— I voted early today; were a decent amount of people there. One less thing on the to-do list for next week. Get out and vote!!!
— Cowboys 38, Eagles 21
First seven Dallas drives: 60 plays, 414 yards, 3 TD’s, 3 FG’s.
Cowboys ran ball 38 times for 204 yards.
Williams ran ball 25 times for 155 yards.
Dallas converted 8 of 13 third down plays.
Eagles lost their last five games, scoring 15.8 ppg.
In those games, Eagles were outscored 76-17 in second half.
Over is 6-1 in their opponents’ team total.
Under Sirianni, Eagles are 10-17 ATS in games coming off a loss.
— Brewers 10, Rays 1
Milwaukee scored eight runs in the fifth inning.
Chourio had four hits, scored two runs.
Gasser allowed one hit in six shutout IP.
Game 4 is tonight; leading 3-0, Milwaukee goes for a sweep.
— Oregon QB Dante Moore (concussion) isn’t expected to play again this season
— Baylor fired football coach Dave Aranda, who was 40-40 in seven years in Waco.
— NFL divisional trends (non-divisional games)
NFC East: 3-5 ATS away from home
NFC North: away favorites 6-2 ATS
NFC South: home teams 2-9 ATS. road underdogs 5-2
NFC West: home favorites 4-1 ATS. road favorites 2-5
AFC East: home teams 7-1 ATS. road underdogs 3-6
AFC North: favorites 8-5 ATS
AFC South: home teams 3-7 ATS
AFC West: home teams 5-3 ATS, 1-4 road underdogs
— Famous birthdays, October 27th:
John Cleese, 87
Pete Vuckovich, 74
Rick Carlisle, 67
Timm Rosenbach, 60
John Kasay, 57
Brad Radke, 54
Jim Leonhard, 44
Jon Niese, 40
Lou Williams, 40
Mark Barron, 37
Francisco Mejia, 31
Lonzo Ball, 29
Missed a birthday yesterday; Pat Sajak turned 80 years old.
— College football trends (conference games)
AAC- home teams 14-12 ATS
ACC- home favorites 6-11 ATS, home underdogs 12-6. Underdogs: 23-12
Big 18: home favorites 5-14 ATS, home underdogs 11-8
Big X: home favorites 12-9 ATS, home underdogs 5-3
C-USA: home favorites 7-2 ATS
MAC: home favorites 13-6 ATS
MW: home teams 9-7 ATS
Pac-8: home favorites 5-3 ATS
SEC: home teams 20-19 ATS
Sun Belt: favorites 14-12 ATS
— This past weekend, Miami Hurricanes had a reunion of their 2001 national title team; that team had 38 players who were drafted by NFL teams, 17 of them in the first round!!!!
— Why does the quarterback at BYU wear number 47?
— Michigan Wolverines lost in overtime to Indiana Saturday; they’re record in overtime games falls to an impressive 15-4.
— In the NBA, Oklahoma City star Jalen Williams will have surgery after he fractured his fibula and dislocated his left ankle. It could be a season-ending injury.
Another Thunder player, Cason Wallace torn a labrum in his shoulder and will be operated on. This could also be a season-ending injury.
— Thunder 125, Suns 114
Ajay Mitchell scored a career-high 30 points.
Thunder was +18 in the 25:00 Mitchell played.
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26 for Oklahoma City.
— Cavaliers 127, Timberwolves 125 OT
Minnesota led 60-50 at halftime.
Anthony Edwards scored 47 points for Minnesota.
Timberwolves were minus-13 in the 12:00 he sat out.
Cleveland’s four subs were a combined +23.
