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Beside The Points For Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Sidney Crosby has a cold I mean, maybe? Who knows. But something’s off with him lately. Crosby’s having a bit of a dry spell when it comes to scoring and assisting others in scoring. Before scoring a goal on Tuesday against Buffalo, he hadn’t had a goal in 11 games, […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Sidney Crosby has a cold I mean, maybe? Who knows. But something’s off with him lately. Crosby’s having a bit of a dry spell when it comes to scoring and assisting others in scoring. Before scoring a goal on Tuesday against Buffalo, he hadn’t had a goal in 11 games, […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 13, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye I still can’t believe they televised it The San Francisco 49ers beat the New York Giants 31 to 21 at home Sunday. This was a historically awful game. According to ESPN Stats & Info, it is only the third time in the Super Bowl era when two teams with only […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 13, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye I still can’t believe they televised it The San Francisco 49ers beat the New York Giants 31 to 21 at home Sunday. This was a historically awful game. According to ESPN Stats & Info, it is only the third time in the Super Bowl era when two teams with only […]

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Beside The Points For Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Luck runs out Most teams that get good breaks in close games in the first half of an NFL season will regress, and likewise many teams that lose a lot of their close games will do better in them in the back half. Lots of teams have won or lost […]

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