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Sunday’s 6-pack
NBA’s leading 3-point shooters:
49.3%— Damion Lee, Phx
47.6%— Luke Kennard, LAC
47.1%— Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Den
45.2%— Alec Burks, Det
45.0%— Andrew Wiggins, GS
44.3%— Al Horford, Bos
Quote of the Day
“What this group did tonight was what they’ve done all year. They just played really tough football, hard-nosed football, believed in each other, believed in their teammates, and just found a way to overcome and persevere.”
TCU football coach Sonny Dykes
Sunday’s quiz
Which state is known as the Granite State?
Saturday’s quiz
Dave Wannstedt was coach of the Miami Dolphins, last time they won a playoff game, in 2000.
Friday’s quiz
Dak Prescott played his college football at Mississippi State.
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Sunday’s Den: Happy New Year, everyone……
I’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Hopefully, 2023 will be an excellent year for all of us. Let’s try to be nicer to each other this year. Seriously.
TCU 51, Michigan 45
— TCU led 21-6 at halftime; Michigan scored 39 points in 2nd half, and still lost.
— TCU was 8-16 on third down, Wolverines were 3-13.
— Both teams turned the ball over three times.
— Horned Frogs scored 34+ points in 11 of 14 games this season.
— Michigan lost its last six bowls (they were favored in 4 of the 6)
Georgia 42, Ohio State 41
— Ohio State led 38-24 after the third quarter.
— Dawgs drove 72 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:54 left.
— Both teams averaged over 10 yards/pass attempt.
— Georgia gained 533 yards, converted only 2-10 on third down.
— Buckeyes were 11-0, then gave up 45-42 points in losing last two games.
— This game ended just after midnight; damn near had a heart attack when some of my neighbors shot off fireworks as midnight struck.
Iowa 21, Kentucky 0
— Iowa scored two defensive TD’s; their offense scored once.
— Neither team scored in the second half.
— Iowa was 0-11 on third down, Wildcats were 2-18 (3-5 on 4th)
— Hawkeyes won five of last six games, after a 3-4 start.
— This game had lowest total of any game in last 25 years, still stayed under.
Alabama 45, Kansas State 20
— Alabama QB Young was 15-21/321 passing, with 5 TD’s.
— Crimson Tide ran 55 plays for 496 yards (9.0 yards/play)
— Alabama won its last four games, scoring 30-34-49-45 points.
— Alabama has 75 players who were 4 or 5-star recruits; K-State has 3.
— Crimson Tide won five of its last seven bowls.
— Xavier 83, UConn 73— Huskies lost their first game this year; they were 4-9 on the foul line, Xavier was 23-28. UConn led by 7, early in second half.
— Arizona 69, Arizona State 60— Arizona was 24-28 on foul line, Sun Devils were 7-10.
Rough day with the referees for the two Hurley brothers.
— Marquette 68, Villanova 66— Villanova was 12-33 on the arc, 12-24 inside arc. Harder to win consistently shooting so many 3’s. Marquette is shooting 60.3% inside the arc (#4).
— New Mexico 76, Wyoming 75— Wyoming led by 11 early on, but Lobos get good road win and improve to 14-0. New Mexico/Purdue are the only two unbeaten teams in the country.
— Watched The Natural on TV the other night; no idea how many times I’ve seen that movie, has to be more than 50-60 times, but until the other night I had no idea that Randy Newman did the music in that movie. You learn something every day.
— 3B Evan Longoria signed a one-year, $4M deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. 37-year old Longoria hasn’t played 100+ games in a season since 2019; he hit .244 with 14 HR’s for the Giants last year.
— Say you owned the Baltimore Ravens; you’re really, really rich, the Ravens are usually a good team, but you have this pivotal decision to make in a couple months.
Lamar Jackson’s contract is up; do you shell out huge money for a QB with a 46-19 career record (1-3 in playoffs)? Jackson missed five games last year, including weeks 15-18; he also missed the last four games this season— he’s missed nine of the Ravens’ last 32 games.
Interesting decision; earlier this season I said I’d pay Jackson the big bucks, but now I’m queasy about that. The best ability is availability, you know what I mean?
— David Blough is starting at QB for Arizona Sunday; he’ll be the 64th different QB to start an NFL game this season, the most of any season since the 1987 strike season.
— Early line on the college football national title game: Georgia (-13.5) vs TCU
Sunday’s 6-pack
NBA’s leading 3-point shooters:
49.3%— Damion Lee, Phx
47.6%— Luke Kennard, LAC
47.1%— Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Den
45.2%— Alec Burks, Det
45.0%— Andrew Wiggins, GS
44.3%— Al Horford, Bos
Quote of the Day
“What this group did tonight was what they’ve done all year. They just played really tough football, hard-nosed football, believed in each other, believed in their teammates, and just found a way to overcome and persevere.”
TCU football coach Sonny Dykes
Sunday’s quiz
Which state is known as the Granite State?
Saturday’s quiz
Dave Wannstedt was coach of the Miami Dolphins, last time they won a playoff game, in 2000.
Friday’s quiz
Dak Prescott played his college football at Mississippi State.
******************************
Sunday’s Den: Happy New Year, everyone……
I’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Hopefully, 2023 will be an excellent year for all of us. Let’s try to be nicer to each other this year. Seriously.
TCU 51, Michigan 45
— TCU led 21-6 at halftime; Michigan scored 39 points in 2nd half, and still lost.
— TCU was 8-16 on third down, Wolverines were 3-13.
— Both teams turned the ball over three times.
— Horned Frogs scored 34+ points in 11 of 14 games this season.
— Michigan lost its last six bowls (they were favored in 4 of the 6)
Georgia 42, Ohio State 41
— Ohio State led 38-24 after the third quarter.
— Dawgs drove 72 yards, scored game-winning TD with 0:54 left.
— Both teams averaged over 10 yards/pass attempt.
— Georgia gained 533 yards, converted only 2-10 on third down.
— Buckeyes were 11-0, then gave up 45-42 points in losing last two games.
— This game ended just after midnight; damn near had a heart attack when some of my neighbors shot off fireworks as midnight struck.
Iowa 21, Kentucky 0
— Iowa scored two defensive TD’s; their offense scored once.
— Neither team scored in the second half.
— Iowa was 0-11 on third down, Wildcats were 2-18 (3-5 on 4th)
— Hawkeyes won five of last six games, after a 3-4 start.
— This game had lowest total of any game in last 25 years, still stayed under.
Alabama 45, Kansas State 20
— Alabama QB Young was 15-21/321 passing, with 5 TD’s.
— Crimson Tide ran 55 plays for 496 yards (9.0 yards/play)
— Alabama won its last four games, scoring 30-34-49-45 points.
— Alabama has 75 players who were 4 or 5-star recruits; K-State has 3.
— Crimson Tide won five of its last seven bowls.
— Xavier 83, UConn 73— Huskies lost their first game this year; they were 4-9 on the foul line, Xavier was 23-28. UConn led by 7, early in second half.
— Arizona 69, Arizona State 60— Arizona was 24-28 on foul line, Sun Devils were 7-10.
Rough day with the referees for the two Hurley brothers.
— Marquette 68, Villanova 66— Villanova was 12-33 on the arc, 12-24 inside arc. Harder to win consistently shooting so many 3’s. Marquette is shooting 60.3% inside the arc (#4).
— New Mexico 76, Wyoming 75— Wyoming led by 11 early on, but Lobos get good road win and improve to 14-0. New Mexico/Purdue are the only two unbeaten teams in the country.
— Watched The Natural on TV the other night; no idea how many times I’ve seen that movie, has to be more than 50-60 times, but until the other night I had no idea that Randy Newman did the music in that movie. You learn something every day.
— 3B Evan Longoria signed a one-year, $4M deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. 37-year old Longoria hasn’t played 100+ games in a season since 2019; he hit .244 with 14 HR’s for the Giants last year.
— Say you owned the Baltimore Ravens; you’re really, really rich, the Ravens are usually a good team, but you have this pivotal decision to make in a couple months.
Lamar Jackson’s contract is up; do you shell out huge money for a QB with a 46-19 career record (1-3 in playoffs)? Jackson missed five games last year, including weeks 15-18; he also missed the last four games this season— he’s missed nine of the Ravens’ last 32 games.
Interesting decision; earlier this season I said I’d pay Jackson the big bucks, but now I’m queasy about that. The best ability is availability, you know what I mean?
— David Blough is starting at QB for Arizona Sunday; he’ll be the 64th different QB to start an NFL game this season, the most of any season since the 1987 strike season.
— Early line on the college football national title game: Georgia (-13.5) vs TCU
