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Saturday’s 6-pack:
— 76ers 121, Raptors 111- Sixers had three starters score 30+ points.
— Nuggets 122, Nets 117- Denver was minus-24 when Jokic was on the bench.
— Heat 122, Hawks 113- Tyler Herro was 7-13 on arc, scored 30 points.
— Rockets 122, Dallas 96- Rockets are 14-12, were 59-177 previous three years.
— Kings 120, Suns 105- Sabonis had 28 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists.
— Warriors 129, Wizards 118- Curry was 8-13 on arc, scored 30 points.
Quote of the Day
“It is disappointing to see and hear what (Steelers WR) George Pickens talks about, because culture really is about commitment and sacrifice. You’re not just playing with one another, you’re playing for one another.”
Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher
Saturday’s quiz
Who was the last American player to win MVP in the NBA?
Friday’s quiz
When Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, Clayton Kershaw was the center on that team.
Thursday’s quiz
Joe Theismann is the all-time leader in passing yardage for the Washington Redskins/Commanders, with 25,206 yards. Sonny Jurgensen is next, with 22,585 yards.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday…….
— Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes is a great player; with an 86-24 career record, 11-3 in playoff games, at age 28, he is on track to become one of the NFL’s best-ever quarterbacks.
Flashback six years to the 2017 NFL Draft; Mahomes was the 10th player taken, the second QB drafted that year.
Let’s take a look at the first 10 picks that year:
1) Browns- Myles Garrett, DE
2) Bears- Traded UP (they TRADED UP!!!) to take QB Mitchell Trubisky.
3) 49ers- Solomon Thomas, DE
4) Jaguars- Leonard Fournette, RB
5) Titans- Corey Davis, WR- Acquired this pick in a trade, when Rams traded up the year before to select Jared Goff.
6) Jets- Jamal Adams, S
7) Chargers- Mike Williams, WR
8) Panthers- Christian McCaffrey, RB- why did Carolina trade him????
9) Bengals- John Ross, WR- they made up for this by drafting Joe Burrow
10) Chiefs- Patrick Mahomes, QB
This is why the NFL Draft is so interesting to study; not everyone is going at it.
— Right now, the eight NFL teams leading their division have one thing in common; their starting quarterback has started all 14 games.
— Jets will start QB Trevor Siemian against Washington Sunday; he’ll be the 4th quarterback to start a game for the Jets this season.
Houston Texans will start QB Case Keenum again Sunday, with rookie CJ Stroud still in the concussion protocol.
QB Geno Smith is going to start for the Seahawks against Tennessee.
— Los Angeles Rams scored a TD on their first drive Thursday night; it was the 5th game in a row LA scored on their first drive of a game. For the season, Rams have scored five TD’s, kicked six field goals on their 15 game-opening drives.
— Georgia Tech 30, Central Florida 17
UCF led 14-0 after the first quarter.
UCF’s first two drives: 14 plays, 149 yards, 14 points.
UCF rest of the game: 55 plays, 260 yards, 3 points.
Tech outscored the Knights 13-0 in second half.
— There are 1,825 players in the college football transfer portal; college sports has become a whole different world.
QB Maalik Murphy transferred from Texas to Duke, which had its QB poached by Notre Dame. Murphy was the backup QB at Texas this year.
— Word of the Day: Dox- search for and publish private or identifying information about a particular individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
Never heard of this word until five minutes before I typed this sentence; fans get mad about a loss, and they post stuff about players online. Not cool.
— In the NBA, Detroit Pistons have lost 25 games in a row; they’re 7-18 ATS in those games.
— December 9th, LA Lakers won the first-ever In-Season Tournament; since then, they’ve lost five of six games.
— Milwaukee Bucks are 8-1 this month, but they haven’t played a road game in December; they visit Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon, it’ll be their first road game since an OT loss in Chicago November 30.
— Nevada 88, TCU 75- TCU coach Dixon got two technicals and was tossed in first half of this game; Horned Frogs won by 24 on Thursday, they’re in a holiday tournament in Hawaii, was just weird to see him get so heated so early in a game.
— UAB 79, Drake 78 OT- Good game between solid mid-major programs; we need more games like this in the pre-conference schedule.
— Brown 71, Siena 67- Siena led by 18 early in second half; they’re 2-10, having been ravaged by the transfer portal- their starting guards from last year are now playing at Oklahoma, George Mason.
— Milwaukee 85, Chattanooga 83 OT- Visiting Mocs were 10-13 on foul line; Milwaukee was 26-37. Both teams took 30+ 3-pointers. Playing on the road can be difficult.
— Maryland 69, UCLA 60— Bruins shot 1-14 on arc, were down 15 at the half- they’ve lost four in row, six of last seven D-I games.
— Miami OH 70, Vermont 69- Kid on Miami banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win a game they trailed 63-54 with 3:31 left to play.
— Illinois 97, Missouri 73- Third straight loss for Mizzou, which gave up 87.7 points/game in the three losses.
— Colorado State 76, LMU 67- Rams are 11-1, they start four seniors, are shooting 61.6% inside the arc (#5). Colorado State already has five top 100 wins.
Saturday’s 6-pack:
— 76ers 121, Raptors 111- Sixers had three starters score 30+ points.
— Nuggets 122, Nets 117- Denver was minus-24 when Jokic was on the bench.
— Heat 122, Hawks 113- Tyler Herro was 7-13 on arc, scored 30 points.
— Rockets 122, Dallas 96- Rockets are 14-12, were 59-177 previous three years.
— Kings 120, Suns 105- Sabonis had 28 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists.
— Warriors 129, Wizards 118- Curry was 8-13 on arc, scored 30 points.
Quote of the Day
“It is disappointing to see and hear what (Steelers WR) George Pickens talks about, because culture really is about commitment and sacrifice. You’re not just playing with one another, you’re playing for one another.”
Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher
Saturday’s quiz
Who was the last American player to win MVP in the NBA?
Friday’s quiz
When Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, Clayton Kershaw was the center on that team.
Thursday’s quiz
Joe Theismann is the all-time leader in passing yardage for the Washington Redskins/Commanders, with 25,206 yards. Sonny Jurgensen is next, with 22,585 yards.
************************************
Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday…….
— Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes is a great player; with an 86-24 career record, 11-3 in playoff games, at age 28, he is on track to become one of the NFL’s best-ever quarterbacks.
Flashback six years to the 2017 NFL Draft; Mahomes was the 10th player taken, the second QB drafted that year.
Let’s take a look at the first 10 picks that year:
1) Browns- Myles Garrett, DE
2) Bears- Traded UP (they TRADED UP!!!) to take QB Mitchell Trubisky.
3) 49ers- Solomon Thomas, DE
4) Jaguars- Leonard Fournette, RB
5) Titans- Corey Davis, WR- Acquired this pick in a trade, when Rams traded up the year before to select Jared Goff.
6) Jets- Jamal Adams, S
7) Chargers- Mike Williams, WR
8) Panthers- Christian McCaffrey, RB- why did Carolina trade him????
9) Bengals- John Ross, WR- they made up for this by drafting Joe Burrow
10) Chiefs- Patrick Mahomes, QB
This is why the NFL Draft is so interesting to study; not everyone is going at it.
— Right now, the eight NFL teams leading their division have one thing in common; their starting quarterback has started all 14 games.
— Jets will start QB Trevor Siemian against Washington Sunday; he’ll be the 4th quarterback to start a game for the Jets this season.
Houston Texans will start QB Case Keenum again Sunday, with rookie CJ Stroud still in the concussion protocol.
QB Geno Smith is going to start for the Seahawks against Tennessee.
— Los Angeles Rams scored a TD on their first drive Thursday night; it was the 5th game in a row LA scored on their first drive of a game. For the season, Rams have scored five TD’s, kicked six field goals on their 15 game-opening drives.
— Georgia Tech 30, Central Florida 17
UCF led 14-0 after the first quarter.
UCF’s first two drives: 14 plays, 149 yards, 14 points.
UCF rest of the game: 55 plays, 260 yards, 3 points.
Tech outscored the Knights 13-0 in second half.
— There are 1,825 players in the college football transfer portal; college sports has become a whole different world.
QB Maalik Murphy transferred from Texas to Duke, which had its QB poached by Notre Dame. Murphy was the backup QB at Texas this year.
— Word of the Day: Dox- search for and publish private or identifying information about a particular individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
Never heard of this word until five minutes before I typed this sentence; fans get mad about a loss, and they post stuff about players online. Not cool.
— In the NBA, Detroit Pistons have lost 25 games in a row; they’re 7-18 ATS in those games.
— December 9th, LA Lakers won the first-ever In-Season Tournament; since then, they’ve lost five of six games.
— Milwaukee Bucks are 8-1 this month, but they haven’t played a road game in December; they visit Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon, it’ll be their first road game since an OT loss in Chicago November 30.
— Nevada 88, TCU 75- TCU coach Dixon got two technicals and was tossed in first half of this game; Horned Frogs won by 24 on Thursday, they’re in a holiday tournament in Hawaii, was just weird to see him get so heated so early in a game.
— UAB 79, Drake 78 OT- Good game between solid mid-major programs; we need more games like this in the pre-conference schedule.
— Brown 71, Siena 67- Siena led by 18 early in second half; they’re 2-10, having been ravaged by the transfer portal- their starting guards from last year are now playing at Oklahoma, George Mason.
— Milwaukee 85, Chattanooga 83 OT- Visiting Mocs were 10-13 on foul line; Milwaukee was 26-37. Both teams took 30+ 3-pointers. Playing on the road can be difficult.
— Maryland 69, UCLA 60— Bruins shot 1-14 on arc, were down 15 at the half- they’ve lost four in row, six of last seven D-I games.
— Miami OH 70, Vermont 69- Kid on Miami banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win a game they trailed 63-54 with 3:31 left to play.
— Illinois 97, Missouri 73- Third straight loss for Mizzou, which gave up 87.7 points/game in the three losses.
— Colorado State 76, LMU 67- Rams are 11-1, they start four seniors, are shooting 61.6% inside the arc (#5). Colorado State already has five top 100 wins.
