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Friday’s 6-pack:
Some NFL spreads for this week:
— Packers vs Eagles (-2.5, 49.5) (@ Brazil)
— Cardinals @ Buffalo (-6.5, 47.5)
— Patriots @ Cincinnati (-8.5, 40.5)
— Vikings (-1.5, 41.5) @ NJ Giants
— Titans @ Chicago (-3.5, 44.5)
— Panthers @ New Orleans (-4, 41.5)
Quote of the Day
“Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It’s not about winning. It’s about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn’t let them down because you told them the truth…….”
Billy Bob Thornton, Friday Night Lights
Friday’s quiz
In the movie Invincible, the Eagles beat the Giants in Week 2 of the 1976 season; who played QB for the Giants in that game?
Hint: He played in a Super Bowl, for a different team
Thursday’s quiz
Randy Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Arizona Diamondbacks’ history.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Someone to Watch Over Me, Tom Berenger is a New York City cop assigned to protect a woman who witnessed a murder. Mimi Rogers played the witness.
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Friday’s Den: Random stuff, with the weekend here…….
— Chiefs 27, Ravens 20
Ravens were on 10-yard line at end of game, failed to score.
QB Jackson threw for 273 yards, ran for 122 more.
Ravens’ first drive: 11 plays, 70 yards. TD drive took 6:46
Baltimore had only one other TD on their last nine drives.
KC won despite being minus-2 in turnovers, and outgained, 452-353
Mahomes threw for 291 yards; WR Rice caught seven passes for 103 yards; Last 8 years, Chiefs are 6-2 ATS in Week 1.
Last 22 years, defending Super Bowl champ is 12-7-3 ATS in Week 1 the next year.
— Chiefs have now won six of their last seven games against Baltimore.
— With the loss Thursday, Ravens’ QB Lamar Jackson drops to 13-3 ATS as an NFL underdog.
— Most career rushing yards by a quarterback:
6,109- Michael Vick
5,628- Cam Newton
5,380- Lamar Jackson
5,307- Russell Wilson
— NFL is heading towards having a 20-week (18-game) regular season with two byes for each team, one that will start on Labor Day weekend, with the Super Bowl on Presidents Day weekend. Should happen when the next TV contract comes up.
— Movie of the Day: Invincible (2006)- Based on the true story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL’s Eagles in 1976.
Mark Wahlberg plays Papale, Greg Kinnear plays Dick Vermeil; Elizabeth Banks, Michael Nouri and Michael Rispoli are also in this movie.
Coach Vermeil is a stickler for details; in the locker room scenes where the players are getting ready for the games, the real names/numbers are on their jerseys.
These days, Vince Papale’s son is a wide receiver in the UFL.
This is a very good movie, especially if you like football.
— Back in 1976, teams played six freakin’ exhibition games before the season started; now they only play three.
— The first 2-point conversion in the NFL happened 30 years ago, in 1994, when Cleveland P/QB Tom Tupa scored on a fake PAT for 2 points, against the Bengals. Clever play.
Coach of the Cleveland Browns that day was Bill Belichick.
— Famous birthdays, September 6th:
Ron Boone, 78
Jane Curtin, 77
Kevin Willis, 62
Idris Elba, 52
Eric Zeier, 52
Jerry Blevins, 41
Mitch Moreland, 39
John Wall, 34
Mark Andrews, 29
— Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber had a game this week where he went 5-6 with three home runs and a double. He had six RBI and the game-winning home run, one of the best games ever by any hitter in the big leagues.
Who had the best game ever?
May 23, 2002, playing for the Dodgers in Milwaukee, RF Shawn Green went 6-6, with four home runs and 7 RBI. 19 total bases in one game is still a record today; tough one to beat.
— Giants’ TV broadcaster Duane Kuiper was a good ballplayer, lasted 12 years in the major leagues, batted 3,754 times, but he only hit one home run in all those at-bats.
August 29, 1977, Kuiper hit only big league home run, off the White Sox’ Steve Stone.
47 years later, Kuiper and Stone are both still broadcasting on TV, Kuiper for the Giants, Stone for the White Sox.
— San Francisco Giants signed 3B Matt Chapman to a 6-year, $151M contract extension; he is 31 years old, but he’s been a durable player who is an excellent fielder and has a .778 OPS this year.
— Tigers 4, Padres 3
Trailing 3-0, Parker Meadows hit a dramatic grand slam with two outs in the 9th inning.
Last time a Detroit player hit a go-ahead grand slam with two strikes and two outs in the 9th inning was Alan Trammell, way back in 1988.
Friday’s 6-pack:
Some NFL spreads for this week:
— Packers vs Eagles (-2.5, 49.5) (@ Brazil)
— Cardinals @ Buffalo (-6.5, 47.5)
— Patriots @ Cincinnati (-8.5, 40.5)
— Vikings (-1.5, 41.5) @ NJ Giants
— Titans @ Chicago (-3.5, 44.5)
— Panthers @ New Orleans (-4, 41.5)
Quote of the Day
“Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It’s not about winning. It’s about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn’t let them down because you told them the truth…….”
Billy Bob Thornton, Friday Night Lights
Friday’s quiz
In the movie Invincible, the Eagles beat the Giants in Week 2 of the 1976 season; who played QB for the Giants in that game?
Hint: He played in a Super Bowl, for a different team
Thursday’s quiz
Randy Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Arizona Diamondbacks’ history.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie Someone to Watch Over Me, Tom Berenger is a New York City cop assigned to protect a woman who witnessed a murder. Mimi Rogers played the witness.
************************************************************
Friday’s Den: Random stuff, with the weekend here…….
— Chiefs 27, Ravens 20
Ravens were on 10-yard line at end of game, failed to score.
QB Jackson threw for 273 yards, ran for 122 more.
Ravens’ first drive: 11 plays, 70 yards. TD drive took 6:46
Baltimore had only one other TD on their last nine drives.
KC won despite being minus-2 in turnovers, and outgained, 452-353
Mahomes threw for 291 yards; WR Rice caught seven passes for 103 yards; Last 8 years, Chiefs are 6-2 ATS in Week 1.
Last 22 years, defending Super Bowl champ is 12-7-3 ATS in Week 1 the next year.
— Chiefs have now won six of their last seven games against Baltimore.
— With the loss Thursday, Ravens’ QB Lamar Jackson drops to 13-3 ATS as an NFL underdog.
— Most career rushing yards by a quarterback:
6,109- Michael Vick
5,628- Cam Newton
5,380- Lamar Jackson
5,307- Russell Wilson
— NFL is heading towards having a 20-week (18-game) regular season with two byes for each team, one that will start on Labor Day weekend, with the Super Bowl on Presidents Day weekend. Should happen when the next TV contract comes up.
— Movie of the Day: Invincible (2006)- Based on the true story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL’s Eagles in 1976.
Mark Wahlberg plays Papale, Greg Kinnear plays Dick Vermeil; Elizabeth Banks, Michael Nouri and Michael Rispoli are also in this movie.
Coach Vermeil is a stickler for details; in the locker room scenes where the players are getting ready for the games, the real names/numbers are on their jerseys.
These days, Vince Papale’s son is a wide receiver in the UFL.
This is a very good movie, especially if you like football.
— Back in 1976, teams played six freakin’ exhibition games before the season started; now they only play three.
— The first 2-point conversion in the NFL happened 30 years ago, in 1994, when Cleveland P/QB Tom Tupa scored on a fake PAT for 2 points, against the Bengals. Clever play.
Coach of the Cleveland Browns that day was Bill Belichick.
— Famous birthdays, September 6th:
Ron Boone, 78
Jane Curtin, 77
Kevin Willis, 62
Idris Elba, 52
Eric Zeier, 52
Jerry Blevins, 41
Mitch Moreland, 39
John Wall, 34
Mark Andrews, 29
— Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber had a game this week where he went 5-6 with three home runs and a double. He had six RBI and the game-winning home run, one of the best games ever by any hitter in the big leagues.
Who had the best game ever?
May 23, 2002, playing for the Dodgers in Milwaukee, RF Shawn Green went 6-6, with four home runs and 7 RBI. 19 total bases in one game is still a record today; tough one to beat.
— Giants’ TV broadcaster Duane Kuiper was a good ballplayer, lasted 12 years in the major leagues, batted 3,754 times, but he only hit one home run in all those at-bats.
August 29, 1977, Kuiper hit only big league home run, off the White Sox’ Steve Stone.
47 years later, Kuiper and Stone are both still broadcasting on TV, Kuiper for the Giants, Stone for the White Sox.
— San Francisco Giants signed 3B Matt Chapman to a 6-year, $151M contract extension; he is 31 years old, but he’s been a durable player who is an excellent fielder and has a .778 OPS this year.
— Tigers 4, Padres 3
Trailing 3-0, Parker Meadows hit a dramatic grand slam with two outs in the 9th inning.
Last time a Detroit player hit a go-ahead grand slam with two strikes and two outs in the 9th inning was Alan Trammell, way back in 1988.
