Thursday’s 6-pack
More NFL trends for Week 3:
— Bengals covered eight of last ten as a road underdog.
— Seattle is 8-3-2 ATS in last 13 non-division games.
— New England covered 13 of last 19 games vs AFC East foes.
— Colts covered one of their last six road openers.
— Miami covered twice in last eight games vs NFC teams.
— Atlanta covered three of last 13 non-divisional games.
Tweet of the Day
“I mean, this is something that’s serious. If his spleen bursts, then we have a problem.”
Jets’ coach Adam Gase on Sam Darnold’s mononucleosis
Thursday’s quiz
Where did Dan Marino play his college football?
Wednesday’s quiz
Ben McAdoo was the Giants’ head coach before Pat Shurmur.
Tuesday’s quiz
Jeff Fisher coached the Tennessee Titans in their only Super Bowl appearance.
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Thursday’s List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud……
13) From Liam Stack (this story made me laugh):
A New Zealand man brought an emotional support clown to a meeting where he knew he’d be fired. The clown blew up balloons and folded them into a series of animals throughout the meeting, then mimed crying when the man was handed a pink slip.
Didn’t help; the guy still lost his job.
12) From Russell Baxter: 72 of the 106 Super Bowl teams started that season 2-0; only four of them started 0-2.
11) Atlanta Falcons play their first nine games this year in domes; their first of only three outdoor games is Week 11 (Nov 17) at Carolina.
10) From Ralph Michaels: Since 2016, under is 18-9 in college football games that had a total of 40 or less points.
9) Colts, Eagles and Packers are pretty banged up; they all scrapped their traditional Wednesday practices this week, and had walk-throughs instead.
8) David Fales would appear to be the Jets’ new backup QB; he’s thrown 48 passes in three NFL games, two for Miami in 2017 (with Adam Gase as coach) and one for Chicago in 2016. Fales played college ball at San Jose State.
7) Football stuff:
— Chiefs’ LT Eric Fisher is having core muscle surgery, is out this week.
6) Last time there was a week of NFL games where no team scored 30+ points was Week 9 in 1995, so long ago that the Houston Oilers won a game that week.
5) Pirates’ closer Felipe Vazquez was arrested in Pittsburgh Tuesday on charges of soliciting a child, computer pornography and providing obscene material to minors.
4) Giancarlo Stanton’s over/under home run total for this year was 41.5; wth 11 days left in this season, he has one homer and seven RBI.
3) A’s 1, Royals 0 (11)— Mark Canha got the walk-off hit on Mark Canha T-shirt Day and Chad Pinder made a great catch in left field to save two runs as Oakland won its 92nd game this year.
2) Four teams that got to the Super Bowl after starting season 0-2:
— 1993— Cowboys (won Super Bowl)
— 1996— Patriots (lost)
— 2001— Patriots (won)
— 2007— Giants (won)
1) From Annie Karni of the New York Times:
“Sean Spicer got a minimum of $125,000 to be on Dancing With the Stars, and the pay goes up with every week he stays on.”
We live in a very strange world.
More NFL trends for Week 3:
— Bengals covered eight of last ten as a road underdog.
— Seattle is 8-3-2 ATS in last 13 non-division games.
— New England covered 13 of last 19 games vs AFC East foes.
— Colts covered one of their last six road openers.
— Miami covered twice in last eight games vs NFC teams.
— Atlanta covered three of last 13 non-divisional games.
Tweet of the Day
“I mean, this is something that’s serious. If his spleen bursts, then we have a problem.”
Jets’ coach Adam Gase on Sam Darnold’s mononucleosis
Thursday’s quiz
Where did Dan Marino play his college football?
Wednesday’s quiz
Ben McAdoo was the Giants’ head coach before Pat Shurmur.
Tuesday’s quiz
Jeff Fisher coached the Tennessee Titans in their only Super Bowl appearance.
*************************
Thursday’s List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud……
13) From Liam Stack (this story made me laugh):
A New Zealand man brought an emotional support clown to a meeting where he knew he’d be fired. The clown blew up balloons and folded them into a series of animals throughout the meeting, then mimed crying when the man was handed a pink slip.
Didn’t help; the guy still lost his job.
12) From Russell Baxter: 72 of the 106 Super Bowl teams started that season 2-0; only four of them started 0-2.
11) Atlanta Falcons play their first nine games this year in domes; their first of only three outdoor games is Week 11 (Nov 17) at Carolina.
10) From Ralph Michaels: Since 2016, under is 18-9 in college football games that had a total of 40 or less points.
9) Colts, Eagles and Packers are pretty banged up; they all scrapped their traditional Wednesday practices this week, and had walk-throughs instead.
8) David Fales would appear to be the Jets’ new backup QB; he’s thrown 48 passes in three NFL games, two for Miami in 2017 (with Adam Gase as coach) and one for Chicago in 2016. Fales played college ball at San Jose State.
7) Football stuff:
— Chiefs’ LT Eric Fisher is having core muscle surgery, is out this week.
6) Last time there was a week of NFL games where no team scored 30+ points was Week 9 in 1995, so long ago that the Houston Oilers won a game that week.
5) Pirates’ closer Felipe Vazquez was arrested in Pittsburgh Tuesday on charges of soliciting a child, computer pornography and providing obscene material to minors.
4) Giancarlo Stanton’s over/under home run total for this year was 41.5; wth 11 days left in this season, he has one homer and seven RBI.
3) A’s 1, Royals 0 (11)— Mark Canha got the walk-off hit on Mark Canha T-shirt Day and Chad Pinder made a great catch in left field to save two runs as Oakland won its 92nd game this year.
2) Four teams that got to the Super Bowl after starting season 0-2:
— 1993— Cowboys (won Super Bowl)
— 1996— Patriots (lost)
— 2001— Patriots (won)
— 2007— Giants (won)
1) From Annie Karni of the New York Times:
“Sean Spicer got a minimum of $125,000 to be on Dancing With the Stars, and the pay goes up with every week he stays on.”
We live in a very strange world.
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