Cnotes 2020-2021 wnba trends, news, best bets and opinions thru the playoffs !

[Udog]

Sunday’s 6-pack
— Dolphins put QB Tua Tagovailoa (ribs) on IR.
— Phillies 3, Pirates 0— 98-pitch CG for Ranger Suarez.
— New York 5, Boston 3— Stanton hit grand slam in 8th inning.
— A’s 2, Astros 1— Starling Marte with a walk-off RBI double
— Reds 7, Nationals 6— Nick Castellanos hit a walk-off homer.
— Braves 10, Padres 8 (10)— Jorge Soler had three hits, four RBI.

Quote of the Day
“You should never assume; when you assume, you make an ass of u and me.”
Felix Unger, The Odd Couple

Sunday’s quiz
Who was the Patriots’ starting QB before Tom Brady?

Saturday’s quiz
Of the 32 head coaches in the NFL, six also played in the NFL.

Friday’s quiz
The Liberty Bowl football game is played in Memphis.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….

13) NC State 27, Clemson 21 OT:
— State was 11-21 on 3rd down, Clemson 2-10.
— Tigers were only 12-24 for 111 yards passing.
— Wolfpack missed a 37-yard FG on last play of regulation.
— State outgained Clemson, 386-214

12) Oregon State 45, USC 27:
— Beavers win in LA Coliseum for first time since 1960.
— They had lost 24 straight games at USC.
— Oregon State ran ball for 322 yards, outgain USC 535-431.
— They can’t blame this one on Clay Helton.

11) Louisville 31, Florida State 23:
— Seminoles are 0-4, with a loss to a I-AA team.
— Florida State has allowed 35.7 ppg vs I-A teams.
— Louisville was 10-20 on 3rd down, FSU 5-16.

10) Boston College 41, Missouri 34, OT
— Eagles scored TD with 0:25 left to take 34-31 lead.
— Mizzou kicked a 56-yard FG at gun to force OT.
— BC ran ball 49 times for 275 yards.

9) LSU 28, Mississippi State 25:
— LSU had TD passes of 64-58-41 yards.
— Miss State outgained Tigers 486-343, but they were terrible in red zone.
— Last year, Bulldogs threw for 623 yards, beat LSU 44-34.
— LSU QB Johnson is son of former NFL QB Brad Johnson.

8) SMU 42, TCU 34:
— Mustangs won last two weeks, despite allowing 71 points.
— Total yardage: SMU 595, TCU 446- SMU ran for 350 yards.
— SMU QB Mordecai was a backup at Oklahoma.

7) Upsets of the Day:
— Bowling Green (+30.5) 14, Minnesota 10
— UL-Monroe (+23) 29, Troy 16
— Georgia Tech (+14.5) 45, North Carolina 22
— NC State (+10.5) 27, Clemson 21 OT
— SMU (+9.5) 42, TCU 34
— Baylor (+7) 31, Iowa State 29
— Notre Dame (+6) 41, Wisconsin 13

Close calls:
— Oklahoma (-17.5) 16, West Virginia 13— Sooners kicked FG at the gun.
— Wyoming (-31.5) 24, UConn 22— Huskies missed 2-point play with 0:04 left.
— Auburn (-27) 34, Georgia State 24— Score is deceiving; Auburn converted a 4th-and-9 for go-ahead TD with 0:45 left, then scored on a pick-6 with 0:31 left.
— Purdue (-10.5) 13, Illinois 9
— Buffalo (-13) 35, Old Dominion 34
— Central Michigan (-12) 31, FIU 27— Chippewas trailed 27-10 in 4th quarter.

6) Arkansas 20, Texas A&M 10:
— Razorbacks are 4-0, with decisive wins over Aggies, Texas.
— Arkansas outgained A&M. 443-272.
— Aggies have QB issues; they were 4-14 on 3rd down, threw for only 151 yards.

5) Baylor 31, Iowa State 29:
— Cyclones scored with 0:24 left, but 2-point play failed.
— Iowa State outgained Baylor, 469-282; turnovers were even.

4) Tex-San Antonio 31, Memphis 28:
— Roadrunners outscored Memphis 17-0 in 4th quarter.
— UTSA kicked 42-yard FG at the gun, for the win.
— Memphis led 21-0 after the first quarter, 21-7 at halftime.

3) Boise State 27, Utah State 3:
— This game started at noon ET, 10am in Utah.
— Teams are that desperate for TV exposure that they’ll play at 10am?
— Pregame meals had to be at 6am; can’t be fun for players.

2) Bowling Green (+30.5) 14, Minnesota 10:
— Biggest upset by I-A team since 2012 (Texas St +35 over Houston)
— Minnesota had won 21 consecutive non-league games.
— Gophers completed only 5-13 passes for 59 yards; no bueno.
— Total yardage 241-192, Minnesota.

1) Cardinals 8, Cubs 5:
— St Louis has won 15 games in a row.
— Longest win streak in majors since Indians won 22 in row in 2017.

[StarDust Bum]

WNBA PLAYOFF OPINIONS AND BEST BETS:

Date w-l-t % units record

09/23/2021 0-4-0 0.00% -22.00


BEST BETS:

09/23/2021 0-4-0 0.00% -22.00

[StarDust Bum]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

DAL at CHI 08:00 PM
DAL +5.0
O 167.5
+500 +500

NY at PHO 10:00 PM
PHO -9.5
O 165.5
+500 +500

[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, September 21






WNBA

Thursday, September 21

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Trend Report
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Dallas @ Chicago
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Chicago's last 12 games at home

New York @ Phoenix
New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 7 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing New York
Phoenix is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing New York


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[Udog]

Thursday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in passing yardage:
817— Derek Carr, LV
689— Kyler Murray, Ariz
680— Patrick Mahomes, KC
675— Justin Herbert, LAC
655— Tom Brady, TB
640— Dak Prescott, Dal

Quote of the Day
“Belichick wanted him out the door, and last year he threw 56 touchdowns. I think that’s a pretty good year.”
Tom Brady Sr, talking about his son’s leaving New England

Thursday’s quiz
Who played QB for the Carolina Panthers in their two Super Bowls?

Wednesday’s quiz
Terry Francona managed the Red Sox when they won the World Series in 2004 and 2007.

Tuesday’s quiz
When baseball split into divisions in 1969, Atlanta Braves won the National League West that year; they lost to the Mets in the NLCS.


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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

13) Tampa Bay Rays clinched their third straight playoff spot Wednesday; they’re 94-59 this year, are jogging to the AL East title. Kevin Cash has done a hell of a job managing them; too bad they don’t draw very well. Have a feeling that when baseball expands in a couple years, the Rays could wind up north of the border, in Montreal maybe?

12) Since 1990, NFL teams that started a season 0-2 made the playoffs only 11.6% of the time; those odds will go up, since the season is now 17 games instead of 16, but still, 0-2 ain’t good.

11) Since 2000, these NFL teams have started the most different QB’s:
29— Cleveland
26— Chicago (Justin Fields will be #26 this week)
24— Washington
23— Miami

10) Jeff Driskel is the backup QB for Houston tonight; technically he is their #4 QB, but Tyros Taylor is hurt and Deshaun Watson has other issues, so rookie Davis Mills and Driskel are it for the Texans this week.

Hopefully Driskel writes a book someday; he played four years for the Florida Gators, then played his last year of college at Louisiana Tech. 49ers drafted him in the 6th round of the 2016 draft, but he never played for them. Here is Driskel’s resume:

2018: Bengals 1-4 as starter, 1,003 PY, 6 TD’s, 2 INT
2019: Lions 0-3 as starter, 685 PY, 4 TD’s, 4 INT
2020: Broncos 0-1 as starter, 432 PY, 3 TD’s, 2 INT

Four years, four teams. Quite an experience.

9) Kyle Schwarber has nine home runs in 10 games against the Mets this year.

8) Speaking of the Mets, Taijuan Walker gave up six runs in 2+ IP in Boston Wednesday; Walker was 7-3, 2.06 at the All-Star break this year, made the All-Star team, but in 13 starts since then, Walker is 0-8, 8.03 in 13 starts. A disturbing reversal of fortune.

7) Cardinals 10, Brewers 2— St Louis won its 11th straight game, have a 4.5 game lead over the Reds/Phillies for the second Wild Card spot.

6) Giants 8, Padres 6— Buster Posey had four hits, scored three runs; Giants have a 2-game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West.

5) NFL QB changes:
— Davis Mills gets his first NFL start for Houston tonight.
— Jacoby Brissett starts for Miami this week when they visit Las Vegas.
— Justin Fields gets his first NFL when the Bears visit Cleveland.

4) Minnesota Timberwolves fired President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas; weird time to do it, so close to the start of training camp.

Timberwolves will switch ownership to Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore in 2023; you wonder if they wanted Rosas out, and let current owner Glen Taylor do the dirty work for them.

3) Braves’ OF Eddie Rosario hit for the cycle the other night; in the four at-bats where he got his hits, he saw a total of five pitches, which has to be some kind of a record.

2) Raiders’ kicker Daniel Carlson admitted his 14-point performance in Pittsburgh LW led to his losing a fantasy football game where he was playing against himself.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: St Louis @ Los Angeles
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Card: New York @ Boston


 

[StarDust Bum]

SEPTEMBER WNBA Best Bet Record:

Date w-l-t % units record

09/19/2021........7-3-0..........70.00%........+18.50
09/17/2021........5-3-0..........62.50%..........+8.50
09/16/2021........2-0-0.........100.00%........+10.00
09/15/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%..........-0.50
09/14/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%...........-0.50
09/13/2021........0-2-0............0.00% ..........-11.00
09/12/2021........3-3-0...........50.00%...........-1.50
09/11/2021........2-2-0...........50.00%............-1.00
09/10/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/09/2021........0-2-0...........00.00%.........,-11.00
09/08/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%..........+9.50
09/07/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%..........+9.50
09/06/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%...........-0.50
09/05/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/04/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/02/2021........5-3-0...........62.50%.........+ 8.50


Totals:............38-30-0...........55.88%.........+ 24.50


BEST BETS:

09/19/2021........4-3-0...........57.14............+ 3.50
09/17/2021........4-2-0...........66.66%........+ 9.00
09/16/2021........2-0-0.........100.00%........+10.00
09/15/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%..........-0.50
09/14/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%..........-0.50
09/13/2021..........0-2-0............0.00%..........-11.00
09/12/2021........2-3-0...........40.00%...........-6.50
09/11/2021........2-2-0...........50.00%............-1.00
09/10/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%.........-11.50
09/09/2021........0-2-0...........00.00%.........,-11.00
09/08/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%..........+9.50
09/07/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/06/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%...........-0.50
09/05/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/04/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/02/2021........5 - 3 - 0........62.50%........+ 8.50

Totals:............33-29-0...........53.22%........, + 5.50

[StarDust Bum]

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

ATL at CONN 01:00 PM
CONN -13.0
U 148.5
+500 +500

MIN at WAS 03:00 PM
MIN -5.0
U 163.5
+500 +500

LV at PHO 03:00 PM
PHO +4.0
O 168.0
+500 +500

LA at DAL 05:00 PM
LA +3.5
U 147.5
+500 +500

IND at CHI 06:00 PM
CHI -12.5
O 166.0
+500 +500

[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, September 19




 

[Udog]

WNBA

Sunday, September 19

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Trend Report
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Atlanta @ Connecticut
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta's last 10 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Las Vegas @ Phoenix
Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Las Vegas's last 8 games when playing Phoenix
Las Vegas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Phoenix's last 8 games when playing Las Vegas
Phoenix is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games

Minnesota @ Washington
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Minnesota

Los Angeles @ Dallas
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games on the road
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games
Dallas is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Los Angeles

Indiana @ Chicago
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games on the road
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games


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[Udog]

Sunday’s 6-pack
Most games drawing 3+ walks:
160— Barry Bonds
117— Ted Williams
115— Babe Ruth
113— Eddie Yost
95— Rickey Henderson
86— Mickey Mantle

Quote of the Day
“It’s not viewed negatively. We’re a family. We’re not going to discuss the details, but we care. There’s passion. There’s frustration. Those are all emotions that are natural, and those things happen.”
Padres’ manager Jayce Tingler, after tensions bubbled over in San Diego’s dugout Saturday

Sunday’s quiz
In the TV show Magnum PI, where did Thomas Magnum grow up?

Saturday’s quiz
Sun Bowl football game is played in El Paso every December.

Friday’s quiz
Rams have played in four Super Bowls; Kurt Warner started two of them. Vince Ferragamo and Jared Goff started the other two.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a college football Saturday

13) Alabama 31, Florida 29:
— Gators scored with 3:10 left, failed on 2-point conversion to tie game.
— Total yardage: 440-331, Florida- they ran for 245 yards.
— Alabama converted 7-13 third down plays.

12) Penn State 28, Auburn 20:
— Clifford completed 28-32 passes for 280 yards, two TD’s.
— Auburn converted 10-17 third down plays.

11) Western Michigan 44, Pittsburgh 41:
— WMU threw for 357 yards, was +3 in turnovers in their upset win.
— Pitt QB Pickett threw for 382 yards, six TD’s in losing cause.
— MAC teams are 6-12 ATS as road underdogs, but this was a good win for them.

10) Clemson 14, Georgia Tech 8:
— Game had a 1:52 lightning delay, just before halftime.
— Tech had ball inside Clemson 10 twice in last quarter, scored only 3 points.
— Tech outgained Clemson, 309-284.
— Last year, Tigers beat Tech 73-7.

9) Cincinnati 38, Indiana 24:
— Game swung when Indiana’s best defender got tossed for targeting.
— Trailing 21-17 late in 3rd quarter, Cincy ran kick back 99 yards for a TD.
— Indiana outgained Bearcats, 376-328, but turned ball over four times (-2).

8) BYU 27, Arizona State 17:
— ASU outgained Cougars, 426-361, but turned ball over four times (-2).
— BYU led 21-7 at half; Sun Devils cut it to 21-17 after three.
— BYU WR Romney caught six passes for 95 yards and a TD.

7) This week’s upsets:
— Northern Arizona (+26) 21, Arizona 19
— Western Michigan (+14.5) 44, Pitt 41
— Colorado State (+14.5) 22, Toledo 6
— Fresno State (+11) 40, UCLA 37
— Incarnate Word (+11) 42, Texas State 34
— East Carolina (+10) 42, Marshall 38

6) West Virginia 27, Virginia Tech 21:
— Game ended with Hokies on WVU’s 4-yard line.
— Tech had three drives stall inside WVU’s 10-yard line.
— West Virginia led 27-7 with 2:00 left in third quarter.

5) Wake Forest 35, Florida State 14:
— Seminoles are 0-3 for first time since 1976.
— FSU turned ball over six times (-4).
— Wake outgained Seminoles, 484-317.

4) SMU 39, Louisiana Tech 37:
— SMU scored on a 33-yard Hail Mary on last play.
— Mustangs outgained Tech, 578-483.
— Two QB’s combined for 746 passing yards, 9 TD passes.

3) East Carolina 42, Marshall 38:
— Marshall led 38-21 with 8:00 left in game.
— Pirates scored two TD’s in last 2:31 of game.
— Marshall outgained ECU, 647-563.

2) Fresno State 40, UCLA 37:
— 34 points were scored in last 8:10 of this game.
— Fresno scored on 13-yard TD pass with 0:14 left for the win.
— Bulldogs outgained UCLA, 569-395.

1) San Diego State 33, Utah 31 OT
— Utah scored two TD’s in last 4:16 to force OT.
— San Diego State threw ball for only 44 yards the whole game.
— Took three overtimes for Aztecs to come out on top.

[StarDust Bum]

SEPTEMBER WNBA Best Bet Record:

Date w-l-t % units record

09/17/2021........5-3-0..........62.50%..........+8.50
09/16/2021........2-0-0.........100.00%........+10.00
09/15/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%..........-0.50
09/14/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%...........-0.50
09/13/2021........0-2-0............0.00% ..........-11.00
09/12/2021........3-3-0...........50.00%...........-1.50
09/11/2021........2-2-0...........50.00%............-1.00
09/10/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/09/2021........0-2-0...........00.00%.........,-11.00
09/08/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%..........+9.50
09/07/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%..........+9.50
09/06/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%...........-0.50
09/05/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/04/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/02/2021........5-3-0...........62.50%.........+ 8.50


Totals:............31-27-0...........53.44%.........+ 6.00


BEST BETS:

09/17/2021........4-2-0...........66.66%........+ 9.00
09/16/2021........2-0-0.........100.00%........+10.00
09/15/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%..........-0.50
09/14/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%..........-0.50
09/13/2021..........0-2-0............0.00%..........-11.00
09/12/2021........2-3-0...........40.00%...........-6.50
09/11/2021........2-2-0...........50.00%............-1.00
09/10/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%.........-11.50
09/09/2021........0-2-0...........00.00%.........,-11.00
09/08/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%..........+9.50
09/07/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/06/2021........1-1-0...........50.00%...........-0.50
09/05/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/04/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/02/2021........5 - 3 - 0........62.50%........+ 8.50

Totals:............29-26-0...........52.72%........, + 2.00

[StarDust Bum]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

WAS at NY 07:00 PM
WAS -1.5
O 163.5
+500 +500

MIN at IND 07:00 PM
MIN -9.5
U 160.0
+500 +500

LV at CHI 08:00 PM
CHI +4.0
O 169.0
+500 +500

PHO at SEA 10:00 PM
SEA +2.5
O 156.5
+500 +500
 

[Udog]

WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, September 17




 

[Udog]

WNBA

Friday, September 17

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Trend Report
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Minnesota @ Indiana
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Indiana's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games at home

Washington @ New York
Washington
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against New York
Washington is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing New York
New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York's last 5 games

Las Vegas @ Chicago
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Las Vegas's last 21 games when playing Chicago
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chicago's last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games

Phoenix @ Seattle
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games when playing Seattle
Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Phoenix


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[Udog]

Friday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders, runs scored:
116— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
111— Bo Bichette, Tor
108— Freddie Freeman, Atl
105— Jose Altuve Hst/Marcus Semien Tor
100— Mitch Haniger, Sea
98— Juan Soto, Wash

Quote of the Day
“Coach Franklin talked to us yesterday, addressed the topic (of USC). I don’t think that it’s anything that we need to worry about. It’s something that is kind of out of our hands. We’re just gonna focus on Auburn and then go from there. We’re really excited about what we’ve got on table this week, so we’re not gonna let outside sources change our thought process.”
Penn State QB Sean Clifford

Friday’s quiz
Rams have played in four Super Bowls; Kurt Warner started two of them. Who started the other two?

Thursday’s quiz
Chargers have played in one Super Bowl; Stan Humphries was their QB that day.

Wednesday’s quiz
Ken Anderson holds the Cincinnati Bengals’ career record for passing yards.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with weekend here…….

13) I’ve been hoping this would happen; Thursday, NFL Films/HBO announced that Hard Knocks will have a regular season set of shows, centered on the Indianapolis Colts, starting in November. This will be 1,000 times better than the training camp version, providing HBO gets good access behind closed doors. Looking forward to it.

12) Washington 30, Giants 29:
— Hopkins kicked a 43-yard FG at the gun for the win.
— Hopkins missed a 48-yard FG on previous play, but Giants were offsides.
— Heinicke threw for 336 yards in only his second regular season start.
— McLaurin caught 11 passes for 107 yards.

— Giants scored 6 of last 7 times they had ball, but 5 of 6 scores were FG’s.
— Jones threw for 249 yards, ran for 95 more, didn’t turn ball over.
— Giants averaged 5.8 yards/rush; Jones is more of a threat with his feet than his arm.
— Giants are 0-2 for the fifth year in a row.

11) Active major leaguers who’ve played most games without ever playing in playoffs:
— Kyle Seager, Seattle
— Jean Segura, Philly
— JT Realmuto, Philly

10) Phillies 17, Cubs 8:
— Chicago led this game 7-0 in 4th inning.
— Phillies went 10-22 with runner in scoring position.

9) Whoever finishes second in NL West will be in the one-game Wild Card thing, even though that team will finish miles ahead of their Wild Card opponent. Right now, the Dodgers are 17 games ahead of St Louis; that would be the Wild Card matchup, if it happened today.

8) In 21 of the Seattle Mariners’ last 37 games, the winning run scored in the last three innings; they’ve played a ton of close games this season.

7) Louisiana 49, Ohio U 14:
— Game was only 28-14 after third quarter.
— Total yardage; Louisiana won, 562-250
— Montrell Johnson ran for 84 yards and four TD’s.

6) Kris Bryant plays all three OF positions, he plays 3B, he’s even played some first base, but I’m wondering if he would hit better if he just played one position. His versatility will get him a huge contract this winter, but not sure it helps him be his most productive self.

5) Pittsburgh Pirates have a bad record, but they’ve been spunky of late; Pirates are 4-0-1 in their last five home series.

4) Las Vegas Raiders’ backup QB Marcus Mariota got hurt running the ball Monday night, is out for a few weeks. Nathan Peterman steps in to back up Derek Carr.

3) Buffalo Sabres/Toronto Maple Leafs are going to play an outdoor hockey game in Hamilton, Ontario this winter; the outdoor games have proven to be very popular.

2) Former Steelers’ QB Devlin Hodges was in Rams’ training camp this summer; this week he signed a 3-year deal with Ottawa in the CFL.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: St Louis @ Los Angeles
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Card: Boston @ Toronto