Saturday’s 6-pack:
players with most swings/misses last year:
462- Cal Raleigh
456- Rafael Devers
440- Riley Greene
438- Eugenio Suarez
431- Shohei Ohtani
423- Kyle Schwarber
Quote of the Day
“If you can, do a ‘need to do’ thing first thing in the morning, without distraction from phone or internet. It will set you up well for the rest of your day.”
Andrew Brandt
Saturday’s quiz
Who was quarterback for the Chicago Bears, last time they played in a Super Bowl?
Friday’s quiz
Bob Eubanks was the host of the excellent game show, The Newlywed Game.
Thursday’s quiz
Of the 14 teams in the NFL playoffs, 12 of their starting QBs were first round draft picks; Jalen Hurts was a 2nd round pick, Brock Purdy was a 7th round pick.
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Indiana scored on a pick-6 on the first play of the game.
Hoosiers were +3 in turnovers, ran ball 40 times for 185 yards.
Indiana’s first six TD’s were scored by six different players.
Hoosiers move on to play Miami, in Miami for the national title.
— Concession prices for this game in Atlanta were pretty good:
$5 beer
$5 cheeseburger
$3 slice of pizza
$2 hot dog
$2 popcorn
— Last time there was a bowl game with a pick-6 on the very first play was the 2013 Sugar Bowl, when Louisville scored against Florida, and went on to win, 33-23.
— Miami has banked $20M from its run to the national title game; they don’t have to split it with their ACC rivals. Miami also collects $3 in travel expenses for the title game, even though the game is on their home field. Go figure
— Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss applied for a 6th year of eligibility from the NCAA, but that application was denied, which will make some NFL team very happy in April.
— SEC teams went 4-10 in bowl games this year, but two of those games were SEC vs SEC, so SEC teams were 2-8 in bowls, against non-SEC teams. This was third year in a row the national title game didn’t have an SEC team playing in it.
— March 21, 2022, this trade was made:
Cleveland Browns got:
QB Deshaun Watson
5th round draft pick
Houston Texans got:
three 1st round picks
3rd round draft pick
5th round pick
Since then…….
Cleveland is 26-42, 0-1 in playoffs
Houston is 35-32-1, 2-2 in playoffs
— Famous birthdays, January 10th
Richard Dotson, 67
Janet Jones, 65
Glenn Robinson, 53
Jake Delhomme, 51
Deshaun Foster, 46
Ryon Healy, 34
— Last year, Eagles’ RB Saquon Barkley had 1,763 rushing yards, just in the SECOND HALF of games. This year, Barkley has only has 508 rushing yards in second half of games.
— Miami Dolphins hired Jon-Eric Sullivan as their new general manager; he had been working for Green Bay, as VP of Player Personnel.
— Las Vegas Raiders are now paying five guys who used to coach for them, a total of $50M:
$16M- Pete Carroll
$10M- Jon Gruden
$10M- Josh McDaniels
$8M- Antonio Pierce
$6M- Chip Kelly
— Oklahoma Sooners hired former Cowboys’ star Jason Witten as their tight ends coach; since 2021, he has been the head coach at Dallas’ Liberty Christian School, where his son plays.
— Fairfield 68, Rider 62
Stags led 34-22 at halftime.
Brickfest: teams combined to shoot 12-42 on the arc.
Rider is 1-13, 0-5 in MAAC games.
— Miami OH 87, Toledo 73
Redhawks shot 12-31, improved to 17-0 this season (vs schedule #349)
Miami led 56-36 at halftime.
First loss for Toledo in four MAC games.
— Playoff teams’ records against playoff teams this year:
6-2- Seattle
5-3- Jacksonville
4-2- Denver
4-4- Rams, Houston, San Francisco
3-3- Buffalo, Philadelphia, LA Chargers
2-2- New England
2-4- Green Bay
2-5- Carolina
1-5- Pittsburgh
players with most swings/misses last year:
462- Cal Raleigh
456- Rafael Devers
440- Riley Greene
438- Eugenio Suarez
431- Shohei Ohtani
423- Kyle Schwarber
Quote of the Day
“If you can, do a ‘need to do’ thing first thing in the morning, without distraction from phone or internet. It will set you up well for the rest of your day.”
Andrew Brandt
Saturday’s quiz
Who was quarterback for the Chicago Bears, last time they played in a Super Bowl?
Friday’s quiz
Bob Eubanks was the host of the excellent game show, The Newlywed Game.
Thursday’s quiz
Of the 14 teams in the NFL playoffs, 12 of their starting QBs were first round draft picks; Jalen Hurts was a 2nd round pick, Brock Purdy was a 7th round pick.
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Saturday’s Den: Random thoughts on a winter night…….
— Indiana 56, Oregon 22Indiana scored on a pick-6 on the first play of the game.
Hoosiers were +3 in turnovers, ran ball 40 times for 185 yards.
Indiana’s first six TD’s were scored by six different players.
Hoosiers move on to play Miami, in Miami for the national title.
— Concession prices for this game in Atlanta were pretty good:
$5 beer
$5 cheeseburger
$3 slice of pizza
$2 hot dog
$2 popcorn
— Last time there was a bowl game with a pick-6 on the very first play was the 2013 Sugar Bowl, when Louisville scored against Florida, and went on to win, 33-23.
— Miami has banked $20M from its run to the national title game; they don’t have to split it with their ACC rivals. Miami also collects $3 in travel expenses for the title game, even though the game is on their home field. Go figure
— Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss applied for a 6th year of eligibility from the NCAA, but that application was denied, which will make some NFL team very happy in April.
— SEC teams went 4-10 in bowl games this year, but two of those games were SEC vs SEC, so SEC teams were 2-8 in bowls, against non-SEC teams. This was third year in a row the national title game didn’t have an SEC team playing in it.
— March 21, 2022, this trade was made:
Cleveland Browns got:
QB Deshaun Watson
5th round draft pick
Houston Texans got:
three 1st round picks
3rd round draft pick
5th round pick
Since then…….
Cleveland is 26-42, 0-1 in playoffs
Houston is 35-32-1, 2-2 in playoffs
— Famous birthdays, January 10th
Richard Dotson, 67
Janet Jones, 65
Glenn Robinson, 53
Jake Delhomme, 51
Deshaun Foster, 46
Ryon Healy, 34
— Last year, Eagles’ RB Saquon Barkley had 1,763 rushing yards, just in the SECOND HALF of games. This year, Barkley has only has 508 rushing yards in second half of games.
— Miami Dolphins hired Jon-Eric Sullivan as their new general manager; he had been working for Green Bay, as VP of Player Personnel.
— Las Vegas Raiders are now paying five guys who used to coach for them, a total of $50M:
$16M- Pete Carroll
$10M- Jon Gruden
$10M- Josh McDaniels
$8M- Antonio Pierce
$6M- Chip Kelly
— Oklahoma Sooners hired former Cowboys’ star Jason Witten as their tight ends coach; since 2021, he has been the head coach at Dallas’ Liberty Christian School, where his son plays.
— Fairfield 68, Rider 62
Stags led 34-22 at halftime.
Brickfest: teams combined to shoot 12-42 on the arc.
Rider is 1-13, 0-5 in MAAC games.
— Miami OH 87, Toledo 73
Redhawks shot 12-31, improved to 17-0 this season (vs schedule #349)
Miami led 56-36 at halftime.
First loss for Toledo in four MAC games.
— Playoff teams’ records against playoff teams this year:
6-2- Seattle
5-3- Jacksonville
4-2- Denver
4-4- Rams, Houston, San Francisco
3-3- Buffalo, Philadelphia, LA Chargers
2-2- New England
2-4- Green Bay
2-5- Carolina
1-5- Pittsburgh
