Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

— 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.

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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