“Let’s go shock the world.”—Fairleigh Dickinson Coach Tobin Anderson’s pre-game mission statement to his team.
Mission accomplished. Consider the world shocked. Purdue was shocked, certainly.
The most amazing thing to me about the 16th seeded Knights’ upset of #1 Purdue? FDU is the shortest team in the country, with a roster whose average height is 6-1. Yet the Knights scored only two fewer points in the paint than did the ginormous Boilermakers.
The Spurs didn’t really blow a 29-point third quarter homecourt lead and lose in overtime to the Ja-less Grizzlies, did they? The Spurs are now 0-5 in OT this season.
You got nothing to be smug about, Lakers. You led the Mavs by four with 7.2 seconds remaining. Final score? Mavs 111, Lakers 110 on a game winning three by Maxi Kleber with 0.2 showing.
Guys like playing with Jimmy G. That’s always been evident. He’s an easy hang, and he wins. Garoppolo during Friday’s introductory news conference with the Raiders: “I don’t want to be given anything. I want to earn it.” That will play well with his new teammates. All that guy needs to do is stay healthy. He missed 30 games due to injury in his six years with the Niners. But he’s also 44-19 as an NFL starting QB, including four playoff wins.
Hanging onto Cooper Rush was critically important for the Cowboys, IMO. He’s still in the QB room after signing a new two-year, $5 million dollar deal. Rush kept the Cowboys’ season alive in 2022, going 4-1 as the starter while Dak was out with a broken thumb, beating the Bengals, Rams, Giants and Commanders. Here’s reality in today’s NFL. A team is only as good as its backup quarterback.