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

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
College basketball teams playing the slowest pace:
— Charlotte, AAC
— Idaho State, Big Sky
— West Virginia, Big X
— Western Illinois, OVC
— Iowa, Big 18
— UCLA, Big 18

Quote of the Day
“Always end the day with a positive thought. No matter how hard things were, tomorrow is a fresh opportunity to make it better.”
Roy Bennett

Tuesday’s quiz
Where did Raiders’ QB Geno Smith play his college football?

Monday’s quiz
Jason Witten is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Dallas Cowboys.

Sunday’s quiz
When John Calipari left Memphis for Kentucky in 2009, Josh Pastner replaced him as head coach.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..​

— Bengals WR Ja’Maar Chase was suspended one game without pay for spitting on Steelers’ DB Jalen Ramsey Sunday. Chase has caught 79 passes for 861 passes this year, even with Bemgals’ QB Joe Burrow missing most of the season.
Chase is appealing the suspension, which would cost Chase his weekly paycheck of $448,333 along with a $58,823 per game active bonus.

— Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Penix hurt his knee Sunday, is expected to miss the rest of the season. Penix is 4-8 as an NFL starter; he has thrown for 1,982 yards this season, with nine TD’s, three INT’s.

— Eagles’ RT Lane Johnson hurt his foot/ankle Sunday night, is expected to miss 4-6 weeks for an 8-2 Eagles squad that leads the NFC East by 3.5 games.

— Jets are going back to Tyrod Taylor at QB this week, after throwing for a combined 147 yards in their last two games, with Justin Fields at QB.

— NFL divisional trends:

AFC East
17-10 ATS non-divisional games

AFC North
Home teams 5-0 ATS divisional games
8-19 ATS non-divisional games

AFC South
Home teams 4-1 ATS divisional games
9-7 ATS non-divisional underdog

AFC West
7-4 ATS non-divisional home favorite
1-7 ATS non-divisional road favorite

NFC East
5-10 ATS non-divisional underdog
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games

NFC North
3-6 ATS non-divisional underdog

NFC South
14-18 ATS non-divisional games
6-10 ATS non-divisional home games

NFC West
8-0 non-divisional road games
home teams 1-5 ATS divisional games

— College football trends, conference games:

American
Favorites 27-17 ATS

ACC
Road teams 19-11 ATS

Big 18
Home favorites 15-20 ATS
Home underdogs 10-12 ATS

Big X
Home favorites 18-20 ATS
Home underdogs 15-11 ATS

Conference USA
Home teams 23-13 ATS
Home favorites 11-8 ATS
Home underdogs 12-5 ATS

Mid-American
Home teams 28-12 ATS

Mountain West
Home favorites 12-11 ATS
Home underdogs 6-5 ATS

SEC
Home favorites 19-17 ATS
Home underdogs 8-8 ATS

Sun Belt
Home favorites 14-10 ATS
Home underdogs 11-9 ATS

— Famous birthdays, November 18th:
Kevin Nealon, 72
Warren Moon, 69
Elizabeth Perkins, 65
Jamie Moyer, 63
Dante Bichette, 62
Gary Sheffield, 57
Owen Wilson, 57
Romany Malco, 57
Sam Cassell, 56
David Ortiz, 50
Cory Littleton, 32
Logan Webb, 29
Shea Langliers, 28
Caleb Williams, 24

— 1B Josh Naylor re-signed with the Seattle Mariners, inking a five-year deal with $92.5M; Naylor hit .299 in 54 games with Seattle LY, with an OPS of .831, as he helped Seattle get to Game 7 of the ALCS. He also stole a career-high 30 bases last year.
He is a career. 269 hitter, with a .777 OPS.

— Virginia Tech hired James Franklin as its new football coach; Franklin was 104-45 as coach at Penn State, but was fired after starting this season 3-3. He was previously 24-15 in three years at Vanderbilt; he has a career record of 8-7 in bowl games.

— North Texas is ranked #22 in this week’s football top 25, only the second time the Mean Green has ever been ranked, the first time since 1959.

— Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup Sunday, 25-17 over Montreal, the fifth time they’ve won the CFL title, first time since 2013.

— New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Willie Green after starting the season 2-10; Pelicans were 49-33 two years ago, but got swept in first round of the playoffs, then went 21-61 last year.

 

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Trend Report
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Seattle VS Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seattle's last 12 games.
Seattle is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.
Detroit is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games against Seattle.
Detroit is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home.
Detroit is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

New Jersey VS Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 7 games.
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
New Jersey is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games against Tampa Bay.
New Jersey is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay's last 15 games.
Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games against New Jersey.
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Tampa Bay's last 19 games at home.

St. Louis VS Toronto
St. Louis is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games.
St. Louis is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games against Toronto.
St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
St. Louis is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Toronto's last 14 games.
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 9 games at home.
Toronto is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against St. Louis.

New York VS Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders' last 5 games.
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
NY Islanders is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders' last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas' last 8 games.
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games against NY Islanders.
Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.

Columbus VS Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus' last 6 games.
Columbus is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus' last 5 games against an opponent in the Central Division division.
Columbus is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games played on a Tuesday.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 9 games.
Winnipeg is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 6 games against Columbus.
Winnipeg is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games at home.

Calgary VS Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games.
Calgary is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Calgary is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games against Chicago.
Calgary is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games on the road.
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games against Calgary.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 8 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing at home against Calgary.

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

New York VS Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Rangers' last 8 games.
NY Rangers is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
NY Rangers is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games against Vegas.
NY Rangers is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Vegas' last 12 games.
Vegas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
Vegas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Vegas is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.


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[Cnotes53]

Tuesday, November 18​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
SEA at DET	07:00 PM	DET -170 O 5.5*****	+500 +500
STL at TOR	07:00 PM	STL -105***** O 6.0	+500 +500
NJ at TB	07:00 PM	TB -170***** O 6.0*****	+500 +500
CLB at WIN	08:00 PM	WIN -180 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
NYI at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -170 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
CAL at CHI	08:30 PM	CHI +100 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
NYR at VEG	10:00 PM	NYR +115***** U 6.0	+500 +500
UTAH at SJ	10:00 PM	SJ +115***** U 6.0	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/18/2025........................5 - 3 - 0........................62.50%...................+ 10.00
11/17/2025........................3 - 5 - 0........................37.50%...................- 13.50
11/16/2025........................4 - 1 - 0........................80.00%...................+ 14.50
11/15/2025........................7 - 7 . 0........................50.00%....................- 8.75
11/14/2025........................3 - 3 - 0.........................50.00%....................+ 1.50
11/13/2025.......................2 - 4 - 0.........................33.33%...................- 12.00
11/12/2025.......................3 - 2 - 0..........................60.00%...................+ 3.25
11/11/205..........................3 - 4 - 0..........................42.85%....................- 2.00
11/10/2025.......................4 - 3 - 0..........................57.14%....................+ 5.75
11/09/2025.......................3 - 3 - 1..........................50.00%....................+ 0.50
11/08/2025.....................12 - 5 - 0..........................70.58%....................+ 39.25
11/07/2025.......................4 - 4 - 0...........................50.00%....................- 1.30
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...........................71- 59 - 2............................54.61%......................+ 45.20

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
NFL spreads for Week 12:
— Bills (-6) @ Houston
— Colts @ Kansas City (-3.5)
— Steelers @ Chicago (-3)
— Patriots (-8) @ Cincinnati
— Jets @ Baltimore (-13.5)
— Seahawks (-13.5) @ Tennessee

Quote of the Day
“[The Warriors’ medical staff] believes that the wear and tear, the speed, the pace, the mileage is factoring into these injuries. Across the league, everyone understands that it’s easier to score if you beat the opponent down the floor, get out in transition. But when everybody’s doing that, the games are much higher-paced.”
Steve Kerr, talking about faster-paced games leading to more injuries

Wednesday’s quiz
When was the last time Kentucky’s basketball team made the Final Four?

Tuesday’s quiz
Raiders’ QB Geno Smith played his college football at West Virginia.

Monday’s quiz
Jason Witten is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Dallas Cowboys.

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Wednesday’s Den: Looking at NFL head coach/QB combinations…….​

— Someone asked me this summer; “Who are more important, coaches or players?”
I thought about it for a minute, then said how I think that no team can be great without great players. Players make the train roll down the tracks, coaches keep the train on the track. It is the truly great teams that have both, but given my choice, I’d rather have great players.

— Bill Belichick is a polarizing figure, but no doubt he is a Hall of Fame coach, with six Super Bowl rings as a head coach (333-178 record), two more as an assistant coach with the Giants.
Upon further review, this is his record:
1991-95 Cleveland 37-45
2000-23 New England 296-133
In New England when Tom Brady started at QB, he was 249-75
In New England, when someone else started, he was 47-58.
Overall, his NFL record without Brady: 84-103 (also 4-6 in college this year)

— Other QB’s records when starting under Belichick:
Testaverde 16-15………Kosar 14-22………….Zeier 1-3
Cassel 10-5………………Mac Jones 18-24…..Hoyer 0-2
Garoppolo 2-0…………Bledsoe 5-13…………Brissett 1-1
Rypien 2-1………………Newton 7-8…………..Philcox 2-3
Tomczak 4-4…………..Zappe 4-4

— I posted those numbers on Twitter over the weekend; that post had 10 times more activity than anything else I ever posted there, so I decided to research a few more coaches.

— QB’s who started under Bill Walsh:
Joe Montana 88-40
Steve Young 4-2
DeBerg 6-18
Cavanaugh 2-0
Kemp 3-2-1
Gagliano 1-0

— QB’s who started under Chuck Noll:
Terry Bradshaw 121-56………Kruczek 6-0…….Bono 2-1
Bubby Brister 26-27………….Gilliam 4-2-1……Blackledge 2-3
Mark Malone 21-24…………..Woodley 7-6…….SCampbell 0-2
Hanratty 6-11…………………..O’Donnell 2-6…..Shiner 1-8
Stoudt 9-7

— QB’s who started under Joe Gibbs
Joe Theismann 53-23……..Brunell 16-19……..TCollins 3-0
Mark Rypien 47-22………..JCampbell 8-12…..Rutledge 0-1
Jay Schroder 24-7………….Ramsey 4-4………..Rubbert 3-0
Doug Williams 5-9…………Humphries 3-2

— QB’s who started under Don Coryell:
Dan Fouts 72-53…….Luther 2-7………..Harris 0-2
Jim Hart 41-28………Herrmann 1-4…..Keithley 1-1

Famous birthdays, November 19th:
Bob Boone, 78
Ahmad Rashad, 76
Allison Janney, 66
Meg Ryan, 64
Ryan Howard, 46
Adam Driver, 42
Framber Valdez, 32
Joey Gallo, 32
Poona Ford, 30
Zach Collins, 28

— Apparently Florida Gators have offered Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin a six-year deal worth $81M; had to be awkward over the weekend, when the Rebels beat Florida, 34-24.

— Best wishes to former NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar, who underwent a liver transplant a few years ago. He says he feels good after the surgery, which is excellent news.

— Dallas Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson is the grandson of longtime Wisconsin coach/AD Barry Alvarez; Ferguson has caught 60 passes for 400 yards so far this season.

— Michigan State 83, Kentucky 66
Spartans shot 11-22 on the arc, Kentucky 7-30.
Michigan State out-rebounded Kentucky, 42-28
Kentucky is 3-2, but 0-2 vs teams ranked in the top 250.

— Duke 78, Kansas 66
Duke shot 62.5% inside arc; they only played one senior.
Kansas PG Peterson (hamstring) didn’t play.
Teams combined to shoot 11-47 on the arc.
Kentucky

— Florida State 87, Tenn-Martin 73
Skyhawks turned ball over 26 times, FSU only six times.
Tenn-Martin has turned ball over 27.3% of time in its D-I games.
Tenn-Martin has also covered the spread in all three D-I games.

— Texas A&M 86, Montana 81
Aggies led by 14 at half, shot 71% inside the arc.
Montana made 16-31 on arc, covered after trailing by 19.
Montana has 59.3% inside arc in its four D-I games.

— Fresno State 80, Stephen F Austin 78
Lumberjacks led by 7 with 3:55 left to play.
Bulldogs were 11-19 on foul line, SF Austin 3-6.
Fresno State shot 64.3% inside the arc

 

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Wednesday, November 19

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Trend Report
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Edmonton VS Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 7 games.
Edmonton is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against Washington.
Edmonton is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
Edmonton is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Washington.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games.
Washington is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 9 games against Edmonton.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Washington's last 17 games at home.

Calgary VS Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games.
Calgary is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
Calgary is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games on the road.
Calgary is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Buffalo.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games.
Buffalo is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 6 games against Calgary.
Buffalo is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home.

Carolina VS Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games.
Carolina is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games.
Carolina is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games against Minnesota.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Carolina's last 15 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games.
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 9 games against Carolina.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games at home.

Boston VS Anaheim
Boston is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games.
Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Anaheim.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing on the road against Anaheim.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games.
Anaheim is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Anaheim's last 10 games against Boston.
Anaheim is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home.


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