College Football: 

Oregon senior Jeffrey Bassa has been named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, for the country’s best linebacker. Bassa was an all-conference second-team selection in 2023. He’s also on the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which goes to the top overall defensive player in the country.

Hear more about it on the Oregon Ducks Insider daily podcast on KBND dot com. The season starts Saturday the 31st against Idaho.

Oregon State offensive coordinator Ryan Gunderson told the media gathering after practice yesterday Quarterbacks Gevani McCoy, Gabarri Johnson and Ben Gulbranson would continue to take snaps with the first team offense. He says the team overall needs to improve in Red Zone situations. The Beavers’ opener is Saturday the 31st against Idaho State.

MLB: 

San Francisco lost to Atlanta in extra innings again last night. This time going down 4 to 3 in the 10th. Tyler Fitgerald homered for his 13th of the season. He joins Wille Mays as the only Giants to hit 15 home runs in their first 59 career games.  Game three of the four game series is tonight starting at 6:45.

The Mariners got mauled by the Tigers 15 to 1 last night. All 15 runs were earned. And Detroit pounded out 20 hits. Seattle only managed 3. And they’ve slipped a game and half behind Houston into 2nd place in the division. The Ms will look to bounce back in game two of the series.  First pitch today at 3:40.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers open their NBA Cup Group Play against Minnesota. The Timberwolves will be at the Moda Center on Tuesday, November 12th to start the second go around of the in-season tournament. The Blazers, and T-wolves are in the West A Group along with the Clippers, Kings, and Rockets.