— 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
