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By Marc Lawrence

Tuesday, Nov 4

There has never been a game in MLB history like Game 7 of the 2025 World Series.

After 11 innings of back-and-forth drama, the Los Angeles Dodgers emerged from a series that possibly shortened lives in both L.A. and Toronto as the first repeat champions MLB has seen in 25 years.

The Dodgers didn't take the lead until the 11th inning after taking multiple hits from a Blue Jays team eager to end a series in which Toronto mostly outplayed Los Angeles.

It was a bizarre game. It was baseball at its best and at its worst.

The Blue Jays outscored the Dodgers, 34-26, in the World Series and were inches away from winning their first championship in 32 years.

But in the end, their exciting season came to a devastating close. Well played, guys. Well played.

ON TODAY'S SCORECARD
I Am ... I Said

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The bottom of the top 10 of the AP Top 25 looks a lot different after Week 10.

No. 8 Georgia Tech lost to NC State on Saturday, No. 9 Vanderbilt lost at Texas and No. 10 Miami fell in overtime at SMU. All three teams fell out of the top 10 and were replaced by BYU at No. 8, Texas Tech at No. 9 and Notre Dame at No. 10.

BYU was off on Saturday and Texas Tech got a road win at Kansas State. Notre Dame had a sloppy win at Boston College. The Irish won 25-10 as 30-point favorites.

The top seven teams in the AP poll were unchanged. Texas moved up to No. 13 after the win over the Commodores as Vandy dropped to No. 15. Georgia Tech fell to No. 16 and Miami dropped to No. 18.

Oklahoma moved up to No. 11 after beating Tennessee. The Vols fell from No. 14 to No. 23 after the loss. Virginia hopped up three spots to No. 12 with a win at Cal, while Louisville is in between Texas and Vanderbilt at No. 14.

Week 11 is headlined by a game between two of the new top-10 teams. BYU visits Texas Tech as the Cougars look to stay undefeated. There is just one other game between ranked teams as No. 3 Texas A&M visits No. 19 Missouri. Both the Tigers and Aggies were off on Saturday.

Take a look at the current AP Top 25 Standings...

1. Ohio State (8-0)

2. Indiana (9-0)

3. Texas A&M (8-0)

4. Alabama (7-1)

5. Georgia (7-1)

6. Oregon (7-1)

7. Ole Miss (8-1)

8. BYU (8-0)

9. Texas Tech (8-1)

10. Notre Dame (6-2)

11. Oklahoma (7-2)

12. Virginia (8-1)

13. Texas (7-2)

14. Louisville (7-1)

15. Vanderbilt (7-2)

16. Georgia Tech (8-1)

17. Utah (7-2)

18. Miami (6-2)

19. Missouri (6-2)

20. USC (6-2)

21. Michigan (7-2)

22. Memphis (8-1)

23. Tennessee (6-3)

24. Washington (6-2)

25. Cincinnati (7-2)

GRINDING OUT THE PROFITS
My Favorite Martin

Miami Oh over OHIO U by 6

After starting the season 0-3, the 5-3 / 4-0 RedHawks hold the top spot in the MAC, just ahead of three one-loss teams, including the 5-3 / 3-1 Bobcats, who also had a slow start at 1-2. These two conference rivals are on a combined 9-1 streak. Going back to last season in this Battle of the Bricks rivalry, after a seven-game winning streak, Miami faced Ohio in the MAC championship game, aiming for its second straight title, but suffered a 38-3 defeat—the largest margin of victory in MAC Championship history. It was also Ohio's first appearance in the game since 2006. Considering the RedHawks' recent 5-0 SU and ATS run entering this game and the chance to avenge last year’s disastrous result against these teams, expect Miami to improve on Head Coach Chuck Martin’s impressive 6-0 SU and ATS career record in revenge games when his team is coming off back-to-back wins tonight.

TRENDING TODAY
Mark it Down

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The 2025 College Basketball season tipped off last night.

The talent level across college basketball this season will be the highest it has been in a long time. The skyrocketing NIL market has made playing top-tier college basketball more lucrative than playing in the G League or for overseas professional teams.

Underclassmen returned to college in record numbers. Dozens of international prospects have also come stateside to play college basketball, some 21- or 22-year-olds with several years experience competing against professionals, others supremely gifted teenagers with NBA aspirations.

The SEC won’t duplicate last season’s record 14 NCAA tournament bids, but 11 or 12 seems very plausible. Of the SEC’s 16 teams, only South Carolina is ranked lower than No. 58 in the preseason KenPom rankings.

Only the Gamecocks appear to have a roster incapable of making the NCAA tournament. This will again be college basketball’s deepest league from top to bottom.

Over in the Big Ten, Washington, will go from last in the Big Ten to making the NCAA tournament. Washington signed Hannes Steinbach, a 6-foot-8 forward who averaged 17.4 points and 13.0 rebounds while leading Germany to a runner-up finish at the U-19 World Cup this past summer.

The Huskies will support him with a deep, talented backcourt. If that’s the 11th-best team in the Big Ten, that league will be a monster.

Finally. the preseason Top 25 team who could disappoint: Creighton. The Bluejays must replace nearly 48 points per game after graduating their three leading scorers from last season. They also must find a way to function without the defensive presence of Ryan Kalkbrenner, whose ability to alter shots at the rim was the key to Creighton’s approach.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"There’s a fine line between drinking wine and squashing grapes in this business. It’s nothing dramatic.”

- Steelers coach Mike Tomlin

STAT OF THE DAY
15

The Bengals had 15 missed tackles in
their 47-42 loss to the Bears on Sunday.
As a result, Cincinnati is now the first
team since the 1960s to score 38 points consecutively and lose both games.

ASK MARC

Mikey from Philly wants to know – So are the major sports league surprised that this happened? I’m more surprised we are not hearing about something happening on a monthly basis! Oh wait, we are: Between college and pros I believe there have been 3 or 4 stories regarding players betting and now the NCAA wants to allow player to bet on other sports I think is the byline. Has the whole world gone f*cking insane?

Marc Says: Question asked and answered.

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