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

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/03/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0............................60.00%....................+ 2.50
11/02/2025.......................2 - 5 - 1............................28.57%....................- 17.00
11/01/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0............................60.00%....................+ 4.00

TOTALS.............................8- 9 - 1............................47.05%.....................- 7.50

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Week 10 NFL spreads:
— Saints @ Carolina (-5.5)
— Cardinals @ Seattle (-6.5)
— Lions (-8.5) @ Washington
— Rams (-3.5) @ San Francisco
— Steelers @ LA Chargers (-3.5)
— Eagles @ Green Bay (-2.5)

Quote of the Day
“Coach Freeze is a man of integrity, and we are appreciative of his investment in Auburn and his relentless work over the last three years in bolstering our roster. Our expectations for Auburn football are to annually compete for championships, and the search for the next leader of Auburn football begins immediately.”
Auburn athletic director John Cohen; integrity doesn’t matter when your record is 15-19

Tuesday’s quiz
Which two NBA teams has Rick Pitino coached?

Monday’s quiz
Toronto Argonauts have won the CFL’s Grey Cup the most times.

Sunday’s quiz
Packers’ QB Jordan Love played his college football at Utah State.

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Tuesday’s Den: Wrapping up the first night of college basketball……..​

College/minor league basketball tipped off Monday; here’s a recap:
Remember in school, on the first day, when the white board in class was clean? This is what the first night of college hoop has become; no one knows ANYTHING, and that includes coaches.
So many teams are total rebuilds; it is like junior college ball, teams constantly starting over, so we pay attention and try to learn quickly.

— Arizona 93, Florida 87
Gators led 32-20 midway thru first half.
6-8 freshman Peat had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.
His brother/father are/were offensive linemen in the NFL.
Arizona was 31-38 on foul line, Florida 20-30.

— BYU 71, Villanova 66
Villanova was 10-35 on the arc; they had a 49-43 edge on the boards.
BYU had only four turnovers the whole game (+7)
BYU’s star freshman AJ Dybanta scored 21 points.
I thought they said on TV that Dybanta is getting paid $7M this year; SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS!!!!

— “Winning helps, and losing doesn’t”

Hawaii Pacific 79, Boise State 78
Hawaii Pacific is a D-2 team; this is a horrific loss for a team that was 99-40 over the last four seasons. The Sharks shot 60% inside the arc. Boise was 10-33 behind the arc.

— New Orleans 78, TCU 74
Horned Frogs were a 21-point favorite.
TCU shot 3-27 on the arc, were out-rebounded 38-28.
Great win for the Privateers, who were 26-70 the last three years.

— Close wins can be red flags:

Auburn 95, Bethune-Cookman 90
Wildcats are coached by former NBA star Reggie Theus; they were 12-22 on the arc.
Auburn started a freshman, two sophs; they were 27-38 on foul line, visitors were 8-9.

Georgia Tech 56, Maryland-Eastern Shore 52 OT
UMES led by nine with 14:31 left in the game.
Tech shot 5-26 on the arc, 9-18 on the foul line.
Only seven players scored for the Yellow Jackets.

Xavier 66, Marist 62
Marist led by a point with 2:11 left in the game.
Red Foxes shot 52.9% inside the arc, out-rebounded Xavier 33-31.
Xavier started four seniors; they were 7-26 behind the arc.

Baylor 96, Texas-Rio Grande 81
Baylor only played eight guys the whole game (78 possessions)
Vaqueros led 26-12 midway thru the first half.
Baylor shot 60% inside the arc, had a 42-26 edge on the glass.

Famous birthdays, November 4th:
Ralph Macchio, 64
Eric Karros, 57
Carlos Baerga, 57
Matthew McConaughey, 56
Orlando Pace, 50
Lorenzen Wright, 50
Tyrese Maxey, 25

— Ohio State 118, IU-Indianapolis 102
IUI has a new head coach after going 24-101 the last four years; they brought in a D-2 coach from West Liberty College who loves to press and play fast- they went 217-37 in his tenure there.
How will the Jaguars fare in the Horizon League?
They scored 102 points on Ohio State, at least a little impressive.
Game had 86 possessions; a normal game has around 70 possessions. Very fast pace.
IU-Indy shot 68.4% inside the arc, 12-38 outside the arc.
Problem with this game for IU-Indy?
Ohio State was 42-53 on the foul line, Jaguars were 14-20.
They’re a team worth watching.

— MAC/Sun Belt held a 13-game challenge Monday; home teams went 9-4 SU, with all the MAC teams at home. All the teams that won also covered the spread.

Buffalo 85, Southern Miss 79
Golden Eagles led 26-11 early on.
Southern Miss shot 65.6% inside the arc, Buffalo 52.2%
Buffalo was 12-30 on the arc, 12-23 inside the arc.

— Florida Atlantic 83, Boston College 78 OT
BC led by five points with 1:03 left in regulation.
Owls shot 12-24 on the arc, only 13-25 on the foul line.
ACC teams shouldn’t lose to Florida Atlantic, who went 18-16 LY after Dusty May went 60-13 his last two years at FAU, before bolting to Michigan. But if you’re an ACC team that has hopes for a good season, you can’t lose to Florida Atlantic.

— Drake 77, Northern Arizona 71
NAU led by nine with 9:26 left in the game.
Drake is on its third coach in three years; they had five guys score in double figures.

— Again, today was the first step on a very long journey thru this season; it’ll be fun to follow.

 

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Tuesday, November 4

 

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Tuesday, November 4

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

Philadelphia VS Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games.
Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Montreal.
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Philadelphia is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Montreal.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games.
Montreal is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia.

Boston VS New York
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games.
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games against NY Islanders.
Boston is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of NY Islanders' last 13 games.
NY Islanders is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Islanders' last 8 games against Boston.
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Carolina VS New York
Carolina is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Carolina is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games against NY Rangers.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Carolina's last 12 games on the road.
Carolina is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers.
NY Rangers is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home.
NY Rangers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Carolina.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers' last 7 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Rangers' last 6 games against an opponent in the Metropolitan Division division.

Edmonton VS Dallas
Edmonton is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Edmonton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against Dallas.
Edmonton is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Edmonton's last 8 games when playing on the road against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas' last 8 games.
Dallas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas' last 7 games against Edmonton.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games at home.

Nashville VS Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 6 games.
Nashville is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Nashville is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games against Minnesota.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games.
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games against Nashville.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games at home.

Tampa Bay VS Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games.
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against Colorado.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road.
Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay.

Florida VS Anaheim
Florida is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
Florida is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games against Anaheim.
Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games.
Anaheim is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Anaheim is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home.
Anaheim is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida.

Detroit VS Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games.
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing on the road against Vegas.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas' last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vegas' last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit.
Vegas is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Vegas is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.

Winnipeg VS Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games.
Winnipeg is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games.
Winnipeg is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games against Los Angeles.
Winnipeg is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Los Angeles is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles' last 5 games against Winnipeg.
Los Angeles is 0-6 SU in its last 6 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Los Angeles' last 10 games when playing at home against Winnipeg.


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Tuesday, November 4​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at NYI	07:00 PM	NYI -165	+500
PHI at MON	07:00 PM	MON -160 O 5.5	+500 +500
CAR at NYR	07:00 PM	NYR -105	+500
UTAH at BUF	07:00 PM	UTAH -135 O 6.5	+500 +500
EDM at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -125	+500
NAS at MIN	08:00 PM	MIN -210	+500
TB at COL	09:30 PM	TB +125	+500
FLA at ANA	10:00 PM	FLA -160	+500
DET at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -190	+500
WIN at LA	10:30 PM	WIN +105	+500

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Father/son duos to both homer in the postseason:
10— Vladimir Guerrero Sr/ Vladimir Guerrero Jr
8— Cecil/Prince Fielder
7— Tony/Eduardo Perez
5— Bob/Bret Boone
4— Bob/Aaron Boone
2— Julian/Stan Javier

Quote of the Day
“……I take all the variables that I have to make a decision and make the decision when I need to, and I think we’re doing a pretty good job on offense. I like what the offense is doing right now.”
Arizona Cardinals’ coach Jonathan Gannon, on starting QB Jacoby Brissett again this week

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was the Arizona Cardinals’ coach the last time they won a playoff game?

Tuesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has coached the Knicks and Celtics in the NBA.

Monday’s quiz
Toronto Argonauts have won the CFL’s Grey Cup the most times.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..​

Lot of stuff going on, with seasons overlapping……..
— Tuesday was the NFL’s trade deadline; Jets dumped DT Quinnen Williams, CB Ahmad (Sauce) Gardner, got three first round draft picks in return.
Next two drafts, Jets now own five first round picks. Which quarterback will they draft?

— Teams with two first round picks in the 2026 Draft: Rams, Browns, Jets

— Cardinals 27, Cowboys 17
Arizona snaps a five-game losing skid, all close losses.
Arizona’s first six drives: 52 plays, 312 yards, 27 points.
Last four games, Cardinals converted 36-72 third down plays.
Cardinals are 9-1 ATS last ten games as a road underdog.
Cowboys in first half: 28 plays, 98 yards, no points.
Cowboys’ only first half score came on a blocked punt for TD.
Cowboys were minus-3 in turnovers.
Dallas is 0-5 when they score less than 37 points.

— In their last two games, Houston Texans scored on 9 of their 23 drives, which isn’t bad, but unfortunately for the Texans, those nine scores were 7 field goals, only 2 touchdowns.
In Sunday’s 18-15 loss to Denver, Texans went 5-for-6 kicking field goals, but you don’t win much when you don’t score a touchdown.

— Famous birthdays, November 5th:
Elke Sommer, 85
Art Garfunkel, 84
Tatum O’Neal, 62
Famke Janssen, 61
Javy Lopez, 55
Johnny Damon, 52
Jason Kelce, 38
Odell Backham Jr, 33

— NFL divisional trends:

AFC East
14-10 ATS non-divisional games

AFC North
Home teams 4-0 ATS divisional games
9-17 ATS non-divisional games

AFC South
12-12 ATS non-divisional games

AFC West
8-5 ATS non-divisional home games.
4-9 ATS non-divisional road games.

NFC East
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games
10-13 ATS non-divisional games

NFC North
5-2 ATS non-divisional home favorite

NFC South
13-15 ATS non-divisional games

NFC West
16-7 ATS non-divisional games

— College football trends, conference games:

American
Home favorites 10-6 ATS
Road favorites 11-6 ATS

ACC
Home favorites 11-14 ATS
Road favorites 11-9 ATS

Big 18
Home favorites 12-17 ATS
Road favorites 10-10 ATS

Big X
Home favorites 10-6 ATS
Road favorites 11-6 ATS

Conference USA
Home favorites 8-6 ATS
Home underdogs 7-4 ATS

Mid-American
Home favorites 12-5 ATS
Home underdogs 9-3 ATS

Mountain West
Home favorites 9-8 ATS
Home underdogs 4-4 ATS

SEC
Home favorites 15-13 ATS
Home underdogs 7-6 ATS

Sun Belt
Home favorites 10-8 ATS
Home underdogs 9-6 ATS

— Movie of the Day: The Fugitive (1993)- A doctor is wrongly accused of murdering his wife; he has to find the real killer while being pursued by a veteran US Marshal.
Harrison Ford is the doctor, Tommy Lee Jones is the marshal, Sela Ward is the doctor’s wife, Joe Pantoliano is one of the other policemen.
Excellent movie, lot of drama.

— UConn’s football is 6-3 and bowl eligible under coach Jim Mora Jr; all three of their losses came in overtime. Huskies won the Fenway Bowl LY, their first bowl win since 2009.

— Auburn fired football coach Hugh Freeze, who went 15-19 in 2+ years with the Tigers; he gets a $15.8M buyout to take a hike. Auburn has lost five of its last six games.

— South Carolina is 3-6, lost its last four games; they fired offensive coordinator Mike Shula, who was in his first season as Carolina’s OC. Gamecocks rank last in the SEC in both points (19.7) and yards per game (294.1).
Mike Shula is the answer to a good trivia question: he was the head coach at Alabama just before Nick Saban took over the Crimson Tide.

— With coaching jobs coming open, other coaches get big raises to stay where they are:
Nebraska signed Matt Rhule to a two-year contract extension that will take him through the 2032 season; Nebraska is 6-2 this year; Rhule led the program to its first bowl game since 2016 last year.
SMU signed coach Rhett Lashlee to a new seven-year deal that keeps him with the Mustangs thru 2032; $$$ details weren’t provided, but apparently the deal will make him one of the 10 highest-paid coaches in college football.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, November 5

NHL

Wednesday, November 5

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Utah VS Toronto
Utah is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games.
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Toronto.
Utah is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Toronto's last 8 games.
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Toronto's last 20 games against Utah.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games at home.

St. Louis VS Washington
The total has gone OVER in 13 of St. Louis' last 18 games.
St. Louis is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games.
St. Louis is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games against Washington.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis' last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Washington's last 18 games.
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Washington's last 14 games at home.

Columbus VS Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Columbus' last 10 games.
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Columbus is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games against Calgary.
Columbus is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 6 games.
Calgary is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games.
Calgary is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Columbus.

San Jose VS Seattle
San Jose is 4-16 SU in its last 20 games.
San Jose is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle.
San Jose is 2-14 SU in its last 16 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 6 games against San Jose.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose.

Chicago VS Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 8 games.
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Chicago is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games against Vancouver.
Chicago is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games at home.
Vancouver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.


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Wednesday, November 5​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
UTAH at TOR	07:00 PM	TOR -155***** O 6.5	+500 +500
STL at WAS	07:30 PM	WAS -150 O 6.0*****	+500 +500
CLB at CAL	09:30 PM	CLB -105*****	+500
SJ at SEA	10:00 PM	SEA -165***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
CHI at VAN	10:00 PM	O 6.0*****	+500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/05/2025.......................4 - 2 - 0............................66.66%....................+ 6.50
11/03/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0............................60.00%....................+ 2.50
11/02/2025.......................2 - 5 - 1............................28.57%....................- 17.00
11/01/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0............................60.00%....................+ 4.00

TOTALS..........................12- 11 - 1............................52.17%.....................- 1.00

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
best Big East basketball records over the last five years:
69-27— UConn
69-30— Creighton
63-35— Marquette
58-37— Villanova
54-41— Xavier
54-44— St John’s

Quote of the Day
“I’m still stunned, I mean, I’m still stunned. It’s weird. I feel more like a Knick now after everything we went through last year, but it’s weird to see that Wolves jersey — especially the fire black one — and not see ‘Towns’ on the back of it.”
Karl-Anthony Towns

Thursday’s quiz
Before Shohei Ohtani, who the last player intentionally walked with the bases empty in a World Series game?

Wednesday’s quiz
Bruce Arians was the Arizona Cardinals’ coach the last time they won a playoff game.

Tuesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has coached the Knicks and Celtics in the NBA.

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

— Weird Stat of the Day: In Monday’s 93-87 win over Florida, Arizona was 2-5 behind the arc, for the whole freakin’ game. In this day and age, no teams only take five 3’s in a game.
Arizona shot 50% inside the arc, made 31-38 on the foul line. Florida was 7-27 on the arc. It was a really good game that seemed like a Final Four game.

— Tennessee-Martin 86, UNLV 81- The Josh Pastner era in Las Vegas got off to a cruddy start, as Rebels blew a 10-point first half lead, losing as a 17-point favorite. UNLV turned the ball over 22 times, shot only 7-23 on the arc.
Tennessee-Martin was 27-48 on the foul line; the Skyhawks have players from 11 different countries- their entire starting 5 is from eastern Europe. Seven of their players have played at non-Division I colleges.

— SC-Upstate 87, Fresno State 86
Bad home loss for the Bulldogs, who were favored by 9.5 points; Fresno led by 12 late in the first half, were +10 in turnovers, but the Spartans shot 57.6% inside the arc. Five of the 12 teams in the Mountain West have already lost a game, in the season’s first three nights.

— Rutgers 81, Rider 53— Tariq Francis scored 20 points for the Scarlet Knights; he used to play for NJIT in the America East. He took 370 3-pointers over two seasons in which NJIT went a combined 13-46, 6-26 in conference games. Go figure.

— UCLA 80, Eastern Washington 74— UCLA coach Mick Cronin wasn’t happy after the game.
“There’s so many mistakes; I’d like to fire myself for our defense. I mean, if you think you’re going to give up 53.7% in your own gym in a buy game and have a good year, you have no chance.”
They won, but apparently he wasn’t happy.

— Second year in a row, my doorbell only rang once on Halloween night; mustn’t be a lot of kids in my neighborhood. It was windy/cold Friday, but I didn’t think it was that bad.

— Famous birthdays, November 6th:
Sally Field, 79
Ethan Hawke, 55
Adam LaRoche, 46
Lamar Odom, 46
Luke Jackson, 44
James Paxton, 37

— Atlanta Braves signed two coaches who were with the Mets this past year: pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and and first base coach Antoan Richardson.
Hefner had worked for the Mets for six years. Richardson was first base coach,OF coordinator and baserunning instructor for the Mets the past two seasons; he got tons of credit for the Mets’ 89.1% stealing bases this year- Juan Soto stole a career-high 38 bases.

— Players who opted in on their 2026 contract:
Chris Sale, $18M
Shane Bieber, $16M
Salvador Perez, $25M for two years
Jack Flaherty, $20M
Trevor Story, $55M for two years

— Chicago Cubs rejected an option to extend P Shota Imanaga’s contract out to 2028; he then rejected a $15M player option for next year, so now he is a free agent.
Imanaga was 24-11, 3.28 in 54 regular season starts in two years with the Cubs; he was 9-8, 3.73 this season, but he had a 6.51 ERA in September.

— Jets were a 2.5-point favorite over Cleveland this week, until they traded two of their best defensive players away, for three first round draft picks.
When that happened, the line moved to Cleveland, -2.5, a five-point swing.

— Drew Brees is joining FOX Sports as an NFL game analyst; rumors are that he is taking Mark Sanchez’ place. Sanchez had some off-field issues recently, may now be out of a job.

— Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has now scored 20+ points 81 games in a row, the 3rd longest streak of all-time.

 

[Udog]

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Dunkel

Thursday, November 6

 

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Thursday, November 6

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Ottawa VS Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games.
Ottawa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Ottawa is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against Boston.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Ottawa's last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games.
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Boston's last 16 games against Ottawa.
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

St. Louis VS Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis' last 8 games.
St. Louis is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games.
St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against Buffalo.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of St. Louis' last 8 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games.
Buffalo is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Buffalo's last 11 games against St. Louis.
Buffalo is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home.

Minnesota VS Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games.
Minnesota is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
Minnesota is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games against Carolina.
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Carolina is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 8 games against Minnesota.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games when playing at home against Minnesota.

Montreal VS New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 5 games.
Montreal is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games.
Montreal is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games against New Jersey.
Montreal is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
New Jersey is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of New Jersey's last 15 games against Montreal.
New Jersey is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal.

Washington VS Pittsburgh
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Washington's last 14 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Washington's last 14 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games played in November.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games.
Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Pittsburgh's last 14 games when playing at home against Washington.

Anaheim VS Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 7 games.
Anaheim is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Anaheim is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games against Dallas.
Anaheim is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas' last 9 games.
Dallas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Dallas' last 14 games against Anaheim.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games at home.

Philadelphia VS Nashville
Philadelphia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
Philadelphia is 3-17 SU in its last 20 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 10 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
Nashville is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nashville's last 7 games against Philadelphia.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia.

Florida VS Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 6 games.
Florida is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games.
Florida is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games against Los Angeles.
Florida is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
Los Angeles is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles' last 5 games against Florida.
Los Angeles is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home.
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida.

Tampa Bay VS Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games.
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against Vegas.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas' last 6 games.
Vegas is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas' last 7 games against Tampa Bay.
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.


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Thursday, November 6​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OTT at BOS	07:00 PM	BOS +125***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500
MON at NJ	07:00 PM	MON +120***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
MIN at CAR	07:00 PM	CAR -200 U 6.0	+500 +500
STL at BUF	07:00 PM	BUF -135 O 6.5	+500 +500
WAS at PIT	07:30 PM	PIT -105 O 6.5	+500 +500
ANA at DAL	08:00 PM	ANA +155***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
PHI at NAS	08:00 PM	NAS -125***** U 5.5	+500 +500
FLA at LA	10:00 PM	LA -115***** U 5.5	+500 +500
TB at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -120***** U 6.0	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/06/2025.......................6 - 4 - 0...........................60.00%....................+ 11.00
11/05/2025.......................4 - 2 - 0............................66.66%....................+ 6.50
11/03/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0............................60.00%....................+ 2.50
11/02/2025.......................2 - 5 - 1............................28.57%....................- 17.00
11/01/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0............................60.00%....................+ 4.00

TOTALS............................18- 15 - 1...........................54.54%....................+ 10.00

 

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Friday’s 6-pack:
NBA leaders in net points per game from their bench:
4.3— Miami Heat
3.2— San Antonio Spurs
2.9— Houston Rockets
2.8— Oklahoma City Thunder
2.6— Toronto Raptors
1.4— Portland Trailblazers

Quote of the Day
“The journey began with great expectations with my own vision of how to get there. Sometimes the journey does not end the way we hope.But when I think of our time together, I will remember and appreciate what we did accomplish. … The roar of Death Valley when we beat Alabama. The losses will always hurt, but I will remember all the wins.”
Former LSU football coach Brian Kelly

Friday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leader in passing yards for NC State?

Thursday’s quiz
Before Shohei Ohtani, Albert Pujols was the last player intentionally walked with the bases empty in a World Series game.

Wednesday’s quiz
Bruce Arians was the Arizona Cardinals’ coach the last time they won a playoff game.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……​

— Broncos 10, Raiders 7
Broncos won their last seven games.
Five of their last six wins were by 4 or fewer points.
Total yardage in game: Denver 220, Raiders 188
Penalty yardage in game: Denver 78, Raiders 83
Raiders’ only TD was on a 41-yard drive, on their 2nd possession.
Raiders the rest of the game: 44 plays, 86 yards, zero points.
Denver’s first four drives: 12 plays, 17 yards, four punts.
QB Bo Nix is 18-10 as an NFL starter.

— More and more, coaches just answer “…..analytics” when they’re asked to explain why they go for it and 4th down or don’t go for it, but here is a piece of analytics that gets ignored.
The team that scores first usually wins; best eight teams scoring first this year and their records:
Cardinals 3-5
Colts 7-2
Eagles 6-2
Lions 5-3
Packers 5-2-1
Houston 3-5
Bears 5-3
Chargers 6-3

— Remember the movie Moneyball, about the Oakland A’s front office? Jonah Hill’s character in that movie is in real life Paul DePodesta, who for the last ten years has worked for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL. He played football in college but worked for the A’s/Dodgers before going to Cleveland and switching to football.

Well, the Colorado Rockies are hiring DePodesta to be their head of baseball operations, after they lost 119 games this past season. Right now, Colorado is the only team without a manager for 2026; they haven’t made the playoffs since 2018 and the last three years, they lost 119-101-103 games.

From what you read, Colorado is way behind other teams in terms of what you need to have to be a successful team, as far as resources, both $$$ and baseball-wise.

By the way, the reason the A’s were really good in the Moneyball era was that they had Hudson, Mulder, Zito as great starting pitchers, and Miguel Tejada was a superstar at shortstop. They kind of left that part out of the movie.

— San Diego Padres named Craig Stammen their new manager; he was pitching in the majors just three years ago, and when the interview process started for this job, Stammen was one of the guys doing the interviewing.
Last two years, Padres went 93-69/90-72; this is a good job. San Diego has made the playoffs four of the last six seasons.

— Chicago White Sox named Zach Bove their new pitching coach; Bove was a hitting coach at the high school/college level (Central Florida) before becoming a pitching coach.
Last three years, Bove served as an assistant pitching coach for the Royals, who ranked sixth in the majors with a 3.73 ERA this past year. White Sox dumped four coaches from last year’s staff after they went 60-102, bossing 100+ games for the third year in a row.

— Arizona Cardinals put QB Kyler Murray on the IR with a foot injury; Jacoby Brissett is the starter, with Kedon Slovis the backup.

— If you need another reason to visit Las Vegas, A’s-Angels are playing a couple of spring training games in Las Vegas March 7-8th.

— Famous birthdays, November 7th
Jim Kaat, 87
Tom Moore, 86
Danny Smith, 71
Billy Giilispie, 65
Kris Benson, 51
Sonny Gray, 36

— Georgia Southern 25, Appalachian State 23
Eagles led 19-3 at halftime, hung on for the win.
Georgia Southern QB French threw for 352 yards and a TD
App State QB Swann threw for 348 yards, 2 TD’s.

— South Florida 55, Tex-San Antonio 23
USF scored defensive TD’s on the Roadrunners’ first two drives.
Bulls led 45-10 at halftime.
USF ran the ball 32 times for 238 yards.

— Akron 44, UMass 10
Zips outgained UMass 467-169.
RB Gant ran ball for 153 yards, two TD’s.
0-9 UMass trailed 27-10 at halftime.

— Ohio U 24, Miami 20
Game was 3-3 at halftime.
Bobcats drove 75 yards, scored winning TD with 2:15 left in the game.
Ohio QB Navarro threw for 201 yards and a TD.

— Ball State 17, Kent State 13
Cardinals drove 37 yards, scored game-winning TD with 1:53 left.
Kent outgained Ball State 301-238, but had 78 yards in penalties.
Ball State stopped Kent twice on 4th-and-1 situations.

— Toledo 42, Northern Illinois 3
QB Gleason threw for 309 yards, two TD’s.
Rockets led 28-3 at halftime.
Toledo was 9-14 on third down, NIU 2-16.

 

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NHL

Thursday, November 6

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Trend Report
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New York VS Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of NY Rangers' last 15 games.
NY Rangers is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against Detroit.
NY Rangers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
NY Rangers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games.
Detroit is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Detroit's last 20 games against NY Rangers.
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Minnesota VS New York
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games.
Minnesota is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games.
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games against NY Islanders.
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 11 of NY Islanders' last 14 games.
NY Islanders is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders' last 6 games against Minnesota.
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Chicago VS Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago's last 12 games.
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Calgary.
Chicago is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 7 games.
Calgary is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Calgary's last 13 games against Chicago.
Calgary is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home.

Winnipeg VS San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 6 games.
Winnipeg is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games.
Winnipeg is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against San Jose.
Winnipeg is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 9 games.
San Jose is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of San Jose's last 15 games against Winnipeg.
San Jose is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games at home.


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NHL
Dunkel

Friday, November 7