Sunday recap: 3-2

• MISS Vikings +3.5 at Lions. Detroit 19-15 at Ford Field. Lost by 4, did not cover. Jahmyr Gibbs 23-153-1. Kyler Murray 17-of-29, 210 yards, 2 TDs. Jameson Williams 4-70-1. Jack Campbell carted off with a neck injury. Combined 34. Lions 5-2, 4-0 at home. Vikings 6-1, first loss.

• CASH Under 39.5 Browns at Steelers. Pittsburgh 27-6 at Acrisure. Combined 33. Jaylen Warren 17-143-1. Deshaun Watson 27-of-39, 324 yards, no TDs. Harold Fannin Jr. 10-154. Steelers' 22nd straight home win vs Cleveland, dating to 2004. Steelers 6-2, 4-0 at home. Browns 5-3.

• MISS Ravens +3.5 at Bills. Buffalo 36-10 at Highmark. Lost by 26. Lamar Jackson injured his thumb on the first pass (follow-through hit a defender's hand), will have surgery and go on IR. Tyler Huntley then out with turf toe. Undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano finished. Josh Allen 21-of-34, 289 yards, 2 TDs. James Cook 21-80-1. Dalton Kincaid 4-86-1. Ravens 144 net yards. Combined 46. Bills 6-1. Ravens 4-4.

• CASH Rams −6.5 vs Chargers. Rams 24-9 at SoFi. Won by 15. Chargers remain winless (0-7). Combined 33. Rams 4-4. Chargers 0-7.

• CASH Broncos +1.5 vs Chiefs. Denver 28-24 at Mile High. Won outright. Patrick Mahomes 321 yards. Harrison Butker missed a 54-yarder. Jonah Coleman 51-yard catch-and-run, then a 5-yard go-ahead TD with under two minutes left. Combined 52. Broncos 6-2, atop the AFC West. Chiefs 5-2.

Football 3-2. The under, the Rams, and Denver cashed. Minnesota's first loss did not cover. Lamar lasted one play. Monday is one NFL game and a four-pack of NHL. Hockey fills the card.

Monday card

1. Bears +3 at Seahawks, 8:15 PM ET, ESPN

Chicago is 5-2, 2-1 on the road, 5-2 ATS. Seattle is 4-3, 3-1 at Lumen Field, coming off a 20-3 win over Kansas City on Sunday night. The number opened Seahawks −4.5 and is now −3. Kyle Monangai (thumb/toe) is out for a fourth straight game. Charles Cross (ankle) and Rashid Shaheed (knee) are out for Seattle. Uchenna Nwosu is doubtful. Quenton Nelson debuts at left guard for Seattle with Josh Jones at left tackle, a new combination five days after the trade. Jeffery Simmons is expected to debut for Chicago. Caleb Williams is 71% in four starts, 1,020 yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT, and the Bears have not played since Oct. 22. ESPN Analytics is about 57% Seattle. Do not lay 3 against a 5-2 ATS club with extra rest and the home tackle out. Take the points.

2. Bruins ML vs Golden Knights, 7:00 PM ET, NHL Network

Pick'em at TD Garden. Boston is 10-4-1, 6-1 at home, Atlantic Division leaders. Vegas is 9-5-1, 6-3 on the road. Jeremy Swayman has the Bruins allowing 2.40 goals per game, fourth-fewest in the league, and they are 9-0-0 when they score three or more. Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin are coming home. numberFire has Boston at 58%. NHL Network. Take the home side at even money.

3. Panthers ML vs Red Wings, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Florida is 8-4-2, winners of three straight, 3-1 at Amerant Bank Arena. Detroit is 6-5-3 and last in the Atlantic. Dylan Larkin is not playing. Matthew Tkachuk has 20 points, Seth Jones 18. Florida's power play is at 24.2%, ninth in the league. The Panthers last played Friday. Detroit hosted St. Louis on Saturday and flew south. Florida is still 0-2 against the Atlantic and is without Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand, so this is not a −1.5. Moneyline is enough. ESPN+. Take Florida to win.

4. Avalanche −1.5 at Blackhawks, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Colorado is 8-5-1, 6-1 on the road. Chicago is 4-9-1 and has lost five of six. Nathan MacKinnon has 24 points in 14 games. Artturi Lehkonen is on a nine-game point streak (9 G, 4 A). The Blackhawks blew a 4-2 lead Saturday in Boston and lost 5-4 in OT. The Bruins were −225 in that game and still needed overtime. Colorado is −230 on the moneyline. The puck line is +106 to +110. First of four meetings. ESPN+. Lay the 1.5.

5. Under 46.5 Bears at Seahawks, 8:15 PM ET, ESPN

Tied for Seattle's highest total of the season. The Seahawks just held Patrick Mahomes to three points and zero red-zone trips. No quarterback has thrown for more than 189 yards against Seattle this year. Chicago is last in the NFL in red-zone touchdown rate (65% of trips end in points, not always six). Sam Darnold has 8 TDs and 8 INTs. Cloudy, 51 degrees, almost no wind at Lumen Field. SportsLine leans over after 10,000 sims. We are not chasing 48. Under.

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Off-card Sunday: Bengals −12.5 vs Titans was the skip (Cincinnati 43-36 OT, won by 7, would have missed). Joe Burrow 38-of-48, 462 yards, 5 TD passes plus an OT rushing TD. Jaguars −10 vs Colts was a skip (Jacksonville 42-7, would have cashed). Patriots −7 at Miami was a skip (New England 24-19, won by 5, would have missed). Cowboys −7 vs Cardinals missed (Arizona 33-30 OT, Gardner Minshew, Tyler Allgeier 11-147-1, Chad Ryland 42-yard OT FG). Commanders −6 vs Eagles was a skip (Washington 27-10, would have cashed). Raiders 38, Jets 33. Buccaneers 16, Falcons 0 (Bucky Irving 27-170-1, Baker Mayfield 0-for-3). NHL: Hurricanes −1.5 vs Jets cashed (Carolina 7-0, Pyotr Kochetkov 26-save shutout, 10th straight win to open the season, Sean Walker 2 G, Winnipeg's ninth straight loss, Stuart Skinner pulled). Wild ML at Capitals cashed (Minnesota 5-1). Mammoth ML at Flyers missed (Philadelphia 6-3). Oilers 4-1 at Rangers (Connor McDavid, Colton Dach 2 G). Ducks 6-3 vs Senators (Cutter Gauthier hat trick).

Off-card Monday: Seahawks −3 if you want the home side. Over 46.5 if you want the total the other way. Panthers −1.5 if you want Florida with the extra goal. Avalanche ML if you do not want the puck line. Sharks ML vs Flames, 9:00 ESPN+ (San Jose −135, 7-7 vs Calgary 6-8). Golden Knights ML if you want Vegas in the pick'em. No CFB. MLB is done.

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Saturday recap: 2-3

• MISS Arizona +3.5 at Texas Tech. Texas Tech 34-26 at Galaxy Stadium. Lost by 8, did not cover. Tommy Castellanos started after the Cincinnati loss and accounted for 3 TDs. Noah Fifita had the bigger numbers. Combined 60. Wildcats 6-2. Red Raiders 7-1.

• CASH Under 36.5 Wisconsin at Iowa. Iowa 30-0 at Kinnick. Heartland Trophy. Hank Brown 15-of-16, 196 yards, 2 TDs in the first half. Tony Diaz TD catch. Wisconsin, ranked No. 25, scored zero. Combined 30. Hawkeyes 6-2. Badgers 5-3.

• MISS Cincinnati +6.5 vs No. 6 Utah. Utah 49-25 at Nippert. Lost by 24. Devon Dampier 22-of-29, 260 yards, 3 TDs. Hunter Andrews 5-112, 2 TDs. Wayshawn Parker 82 rush, 1 TD. Rabbit Evans 51-yard fumble return. Elijah Davis 39-yard pick-six. Utes 42-6 at half, 534 yards. Combined 74. Utah 8-0, 5-0. Bearcats 5-3, 2-3.

• MISS Florida +12.5 vs No. 3 Georgia. Georgia 27-8 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Lost by 19. Nate Frazier and Dwight Phillips Jr. 67 rush each. Bo Walker a rushing TD. Gunner Stockton 101 yards passing. Georgia forced 4 turnovers and outrushed Florida 217-48. Aaron Philo started, 2 INTs, replaced by Tramell Jones Jr. (17-of-24, 172 yards, 1 INT, 1 fumble). Combined 35. Bulldogs 7-1, 5-1. Gators 5-3, 3-3.

• CASH USC +6.5 vs No. 2 Ohio State. USC 30-18 at the Coliseum. Won outright. Trent Mosley 5-101, 69-yard TD 39 seconds in. Jayden Maiava 15-of-22, 222 yards, 1 TD. Luke Fahey 21-of-38, 260 yards, 1 TD in his first start. Jeremiah Smith 10-83, 1 TD. Buckeyes 9 second-half points, three field goals, including after first-and-goal from the 1. Combined 48. Trojans 7-2, 4-2. Buckeyes 6-2, 4-1.

Football 2-3. The under and the night-game dog cashed. Three afternoon dogs got run off. Halloween was not kind to the points. Sunday is NFL Week 8. We are not laying three scores.

Sunday card

1. Vikings +3.5 at Lions, 1:00 PM ET, FOX

Minnesota is 6-0, the last unbeaten. Allows 12.3 points, first in the league. Scores 20.8. 4-2 ATS, 1-5 under. Detroit is 4-2, 30.7 points scored, 27.5 allowed, 1-4-1 ATS, 5-1 over. Opened Lions −4.5, now −3/−3.5. Kerby Joseph is out. Ford Field, FOX. Do not lay 3.5 against the last unbeaten. Take the points.

2. Under 39.5 Browns at Steelers, 1:00 PM ET, CBS

Lowest total on the board. Sits 38.5–39.5. Both 5-2. Pittsburgh has won 22 straight at home against Cleveland, dating to 2004. The Browns won 27-24 in Cleveland on Oct. 1. Steelers 3-0 ATS at home and 30-plus in the last two at Acrisure. Cleveland is 28th in scoring. CBS. Two AFC North defenses and a 39. Under.

3. Ravens +3.5 at Bills, 1:00 PM ET, CBS

Lamar Jackson is back after three games with a high ankle sprain. Jesse Minter said he will look like Lamar Jackson. Buffalo is 5-1 off a bye, 32.8 points per game, but 28.5 allowed (third-worst) and 285.8 passing yards allowed (second-worst). Eleven straight post-bye wins. Josh Allen is 4-2 against Lamar. Opened Bills −2.5, now −3/−3.5. Total 54.5. Highmark, CBS. Do not lay 3.5 on Lamar’s first game back. Take the points.

4. Rams −6.5 vs Chargers, 4:05 PM ET, FOX

Chargers are 0-6 with a nine-game losing streak dating to last year, 0 ATS in that stretch. Justin Herbert has 12 turnovers and 6 TDs in the skid. Rams are 3-4. Chargers are the road team at SoFi. 6.5 is not three scores. FOX. Lay it against a winless club.

5. Broncos +1.5 vs Chiefs, 4:25 PM ET, CBS

Kansas City is 5-1 after a loss at Seattle. Denver is 5-2, three in a row, 3-0 at home. The number opened Chiefs −1.5 and is −1 to pick’em at some books. Total 40.5. Mile High, CBS. Take the points at home.

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Off-card Saturday: Notre Dame −30.5 vs Navy was the skip (Notre Dame 35-13, won by 22). Iowa −2.5 cashed (30-0). Miami −14 at North Carolina was a skip (Miami 38-35). Indiana −20.5 vs Minnesota was a skip (Indiana 23-16 OT). Under 51.5 Ohio State/USC cashed (48). Bruins −1.5 vs Blackhawks missed (Boston 5-4 OT, Elias Lindholm winner, Morgan Geekie with 12 seconds left). Lightning −1.5 at Predators missed (Nashville 5-4 SO). Canadiens ML vs Penguins cashed (Montreal 5-4, Josh Anderson 2 G, 1 A, fifth straight).

Off-card Sunday: Bengals −12.5 vs Titans, 1:00 CBS, skip. We are not laying three scores. Jaguars −10 vs Colts, skip. Patriots −7 at Miami, skip (AJ Brown is out). Cowboys −7 vs Cardinals if you want another 1 p.m. side. Steelers −3.5 if you want a side with the under. Bills −3.5 if you want Buffalo off the bye. Over 54.5 Bills/Ravens if you want a total. Commanders −6 vs Eagles, 8:20 NBC, skip Sunday night with two bad teams. Seahawks −3 vs Bears is Monday Night Football. NHL: Hurricanes −1.5 vs Jets, 1:00 NHL Network (Winnipeg 0-6-2 in its last eight, Carolina 11-2-2). Wild ML at Capitals, 3:30 ESPN+. Mammoth ML at Flyers, 4:00 ESPN+. Oilers at Rangers, 6:00 NHL Network.

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Friday recap: 2-3

• MISS Tulane −8.5 vs Charlotte. Tulane 38-31 in OT at Jerry Richardson Stadium. Won by 7, did not cover. Johnnie Daniels 99 rush, 2 TDs. TJ Smith 95-yard kickoff return. Trace Johnson 28-of-36, 284 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Dagan Bruno 1-yard OT TD on fourth-and-goal. Charlotte led 31-21 with 10:52 left, then a fake punt on fourth-and-4 failed. Henry Rutledge 121 rush. Combined 69. Green Wave 4-4, 2-2. 49ers 1-7, 1-3.

• CASH Baylor −1.5 at UCF. Baylor 41-9 at the Bounce House. DJ Lagway 16-of-25, 319 yards, 4 TDs. Gavin Freeman 5-114, 77-yard TD. Tony Livingston 2 TD catches. Seven sacks, 12 TFLs. UCF 66 rush yards, three field goals, no touchdowns. First win for interim head coach Joe Klanderman. Combined 50. Bears 5-3, 3-2. Knights 4-4, 2-3.

• CASH Panthers −1.5 vs Jets. Florida 5-2 at Amerant Bank Arena. Anton Lundell first NHL hat trick. Seth Jones 1 G, 2 A (18 points in October, Florida defenseman record). Sam Reinhart 1 G, 1 A. Akira Schmid 22 saves. Kyle Connor and Morgan Barron for Winnipeg. Jets 0-6-2 in their last eight, eighth straight loss. Combined 7. FLA 8-4-2. WPG 4-7-3.

• MISS Kraken ML at Flames. Calgary 6-2 at the Saddledome. Matt Coronato career-high 4 points (1 G, 3 A). Joel Farabee 1 G, 2 A. Morgan Frost and Matvei Gridin each 1 G, 1 A. Philipp Grubauer pulled after 4 goals on 14 shots. Combined 8. Flames 6-7-0, fifth straight at home. Kraken 8-5-1.

• MISS Golden Knights ML vs Devils. New Jersey 5-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Nevada Day. Connor Hellebuyck 19 saves, second win since the trade. Arseny Gritsyuk 2 G. Jack Hughes 2 G (empty net). Luke Hughes 1 G. Mark Stone and Ivan Barbashev for Vegas. Combined 7. Devils 9-5-0. Golden Knights 9-5-1.

Football 1-1. Hockey 1-2. The 8.5-point lay died in overtime. Both west-coast moneylines lost. Baylor and the Panthers were the covers. Saturday is Week 9. We are not laying three scores.

Saturday card

1. Arizona +3.5 at Texas Tech, 12:00 PM ET, ESPN

Opened Texas Tech −7.5. It is −3.5. Four points toward Arizona, through the key number. No. 22 Arizona is 6-1 with five straight, including 34-7 over Cincinnati, the same Cincinnati that just beat No. 8 Texas Tech 37-24. Noah Fifita is completing 74% with about 295 yards a game and 18 TDs. Tech’s pass defense ranks 127th. Will Hammond has 6 TDs and 6 INTs after the Sorsby situation. J’Koby Williams can run it, and Tech has not lost at Galaxy Stadium since 2024. That is the risk. Noon ESPN. Take the points against a defense Cincinnati already exposed.

2. Under 36.5 Wisconsin at Iowa, 12:00 PM ET, FOX

Lowest total on the board. Opened 39.5, now 36.5. Iowa allows 14.3 points. Wisconsin allows 15.3. Iowa is 5-of-7 under. Kamari Moulton is out for the year. Hank Brown is starting again after 11-of-21, 2 INTs at Minnesota. Wisconsin just beat USC 24-7, and Colton Joseph runs it, but this is Kinnick in late October with the Heartland Trophy on the line. FOX Big Noon. Two defenses, field position, and a number that already came down three points. Under.

3. Cincinnati +6.5 vs No. 6 Utah, 3:45 PM ET, ESPN

Utah is 7-0, 4-0 Big 12. Cincinnati is 5-2, 5-0 at Nippert, and just beat then-No. 8 Texas Tech 37-24 as a 10.5-point dog. JC French IV threw 4 TDs. Cole Tabb ran for 173. No unranked team has beaten ranked 6-0-or-better clubs in back-to-back games since 1938. Utah escaped Colorado 27-24 two weeks ago and beat Houston 21-13. The number opened near −9.5 and sits −6.5/−7. Halloween at Nippert, ESPN. Take the points at home after a statement win.

4. Florida +12.5 vs No. 3 Georgia, 3:30 PM ET, ABC

Cocktail Party in Atlanta for the first time since 1995. Georgia is 6-1 coming off a 27-24 home loss to Auburn and a bye. Florida is 5-2 after 27-24 at Texas and 52-28 over Ole Miss. Jadan Baugh leads the SEC with 13 rushing TDs and 763 yards. Auburn ran for 192 on Georgia. Aaron Philo (shoulder) is back as the starter. Neutral Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Kirby Smart is 8-2 in this rivalry and Georgia has won five straight, which is why it is 12.5. Do not lay 12 in a rivalry. Take the points.

5. USC +6.5 vs No. 2 Ohio State, 7:30 PM ET, NBC

Julian Sayin is out indefinitely. True freshman Luke Fahey gets his first start (9-of-13, 203 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT in limited snaps). The line moved off 7 to 6.5. Ohio State has not won at the Coliseum since 1946. The Buckeyes still have Jeremiah Smith and a top-five defense (13.4 points allowed). USC is 6-2 after 24-7 at Wisconsin, with Jayden Maiava and playoff lives on the line. Lincoln Riley needs this one. Night game, NBC, a true freshman on the road. Take the points.

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Off-card Friday: Under 47.5 Tulane/Charlotte missed (69). Under 48.5 Baylor/UCF missed (50). Kent State −7.5 at Sacramento State was the skip (Sacramento State 31-10). Jets ML would have missed. Flames +100 would have cashed.

Off-card Saturday: Notre Dame −30.5 vs Navy, noon ABC at Gillette, is a skip. Irish should win. Do not lay 30. Iowa −2.5 if you want a side with the under. Miami −14 at North Carolina, 7:30 ABC, skip the number. Miami is 30-0 as the AP No. 1 vs unranked. Indiana −20.5 vs Minnesota, skip. Under 51.5 Ohio State/USC if you want a total on the night game. NHL: Bruins −1.5 vs Blackhawks, 1:00 ESPN+ (Boston 9-4-1, four straight at home, Chicago 4-9). Lightning −1.5 at Predators, 2:00 ESPN+. Canadiens ML vs Penguins, 7:00. Sunday is the rest of NFL Week 8 (Bills −3 vs Ravens, Lions −3.5 vs Vikings, Commanders −6 vs Eagles SNF).

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Thursday recap: 2-3

• MISS James Madison −19.5 vs Troy. Troy 24-21 in OT at Bridgeforth Stadium. Hayden Wolfe 27-yard FG. Justin Powe 3 INT, 37-yard pick-six (tied school record). Jaheim Merriweather 28-yard TD. Gavin Griffin 1-yard TD. JMU led 21-7 at half, then four three-and-outs and five turnovers on the next nine possessions. Camden Coleman 14-of-25, 175 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT. Seth Cromwell 23-135-1. Tucker Kilcrease 15-of-31, 179 yards. Combined 45. Trojans 4-4, 2-2. Dukes 7-2, 4-2.

• MISS North Texas −14.5 vs Florida Atlantic. North Texas 48-41 at DATCU. Won by 7, did not cover. Tayven Jackson 33-of-46, 404 yards, 4 TDs. Jahiem White 193 rush, 2 TDs (59-yarder). Caden Veltkamp 37-of-56, 452 yards, 5 TDs. Easton Messer 16-189-3 (school record). First FBS game this season with two 400-yard passers. Combined 89. UNT 6-2, 4-0 American. FAU 5-3, 2-2.

• CASH Packers −3.5 vs Panthers. Green Bay 27-19 at Lambeau. Jordan Love 30-of-41, 288 yards, 3 TDs (Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden, Josh Jacobs). Jacobs 1-yard run and 4-yard catch. Six sacks of Bryce Young. Christian Watson 8-113, broken rib, returned after a hospital trip. Jalen Coker 26-yard TD made it 27-19. Combined 46. GB 5-3. CAR 3-4.

• CASH Lightning −1.5 vs Jets. Tampa Bay 6-4. Pontus Holmberg career-high 4 points (1 G, 3 A). Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel each 1 G, 2 A. Brayden Point, Conor Geekie, John Carlson also scored. Empty-netter at 18:29. WPG 4-6-3, seventh straight loss. TB 8-3-1, 6-0 at home. Combined 10.

• MISS Hurricanes −1.5 vs Blue Jackets. Carolina 3-2. Won by one, did not cover. Jordan Martinook, Logan Stankoven, Mark Jankowski. Denton Mateychuk and Kent Johnson (PP) for CBJ. Pyotr Kochetkov 24 saves, 9-0-0 to open the season (franchise record). CAR 11-2-2. CBJ 5-6-0. Combined 5.

Football 1-2. Hockey 1-1. The 19-point lay died in overtime. The 14.5-point lay won and still missed. Packers and Lightning were the covers. We are not laying three scores tonight.

Friday card

1. Tulane −8.5 vs Charlotte, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN2

Charlotte is 1-6 and allowing 40.6 points and 465 yards per game, 134th in adjusted net EPA. Memphis hung 59. North Texas hung 50. Opponents complete 71.8% and throw for 278 yards. Tulane is 3-4 and averages 20.3, which is why this number slid from −13.5 to −8.5. The Green Wave still put 31 on Memphis two games ago, and they can run it. Jerry Richardson Stadium. Playable to −10. Lay it against the worst defense on the Friday board.

2. Baylor −1.5 at UCF, 7:30 PM ET, ESPN

Pick'em that flipped all week. Both 4-3. UCF just beat BYU in double overtime and the market tried to sell that. Baylor allows 16.1 points (18th nationally) and 104 rushing yards. Five of seven Baylor games have gone under. UCF lives on 163 rush yards against a front that does not give those up. Baylor is 5-2 ATS. Bounce House, ESPN. Take the defense on the road in a one-possession number.

3. Panthers −1.5 (+114) vs Jets, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Not laying −225. Winnipeg is 4-6-3, 0-5-2 in its last seven, and on the second night of a back-to-back after 6-4 at Tampa. Florida already beat these Jets 5-1 on Tuesday (Brady Tkachuk 1 G 2 A, Carter Verhaeghe 2 G, Matthew Tkachuk 4 A). Panthers are 7-4-2 and rested. Puck line −1.5 at plus money, total 6.5, Amerant Bank Arena. Same construction as last night's Lightning. Win by two at home against a club that cannot buy a result.

4. Kraken ML (−115) at Flames, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Seattle beat Calgary 6-1 in Alberta on Oct. 1 and 6-1 at Climate Pledge on Oct. 4. Kraken are 8-4-1 after last night's 5-4 walk-off over Toronto. Flames are 5-7 and 30th in goals (2.33 per game). Jonathan Huberdeau is out. Jared McCann is still out for Seattle. That is the risk. Road favorite in a building they have already wrecked twice this month. Take Seattle in a pick'em.

5. Golden Knights ML (−115) vs Devils, 6:00 PM ET, NHL Network

Nevada Day, 3 p.m. local start at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas is 9-4-1, coming off 4-1 over Ottawa after a three-game skid. New Jersey is 8-5, coming off 5-2 at Colorado that snapped a four-game streak. This is a pick'em, not −200. Home ice, Jack Eichel, a club that just got right. Take Vegas.

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Off-card Thursday: Under 49.5 Troy/James Madison cashed (45). Under 76.5 Florida Atlantic/North Texas missed (89). Packers/Panthers Under 47.5 cashed (46). Mammoth ML at Penguins cashed (Utah 4-3 OT, Logan Cooley hat trick). Wild ML vs Islanders missed (NYI 4-3 OT). Lightning ML −238 and Hurricanes ML −230 both would have cashed. We skipped the juice. Other NHL: Detroit 4-1 Chicago, St. Louis 4-1 Boston, Capitals 4-3 Nashville, Montreal 5-2 Dallas, Buffalo 7-6 Anaheim, Kings 6-5 Senators OT, Sharks 3-2 Canucks.

Off-card Friday: Under 47.5 Tulane/Charlotte (model total is 41). Under 48.5 Baylor/UCF is the number if you want a total (Baylor 5-of-7 under, 16.1 allowed). Kent State −7.5 at Sacramento State, 10:30 ESPN2, is a skip. Two of the worst EPA teams in the country, west-coast 10:30. Jets ML is too much juice. Flames +100 if you fade the season series.

Saturday: Week 9 CFB is the main board. No. 3 Georgia vs No. 17 Florida in Atlanta. No. 13 Texas Tech vs No. 22 Arizona. No. 4 Indiana vs Minnesota. No. 1 Miami vs North Carolina. Ohio State at USC.

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Wednesday recap: 3-2

• MISS Middle Tennessee −2.5 vs Kennesaw State. Kennesaw State 44-28 at Floyd Stadium. Rickie Collins 206 yards, 3 TD passes. Dylan Gary 2 TD catches (31, 28). Boogie Woods III two rushing TDs. Tywon Christopher 59-yard pick-six. Santana Fleming 100-yard kickoff return TD (program record). Roman Gagliano 21-of-43, 183 yards, 2 INT. Antonio Martin Jr. 18-106-1. MTSU outgained 380-318 and held the ball 40:17 and still lost by 16. Owls 2-6, 1-3 CUSA. MTSU 4-4, 2-2. Combined 72.

• MISS New Mexico State +3.5 vs Jacksonville State. Jacksonville State 24-0 at Aggie Memorial. Caden Creel career-high 211 rush (21 carries, 3-yard TD, 84-yard run), 11-of-17 for 109 yards, 1 TD. Jalen Likely 1-yard TD. Luke Gilbert 5-67-1. JXST 324 rush, 433 total. Adam Damante 6-of-19, 29 yards, 1 INT. JXST 6-2, 4-0 CUSA, fifth straight, bowl-eligible. NMSU 3-5, 2-2. Combined 24.

• CASH Brewers ML at Rays, World Series G5. Milwaukee 4-1 at Tropicana Field. Series 4-1. First franchise title. Jacob Misiorowski 5.2 scoreless (WP). Cooper Pratt RBI single and sac fly. David Hamilton RBI single. William Contreras RBI double (WS MVP, .381). Chandler Simpson RBI double in the 9th. Combined 5.

• CASH Capitals −1.5 vs Flyers. Washington 5-2. Jordan Kyrou 2 G, Alex Tuch 2 G, Aliaksei Protas 1 G. Dylan Strome 3 A. Sean Couturier and Matvei Michkov (PP) for PHI. WSH 7-4-0, PHI 3-8-4. Combined 7.

• CASH Kraken ML vs Maple Leafs. Seattle 5-4. Brandon Montour GWG with 34 seconds left. Berkly Catton, Joshua Mahura, Chandler Stephenson (PP), Ryker Evans also scored. Gavin McKenna 2 PP G, 1 A (first two-goal game). Auston Matthews tied it 4-4 at 18:30 of the 3rd. SEA 8-4-1, TOR 7-6-2. Combined 9.

Football 0-2. Baseball 1-0. Hockey 2-0. Milwaukee is the champion. Hockey snapped the skid. CUSA home sides both missed. We are not fading every favorite on a Thursday just because Wednesday's sides died.

Thursday card

1. James Madison −19.5 vs Troy, 7:30 PM ET, ESPN2

Sun Belt Championship rematch at Bridgeforth Stadium. James Madison is 7-1, 4-1 Sun Belt, 4-0 at home, and on an 11-game home win streak. The Dukes average 41.4 points and allow 18.3. First loss was 34-31 in overtime at Appalachian State last Thursday as a 12.5-point favorite. Get-right spot, full week of rest, Troy on a five-day turn. Troy is 3-4, 1-2 Sun Belt, and has dropped four of five, including 21-14 at home to previously winless ULM after leading 14-3 in the fourth. Trojans average 11.5 points against teams with a winning record. Goose Crowder is probable with a shoulder (6-of-14, 50 yards, 1 INT vs ULM). TK Keyes is questionable. George Pettaway (824 yards, 8 TDs, Sun Belt rushing lead) is out. Nick Herman (301 yards) and Seth Cromwell (179) both average about 6.5 yards per carry, and Camden Coleman has 14 TDs against 2 INTs. Last December this building hosted JMU 31-14 in the title game. Line is −19.5 (−110) at most books, opened −20.5, moneyline −1250, total 49.5. Playable up to 23.5. Lay it in Harrisonburg.

2. North Texas −14.5 vs Florida Atlantic, 7:30 PM ET, ESPN

Two 5-2 American sides. North Texas is 3-0 in league, on a four-game win streak, and coming off 49-39 at Navy and 50-10 vs Charlotte. Tayven Jackson has 2,173 yards and 18 TDs. Jahiem White has 861 yards and 11 TDs on 116 carries (7.4 per carry), plus 174 yards and 2 scores at Navy. Florida Atlantic allows 258.3 rushing yards per game, among the worst marks in FBS, and just survived Rice 51-49 after getting hung 56-24 at Army. Caden Veltkamp has 18 TDs and 4 INTs, but FAU rushes for 116 yards per game, so the offense lives on his arm. Short week plus a South Florida-to-Denton trip. Line is North Texas −14.5, moneyline −521, total 76.5. Home run game against a leaky front. Cover it at DATCU.

3. Packers −3.5 vs Panthers, 8:15 PM ET, Prime Video

Thursday Night Football at Lambeau. Green Bay is 4-3, 2-1 at home, coming off 20-17 at Detroit with two missed field goals. Carolina is 3-3 after a 43-13 home loss to Tampa Bay. Jaelan Phillips (hamstring) is out for a second straight week. Damien Lewis (knee) is out. Akayleb Evans is out, which leaves two healthy corners on the 53. Bryce Young plays. Jordan Love has 1,958 yards and 13 TDs. Packers defense ranks 12th in opponent EPA per play. Line opened Green Bay −7 and sits −3.5 (−112), moneyline −192, total 47.5. We will take the number the market gave back. Home favorite, short week, visitor just got smoked and is missing its best rusher. Lay 3.5 at Lambeau.

4. Lightning −1.5 (+110) vs Jets, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Not laying −238. Winnipeg is 4-5-3 and on a six-game losing streak. Tampa Bay is 7-3-1 and 5-0 at Benchmark International Arena. Brandon Hagel and Victor Hedman are day-to-day. That is the risk. Puck line is −1.5 at plus money, total 5.5. Same construction as last night's Capitals −1.5. Win by two at home against a club that cannot buy a result.

5. Hurricanes −1.5 (+110) vs Blue Jackets, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Not laying −230 either. Carolina is 10-2-2 with 10 wins in its last 12. Pyotr Kochetkov is 8-0-0, 1.62 GAA, .918 save percentage. Columbus is 5-5, with three of the last five wins in overtime. Puck line −1.5 (+110), total 6.5, Lenovo Center. The Canes do not need a 5-2 night. They need a two-goal night. Take plus money on the number.

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Off-card Wednesday: Under 50.5 Kennesaw/Middle Tennessee missed (72). Jacksonville State/New Mexico State 49.5 under cashed (24). World Series G5 Under 6.5 cashed (5). Oilers −210 vs Flames cashed (EDM 4-0). Battle of Alberta Over 6.5 missed (4). Avalanche ML vs Devils cashed (COL 5-2). Flyers +1.5 missed.

Off-card Thursday: Under 49.5 Troy/James Madison (Troy 1-5 to the under this year, 9-1 in its last 10). Under 76.5 Florida Atlantic/North Texas is the number. It is 13.5 points higher than any other Week 9 FBS total and 13.5 higher than any prior FAU or UNT game this season. SportsLine's model hits the under in 86% of sims and projects 58. Packers/Panthers Under 47.5 if you want the total (Green Bay 20.6 PPG, under in each of its last four). Mammoth ML (−130) at Penguins is a late look (Utah 8-5, won 5-4 in Salt Lake 10 days ago). Wild ML vs Islanders if you want the 9-3 home side. Skip Lightning ML −238 and Hurricanes ML −230. Too much juice. World Series is over.

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Tuesday recap: 1-4

• MISS Brewers ML at Rays, World Series G4. Tampa Bay 4-3 in 12 innings at Tropicana Field. Series 3-1 Milwaukee. Dustin May vs Griffin Jax. Cooper Pratt 4-for-5, 12th-inning solo HR for a 3-2 Brewers lead. Joey Ortiz throwing error opened the door. Shane Drohan 0.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER. Jonny DeLuca tied it. Pinch-hitter Ben Williamson walk-off single. Aaron Ashby 2.1 scoreless, 18 consecutive scoreless postseason relief innings. Eight-game Brewers postseason win streak snapped. Combined 7. Game 5 tonight at the Trop.

• MISS Western Kentucky ML vs Delaware. Delaware 35-21 at Houchens-Smith. Nick Minicucci 32-of-38, 414 yards, 4 TDs, first 18 completions (UD record). Sean Wilson 9-183-2. Brock Glenn 25-of-37, 224 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 17-129 rushing. Delaware 4-4, 2-2 CUSA, first road win, snapped a seven-game road skid. WKU 3-5, 2-2. Combined 56.

• CASH Missouri State −4.5 vs Sam Houston. MOST 24-3. Henry Belin IV 12-of-18, 184 yards, 2 TDs. Isaiah Myers 32-yard TD. Jmariyae Robinson 7-102-1 (37-yard TD). Connor Lair 75 rush, 1-yard TD. DJ Bailey 20-of-35, 258 yards. Sam Houston 1-7, 0-4 CUSA. MOST 3-5, 2-2. Combined 27.

• MISS Bruins ML at Hurricanes. Carolina 2-1. Jackson Blake and Sebastian Aho scored. Pavel Zacha for Boston. CAR 10-2-2, BOS 9-3-1.

• MISS Stars ML vs Devils. New Jersey 5-1 at Dallas. Nico Hischier 2 G. Luke Hughes 1 G, 1 A. Jack Hughes 1 G, 1 A. DAL 7-4-1, NJ 8-4-0.

Football 1-2. Baseball 0-1. Hockey 0-2. Hockey is 0-5 over two nights. One cover, and it was the home spread. We are not chasing last night's moneylines.

Wednesday card

1. Middle Tennessee −2.5 vs Kennesaw State, 7:00 PM ET, CBSSN

Kennesaw State is 1-6, 0-3 in CUSA, 0-3 on the road, and on a six-game skid. The only win is 47-0 over FCS West Georgia. Liberty just hung 34-6 on them at home. Rickie Collins went 15-of-26 for 124 yards with two interceptions and got benched. Six of seven Owls games have gone under. Middle Tennessee is 4-3, 2-1 in CUSA, 3-0 at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, and has won two straight: 33-30 vs Delaware, 26-23 at FIU. Roman Gagliano leads CUSA with 12 TD passes and two interceptions. Terrence Brown ran 18-158-1 at FIU. Line is −2.5 (−120) to −3, moneyline −142 to −146, total 50.5/51.5. Home favorite against a road offense that just got sat down. Lay the points in Murfreesboro.

2. New Mexico State +3.5 vs Jacksonville State, 8:00 PM ET, ESPN2

Jax State is 5-2, 3-0 in CUSA, on a four-game win streak, and coming off a 15-day layoff and a 1,216-mile trip. Four of the last five Gamecocks games were decided by four points or fewer, including 27-24 vs FIU. Caden Creel leads CUSA at 305.3 yards of total offense per game. New Mexico State is 3-4, 2-1 in CUSA after 30-24 at Sam Houston last Wednesday. James Jones leads the league at 111.0 rushing yards per game (777 yards, 178-1 last week). Aggie run defense is 109.1 yards per game, 51.3 against conference (lowest among FBS teams vs league opponents). Line is Jacksonville State −3 to −3.5, total 49.5. Catch the points at home against a road favorite off a long bye. If Jax State does what it has been doing, this lands inside a field goal.

3. Brewers ML (−141 to −148) at Rays, World Series G5, 8:00 PM ET, FOX

Series 3-1 Milwaukee. Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA, MLB-best 252 K) vs TBD. The Miz threw five innings of one-run ball in Game 1 and the fastest pitch in World Series history (103.5 mph). He has 4 ER in 13.1 postseason innings. Tampa Bay used seven pitchers across 12 innings last night. Nick Martinez, the Game 1 starter, threw two innings and 33 pitches in relief. Bryan Baker went two innings for the first time since 2024. Kevin Cash said Drew Rasmussen is unlikely on three days' rest. Milwaukee's pen worked too (Ashby 2.1, eight arms), but they have the ace on full rest and a 3-1 lead. We took Milwaukee plus-money in Game 3 and the favorite in Game 4. A 12th-inning walk-off does not flip a Cy Young favorite against a cobbled staff. Close it.

4. Capitals −1.5 (+106) vs Flyers, 7:30 PM ET, TNT

Not laying −230. Philadelphia is 3-7-3 and on the second night of a back-to-back after a 4-3 OT loss to Columbus (Kent Johnson two goals). Washington is 6-4-0, 5-2 at home, and rested. First of four vs the Flyers in Alex Ovechkin's final season. Plus money on the puck line. Win by two at Capital One Arena.

5. Kraken ML (+100 to +102) vs Maple Leafs, 10:00 PM ET, ESPN+

Pick'em. Toronto is 7-5-2. A 5-2 loss at Calgary snapped a four-game streak. This is the third game of a four-stop western trip, and the injury list is the longest in the league (John Tavares, Chris Tanev, Max Domi, Kirill Marchenko day-to-day). Seattle is 7-4-1 with three days off at Climate Pledge Arena. Jared McCann is out about 10 weeks, and the Kraken scored once in a 5-1 loss to Minnesota in the first game without him. That is the risk. Home rest against a depleted club on a long trip. Take Seattle in a pick'em.

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Off-card Tuesday: Over 50.5 Sam Houston/Missouri State missed (27). Under 57.5 Delaware/Western Kentucky cashed (56). Blue Jackets ML at Flyers cashed (CBJ 4-3 OT). Panthers at Jets was a skip (Florida won 5-1 anyway). Ducks −210 vs Canucks was too much juice (Vancouver 6-5 OT). Sabres −137 at Sharks cashed (Buffalo 2-0, Colten Ellis shutout). Other NHL: Chicago 2-1 LA, Montreal 2-0 St. Louis (Jacob Fowler 46-save shutout), Islanders 4-3 Nashville SO, Minnesota 3-1 Utah (Kaprizov NHL-leading 14th), Vegas 4-1 Ottawa.

Off-card Wednesday: Under 50.5 Kennesaw/Middle Tennessee (Owls 6-of-7 under, six points vs Liberty). Jacksonville State/New Mexico State 49.5 is a coin flip. World Series G5 Under 6.5 if you want Miz and two tired pens. Oilers −210 vs Flames is too much juice. Battle of Alberta Over 6.5 is the total look (Edmonton over in five straight). Avalanche ML vs Devils is a late look (New Jersey on a back-to-back, Denver altitude, Colorado 4-1-1 at Ball Arena). Flyers +1.5 if you fade the puck line.

Thursday CFB: Troy at James Madison, 7:30. Florida Atlantic at North Texas, 7:30.

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