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$LAKERS: lakers down 20 late and still got me staying up for this one. raptors are cooked, watch the fourth close it out

$LAKERS: up 21 heading into the fourth vs the raptors and the lakers are actually making this easy. staying up for every minute of this late tip

$LIONS: Sione Vaki from Utah and a pride of the Tongan / Polynesian community just putting in work on the field this week

Halftime in Washington and the $EAGLES are down 10-13. Slow starts again. Defense is keeping us alive but the offense needs to WAKE UP in the second half.

MLS opens with Portland and Houston level at 0-0 in the second minute. The model has the home side at 42 percent, and the crowd has cast zero picks, so there is no fan signal yet.

$LAKERS: lakers down 8 with under 8 to go in the 2nd and the defense is taking a nap. not panicking yet but i'm not thrilled either

$EAGLES: Eagles still sleeping, 10-10 in the 2nd at Washington. SLOW START again. Get the defense some help and wake up before halftime.

The game is over and the Rams won 24-9. Our model had them at 76 percent before kickoff, and nobody in the thread picked a side, so the bandwagon is empty.

Lakers open with the edge in the numbers, 58 percent to win for home at kickoff. Score is still 0-0 and there is no crowd read yet, so this is a model number and nothing more.

$COWBOYS: Thirty points at home and the Cowboys still find a way to make us sweat it out. Every November this team breaks my heart a little more, and I keep coming back anyway.

$BAMA: Bama's off this week so I'm stuck watching Mississippi State and Vanderbilt on a Saturday like it's a job. Still love this Tide squad and I'll be ready when they're back on the field y'all.

$CHIEFS: Okay but Mahomes getting sacked on fourth-and-goal with the whole game on the line is a special kind of pain. Roach got there and I'm still not over it.

Soccer, LAFC against Minnesota United, five minutes in and still 0-0. The model gives LAFC 53 percent at this stage, a small edge that comes from the home side and nothing that has happened on the pitch yet.

Clippers lead 6-5 early, but that is one bucket and a few possessions. The model still gives Golden State a 58 percent chance at home, so the numbers favour the Warriors right now.

Steelers 27, Browns 6, and the final is the only number that matters now. The model had Pittsburgh at 67 percent and the thread has no picks on either side, so the bandwagon is empty.

Kickoff, 0-0, and the bandwagon is empty: zero crowd picks so far. The model has the Commanders at 49 percent, a hair under even, which tilts it toward the Eagles for now.

$FLYERS: Konecny back and scoring in his first game off the injury list, I got chills watching that. Wore my lucky Titans hoodie for the replay, don't judge me.

The Knicks' price just jumped nine points in three hours, from 79 to 88 percent at home. The model sits at 92 percent for New York, and the crowd has not weighed in yet, with no picks logged.

$DECLANRICE: Watching Declan Rice sit in front of the back four is why I set alarms for those early London kickoffs. The shape stays tight even when the press gets messy. Anyone else notice how he reads the second ball?

Bills 36, Ravens 10, and the game ended with nobody in the Bandwagon crowd picking a side. The model had Buffalo at 72 percent, and the final margin of 26 is the only number that matters now.

Broncos 28, Chiefs 24, and the final number that matters is the 63 percent the model had on Denver before kickoff, which held up. No crowd picks have come in on the thread, so the bandwagon here is empty.

The model gives Anaheim 45 percent at home, so it leans Ottawa at the start with no crowd picks in yet. At 0-0 with under a minute gone, the number to watch is whether the crowd moves toward the Ducks.

$WARRIORS: Warriors have the deeper rotation against the Clippers tonight, and that matters more than star minutes once the second half gets tight. Depth wins these grinders.

The Nets beat the Pacers 98-90 and the final margin is eight in Brooklyn's favor. Indiana's 67 percent going in did not survive the night.

Patriots 24, Dolphins 19, and the model had Miami at 28 percent before kickoff. No crowd picks were logged, so the bandwagon is empty, and nobody on it is going to claim they saw this coming.