CNOTES 2025 2026 NHL NEWS, BEST BETS, AND OPINION !

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Thursday, December 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OTT at CLB	07:00 PM	OTT -125 U 6.5	+500 +500
SJ at TOR	07:00 PM	SJ +165***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
TB at NJ	07:00 PM	NJ +105***** O 6.0	+500 +500
MON at PIT	07:00 PM	PIT -130***** O 6.5	+500 +500
ANA at NYI	07:00 PM	ANA -105 O 6.5	+500 +500
CAR at WAS	07:00 PM	WAS -105 U 6.0	+500 +500
VEG at PHI	07:00 PM	PHI +125***** O 5.5	+500 +500
STL at NAS	08:00 PM	NAS -125 U 6.0	+500 +500
DAL at MIN	08:00 PM	MIN +110***** U 5.5	+500 +500
BOS at WIN	08:00 PM	BOS +125***** O 6.5*****	+500 +500
DET at EDM	09:00 PM	DET +145***** O 6.5*****	+500 +500
FLA at COL	09:30 PM	FLA +185***** O 6.5*****	+500 +500
BUF at VAN	10:00 PM	VAN -105 O 6.0	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL DECEMBER BEST BETS !

12/11/2025.......................5 - 5 - 0......................50.00%.....................+ 3.00
12/10/2025......................3 - 3 - 0......................50.00%......................+ 0.55
12/09/2025......................9 - 3 - 0......................75.00%......................+ 28.00
12/08/2025......................4 - 2 - 0......................66.66%.......................+ 7.75
12/07/2025......................5 - 5 - 0......................50.00%.......................+ 7.25
12/06/2025......................4 - 5 - 0......................44.44%.......................- 6.75
12/05/2025......................3 - 4 - 0.....................42.85%........................- 4.00
12/04/2025......................9 - 3 - 1.....................75.00%........................+34.20
12/03/2025......................2 - 6 - 0.....................25.00%........................- 23.75
12/01/2025......................6 - 1 - 2......................85.71%.......................+ 26.50

TOTALS.........................50 - 37 - 3.....................57.47%........................+ 72.75

 

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Friday’s 6-pack:
College hoop teams forcing highest %age of turnovers (strength of schedule):
26.5%— McNeese State (122)
26.4%— Iowa State (76)
24.5%— Dayton (126)
24.4%— Florida State (154)
24%— Bradley (305)
23.9%— Seton Hall (316)

Quote of the Day
“The Mets do have young talent that deserves some runway, and you don’t want to block too many opportunities. But losing Alonso means there is a need for certainty in the middle-of-the-order/run production department. So an aggressive push for Kyle Tucker or Cody Bellinger would be well-timed.”
Bradford Doolittle

Friday’s quiz
Where did Kirk Cousins play his college football?

Thursday’s quiz
Seth Smith played 11 years in the major leagues, was Eli Manning’s backup QB at Mississippi; he played in 18 baseball playoff games and was in one World Series, with the Rockies.

Wednesday’s quiz
Edwin Diaz break into the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff on another cold freakin’ day…….​

— Falcons 29, Buccaneers 28
Atlanta drove 45 yards, kicked 43-yard field goal on the last play.
Falcons got a first down on that drive after they had a 3rd-and-28
Tampa Bay led 28-14 with 10:00 left in the game.
Loss drops Buccaneers to 7-7, half-game behind Carolina in NFC South.

Falcons’ last three drives: 26 plays, 178 yards, 15 points.
Kyle Pitts caught 11 passes for 166 yards, three TD’s for Atlanta.
Atlanta was penalized 19 times for 125 yards. Lot of penalties.
Kirk Cousins threw ball for 373 yards, three TD’s.

— Iowa State 66, Iowa 62
Hawkeyes led 33-25 at halftime.
Iowa State was 17-23 on foul line, Iowa 3-5.
Cyclones are 10-0, with six top 100 wins.

— Syracuse 71, St Joe’s 63
Tough for road team to shoot in a dome; St Joe’s was 5 for 26 on the arc.
Hawks out-rebounded Syracuse, 44-34.
Syracuse is 6-3, despite shooting 56.8% on foul line, worst in country.

— Cincinnati Bearcats have a basketball player, Kerr Kriisa, who has had an interesting journey thru college basketball.
2020-23- Arizona
2023-24- West Virginia
2024-25- Kentucky
2025-26- Cincinnati

Four teams in four years; he must be good at packing.
— Fresno State’s basketball team has seven foreign players who come from five countries.

— Over is 11-0 in LA Lakers’ home games this season.

Famous birthdays, December 12th:
Allan Lewis, 84
Ralph Garr, 80
Gorman Thomas, 75
Darleen Carr, 75
Rafael Septien, 72
Jennifer Connelly, 55
John Salmons, 47
Andrew Whitworth, 44
Ervin Santana, 43
Luis Castillo, 33
Cristopher Sanchez, 29
Cole Ragans, 28

Today was my uncle Roy’s birthday; he was a construction worker who was a good guy. He passed away while having one of the first-ever heart bypass operations.

Frank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915

— LSU is sending four assistant coaches back to Ole Miss to help the Rebels prepare for the college football playoff game against Tulane December 20- Rebels pounded Tulane 45-20 in September, will be interesting to see how they play after all the chaos they’ve had recently.

— Apparently the LA Bowl and the Bahamas Bowl are going under after this season; the way college/minor league football has gone off the rails, it figures there will be lot fewer bowl games in the coming years.

— Guy named Dave Logan played WR in the NFL for nine years from 1976-84; these days, he is a radio analyst on Denver Broncos’ games, but he also coached high school football for 24 years, during which time he won 13 state championships at four different schools.

— Denver Broncos/New England Patriots are both 11-2, but they’re both home underdogs this week, kind of unusual for this late in the season.

— Olympics are in Los Angeles in 2028; sounds like USC is going to play home football games that year in SoFi Stadium, because the LA Coliseum won’t be available.

— Pittsburgh Steelers’ star pass rusher TJ Watt is in the hospital for lung evaluation after he experienced discomfort at the team’s practice facility Wednesday.

— Carolina Panthers are only NFL team that has never won a game they trailed in by more than 17 points.

— Atlanta Braves signed reliever Robert Suarez for three years, $45M; last two years, Suarez saved 76 games for the Padres.

 

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Friday, December 12

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Friday, December 12

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Trend Report
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Chicago VS St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 8 games.
Chicago is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
Chicago is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against St. Louis.
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis' last 5 games.
St. Louis is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis' last 6 games against Chicago.
St. Louis is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games at home.

Seattle VS Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Seattle's last 9 games.
Seattle is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
Seattle is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games against Utah.
Seattle is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 9 games.
Utah is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games.
Utah is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home.
Utah is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle.


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Friday, December 12​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CHI at STL	08:00 PM	CHI -105*****	+500
SEA at UTAH	09:00 PM	SEA +145*****	+500

 

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CNOTES NHL DECEMBER BEST BETS !

12/12/2025.......................0 -2 - 0......................00.00%......................- 10.25
12/11/2025.......................5 - 5 - 0......................50.00%.....................+ 3.00
12/10/2025......................3 - 3 - 0......................50.00%......................+ 0.55
12/09/2025......................9 - 3 - 0......................75.00%......................+ 28.00
12/08/2025......................4 - 2 - 0......................66.66%.......................+ 7.75
12/07/2025......................5 - 5 - 0......................50.00%.......................+ 7.25
12/06/2025......................4 - 5 - 0......................44.44%.......................- 6.75
12/05/2025......................3 - 4 - 0.....................42.85%........................- 4.00
12/04/2025......................9 - 3 - 1.....................75.00%........................+34.20
12/03/2025......................2 - 6 - 0.....................25.00%........................- 23.75
12/01/2025......................6 - 1 - 2......................85.71%.......................+ 26.50

TOTALS.........................50 - 39 - 3.....................56.17%........................+ 62.50

 

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Saturday’s 6-pack:
Some of the best college hoop teams in terms of continuity:
2) Harvard
3) VMI
4) Northern Iowa
5) Yale
6) Miami OH
7) Purdue

Quote of the Day
“The time is right to step down from my position as the head coach at the University of Utah. It’s been an honor and a privilege to lead the program for the past 21 years, and I’m very grateful for the relationships forged with all the players and assistant coaches that have worked so hard and proudly worn the drum and feather during our time here.”
Kyle Whittingham, who stepped down Friday

Saturday’s quiz
Where did Philip Rivers play his college football?

Friday’s quiz
Kirk Cousins played his college football at Michigan State.

Thursday’s quiz
Seth Smith played 11 years in the major leagues, was Eli Manning’s backup QB at Mississippi; he played in 18 baseball playoff games and was in one World Series, with the Rockies.

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Saturday’s Den: An early look at some college basketball conferences​

Here’s a look at 10 of the better leagues in college basketball

— Big East
Rick Pitino is 56-21 in 2+ seasons at St John’s.
His son Richard is the new coach at Xavier, also in the Big East.
St John’s-Xavier play this year January 24/February 9
Right now, Big East is #5 league, their worst ranking in five years.
Big East has only 2 of top 35 teams in KenPom ratings.
Seton Hall is 9-1, but they’ve played schedule #316
5-5 Marquette is ranked #92, their lowest ranking since 2016.

— SEC
SEC is #1 league right now, with 8 of the top 30 teams in country.
Vanderbilt is 9-0; only unbeaten team in SEC. Commodores have four top 100 wins, have the #4 eFG% in the country.
11 of 16 SEC teams are in the top 100 in experience.
Auburn is playing at tempo #176, their slowest tempo since 2012.
Texas A&M is #15 in experience, #339 in continuity; their subs play 8th-most minutes. New coach McMillan was 93-39 coaching Samford the last four years.
Kentucky is a disappointing 6-4; their best win is over #198 Valparaiso.

— ACC
Ranked #4 league right now, their best ranking since 2020.
Duke is 10-0, with five top 100 wins; their eFG% defense is #1 in country.
9-1 Virginia is playing #221 tempo, their fastest pace since 2009.
ACC has six of the top 30 teams in the country.
ACC has six top 100 teams in continuity, four teams outside top 300 in continuity .

— Big 18
7-3 Wisconsin is playing pace #57, their fastest pace this century; over half their shots from the floor this season have been 3’s (33.1%, #191)
Indiana is #1 in country in experience, #347 in continuity- they did lot of poaching.
Nebraska is 9-0, 5-0 vs top 100 foes; going back to last year, they’ve won 14 games in a row.
9-1 Purdue is #21 in experience, #7 in continuity; they’re 4-1 vs top 100 teams.
Michigan is 9-0, with seven wins by 25+ points; Dusty May got Florida Atlantic to the Final Four three years ago, Florida freakin’ Atlantic. Wow.

— Mountain West
Right now, Mountain West is #6 league, their 6th year in a row in top 7.
8 of 12 teams in the league are outside the top 200 in continuity.
Colorado State is 8-2, making 45.4% of their 3’s (#1 in country); half their shots this season have come from behind the arc.
Utah State is 8-1; they’ve played only four home games. Jerrod Calhoun is their 6th coach win 12 years, with only one losing season during that time.
UNLV is 4-5; new coach, lot of new players (#335 in continuity); lot of their big guys have been hurt, but the Rebels have won at Memphis/at Stanford.

Famous birthdays, December 13th:
Dick Van Dyke, 100
Ferguson Jenkins, 83
Dave Hamilton, 78
Larry Kenon, 73
Phil Hubbard, 69
Richard Dent, 65
Gray Zimmerman, 64
Andre Turner, 61
Jamie Foxx, 58
Ricky Nolasco, 43
Taylor Swift, 36
Gleyber Torres, 29

— Big X
Big X is #2 league; last time Big X wasn’t in top 3 was 2011.
Big X has 5 of the top 20 teams in the country.
West Virginia is #4 in experience, #347 in continuity; they’re 6-3 vs schedule #355, losing three of four games vs top 200 teams.
9-1 Houston is playing tempo #357; they’re 9-1, 4-1 vs top 100 teams. Houston’s eFG% defenses #8 in the country.
10-0 Iowa State won by 23 at Purdue; they’re forcing turnovers 26.4% of time (#2).

— American
Right now, they’re #10 league; last year was first time they only got one team in NCAA’s.
Tulsa is 9-1, shooting 41.6% on arc; their only loss was 84-83 at Kansas State.
7-3 UAB is a top 20 rebounding team in country, but they’re shooting 25.7% on arc.
7-3 Tulane has played schedule #305; opponents are shooting 40.4% on arc.
South Florida is playing tempo #20; they’re 6-4, 1-3 vs top 100 teams. Bulls are #28 in country at forcing turnovers.

— Missouri Valley
Right now, they’re #9 league, their best ranking since 2018.
Northern Iowa is 7-2, with the #26 eFG% defense; they’re #4 in continuity. Last two years, Panthers are 26-14 in Valley games.
Last four years, MVC has been a one-bid league, making Arch Madness a bigger deal. Looks like this year will be the same; #75 Belmont is the highest-ranked team.

— Big West
Right now, they’re the #16 league; last year, they were #12, their best rating in years.
Cal Poly. Fullerton. Northridge.
When any of these teams play each other, bet the over. Cal Poly is #2 in country in tempo, Fullerton is #4, Northridge #14.
Last three years, Cal-Irvine is 49-11 in conference games, but Anteaters haven’t made the NCAA’s since 2019. This year, Irvine is #295 in experience.
Long Beach State is 1-9 vs D-I teams; two of their last three losses were in overtime.
Cal-San Diego is 8-1; they’ve got the #10 eFG% in the country.

— WCC
They’re #8 league; next year, with conference re-alignment, we won’t recognize the WCC.
Gonzaga is 9-1, with six top 100 wins, but they lost by 40 to Michigan. Last year was the first time since 2014 that the Zags didn’t make the Sweet 16.
Last four years, Saint Mary’s is 58-7 in WCC games, but they haven’t made the Sweet 16 in the NCAA’s since 2010. This year, the Gaels 9-1, with the #16 eFG% defense.
Santa Clara is 8-2, 3-2 vs top 100 teams; they’re #6 in country on offensive boards.