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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
NFL coaching changes so far this winter:
— Chicago- Ben Johnson
— Dallas- Brian Schottenheimer
— Jacksonville- Liam Coen
— Las Vegas- Pete Carroll
— New England- Mike Vrabel
— New Jersey Jets- Aaron Glenn
New Orleans’ Saints job is still open.
Quote of the Day
“…..I want them playing on the edge. It’s a violent game. They have to be that way. I want them to play that way. So that’s where it starts. If we can get that out of these guys, I think we’ll be moving in the right direction.”
Jaguars coach Liam Coen
Tuesday’s quiz
When was the last time an SEC team won the college basketball national title?
Monday’s quiz
Andy Reid’s first year as an NFL coach was 1999 with the Eagles; former Eagles/Jaguars coach Doug Pederson started the most games at QB for Philadelphia that year.
Sunday’s quiz
The last time the Chiefs didn’t play in the AFC Championship game, the two QB’s were Tom Brady and Blake Bortles (Jaguars)
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— Arizona 86, Iowa State 75 OT
Arizona’s Caleb Love hit a half-court shot at buzzer to force OT
Arizona’s bench outscored Iowa State’s subs, 31-7.
Wildcats take over 2nd place in Big X, a game behind Houston.
— Do ballplayers tell their agents what they want, or do they just let the agent do their thing, figuring the agent will get them the most $$$?
I’m thinking of Alex Bregman/Pete Alonso, who are both represented by Scott Boras; if Bregman told Boras he’ll take the six-year, $156M offer from the Astros, would Boras try to talk him out of it?
These negotiations would be great reality TV; baseball needs a Hard Knocks-type program.
— Jimmy Butler is getting paid $48,798,677 to play basketball this year, which amounts to $595,105.81 per game- he’s already been suspended for nine games, so he has already lost $5,355,952.35 in fines this season.
Butler went to the Heat’s shoot-around Monday, was told that he won’t be starting anymore; he walked out, and was suspended indefinitely by the team. Not good.
Miami has five games before next week’s trade deadline; if he doesn’t get traded until the last minute, he gets fined another $2,975,529, bringing the total to $8,331,481.40.
Just show up, do what they want you to do and you pocket an extra $8 MILLION!!!! What is difficult about this?
My next/last question is this: are the Heat so spiteful that they wouldn’t trade the 35-year old Butler, suspend him for the rest of the year, which would force him to turn down his player option for next year, which is over $50M???? Stay tuned.
— Championship Week figures to be very busy this year, but in the ACC and Big 18, only 15 of their 18 teams will be playing in their conference tournaments.
I’m guessing the six head coaches who miss the conference tournaments are on the hot seat, as far as their future employment is concerned.
— There were 14 overtime games in college basketball Saturday, the most in any day since 2020.
— Michigan 76, Penn State 72
Wolverines outscored Penn State 9-0 over the final 2:07.
Nittany Lions lost six of their last seven games.
Michigan is 7-2 in the Big 18; they were 3-15 last year.
— UCLA 82, USC 76
Bruins win their fourth straight game.
UCLA scored 1.26 points/possession.
USC was 11-31 on the arc, 16-24 inside arc.
— Eastern Illinois 56, Little Rock 54
EIU outscored Little Rock 10-1 over the final 1:56.
Tony Romo’s alma mater snaps a 7-game losing skid.
Loss snaps the Trojans’ 5-game winning streak.
Eastern Illinois was a 10.5-point underdog.
— UL-Monroe 77, South Alabama 66
Warhawks snap a 10-game losing skid; they were a 12-point home dog.
ULM was 24-26 on foul line, Jaguars were 8-13.
South Alabama shot 34.3% from the floor.
— Famous birthdays, January 28th:
Alan Alda, 89
Harley Jane Kozak, 68
Michael Cage, 63
Tom Hodson, 58
Jermaine Dye,, 51
Magglio Ordóñez, 51
Mark Madsen, 49
Daunte Culpepper, 48
Andre Iguodala, 41
Hunter Renfroe, 33
Ke’Bryan Hayes, 28
Payton Pritchard, 27
— Eagles 55, Commanders 23
Philly scored a TD on four of five first half drives.
Eagles ran ball 36 times for 229 yards (6.4 yards/carry)
Washington turned ball over four times (minus-4)
Eagles outgained the Commanders, 459-350
— Chiefs 32, Bills 29
Chiefs kicked 35-yard FG with 3:37 left for the win.
Kansas City led 21-16 at halftime.
Buffalo converted 4-6 fourth down plays.
Bills failed on a pair of 2-point conversions.
— Since 2020, Bills-Chiefs have met four times in the playoffs:
2020: Chiefs 38-24 (-3.5)
2021: Chiefs 42-36 (-2.5)
2023: Chiefs 27-24 (+2.5)
2024: Chiefs 32-29 (-2.5)
During that same time (2020-24), Buffalo went 4-1 against the Chiefs in regular season games, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
— Baseball writer Melissa Lockard was on TV Monday; she thinks there is a less than a 50% chance that the A’s wind up in Las Vegas, which is disappointing to me. We’ll see how all this plays out, but leaving Oakland for Sacramento doesn’t seem ideal.
— Favorites went 9-2 ATS in the college football playoffs this season.
If you care about such things, Ohio State is favored by 9.5 points over Michigan in their football matchup next November.
— An 11-year old kid from Los Angeles found the one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring Pirates’ P Paul Skenes that was in some cards he bought; the card has Skenes’ autograph and a patch from a game-worn jersey with it. Apparently it is worth a lot of $$$.
Not sure why, but the Pirates tried to buy the card back from the kid, putting together a package that included 30 years’ worth of season tickets behind home plate at PNC Park and the chance to play a softball game on the field in exchange for the card.
Why would an 11-year old from Los Angeles want tickets for ballgames in Pittsburgh?
The kid’s family decided to put the card up for auction on Fanatics Collect in March; the curious side of me wants to know more about the kid’s family.
Tuesday’s 6-pack:
NFL coaching changes so far this winter:
— Chicago- Ben Johnson
— Dallas- Brian Schottenheimer
— Jacksonville- Liam Coen
— Las Vegas- Pete Carroll
— New England- Mike Vrabel
— New Jersey Jets- Aaron Glenn
New Orleans’ Saints job is still open.
Quote of the Day
“…..I want them playing on the edge. It’s a violent game. They have to be that way. I want them to play that way. So that’s where it starts. If we can get that out of these guys, I think we’ll be moving in the right direction.”
Jaguars coach Liam Coen
Tuesday’s quiz
When was the last time an SEC team won the college basketball national title?
Monday’s quiz
Andy Reid’s first year as an NFL coach was 1999 with the Eagles; former Eagles/Jaguars coach Doug Pederson started the most games at QB for Philadelphia that year.
Sunday’s quiz
The last time the Chiefs didn’t play in the AFC Championship game, the two QB’s were Tom Brady and Blake Bortles (Jaguars)
*******************************************************************
Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— Arizona 86, Iowa State 75 OT
Arizona’s Caleb Love hit a half-court shot at buzzer to force OT
Arizona’s bench outscored Iowa State’s subs, 31-7.
Wildcats take over 2nd place in Big X, a game behind Houston.
— Do ballplayers tell their agents what they want, or do they just let the agent do their thing, figuring the agent will get them the most $$$?
I’m thinking of Alex Bregman/Pete Alonso, who are both represented by Scott Boras; if Bregman told Boras he’ll take the six-year, $156M offer from the Astros, would Boras try to talk him out of it?
These negotiations would be great reality TV; baseball needs a Hard Knocks-type program.
— Jimmy Butler is getting paid $48,798,677 to play basketball this year, which amounts to $595,105.81 per game- he’s already been suspended for nine games, so he has already lost $5,355,952.35 in fines this season.
Butler went to the Heat’s shoot-around Monday, was told that he won’t be starting anymore; he walked out, and was suspended indefinitely by the team. Not good.
Miami has five games before next week’s trade deadline; if he doesn’t get traded until the last minute, he gets fined another $2,975,529, bringing the total to $8,331,481.40.
Just show up, do what they want you to do and you pocket an extra $8 MILLION!!!! What is difficult about this?
My next/last question is this: are the Heat so spiteful that they wouldn’t trade the 35-year old Butler, suspend him for the rest of the year, which would force him to turn down his player option for next year, which is over $50M???? Stay tuned.
— Championship Week figures to be very busy this year, but in the ACC and Big 18, only 15 of their 18 teams will be playing in their conference tournaments.
I’m guessing the six head coaches who miss the conference tournaments are on the hot seat, as far as their future employment is concerned.
— There were 14 overtime games in college basketball Saturday, the most in any day since 2020.
— Michigan 76, Penn State 72
Wolverines outscored Penn State 9-0 over the final 2:07.
Nittany Lions lost six of their last seven games.
Michigan is 7-2 in the Big 18; they were 3-15 last year.
— UCLA 82, USC 76
Bruins win their fourth straight game.
UCLA scored 1.26 points/possession.
USC was 11-31 on the arc, 16-24 inside arc.
— Eastern Illinois 56, Little Rock 54
EIU outscored Little Rock 10-1 over the final 1:56.
Tony Romo’s alma mater snaps a 7-game losing skid.
Loss snaps the Trojans’ 5-game winning streak.
Eastern Illinois was a 10.5-point underdog.
— UL-Monroe 77, South Alabama 66
Warhawks snap a 10-game losing skid; they were a 12-point home dog.
ULM was 24-26 on foul line, Jaguars were 8-13.
South Alabama shot 34.3% from the floor.
— Famous birthdays, January 28th:
Alan Alda, 89
Harley Jane Kozak, 68
Michael Cage, 63
Tom Hodson, 58
Jermaine Dye,, 51
Magglio Ordóñez, 51
Mark Madsen, 49
Daunte Culpepper, 48
Andre Iguodala, 41
Hunter Renfroe, 33
Ke’Bryan Hayes, 28
Payton Pritchard, 27
— Eagles 55, Commanders 23
Philly scored a TD on four of five first half drives.
Eagles ran ball 36 times for 229 yards (6.4 yards/carry)
Washington turned ball over four times (minus-4)
Eagles outgained the Commanders, 459-350
— Chiefs 32, Bills 29
Chiefs kicked 35-yard FG with 3:37 left for the win.
Kansas City led 21-16 at halftime.
Buffalo converted 4-6 fourth down plays.
Bills failed on a pair of 2-point conversions.
— Since 2020, Bills-Chiefs have met four times in the playoffs:
2020: Chiefs 38-24 (-3.5)
2021: Chiefs 42-36 (-2.5)
2023: Chiefs 27-24 (+2.5)
2024: Chiefs 32-29 (-2.5)
During that same time (2020-24), Buffalo went 4-1 against the Chiefs in regular season games, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
— Baseball writer Melissa Lockard was on TV Monday; she thinks there is a less than a 50% chance that the A’s wind up in Las Vegas, which is disappointing to me. We’ll see how all this plays out, but leaving Oakland for Sacramento doesn’t seem ideal.
— Favorites went 9-2 ATS in the college football playoffs this season.
If you care about such things, Ohio State is favored by 9.5 points over Michigan in their football matchup next November.
— An 11-year old kid from Los Angeles found the one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring Pirates’ P Paul Skenes that was in some cards he bought; the card has Skenes’ autograph and a patch from a game-worn jersey with it. Apparently it is worth a lot of $$$.
Not sure why, but the Pirates tried to buy the card back from the kid, putting together a package that included 30 years’ worth of season tickets behind home plate at PNC Park and the chance to play a softball game on the field in exchange for the card.
Why would an 11-year old from Los Angeles want tickets for ballgames in Pittsburgh?
The kid’s family decided to put the card up for auction on Fanatics Collect in March; the curious side of me wants to know more about the kid’s family.
