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Ravens set more records in rout; Cowboys stars hurt in defeat; happy college basketball season!

Written by on November 4, 2024

Ravens set more records in rout; Cowboys stars hurt in defeat; happy college basketball season!

Ravens set more records in rout; Cowboys stars hurt in defeat; happy college basketball season!

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๐Ÿˆ The Football Five

  1. The Ravens crushed the Broncos,ย 41-10, with Baltimoreโ€™s two biggest stars making more history. Lamar Jackson had his fourth career game with a perfect passer rating, passing Ben Roethlisberger for most all-time, and Derrick Henry scored his 100th career touchdown rushing.
  2. The Eagles held on for a 28-23 win over the Jaguars, Philadelphiaโ€™s fourth straight win. Saquon Barkley had 199 yards from scrimmage, two touchdowns and one ridiculous backwards hurdle that I cannot believe is humanly possible. Nakobe Dean had the game-clinching interception.
  3. Game of the day belongs to the Ramsโ€˜ 26-20 overtime win over the Seahawks that included some truly incredible throws โ€” good and bad โ€” from Matthew Stafford and Geno Smith. DeMarcus Robinson snagged a one-handed game-winner, and he was only in position to do so because Puka Nacua got ejected for throwing a punch. This game had everything, including a 103-yard pick six by L.A.โ€™s Kamren Kinchens. Los Angeles earned a โ€œB+โ€ in John Breechโ€™s Week 9 grades.
  4. Dolphins-Bills was a very close second for game of the day, with Tyler Bass nailing a 61-yard field goal late to give Buffalo a 30-27 victory. Josh Allen was terrific, and Miamiโ€™s shorthanded defense was not, landing it in the โ€œlosersโ€ category of Cody Benjaminโ€™s Week 9 winners and losers.
  5. The Vikings got back on track with a 21-13 win over the Colts.

๐Ÿˆ Good morning to all, but especially to โ€ฆ

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THE DETROIT LIONS

Come rain, come shine, come any opponent, itโ€™s all coming up Lions. Detroit improved to 7-1 and maintained its NFC North lead with a 24-14 win at the Packers.

This was the Lionsโ€™ first game outside this season, but they didnโ€™t seem bothered, and Jared Goffย let all the doubters know. After all, why would you doubt this?

  • Goff completed 18 of 22 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown. His 140.1 passer rating over the last six games is the best over any six-game stretch in NFL history.
  • David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs combined for 138 yards rushing and a score.
  • Kerby Joseph had a pick-six (his six interceptions are tied for the league lead), and Green Bay scored just one touchdown on four red zone trips.
  • Brian Branchโ€˜s ejection was a low point for Detroit, but otherwise, everything was good in the bad weather.

I love everything about this team, from how they deploy their playmakers to how aggressive their defense is to how theyโ€™re coached and how they approach the game. Jeff Kerr says theย Lions are the best team in the NFL.

๐Ÿ‘ Honorable mentions

๐Ÿคฌ And not such a good morning for โ€ฆ

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THE DALLAS COWBOYS

โ€œWe fโ€”ing suck.โ€

Thatโ€™s whatย Dak Prescott appeared to sayย while sidelined by a hamstring injury, and itโ€™s hard to argue. Dallas has lost three straight and is 3-5 this season after aย 27-21 loss to theย Falcons that featured, in addition to Prescottโ€™s comment and injury, CeeDee Lambย hurting his shoulder and Mike McCarthy slamming a tablet in frustration. Prescott and Lamb will get MRIs. (Thereโ€™s no update on the tablet.)

This is plainly a bad football team, and weโ€™ve mentioned the issues up and down the roster. In โ€œSorting The Sunday Pile,โ€ Will Brinson says Jerry Jones is responsible for the collapse.

  • Brinson: โ€œAny other general manager who rolled out this roster, with these variant contract situations, well, theyโ€™d be fired. โ€ฆ The same guy who waited to sign Dak. The same guy who waited to sign Lamb. The same guy who said Derrick Henry was too expensive (because he waited, even though Henry wasnโ€™t). The same guy who didnโ€™t add anything other thanย Ezekiel Elliott โ€” who wasย inactive Sunday and didnโ€™t travel to Atlanta because of disciplinary reasonsย โ€” to the running back room this offseason. The same guy who said the team was โ€˜all inโ€™ on 2024. The same guy who thought the defense would be fine.โ€

Jones says Dallas โ€œhas some things in the mixโ€ regarding trades, but like many of his decisions, it might be too late already.

๐Ÿ‘Ž Not so honorable mentions

๐Ÿˆ College football recap: Ohio State holds off Penn State, two other undefeateds fall

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Ohio State isnโ€™t the dominant outfit one might have expected leading up to the season, but itโ€™s still getting the job done โ€ฆ and still beating Penn State. The Buckeyes got a goal-line stand with just over five minutes left and then ran out the clock for a 20-13 win, their eighth straight triumph over the Nittany Lions.

With him and his team squarely in the spotlight, Ryan Day got the tough win and silenced the noise, Dennis Dodd writes. Meanwhile, James Franklin fell to 1-10 against Ohio State, had a tense postgame exchange with a fanย and ultimately failed his team โ€ฆ again, writes Tom Fornelli.

If thereโ€™s a silver lining, itโ€™s that the Nittany Lions still have a 90.1% chance to make the College Football Playoff per SportsLine projections, and Matt Norlander provided some needed perspective.

So down goes Penn State for the first time this season. The Nittany Lions werenโ€™t alone in doing so.

  • Pittsburgh got thumped, 48-25, byย SMU. The ACC race is wild, with everyone looking up at Miami after the Hurricanes thrashed Duke,ย 53-31.
  • Iowa State lost to Texas Tech,ย 23-22, with star Tahj Brooks rushing for a touchdown with under 20 seconds left.

As for the top two teams, Oregon cruised by Michigan, and Georgia topped Florida after DJ Lagway was carted off.

Hereโ€™s more:

๐Ÿ€ Menโ€™s college basketball season preview: Championship picks, Bracketology, more

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Weโ€™re soooooo back. College basketball begins tonight, and we have 68 storylines hot off the press!

Letโ€™s start with No. 7 Duke and Cooper Flagg, who open tonight against Maine. Listen, I get it. We talk about Duke and their freshmen year after year. Flagg might just be different, though. Heโ€™s No. 1 on Cameron Salernoโ€™s list ofย top freshmenย โ€” a really, really talented list โ€” and, as such, is trying to reverse the recent trend of freshmen-led teams not winning titles.

Flagg is also the top power forward in our Top 100 And 1 players, but heโ€™s not the top player overall. That belongs to Mark Sears, and his Alabama Crimson Tide are atop Matt Norlanderโ€™s Top 100 And 1 teams.

Will they finish there? We have expert picks for the Final Four and National Championship, with five different projected title winners among our seven experts. I like Gary Parrishโ€™s pick:

  • Parrish:ย โ€œKansas โ€”ย They added two projected starters (AJ Storr from Wisconsin and Rylan Griffen from Alabama) and three other rotation pieces โ€ฆ Combine that with three returning starters (Dajuan Harris, KJ Adams andย Hunter Dickinson) and two top-50 freshmen (Flory Bidunga andย Rakease Passmore), and, again, depth shouldnโ€™t be an issue this season. Simply put, Iโ€™m of the opinion KU has the best roster-construction for winning six straight games in a single-elimination national tournament.โ€

And donโ€™t look now, but Jerry Palm already has Bracketologyย up and running.

Oh, and for you night owls, donโ€™t miss No. 8 Baylor at No. 6 Gonzaga tonight.

๐Ÿ€ Womenโ€™s college basketball preview: Can South Carolina repeat?

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Womenโ€™s college basketball also returns today, and weโ€™re going international for this one, withย No. 20 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 USC andย No. 17 Louisville vs. No. 5 UCLAย in Paris. JuJu Watkins is the shiniest star in The City of Lights: Sheโ€™s No. 2 in Isabel Gonzalezโ€™s top 10 players in the country, and Isabel says her Trojans are one of four teams capable of winning it all.

  1. South Carolina โ€” โ€œExcept for Kamilla Cardoso, the Gamecocks return every key player from their 38-0 season that resulted in the 2024 national title. โ€ฆ Joining MiLaysia Fulwiley in the backcourt are 3-point markswoman Te-Hina Paopao and Raven Johnson, who led the team in steals last season.โ€
  2. UConn โ€” โ€œThe Huskies are fresh off making the Final Four with just a seven-player rotation, and this year they could have a few more healthy bodies. Paige Bueckers made a comeback last season and proved to be physically stronger and a better defender.โ€
  3. USC โ€” โ€œWatkins is back, along with Rayah Marshall โ€” the teamโ€™s leader in rebounds and blocks. โ€ฆ They added even more talent with Oregon Stateโ€˜s Talia von Oelhoffen and Stanfordโ€˜s Kiki Iriafen.โ€
  4. Texas โ€” โ€œTexas has made three of the last four Elite Eights, but this is the first time in a while the team has had this much depth.โ€

Hereโ€™s more:

๐Ÿ“บ What weโ€™re watching Monday

๐Ÿ€ No. 20 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 USC in Paris (W), noon on ESPN
๐Ÿ€ No. 17 Louisville vs. No. 5 UCLA in Paris (W), 2:30 p.m. on ESPN2
๐Ÿ€ Maine at No. 7 Duke (M), 7 p.m. on ACC Network
๐Ÿ€ Bucks at Cavaliers, 7 p.m. on NBA TV
๐Ÿ€ Michigan vs. No. 1 South Carolina (M), 7:30 p.m. on truTV/TNT
๐Ÿˆ Buccaneers at Chiefs, 8:15 p.m. on ABC/ESPN
๐Ÿ€ No. 19 Texas vs. Ohio State (M), 10 p.m. on truTVTBS
๐Ÿ€ 76ers at Suns, 10:15 p.m. on NBA TV
๐Ÿ€ No. 8 Baylor at No. 6 Gonzaga (M), 11:30 p.m. on ESPN2

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