April 21 COFFE CLUB

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WHAT'S BREWING TODAY Thursday, April 21 On Today's Scorecard Early Bird

It's never too early to get an early jump on the 2022 college football season. Rest assured we're hard at work putting together the 30th edition of the 2022 PLAYBOOK Football Preview Guide magazine, and with it we've come across lots of stats and facts to better prepare us for the season ahead. Some of the more bold predictions we've seen include: • Clemson to miss the CFB Playoff again – Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei looked lost many times last season throwing the ball, passing for just nine touchdowns and 10 picks, and he wasn't much better this spring. •LSU will not have a winning record – Brian Kelly is 14-14 in his career against Top 25 ranked teams, and we already had a sneak preview of how his teams fare against Southern opposition — Clemson and Alabama outscored Kelly's Irish, 103-31, in three postseason games, a BCS national championship game and two CFP semifinals. • Texas A&M will beat Alabama again - There'll be plenty of talk going in about how A&M upset the No. 1 Tide last year in College Station. But the Aggies have been building legitimate momentum the last few years, and are coming off signing what 247/Sports calls the greatest recruiting class in modern history. Click here to read more early predictions.

Trending Today Westward Ho

Cable giant HBO is in hot water for their portrayal of Los Angeles Laker legend Jerry West in the series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty". The series depicts West as an 'out-of-control, intoxicated rage-aholic' when in fact his lawyers contend, "Contrary to the baseless portrayal in the HBO series, Jerry had nothing but love for and harmony with the Lakers organization." As a result West is demanding a retraction for a deliberately false characterization attack West, a Basketball Hall of Famer who took winning and losing seriously, spent 14 seasons with the Lakers and was an All-Star in each season. His portrait is the iconic basketball player symbol used on the NBA logo. They Said It "Quote of the Day" "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass ... it's about learning to dance in the rain!" Grinding Out The Profits All That Jazz From the well-oiled machine, .595 or fewer Home Favorites in Game Three in the NBA playoffs, coming off straight-up loss as a favorite, are 5-0 SUATS since 1991. The Utah Jazz are 14-4 SU and 13-4-1 ATS at home as a favorite in Game Three of the playoffs. That's music to the ears of Jazz lovers tonight.