, 102 yards, no points.
Colts are minus-11 in turnovers this season.
Jaguars are 14-5-1 ATS last 20 AFC South games.

— Patriots 24, Dolphins 19
Miami led this game 13-3 at halftime.
Patriots in 2nd half: 29 plays, 199 yards, 21 points.
Miami in second half: 30 plays, 116 yards, 6 points.
NE ran for 109 or fewer yards in its losses, 131+ in wins.

Patriots held six of eight opponents under 100 yards rushing.
Dolphins’ last four games were all decided by 7 or fewer points.
Miami averaged only 5.3 yards/pass attempt.
Miami is 6-3 ATS last nine games as a home underdog.

— Commanders 27, Eagles 10
Last six weeks, Eagles were outscored 90-17 in second half.
Philly lost its last six games, four of them by 11+ points.
Washington is 2-0-1 at home: 33-31 Seattle/27-27 Giants/27-10 Phil
Commanders are +8 in turnovers in their last five games.

Commanders are 9-4 ATS last 13 games as a home favorite.
Eagles are 24 for their last 83 on third down.
Over is 7-1 in their opponents’ team total.
Under Sirianni, Eagles are 10-18 ATS in games coming off a loss.

— Notre Dame 73, Villanova 71
Villanova led by 10 with 10:24 left in the game.
Notre Dame was +9 in turnovers (20-11).
Notre Dame had 17 offensive rebounds.
This game was played in Italy.