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

— Brewers 5, Rays 4
Tampa Bay led 4-2 after the first inning.
Milwaukee’s bullpen got 18 outs, allowed five baserunners.
Sal Frelick hit his first home run in his last 104 at-bats.
Game 3 is Monday night in St Pete.

— There were no home runs in Game 1 of the World Series, first time since 2000 there wasn’t a home run in a Game 1.

— Indiana 13, Michigan 6 OT
Defenses dominated this game.
Total yardage: Indiana 224, Michigan 212
Michigan had two turnovers, missed a 32-yard FG.
Hoosiers won in Ann Arbor for first time since 1967.

— Central Florida 39, BYU 31 OT
Letdown spot for BYU after they beat Notre Dame last week.
Knights outgained BYU, 463-373.
#2 QB Jenkins threw for 293 yards, three TD’s.

— South Carolina 27, Tennessee 24
Gamecocks scored 10 points in last 1:17 to win the game.
Tennessee QB McIntyre lost a fumble with 0:33 left to play.
Vols ran ball 50 times for 184 yards, but had 90 yards in penalties.
Teams combined to convert five of seven 4th down plays.

— Texas 34, Ole Miss 27
Longhorns led this game 24-3 at halftime.
Ole Miss scored a defensive TD on second play of third quarter. 
Rebels tied the game 24-24 early in fourth quarter.
Down 34-27, Ole Miss had ball at the Texas 24, but didn’t score. 

— Upsets of the Week:
Louisiana-Monroe (+13) 21, Troy State 14
Illinois (+12) 21, Oregon 10
Cincinnati (+11.5) 37, Texas Tech 24

Southern Miss (+11) 35, Louisiana 31
Middle Tennessee (+10.5) 26, FIU 23
Appalachian State (+10.5) 34, James Madison 31 OT

Central Florida (+7.5) 39, BYU 31 OT
Wyoming (+7) 28, Air Force 14
West Virginia (+7) 24, TCU 20

— Famous birthdays, October 25th:
Marion Ross, 98
Dan Issel, 78
Gifford Nielsen, 72
Danny Darwin, 71
Tracy Nelson, 63

Marc Vlasic, 63
Pat Swilling, 62
Terrell Lowery, 56
Pedro Martinez, 55
Juan Soto, 28

— Florida Atlantic 51, Rice 49
There were nine TD’s of 30+ yards in this game.
FAU QB Veltkamp threw for 339 yards, three TD’s.
Rice QB Ochoa ran for 259 yards, 4 TD’s, threw for 80 yards and a TD.

— Alabama 31, Texas A&M 20
Alabama outscored the Aggies 14-0 in fourth quarter.
QB Russell threw for 311 yards, three TD’s.
Crimson Tide avoided their first three game losing skid since 2007.

— Wisconsin 24, USC 7
Badgers led 10-7 at halftime.
USC in second half: 43 plays, 149 yards, two missed FG’s, no points.
Trojans ran ball 25 times for a total of minus-17 yards.

— Minnesota 13, Iowa 10
Gophers drove 44 yards, kicked a 46-yard FG as time expired.
Hawkeyes outgained Minnesota 288-209 but had four turnovers/
Both teams are 5-2. 

— Kansas 25, Baylor 24
Jayhawks blocked a 45-yard FG in the last minute.
Baylor led 21-10 after the third quarter.
Kansas ran ball 56 times for 109 yards.

— Colorado State 56, San Diego State 49
CSU QB Hejny threw for 333 yards, 3 TD’s, ran for 85 yards, 2 more TD’s.
Colorado State led 35-24 at halftime.
Teams combined to convert 17 of 25 third down plays. 

— Kentucky 34, Vanderbilt 17
Vandy led 10-0 midway thru second quarter.
Kentucky outscored Commodores 24-7 in second half.
Wildcats ran ball 39 times for 173 yards.

— NC State fired football coach Dave Doeren Saturday; he was 95-70 in 14 years coaching the Wolfpack. He had three years left on his contract; he gets $10.3M in severance pay. 

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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