Wednesday?s 6-pack
Interesting Week 16 NFL games:
? Rams @ 49ers (-6.5)
? Lions @ Broncos (-6.5)
? Raiders @ Chargers (-6)
? Giants @ Redskins (-2.5)
? Cardinals @ Seahawks (-9.5)
? Chiefs (-5) @ Bears
Quote of the Day:
?Two guys weren?t really contributing at all and that one guy was just throwing the ball up all the time. I know Patrick (Ewing) can?t say that but I can. I watched him play 3 games. He lost 2 games by himself.?
Jim Boeheim, talking about Georgetown?s departed PG, James Akinjo
Wednesday?s quiz
When was the last time there was a Final Four without a team seeded 5th or lower in a region?
Tuesday?s quiz
Sam Elliott played the football coach at Wisconsin in the movie Draft Day.
Monday?s quiz
Ben Simmons played his one year of college basketball at LSU.
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Wednesday?s Den: Mid-week musings??
13) One thing about the new baseball rule that will get talked about a lot in the spring; relievers will have to face 3+ batters in an appearance, unless they finish an inning, then they can be replaced between innings, even if they faced only one or two hitters.
Idea of the rule is to reduce pitching changes within a half-inning, to keep the pace of the game flowing better. There was a game last year where a team had five batters bat in the 8th inning, and they faced five different pitchers. Not good.
12) Appearances that would not have been allowed had the new rule been in effect during the las three seasons:
2019: 649? Oliver Perez had 22 of them, out of his 65 appearances.
2018: 712
2017: 720
11) In month of November, $316.5M was bet on sports in Pennsylvania, $562.7M was wagered in New Jersey; thats $879.2M, just in those two states.
10) North Carolina?s star freshman Cole Anthony is out 4-6 weeks after getting his knee scoped. Tar Heels are +69 this year when Anthony is in the game, minus-47 when he is on the bench.
9) Seth Greenberg and Sean Farnham were talking on ESPN2 last nite about leagues adding more teams to improve their profile in basketball- they were talking about Gonzaga. My thing is this: No league should have more than 12 teams in it; anything more becomes cumbersome.
ACC has 15 basketball teams: too many. Big 14/Atlantic 14? Same thing.
8) Detroit Lions announced that their coach/GM will both come back next year, which during a 3-10-1 season, is a little surprising. If I was a Lions? fan, I?d have a stronger opinion on this, but thats there business. Lions haven?t won a playoff game since 1991.
7) Baseball stuff:
? Cincinnati Reds signed P Wade Miley
? Houston Astros gave P Joe Smith $8M for two years.
6) More than 25% of all grievances filed league-wide by NFL players for violations of the league?s CBA were filed against the Jacksonville Jaguars, which could be bad news for Jaguars? VP Tom Coughlin. Dante Fowler is going to get about $700,000 back that the Jaguars fined him.
5) Dallas Mavericks upset the Bucks 120-116 in Milwaukee Monday, snapping the Bucks? 18-game win streak, even with Dallas star Doncic (ankle) sitting out.
4) College football stuff:
? Former Rutgers coach Chris Ash in the new DC at Texas.
? Fresno State named Indiana OC Kalen DeBoer its new football coach.
3) Median sale price for a single-family house in San Francisco:
2010: $751,000
2019: $1.65M
2) RIP to former Iowa football coach Hayden Fry, who passed away Tuesday at age 90. Fry was the Iowa coach back when I was in college; he revitalized their program, going 96-61-5 in Big 10 games back when Michigan/Ohio State had been totally dominating the league.
1) Something to think about while you?re shoveling snow this week: Only 100 days until Opening Day of baseball season.
Interesting Week 16 NFL games:
? Rams @ 49ers (-6.5)
? Lions @ Broncos (-6.5)
? Raiders @ Chargers (-6)
? Giants @ Redskins (-2.5)
? Cardinals @ Seahawks (-9.5)
? Chiefs (-5) @ Bears
Quote of the Day:
?Two guys weren?t really contributing at all and that one guy was just throwing the ball up all the time. I know Patrick (Ewing) can?t say that but I can. I watched him play 3 games. He lost 2 games by himself.?
Jim Boeheim, talking about Georgetown?s departed PG, James Akinjo
Wednesday?s quiz
When was the last time there was a Final Four without a team seeded 5th or lower in a region?
Tuesday?s quiz
Sam Elliott played the football coach at Wisconsin in the movie Draft Day.
Monday?s quiz
Ben Simmons played his one year of college basketball at LSU.
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Wednesday?s Den: Mid-week musings??
13) One thing about the new baseball rule that will get talked about a lot in the spring; relievers will have to face 3+ batters in an appearance, unless they finish an inning, then they can be replaced between innings, even if they faced only one or two hitters.
Idea of the rule is to reduce pitching changes within a half-inning, to keep the pace of the game flowing better. There was a game last year where a team had five batters bat in the 8th inning, and they faced five different pitchers. Not good.
12) Appearances that would not have been allowed had the new rule been in effect during the las three seasons:
2019: 649? Oliver Perez had 22 of them, out of his 65 appearances.
2018: 712
2017: 720
11) In month of November, $316.5M was bet on sports in Pennsylvania, $562.7M was wagered in New Jersey; thats $879.2M, just in those two states.
10) North Carolina?s star freshman Cole Anthony is out 4-6 weeks after getting his knee scoped. Tar Heels are +69 this year when Anthony is in the game, minus-47 when he is on the bench.
9) Seth Greenberg and Sean Farnham were talking on ESPN2 last nite about leagues adding more teams to improve their profile in basketball- they were talking about Gonzaga. My thing is this: No league should have more than 12 teams in it; anything more becomes cumbersome.
ACC has 15 basketball teams: too many. Big 14/Atlantic 14? Same thing.
8) Detroit Lions announced that their coach/GM will both come back next year, which during a 3-10-1 season, is a little surprising. If I was a Lions? fan, I?d have a stronger opinion on this, but thats there business. Lions haven?t won a playoff game since 1991.
7) Baseball stuff:
? Cincinnati Reds signed P Wade Miley
? Houston Astros gave P Joe Smith $8M for two years.
6) More than 25% of all grievances filed league-wide by NFL players for violations of the league?s CBA were filed against the Jacksonville Jaguars, which could be bad news for Jaguars? VP Tom Coughlin. Dante Fowler is going to get about $700,000 back that the Jaguars fined him.
5) Dallas Mavericks upset the Bucks 120-116 in Milwaukee Monday, snapping the Bucks? 18-game win streak, even with Dallas star Doncic (ankle) sitting out.
4) College football stuff:
? Former Rutgers coach Chris Ash in the new DC at Texas.
? Fresno State named Indiana OC Kalen DeBoer its new football coach.
3) Median sale price for a single-family house in San Francisco:
2010: $751,000
2019: $1.65M
2) RIP to former Iowa football coach Hayden Fry, who passed away Tuesday at age 90. Fry was the Iowa coach back when I was in college; he revitalized their program, going 96-61-5 in Big 10 games back when Michigan/Ohio State had been totally dominating the league.
1) Something to think about while you?re shoveling snow this week: Only 100 days until Opening Day of baseball season.
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