By Marc Lawrence — When the Tampa Bay Bucs handed Green Bay its first loss of the 2020 campaign they did so in resounding fashion, scoring 38 unanswered points after trailing 10-0 after the first quarter. The Packers had not tuned the ball over in any of their first four games of the season until QB Aaron Rodgers suffered a Pick-6 in the 2Q, and then another interception (nearly another Pick-6) on its next possession. It was off to the races for Tom Brady’s boys from that point thereafter. Oddly, the same questions that hovered over the Packers (4-1) last year will surely be asked after getting pummeled in Tampa. A year ago, Green Bay beat up bad teams and got hammered by the upper-echelon squads like San Francisco. Sunday felt like another version of those Niners poundings … To read more on this insight of each team’s performance last week click here. |
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ESPN reports Tampa Bay Rays hurler Charlie Morton has 4 wins in winner-take-all playoff games, twice as many as any other pitcher in MLB history. Morton is also the first pitcher in MLB postseason history to earn the win in 3 career Game 7s. |
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From this week’s PLAYBOOK FOOTBALL NEWSLETTER: As the Big ten makes its 2020 debut this week, Nebraska is 32-2 SU in season openers. On the other side of the coin, though, is Ohio State is 32-1 SU Game One, including 18-0 SU and 13-3 ATS since 2002. Pick your poison. |