(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1. The Lakers rally from a 17 point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 118-112 for their sixth straight victory.
2. College Football Playoff Ranking Top 5: 1. Ohio St. 2. LSU 3. Alabama 4. Penn St. 5. Clemson.
3. Downey at La Mirada CIF Division 4 Playoffs 1st Round, Friday Night 7:00 p.m.
4. Nick Foles, now healthy, will start at quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday November 17th over rookie Gardner Minshew.
5. The Carolina Panthers placed quarterback Cam Newton on season ending injured reserve with a foot injury.
6. Duke beat Kansas 68-66 as the College basketball season tips off.
7. Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck has agreed to a new seven year contract through the 2026 season.
8. Jazz Gardner, a 6’10” freshman and son of former South Hills HC Jelani Gardner, has left Damien and enrolled at Los Altos.
9. On this day in 1995 Owner Art Modell officially announces that the Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore.
10. Former Lakers star Lamar Odom turns 40 today.
Coaching makes a big difference:
#1) The Lakers were actually down by 19 points more than halfway through the third quarter. It looks like the Lakers got lucky with Frank Vogel.
#3) Downey had the better team but Warren still beat them. I don’t see Downey beating La Mirada. Unless Downey’s talents are head and shoulder above their opponent, they have a hard time winning.
#6) Kansas had a better team but Krzyzewski is the better coach.
#8) The young man probably left because varsity coach Mike LeDuc wanted him to play JV for a year. At LA, he could step in and start on varsity this year. He may end up transferring to Mater Dei or Sierra Canyon after a year or two.
#10) Odom is only 40? He just seems older, staying up all night hanging out with the Kardashians does that to a guy.
How much coaching authority has Jeff Lucas agreed to surrender in exchange for landing this big fish? In other words, how much Lavar Ball does papa Jelani have in him?