GREG COTE'S RANDOM EVIDENCE BLOG: MIAMI. SPORTS. AND BEYOND
1) It's SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11. John Lennon was killed 41 years ago this week. 2) This week also marked the 80th anniversay of Pearl Harbor. A diminishing few aging veterans still with us lived through the attack. Bless them. 3) Join me on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Follow the Greg Cote Show podcast separately on Twitter, Instagram and now TikTok, too! 4) In The Previous Blogpost (ITPB): Hot Button Top10, Dolphins surge to 5th straight win, new Greg Cote Show podcast.
Note to readers: I've burning a bunch of unused vacation days in December so will have fewer columns out over the next few weeks. But will still be producing regular staples such as the weekly NFL picks, the podcast and this blog.
GREG COTE SHOW PODCAST: NEW EPISODE OUT NOW AND IT'S A QUIRK FEST!: Our 47th episode of 2021 and 89th 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 89 we've done HERE, free. In our latest episode: Quirk Fest! Listeners called into our show hotline to admit their strangest quirks, and we play the best. And Greg, Chris and Yeti's wives reveal their husbands' weirdest habits. Also, Greg on the Canes/Mario Cristobal drama, surging Dolphins and damned Nick Saban. Thanks as always for the support, pod family. Most podcasts were off this past week for the holiday. NOT US!!! Please listen, rate, review and follow. (Our pod simulcasts on Sirius XM every Monday 5-6 p.m. ET).
OUR NFL WEEK 14 PICKS: GOING FOR 6TH STRAIGHT (!) UPSET OF WEEK BULL'S -EYE: We're on a real heater lately to turn around what has been a tough season. The big upswing continued last week with an 11-3 mark overall and 10-4 against the spread -- our best overall week of the year. That included a fifth straight (!) Upset of the Week bull's-eye with Seattle beating San Fran. Nailed two other outright upsets with Washington over Vegas and New England over Buffalo, and also had two 'dogs-with-points in covers by Lions and Steelers. This week we call four big upsets. Unfortunately we missed on our first one Thursday night when Pittsburgh's rally fell short. For all of our latest picks, visit NFL Week 14 Gems.
Our most recent columns: Canes Land Grand Prize In Cristobal, So New Excuses Left. New Glory Days A Must and UM Legend Frank Gore Talks NFL Future, Cristobal, Boxing As He Prepes For Ring Debut (video below). lso: Tua Keeps Showing Dolphins How Silly They Were To Doubt Him So Soon / and 50 Years At the Herald For Me -- And a Lifetime Of Gratitude.
(*) OUR PICKS: BIG WEEK AS OUR SURGE CONTINUES!: Tough season so far but a big upswing lately, including last week's 11-3 mark overall and 10-4 against the spread -- probably our best overall week of the year. That included a fifth straight (!) Upset of the Week bull's-eye with Seattle beating San Fran. Nailed two other outright upsets with Washington over Vegas and New England over Buffalo, and also had two 'dogs-with-points in covers by Lions and Steelers.
(*) GREG'S LOBOS: LATE SWOON BUT STILL IN GOOD SHAPE: Lost a second straight heartbreaker, 112-110 (to my brother), but we're still 9-4 and in second place. Need a win in our regular-season finale to clinch a first round playoff bye in PFPI Fantasy,our 10-team friends 'n family league.
(*) HERALD NFL QB RANKINGS: YEAR OF THE G.O.A.T?: Tampa Bay's Tom Brady wins Week 13 and grows his overall season lead in the Miami Herald's updated rankings. Details and the latest expanded Top 25: NFL Week 13 QB Rankings.
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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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