Thread watched CNOTES 2025-206 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

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CNOTES NBA BEST BEST FOR DECEMBER !

12/08/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%.............- 1.50
12/07/2025................2 - 4 - 1................33.33%............- 12.00
12/06/2025................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%............+ 3.00
12/05/2025..............10 - 5 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 22.50
12/04/2025................2 - 4 - 0...............33.33%.............- 12.00
12/03/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00
12/02/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00

TOTALS....................34 - 32 - 1...............51.51%.............- 6.00

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Week 15 NFL spreads:
— Falcons @ Tampa Bay (-4.5)
— Bills (-1.5) @ New England
— Ravens (-2.5) @ Cincinnati
— Jets @ Jacksonville (-12.5)
— Chargers @ Kansas City (-4.5)
— Cardinals @ Houston (-9.5)

Quote of the Day
“There are a lot of older gentlemen with beards playing college basketball right now. He’s waving up into the stands at his kids. Crazy thing, he’s using NIL for his first wife’s alimony. Are we nuts?”
John Calipari

Tuesday’s quiz
New York/New Jersey Jets have existed since 1960; the first three years they played, they had a different nickname- they weren’t the Jets. Who were they?

Monday’s quiz
Since 1998, Kansas City Royals have hit the fewest home runs.

Sunday’s quiz
Chargers’ QB Justin Herbert played his college football at Oregon.

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

— Indianapolis Colts have QB injury issues, big ones; they’re actually bringing 44-year old Philip Rivers in for a workout Tuesday. He hasn’t played in the NFL since 2020; he will be on next year’s ballot for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but if he plays this year, that pushes his Hall of Fame induction back a few years.
Rivers turned 44 Monday; he’s been a high school coach in Alabama the last five years, where he has posted a 44-16 record, losing in the state semi-finals the last two seasons.

— When the Dolphins beat the Jets on a cold day in New Jersey Sunday, it was Tua Tagovailoa’s first career win in eight games when the temperature was less than 47 degrees.

— Arizona Cardinals’ QB Kyler Murray is out for the year with a foot injury; it is doubtful if Murray ever play for the Cardinals again, but his contract is an issue.
Murray’s contract the next three years:
2026- $42.5M
2027- $36.3M
2028- $46.35M

— Eight of the last 11 years, the team that won March Madness was still unbeaten on December 6th. Since 2008, every national champ was ranked in the top 12 of the AP poll in Week 6.
Here is this week’s top 12 in the AP poll:
Arizona-Michigan-Duke-Iowa State
UConn-Purdue-Houston-Gonzaga
Michigan State-BYU-Louisville-Alabama

Famous birthdays, December 9th:
Darold Knowles, 84
Beau Bridges, 84
Michael Nouri, 80
Doc Medich, 77
John Malkovich, 72
Jim Haslett, 70
Otis Birdsong, 70
Richard Brooks, 63
Todd Van Poppel, 54
David Akers, 51

— If you don’t think Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti is a great freakin’ coach, think again. Here is Indiana’s 2023 season, the year before Cignetti went to the Hoosiers.
Indiana went 3-9
One of the wins was against Akron, in 4 overtimes.
Hoosiers lost four games by 17+ points.
Indiana’s last three losses were by 3-3-4 points.
In two years under Cignetti, Indiana is 24-2.

— College/minor league sports are off the rails; several teams declined invitations to bowl games. You’d think players would enjoy going to bowls, but some schools are queasy that bigger $$$ teams are going to scout their players, then poach them for next year.
Then there is Notre Dame, which is whining because they got left out of the playoffs; starting next year, if they’re ranked in the top 12 at this time, they’ll automatically be in the playoff.

— Georgia Southern is going bowling; seven teams declined a chance to play the Eagles in a bowl. Finally, Sun Belt rival Appalachian State signed up to play the Eagles in the Birmingham Bowl December 29th.
Georgia Southern won 25-23 at Appalachian State November 6th.

— Aside from that game between Sun Belt rivals, Sun Belt has eight other teams are going to bowls; they don’t get on national TV much. Five of those eight games will be a Sun Belt team against an opponent from Conference USA.

— Big X fined both Iowa State/Kansas State $500,000 for declining bowl bids; both teams had their coach leave (one bolted, one retired).

— 11 SEC teams are going bowling; Oklahoma-Alabama is a first round matchup in the 12-team playoff. Seven of the other nine SEC teams in bowls will be favored in their game.

— Eight Big X are going bowling; seven of them will be favored in their game.

 

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NBA
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Tuesday, December 9

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Trend Report
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Miami VS Orlando
Miami is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 7 games.
Miami is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Orlando.
Orlando is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games.
Orlando is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando's last 7 games against Miami.

New York VS Toronto
New York is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New York's last 8 games.
New York is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
New York is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games against Toronto.
Toronto is 0-7 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 12 games.
Toronto is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 13 games against New York.


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Tuesday, December 9​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NY at TOR	08:30 PM	NY -5.5***** U 226.0*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA BEST BEST FOR DECEMBER !

12/09/2025...............2 - 0 - 0..............100.00%..........+ 10.00
12/08/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%.............- 1.50
12/07/2025................2 - 4 - 1................33.33%............- 12.00
12/06/2025................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%............+ 3.00
12/05/2025..............10 - 5 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 22.50
12/04/2025................2 - 4 - 0...............33.33%.............- 12.00
12/03/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00
12/02/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00

TOTALS...................36 - 32 - 1...............52.94%............ + 4.00

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Week 15 NFL spreads:
— Colts @ Seattle (-13.5)
— Packers (-2.5) @ Denver
— Titans @ San Francisco (-12.5)
— Panthers (-2.5) @ New Orleans
— Vikings @ Dallas (-5.5)
— Dolphins @ Pittsburgh (-3)

Quote of the Day
“There are so many guys in that locker room that are fighting through so many different injuries and things worse than what I’m going through. So, it’s the least I can do to show up and give my best effort for them.”
Chargers QB Justin Herbert

Wednesday’s quiz
What team did Edwin Diaz break into the major leagues with?

Tuesday’s quiz
New York/New Jersey Jets have existed since 1960; the first three years they played, they had a different nickname- they weren’t the Jets, they were the New York Titans.

Monday’s quiz
Since 1998, Kansas City Royals have hit the fewest home runs.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— DH/OF Kyle Schwarber re-signed with the Phillies, getting a contract worth $150M over five years. 32-year old Schwarber hit 187 home runs for the Phillies the last four years- he hit 56 HR’s last year, knocked in 132 runs.

— Los Angeles Dodgers signed closer Edwin Diaz, giving him $69M for the next three years. Diaz will be 31 in March; he had 28 saves for the Mets last year.

— Chicago White Sox won the #1 pick in the 2026 amateur draft, Tampa Bay got the #2 pick. White Sox lost 121-102 games the last two years.

— 44-year old Philip Rivers has un-retired, signed with the Indianapolis Colts’ practice squad; Rivers coaches a high school team in Alabama. He hasn’t played since 2020.
Right now, Brett Rypien is the Colts’ only healthy QB; Riley Leonard is banged up, Daniel Jones is out for the year, Anthony Richardson is on IR.

— NFL divisional trends:

AFC East
12-6 ATS non-divisional underdog

AFC North
Home teams 5-2 ATS divisional games
13-24 ATS non-divisional games
7-15 ATS non-divisional underdog

AFC South
Home teams 5-3 ATS divisional games
14-7 ATS non-divisional underdog

AFC West
Home teams 5-1 ATS divisional games
1-9 ATS non-divisional road favorite

NFC East
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games
8-12 ATS non-divisional underdog

NFC North
Favorites 5-2 ATS divisional games
8-5 ATS non-divisional home favorite

NFC South
Home teams 1-4 ATS divisional games
3-7 ATS non-divisional favorites

NFC West
Home teams 1-6 ATS divisional games
22-12 ATS non-divisional games

Famous birthdays, December 10th:
Susan Dey, 73
Mark Aguirre, 66
Paul Assenmacher, 65
Luis Polonia, 62
Bryant Stith, 55
Will Myers, 35
Carlos Rodon, 33
Sheldon Neuse, 31
Nestor Cortes, 31
Joe Burrow, 29

 

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NBA
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Wednesday, December 10

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Trend Report
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Phoenix VS Oklahoma City
Phoenix is 15-5 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Phoenix's last 9 games.
Phoenix is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games.
Phoenix is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against Oklahoma City.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games.
Oklahoma City is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games against Phoenix.
Oklahoma City is 14-0 SU in its last 14 games at home.

San Antonio VS Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games.
San Antonio is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games.
San Antonio is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games against LA Lakers.
San Antonio is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against LA Lakers.
LA Lakers is 13-6 ATS in its last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Lakers' last 7 games.
LA Lakers is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers' last 5 games against San Antonio.


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Wednesday, December 10​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PHO at OKC	07:30 PM	PHO +14.5**** U 224.0*****	+500 +500
SA at LAL	10:00 PM	LAL -7.0***** O 241.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA BEST BEST FOR DECEMBER !

12/10/2025...............1 - 3 - 0.................25.00%...........- 11.50
12/09/2025...............2 - 0 - 0..............100.00%..........+ 10.00
12/08/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%.............- 1.50
12/07/2025................2 - 4 - 1................33.33%............- 12.00
12/06/2025................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%............+ 3.00
12/05/2025..............10 - 5 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 22.50
12/04/2025................2 - 4 - 0...............33.33%.............- 12.00
12/03/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00
12/02/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00

TOTALS....................37 - 35 - 1...............51.38%............. - 7.50

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
Highest paid NBA coaches:
$17.5M— Steve Kerr
$15M— Erik Spoelstra
$15M— Tyronn Lue
$11M— Rick Carlisle
$11M— Doc Rivers
$11M— Ime Udoka
$11M— Joe Mazzulla

Quote of the Day
“I totally understand the fans’ reaction. There is lots of offseason left to put a playoff team on the field.”
Mets owner Steve Cohen

Thursday’s quiz
Which retired major league outfielder, who played 11 years in the major leagues, was Eli Manning’s backup QB at Mississippi?
Hint: He played in 18 playoff games and was in one World Series

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

Tuesday’s quiz
New York/New Jersey Jets have existed since 1960; the first three years they played, they had a different nickname- they weren’t the Jets, they were the New York Titans.

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

Lot of stuff going on this week…….

— Pete Alonso bolts from the Mets to Baltimore, getting a 5-year, $155M deal; Alonso hit 264 home runs in seven years with the Mets. He played in 152+ games in all six of his non-COVID years in New York. His career OPS is .857.
Unsure what is going on with the Mets; they traded Brandon Nimmo, and have lost Edwin Diaz and Alonso to free agency this week. GM David Stearns has a lot of work to do this winter, to get their roster back to where the Mets are a contending team.
If you were wondering, Alonso’s per game rate is $191,358.

— Atlanta Braves signed 35-year old OF Mike Yastrzemski for two years, $23M; he is a career .238 hitter who figures to take over in LF if free agent Marcell Ozuna goes to another team.

— If you’re into fantasy baseball, here’s a player recommendation; Washington OF Daylen Lile, who hit .299 in 91 games as a rookie last year. In the second half of the season, Lile hit .333 with a .956 OPS; he hit 7 triples, 6 home runs in September, the first big leaguer to hit 7+ triples, 6+ homers in a calendar month since Wille Mays, in 1957.

— Pittsburgh Pirates signed lefty reliever Gregory Soto to a one-year, $7.75M deal; Soto had a 4.18 ERA last year, the Orioles/Mets.

— Joe Buck will be getting the Ford Frick Award at the Hall of Fame next summer, joining his father Jack in the broadcasting area of the Hall of Fame.

— Right now, San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen is the only major league manager who was a pitcher in his playing days.

— This week is the 60th anniversary of one of the worst trades in MLB history, the Reds dealing Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas. The trade was so one-sided it gets referenced at the start of the movie Bull Durham (“bad trades are a part of baseball”).
Robinson had a .944 OPS in six years for the Orioles, who played in four World Series during those six years. Pappas was 30-29, 4.04 in 75 starts over three years for the Reds.

Famous birthdays, December 11th:
Rita Moreno, 94
Jay Bell, 60
Gary Dourdan, 59
Derek Bell, 57
Willie McGinest, 54
Robert Holcombe, 50
Joe Blanton, 45
Roy Hibbert, 39
Jacoby Brissett, 33
Malcolm Brogdon, 33
Hailee Steinfeld, 29
Mark Vientos, 26

— New Mexico 81, VCU 78
VCU led 46-41 at halftime.
Lobos have won five in a row, are 8-2, 3-1 vs top 100 teams.
VCU is 6-4, but 0-4 when they allow 80+ points.

— St Bonaventure 85, Colgate 77
Colgate led 47-34 at halftime.
Bonnies shot 58.7% inside the arc.
St Bonaventure is 10-1, with only loss to North Carolina.

— Merrimack 59, Princeton 56
Merrimack won last four games, giving up 61.3 ppg.
Princeton out-rebounded the Warriors, 45-26
Princeton has had six winning years in a row, but they’re 3-10 this year.

— Cal-Northridge 89, Fresno State 87
5-5 CSUN led 47-37 at halftime.
Matadors start four seniors; they scored 87+ points in their wins.
Fresno lost despite shooting 13-29 on arc, scoring 1.23 ppp.

— UMass 76, Boston College 74
UMass won despite going 13-24 on the foul line.
BC led 63-56 with 6:05 left in the game.
Could be a rough year for BC; they’re 1-5 vs top 200 teams.

— Movie of the Day: The Natural (1984)- A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player who can really hit.
Robert Redford is the ballplayer, Wilford Brimley is the team’s manager, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey and Joe Don Baker are also in this well-known movie.
The baseball scenes were filmed in Buffalo, in the stadium where the Bills played before they built Rich Stadium.

— Michigan fired football coach Sherrone Moore with cause Wednesday, meaning they won’t have to pay him the $12M he had left on his contract.
He got fired for off-field reasons; Biff Poggi is the Wolverines’ interim coach.

— South Florida QB Byrum Brown is opting out of the Bulls’ bowl game against Old Dominion next week; Brown has thrown for 2,883 yards this year, with 24 TD’s, 7 INT’s.

I know I’m an older guy with older ideas, but if I was an NFL executive scouting players for the draft, I’d frown upon any QB who bailed out on his teammates before a season was over.

— 10 teams have opted out of bowl games, five of them from the Big X.

— South Carolina is hiring Kendal Briles as their new offensive coordinator; Briles comes from TCU, but he’s also coached at Arkansas, FAU. Baylor and Houston.

— New Jersey Jets are the first team ever with no interceptions in their first 13 games of a season, which adds up to 809 plays.

— Denver Broncos’ practice squad QB Sam Ehlinger got an offer from the Colts to return to their team, but Ehlinger turned them down, preferring to stay on Denver’s practice squad, Yikes.

 

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NBA
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Thursday, December 11

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Thursday, December 11

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Trend Report
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Los Angeles VS Houston
LA Clippers is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Clippers' last 6 games.
LA Clippers is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games.
LA Clippers is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against Houston.
Houston is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 9 games.
Houston is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games against LA Clippers.

Boston VS Milwaukee
Boston is 8-0 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games.
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
Boston is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games against Milwaukee.
Milwaukee is 6-14 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 8 games.
Milwaukee is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games against Boston.

Portland VS New Orleans
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
Portland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
Portland is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 games against New Orleans.
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against New Orleans.
New Orleans is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans' last 5 games.
New Orleans is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of New Orleans' last 16 games against Portland.

Denver VS Sacramento
Denver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Denver's last 8 games.
Denver is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Denver is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games against Sacramento.
Sacramento is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Sacramento's last 7 games.
Sacramento is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 7 games against Denver.


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Thursday, December 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAC at HOU	08:00 PM	LAC +9.5 O 221.5*****	+500 +500
BOS at MIL	08:00 PM	BOS -9.5***** O 223.0*****	+500 +500
POR at NO	08:00 PM	NO +4.0 U 241.0*****	+500 +500
DEN at SAC	10:00 PM	SAC +10.5***** U 239.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA BEST BEST FOR DECEMBER !

12/11/2025...............1 - 5 - 0.................16.66%...........- 22.50
12/10/2025...............1 - 3 - 0.................25.00%...........- 11.50
12/09/2025...............2 - 0 - 0..............100.00%..........+ 10.00
12/08/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%.............- 1.50
12/07/2025................2 - 4 - 1................33.33%............- 12.00
12/06/2025................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%............+ 3.00
12/05/2025..............10 - 5 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 22.50
12/04/2025................2 - 4 - 0...............33.33%.............- 12.00
12/03/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00
12/02/2025................6 - 6 - 0...............50.00%.............- 3.00

TOTALS....................38 - 40 - 1...............58.71%............. - 30.00

 

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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.