GREG COTE'S RANDOM EVIDENCE BLOG: MIAMI. SPORTS. AND BEYOND
1) It's SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20. Join me on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Follow the Greg Cote Show podcast separately on Twitter, Instagram and now TikTok, too! 2) In The Previous Blogpost (ITPB): Hot Button Top 10, new Greg Cote Show podcast, Dolphins stun Baltimore, Canes fall at FSU & more.
GREG COTE SHOW PODCAST: NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!: Our 44th episode of 2021 and 86th overall is out now! New pod drops every Monday at 7 ET on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Stitcher, Megaphone, iHeart -- wherever you pod, and of course at MiamiHerald.com. Find all 86 we've done HERE, free. In our new episode: Meet the Prince of Mumbai, Rohan Nadkarni (pictured), NBA writer for Sports llustrated and an old cigar-bar buddy. Rohan tells us why the Heat’s Jimmy Butler is an NBA MVP contender, how Kyle Lowry has made Miami better, and why LeBron James might finally be showing "past-his-prime vibes." But, wait! WHOA! Who is this interloper? Jessica Smetana (also pictured) pod-bombs the episode to reunite with her former SI stable-mate. The chat devolves into an argument over Rohan’s support of Greg’s pumpkin-carving over Jess’. Also in the new ep: Rohan and Jess discuss whether Greg looks more like Tom Cruise or the guy on the green Flanigan’s cup; Rock, Paper, Scissors is the worst thing ever and Greg explains why; Greg takes a victory lap with Tua Tagovailoa after Dolphins’ huge win; new episode of Hard Knocks/Greg’s Lobos; and James Taylor/Jackson Browne concert review. Thanks as always for the support, pod family. Please listen, rate, review and follow. (Our pod simulcasts on Sirius XM every Monday 5-6 p.m. ET).
NFL WEEK 11 PICKS: DOLPHINS-JETS, GAME OF THE WEEK, 3 BIG UPSETS AND ALL THE REST: NFL Week 11 is upon us and we started off with a double win last night (NFL Week 11 Thursday Gem) because we had Patriots winning and covering a 7-point spread and they did, beating Falcons, 25-0. Hope that's a harbinger for a big week! The rest of our picks include Dolphins at Jets, our Game of the Week, three big upsets and all the rest. Find all of our latest picks here: NFL Week 11 Gems.
Canes-Virginia Tech: Watch for our column from Hard Rck Stadium online late tonight, moments aftre the 730 p.m. game ends.
This week's columns:
Hurricanes, Too Beholden to Past and UM Family, Need to Go Outside for new AD Hire
UM And Blake James Parted Ways With Class -- Which Butch Davis Didn't Get From FIU
How Miami Dolphins Are Poised to Transform Their 1-7 Start Into Playoff Contention
Also: On UM loss at FSU: Just Another Cursed, Heartbreak Finish for Diaz And Hurricanes and Thursday's big Dolphins win: Miracles Happen: Huge Defense, Tua Off Bench Help Fins Stun Baltimore
NFL WEEK 10 RESULTS:
(*) OUR PICKS: BETTER. AND THAT'S A START: Tough season for us so far, but saw an upswing last week with a 9-4-1 mark overall and 7-7 against the spread. Highlights: We nailed a second straight Upset of the Week pick with 49ers beating Rams Monday night, and had a second outright upset call with Vikings winning at Chargers. Also has Washington-with-points covering vs. Tampa Bay.
(*) GREG'S LOBOS: IF WE WERE ANY HOTTER WE'D BE ON FIRE!: Lobos won 99-96 last week over family friend Brandon. Ezekiel Elliott led us with 20 points but we had six in double figures to win the low-scoring affair. That makes is 8-2 and alone in first place (!) in the PFPI Fantasy regular season, our 10-team friends 'n family league.
(*) HERALD NFL QB RANKINGS: MAHOMES IS BACK! (DID HE EVER LEAVE?): The Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes wins Week 10 with an elite 60-point game and makes it a three-way season race with Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford in the Herald's updated rankings. Details and the latest Top 20: NFL Week 10 QB Rankings.
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Select other recent columns: Oh Brother! Heat-Nuggets' Family Feud Spices Season / Fins End 7-Game Skid -- But Only Because Texans Were Even Worse / Is Manny Diaz Saving Himself? Coach, Comeback Canes Win 3rd Straight. Also: Dolphins' Watson Lust Ruined Season, Damaged Tua. And That Starts With Owner Ross / Buffalo's Late Classlessness Aside, Miami Out Of Answers In 7th Straight Loss / U-Turn: UM Season, Diaz Future Looking Up With 2nd Straight Big Win / Quenneville Rightly Sacked as Panthers Coach Over 2010 Chicago Scandal / Dolphins Sabotaging Tua Season Over Misguided Infatuation With Watson / As Dolphins' Dysfunction Surrounds Him, 10 Ways Tua Is The Unluckiest Man On Earth / State of the Art: Heat, Miami's Best-Run Franchise, Sails In Opener / 'Time to Hunt': Cats' Hyped Season Off to Wild, Winning Start / Dolphins Fans, Ex-Players Gather For Emotional Farewell to Don Shula, Father of the Glory Days / If Sports Had A Spine, Kyrie Irving & Other Anti-Vaxxers Wouldn't Be Playing / Kyle Lowry Must Channel 'Doctor Of Greatness' If Heat Is To Chase NBA Title / Fairy Tale With Wrong Ending: Remembering Jose Fernandez 5 Years Later / Loss In Tampa Has Dolphins Season In Free Fall As Embarrassments Pile Up / Why It's Too Soon, And Dumb, To Quit On Tua As Dolphins Answer / Year Of Reckoning, And Impatience, For Slow-Starting Dolphins & Canes / With Ghosts Of Glory Days Watching, Dolphins Showed Inept Effort in Third Straight Loss / Hope And Hype Are Sky-High. Time For Florida Panthers To Finally Deliver / Miami Herald's 2021 NFL Team Rankings: You Won't Believe Where Dolphins are / Why Dolphins, Canes Should Be Taking Lead In Requiring Fans To Be COVID-Vaccinated / An Appreciation of Udonis Haslem As He Re-Ups For 19th Heat Season / Unraveled: The Story Behind Who Aubrey Huff Became / College Football and FSU Lose a Treasure In Passing Of Bobby Bowden / Biggest Victory Of Hall Of Famer Jimmy Johnson's Life Was Getting His Son Back / Biles' Withdrawal For Mental-Health Reasons Merits Empathy, Not Scorn / Where Dolphins Rank Among Teams With Longest Championship Droughts / Dolphins Owner Ross Unveils New $135 Million Training Site As Another Reason Team Must Win Now / Hot Seat Scale: Ranking Miami's Biggest Coaches By Most to Least Job Security / May Sha'Carri Richardson Be Last Victim Of Olympics' Archaic Marijuana Rules / 'I'm D'Eriq King For College Hunks Hauling Junk!' It's Strange New World in College Sports / Nassib Coming Out As Gay NFL Player A Milestone In Sports History / Fate Snatched Basketball From Chris Bosh. His new Book Is Part of His Journey Of Healing / Where's Tua? Ranking Our Top 15 South Florida Pro Athletes 25 And Younger / Pythons, Peppers, Pirate Flag Raised. Inside Le Batard's 24-Hour Triumph / Le Batard Bet On Himself And His Audience -- And Won Big / Justice For George Floyd Helps Heal Our Shaken Faith, But Fight For Equality Goes On / In History And In Hearts, Howard Schnellenberger Will Matter For All Time / Women Keep Accusing Deshaun Watson of Sexual Misconduct. But Will It Matter to NFL Teams? / Reality, Loss, Comeback: How Sports Has Been Guiding Light In America's Awful Past Year / Beckham's Resolve Tested By Tumult As Inter Miami Nears 2nd MLS Season / Time-Travelling To 1960s And Childhood, When The Baseball Card Was King / Doesn't Matter If Tiger Woods Never Wins Again. We Are Lucky He's Alive / Final Herald NFL 2020 QB Rankings / Marlins Hit History-Making Home Run With Kim NG Hire As GM / In a Pandemic-Battered Season For FIU, Butch Davis' Love Of Coaching Survives / Don Shula, 1930-2020, R.I.P. / What Shula Meant to a Father & Son. The Boy Was Me.
Revisit this blog often because it updates regularly. The Associated Press Sports Editors writing awards ranked the blog's author a Top 10 national sports columnist in the major-outlet category. Greg is also a regular on the Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz.
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