Week 9 of college football is complete and this week’s Las Vegas Bowl projection includes two teams who’ve overcome midseason losses to move back up the standings.
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Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost $13 million in bets on the Astros to win the 2019 World Series and won $12.2 million on Kansas to win the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball title.
UNLV sophomore quarterback Doug Brumfield is back at practice, but running back Aidan Robbins and wide receiver Kyle Williams remain questionable.
A FanDuel gambler hit the first 16 legs of a 17-leg same game NFL parlay Sunday, capped by an improbable under 46½ in Buffalo’s 27-17 win over Green Bay on Sunday night.
The apologetic tone the Raiders took after an embarrassing 24-0 loss to the Saints on Sunday was replaced by a more pragmatic one Monday morning.
The team will be one of eight taking the field when the football league returns in February.
Bettors loaded up on the Raiders (-1½) over the Saints and the game to go over 48½. But they never stood a chance on either count in a 24-0 loss.
Raiders tight end Foster Moreau fell one catch short of a career high in his first NFL game down the street from his high school, but he would have preferred a victory.
Josh Jacobs said he could tell early in Sunday’s game that the Raiders had no energy against the Saints, who held the standout running back to 43 yards rushing.
The schedule was supposed to soften. Instead, the Raiders did — melting Sunday into a Silver and Black puddle before another sellout Caesars Superdome crowd.
The Raiders were embarrassed in a 24-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome. Here is a sampling of what was said by both teams afterward.
Here’s how the Raiders performed in a shutout loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome.
Three takeaways from the Raiders’ loss to the Saints on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
The failures were across the board in the Raiders’ loss Sunday at New Orleans — starting with a coaching staff that didn’t have its players ready to compete.
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