Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday
13) Boston College 89, Duke 84? Eagles made 15-26 on arc, 11-16 in first half. BC played only seven players, and the 2nd sub played only 4:00. Eagles were a 15-point underdog.
12) Looks like Giancarlo Stanton is getting traded to the Bronx, in a total salary dump by the new owners of the Marlins, who apparently want their home games to be played in an empty stadium next year.
Conservative estimate: I?ve seen 80% of Stanton?s at-bats the last three years. Now he plays in a way smaller stadium, so he should at least put up similar numbers to 2017, but he will be playing on a team I can?t stand so it?ll be harder to root for him.
11) If you care about such things, the two minor leaguers the Marlins get in the Stanton trade are:
? Jose Devers, an 18-year old SS who hit .246 in A-ball last year.
? Jorge Guzman, a 21-year old P who is 11-11, 3.67 in 33 starts in A ball over three years.
10) Army 14, Navy 13? Cadets win Commander-in-Chief trophy for first time since 1996 on a snowy day in Philadelphia. Navy missed a 48-yard FG at the end that would?ve won it.
9) Middle Tennessee State 77, Ole Miss 58? Anytime a Conference USA team beats an SEC team, it is a big deal for them and their league. Helps raise the whole league?s profile.
8) California 63, San Diego State 62? Opposite side of that; this score is bad for the whole Mountain West, especially Nevada. 2015 was last time the Mountain West got multiple bids to the NCAA tournament.
7) Michigan 78, UCLA 69 OT? Bruins led by 15 in second half, but Michigan rallied for the win. You wonder if the two UCLA kids who are still suspended after the China incident would?ve made a difference here, and you wonder if the two of them will play at all this season (I?m guessing no).
6) Upsets of the Day:
Boston College (+15) 89, Duke 84
California (+14.5) 63, San Diego State 62
Tulsa (+10.5) 61, Kansas State 54
SE Missouri St (+10) 75, Southern Illinois 69
Marquette (+7) 63, Wisconsin 62
Miami OH (+6.5) 81, Fort Wayne 73
Penn (+6) 78, Dayton 70
5) Interesting thing on MLB Network on why Shohei Ohtani wanted to play on west coast; if he played in the east, his games would air in Japan in the middle of the night, instead of early in the morning, when people in Japan could watch them live.
If Ohtani DH?s three days a week, does that mean Albert Pujols plays 1B three days a week?
4) Albany 74, Siena 69? This is a local rivalry game here in Albany; they drew 9,071 fans on a snowy night. Great Danes have now won this game five of the last six years.
3) UNLV 89, Illinois 82? Rebels were 33-48 on foul line, Illini 11-15; 48 FT?s in a college game is an awful lot. Illinois stayed in game going 11-25 on arc, but they had seven guys finish game with four or five fouls.
Lot of Illinois fans made the trip out west for this game, which was played in the MGM Arena because the rodeo is in the Thomas & Mack Center.
2) Was surprised by this: looking at SEC football records fro 2013-17, conference games only. Alabama is obviously strong (36-4), Georgia 27-13??..worst records are Vanderbilt at 10-30, then Arkansas at 11-29. Wouldn?t have guessed the Razorbacks to have the 2nd-worst record.
1) Arkansas 95, Minnesota 79? Surprisingly easy win for the basketball Razorbacks; Big 14 is having a rough time in their pre-conference games.
13) Boston College 89, Duke 84? Eagles made 15-26 on arc, 11-16 in first half. BC played only seven players, and the 2nd sub played only 4:00. Eagles were a 15-point underdog.
12) Looks like Giancarlo Stanton is getting traded to the Bronx, in a total salary dump by the new owners of the Marlins, who apparently want their home games to be played in an empty stadium next year.
Conservative estimate: I?ve seen 80% of Stanton?s at-bats the last three years. Now he plays in a way smaller stadium, so he should at least put up similar numbers to 2017, but he will be playing on a team I can?t stand so it?ll be harder to root for him.
11) If you care about such things, the two minor leaguers the Marlins get in the Stanton trade are:
? Jose Devers, an 18-year old SS who hit .246 in A-ball last year.
? Jorge Guzman, a 21-year old P who is 11-11, 3.67 in 33 starts in A ball over three years.
10) Army 14, Navy 13? Cadets win Commander-in-Chief trophy for first time since 1996 on a snowy day in Philadelphia. Navy missed a 48-yard FG at the end that would?ve won it.
9) Middle Tennessee State 77, Ole Miss 58? Anytime a Conference USA team beats an SEC team, it is a big deal for them and their league. Helps raise the whole league?s profile.
8) California 63, San Diego State 62? Opposite side of that; this score is bad for the whole Mountain West, especially Nevada. 2015 was last time the Mountain West got multiple bids to the NCAA tournament.
7) Michigan 78, UCLA 69 OT? Bruins led by 15 in second half, but Michigan rallied for the win. You wonder if the two UCLA kids who are still suspended after the China incident would?ve made a difference here, and you wonder if the two of them will play at all this season (I?m guessing no).
6) Upsets of the Day:
Boston College (+15) 89, Duke 84
California (+14.5) 63, San Diego State 62
Tulsa (+10.5) 61, Kansas State 54
SE Missouri St (+10) 75, Southern Illinois 69
Marquette (+7) 63, Wisconsin 62
Miami OH (+6.5) 81, Fort Wayne 73
Penn (+6) 78, Dayton 70
5) Interesting thing on MLB Network on why Shohei Ohtani wanted to play on west coast; if he played in the east, his games would air in Japan in the middle of the night, instead of early in the morning, when people in Japan could watch them live.
If Ohtani DH?s three days a week, does that mean Albert Pujols plays 1B three days a week?
4) Albany 74, Siena 69? This is a local rivalry game here in Albany; they drew 9,071 fans on a snowy night. Great Danes have now won this game five of the last six years.
3) UNLV 89, Illinois 82? Rebels were 33-48 on foul line, Illini 11-15; 48 FT?s in a college game is an awful lot. Illinois stayed in game going 11-25 on arc, but they had seven guys finish game with four or five fouls.
Lot of Illinois fans made the trip out west for this game, which was played in the MGM Arena because the rodeo is in the Thomas & Mack Center.
2) Was surprised by this: looking at SEC football records fro 2013-17, conference games only. Alabama is obviously strong (36-4), Georgia 27-13??..worst records are Vanderbilt at 10-30, then Arkansas at 11-29. Wouldn?t have guessed the Razorbacks to have the 2nd-worst record.
1) Arkansas 95, Minnesota 79? Surprisingly easy win for the basketball Razorbacks; Big 14 is having a rough time in their pre-conference games.

