Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….

— Vanderbilt 34, Virginia Tech 27 OT
Vandy led 17-3 at halftime.
Hokies rallied to lead 27-20 in 4th quarter.
Vandy tied game on a TD with 1:51 left.
Commodores averaged 11.9 yards/pass attempt.

— Texas Tech 52, Abilene Christian 51 OT
Abilene Christian scored TD in OT, tried for game-winning 2-point conversion, but they didn’t get it. ACU is a I-AA team, by the way ,
ACU’s QB McIvor threw for 506 yards, three TD’s.
Tech won, but this is a bright red flag for their prospects.

— UNLV 27, Houston 7
Impressive road win for Barry Odom’s Rebels.
UNLV outgained Houston 308-259, also had a pick-6.

— Georgia 34, Clemson 3
Dawgs led 6-0 at halftime.
Clemson was 9-4 last year, now this; the natives are restless.
Georgia outgained the Tigers, 447-188.

— Arizona 61, New Mexico 39
Arizona WR McMillan caught 10 passes for 304 passes and 4 TD’s.
He was responsible for 304 of their 422 passing yards.
Arizona led 27-24 at halftime, pulled away late.

— Boise State 56, Georgia Southern 45
RB Ashton Jeanty ran ball 20 times for 267 yards, six (6!!!) TD’s.
Broncos led 28-16 at halftime; Eagles led 37-36 early in 4th quarter,

Upsets of the Day:
Vanderbilt (+10.5) 34, Virginia Tech 27 OT
Sam Houston State (+9.5) 34, Rice 14
North Texas (+6) 52, South Alabama 38
Eastern Michigan (+2.5) 28, UMass 14

Famous birthdays, September 1st:
Rico Carty, 85
Lily Tomlin, 85
Garry Maddox, 75

Vinnie Johnson, 68
Gloria Estefan, 67
Tim Hardaway, 58

Jason Taylor, 50
Shota Imanaga, 31
Aidan O’Connell, 26

— Tigers 2, Red Sox 1
Tarik Skubal goes 8 IP, gets his 16th win.
Detroit honored its 1984 World Series champs before the game.

— Astros 5, Royals 2
Yusei Kikuchi struck out 12 Royals in 7 IP.
Game was scoreless after five innings; Astros scored five times in 6th inning.

— Phillies 3, Braves 0
Zach Wheeler tossed 7 IP, got his 100th career win.
Phillies now lead Atlanta by six games in NL East.

— Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 6
Tommy Edman had game-winning hit in 9th inning.
First three Dodgers to bat in first inning all hit home runs.

— Angels 5, Mariners 4
Seattle led 4-1 in sixth inning.
Mickey Moniak, Jo Adell both homered twice for the Halos.

— Rockies 7, Orioles 5
Rookie C Drew Romo drove in three runs for Colorado.
Orioles are 1.5 games out of first place in AL East.

— Marlins 6, Giants 3
Edward Cabrera allowed two runs (one earned) in 5.1 IP.
Griffin Conine hit his first career home run for Miami. 

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.