Friday’s 6-pack:
NBA leaders in minutes per game:
40.3— VJ Edgecombe, Phil
38.8— Kelly Oubre, Phil
38.3— Lauri Markkanen, Utah
38.0— Alperen Sengun, Hst
36.5— Mikal Bridges, NY
36.3— Kevin Durant, Hst
Quote of the Day
“I looked at everything, as far as that. I’m going to do a better job with that. But there has been opportunities where it just didn’t happen. So I looked at everything, and I failed him. That’s what I told him. I have to do a better job with that. But it’s a two-way street. We definitely looked at that.”
Detroit Lions offensive coordinator John Morton, talking about WR Jameson Williams
Friday’s quiz
In the Peanuts comic strip, what is the kid’s name who plays the piano?
Thursday’s quiz
Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012; Joe Flacco was their quarterback.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Danny Collins, Al Pacino plays a famous singer who meets his son for the first time. Christopher Plummer played his agent in that movie.
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Luckily they had a football category in the early part, so I got those questions right, but most of the other questions, no chance.
When I was a kid, loved game shows, but I preferred Hollywood Squares to Jeopardy!
Gambit, Concentration, Wheel of Fortune were also on my game show list.
— Ravens 28, Dolphins 6
Miami in first half: 42 plays, 211 yards, only 6 points.
Dolphins converted 2-12 third down plays.
Miami in 2nd half: 23 plays, 120 yards, 2 turnovers, no points.
Dolphins missed a 35-yard FG, lost a fumble on their 4-yard line.
Baltimore led 14-6 at halftime.
Jackson threw for 204 yards, 4 TD’s in his return from injury.
Ravens are 14-8 ATS last 22 games as a road favorite.
Last three games, Baltimore held opponent to 74-96-87 rushing yards.
— Detroit Lions gave star DE Aidan Hutchinson a 4-year contract extension worth $180M, with $141M guaranteed, a record for any non-quarterback.
— Coastal Carolina 44, Marshall 27
Marshall led 27-17 at early in third quarter.
Marshall turned ball over on four straight drives after that.
Herd ran ball for 279 yards, but five turnovers is a killer.
— Texas-San Antonio 48, Tulane 26
McCown was 31-33/370 passing, with four TD’s.
Roadrunners led 31-12 at halftime.
UTSA had 116 penalty yards, but was +4 in turnovers.
— Jacksonville State 24, Middle Tennessee 21
Jax State outscored the Blue Raiders 14-7 in third quarter.
WR Johnson caught four passes for 131 yards, two TD’s.
Gamecocks are 4-0 in C-USA, tied for first with Kennesaw State
— Missouri State 28, FIU 21
RB Lawrence ran for 104 yards, two TD’s against his old team.
Overall, Bears ran the ball 37 times for 206 yards.
Missouri State converted 8-16 third down plays.
— Famous birthdays, October 31st:
Lee Grant, 100
John Lucas, 72
Mike Gallego, 65
Fred McGriff, 62
Blue Edwards, 60
Antonio Davis, 57
Steve Trachsel, 55
Piper Perabo, 49
Mike Napoli, 44
Tony Kemp, 34
Friday would’ve been John Candy’s 75th birthday
— Washington Nationals are hiring 33-year old Blake Butera as their new manager; he will be the youngest manager in the major leagues since 1972. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, 39, was the youngest MLB manager in 2025.
Butera comes from the Tampa Bay Rays’ organization; he played parts of two minor league seasons.
Nationals won the 2019 World Series, but haven’t won more than 71 games in a season since then.
— Minnesota Twins hired former Pirates manager Derek Shelton as their new skipper; Shelton managed Pittsburgh for 5+ seasons, getting fired after a 12-26 start this past season.
Twins have missed the playoffs four of last five years; they were 70-92 this year.
— College basketball starts Monday; West Virginia has its fourth head coach in four years, with former North Texas coach Ross Hodge the newest coach. He went 46-24 in two years with the Mean Green, going 24-12 in AAC games.
Last three years, West Virginia is 47-51, 21-35 in conference games.
— Michael Jordan criticized NBA players taking games off (load management); in his great career, Jordan played in all 82 games nine times. NBA had more physical games when he was playing, too.
— Blue Jays lead the World Series 3-2, after taking two of three games in Los Angeles
a) the 18-inning game Monday was epic, just a fun game to watch.
b) Shohei Ohtani batted nine times Monday and didn’t make an out.
c) Teams that won Game 5 of World Series when it was tied 2-2 have gone on to win the series 67.4% of the time.
d) Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage started this season pitching for Class A Dunedin in the Florida State League.
e) Blake Snell threw 116 pitches in Game 5, third-most in his career.
NBA leaders in minutes per game:
40.3— VJ Edgecombe, Phil
38.8— Kelly Oubre, Phil
38.3— Lauri Markkanen, Utah
38.0— Alperen Sengun, Hst
36.5— Mikal Bridges, NY
36.3— Kevin Durant, Hst
Quote of the Day
“I looked at everything, as far as that. I’m going to do a better job with that. But there has been opportunities where it just didn’t happen. So I looked at everything, and I failed him. That’s what I told him. I have to do a better job with that. But it’s a two-way street. We definitely looked at that.”
Detroit Lions offensive coordinator John Morton, talking about WR Jameson Williams
Friday’s quiz
In the Peanuts comic strip, what is the kid’s name who plays the piano?
Thursday’s quiz
Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2012; Joe Flacco was their quarterback.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Danny Collins, Al Pacino plays a famous singer who meets his son for the first time. Christopher Plummer played his agent in that movie.
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Friday’s Den: Happy Halloween, everyone…….
— Just watched Jeopardy! for the first time in years; I felt pretty freakin’ stupid
Luckily they had a football category in the early part, so I got those questions right, but most of the other questions, no chance.
When I was a kid, loved game shows, but I preferred Hollywood Squares to Jeopardy!
Gambit, Concentration, Wheel of Fortune were also on my game show list.
— Ravens 28, Dolphins 6
Miami in first half: 42 plays, 211 yards, only 6 points.
Dolphins converted 2-12 third down plays.
Miami in 2nd half: 23 plays, 120 yards, 2 turnovers, no points.
Dolphins missed a 35-yard FG, lost a fumble on their 4-yard line.
Baltimore led 14-6 at halftime.
Jackson threw for 204 yards, 4 TD’s in his return from injury.
Ravens are 14-8 ATS last 22 games as a road favorite.
Last three games, Baltimore held opponent to 74-96-87 rushing yards.
— Detroit Lions gave star DE Aidan Hutchinson a 4-year contract extension worth $180M, with $141M guaranteed, a record for any non-quarterback.
— Coastal Carolina 44, Marshall 27
Marshall led 27-17 at early in third quarter.
Marshall turned ball over on four straight drives after that.
Herd ran ball for 279 yards, but five turnovers is a killer.
— Texas-San Antonio 48, Tulane 26
McCown was 31-33/370 passing, with four TD’s.
Roadrunners led 31-12 at halftime.
UTSA had 116 penalty yards, but was +4 in turnovers.
— Jacksonville State 24, Middle Tennessee 21
Jax State outscored the Blue Raiders 14-7 in third quarter.
WR Johnson caught four passes for 131 yards, two TD’s.
Gamecocks are 4-0 in C-USA, tied for first with Kennesaw State
— Missouri State 28, FIU 21
RB Lawrence ran for 104 yards, two TD’s against his old team.
Overall, Bears ran the ball 37 times for 206 yards.
Missouri State converted 8-16 third down plays.
— Famous birthdays, October 31st:
Lee Grant, 100
John Lucas, 72
Mike Gallego, 65
Fred McGriff, 62
Blue Edwards, 60
Antonio Davis, 57
Steve Trachsel, 55
Piper Perabo, 49
Mike Napoli, 44
Tony Kemp, 34
Friday would’ve been John Candy’s 75th birthday
— Washington Nationals are hiring 33-year old Blake Butera as their new manager; he will be the youngest manager in the major leagues since 1972. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, 39, was the youngest MLB manager in 2025.
Butera comes from the Tampa Bay Rays’ organization; he played parts of two minor league seasons.
Nationals won the 2019 World Series, but haven’t won more than 71 games in a season since then.
— Minnesota Twins hired former Pirates manager Derek Shelton as their new skipper; Shelton managed Pittsburgh for 5+ seasons, getting fired after a 12-26 start this past season.
Twins have missed the playoffs four of last five years; they were 70-92 this year.
— College basketball starts Monday; West Virginia has its fourth head coach in four years, with former North Texas coach Ross Hodge the newest coach. He went 46-24 in two years with the Mean Green, going 24-12 in AAC games.
Last three years, West Virginia is 47-51, 21-35 in conference games.
— Michael Jordan criticized NBA players taking games off (load management); in his great career, Jordan played in all 82 games nine times. NBA had more physical games when he was playing, too.
— Blue Jays lead the World Series 3-2, after taking two of three games in Los Angeles
a) the 18-inning game Monday was epic, just a fun game to watch.
b) Shohei Ohtani batted nine times Monday and didn’t make an out.
c) Teams that won Game 5 of World Series when it was tied 2-2 have gone on to win the series 67.4% of the time.
d) Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage started this season pitching for Class A Dunedin in the Florida State League.
e) Blake Snell threw 116 pitches in Game 5, third-most in his career.
