All Thor a good cause

LET’S hear it for Noah Syndergaard for bringing Mike Francesa out of his latest retirement. (Sitting Bull never did return the ice cream maker I gave him at his first retirement party).

Ohio State-Michigan on Saturday brings to comical recall one of his extraordinary, all-knowing, dead-wrong expert touts: Michigan over OSU in 2018. Michigan’s defense, he puffed, is so good OSU would be lucky not to be shut out.

Michigan lost, 62-39 — the most points it ever allowed.

➤ For better of worse, a lot of people paid a lot of money to see LeBron James play in the Garden on Tuesday. I’m told the cheapest ticket in the secondary market was $200 to watch from just beneath the ozone layer. But James didn’t play as he was suspended.

Thus, reader Charles Fowler has an idea: All short-term suspensions — James’ was for one game — should be served only during the player’s or players’ home games.

After all, the NBA, acutely aware of business, threatens fines for teams that rest star players during national telecasts. Lakers-Knicks, Tuesday, was on TNT.

➤ What We’re Told Vs. What We See: Weekly, those calling Jets games on TV tell us LB C.J. Mosley is extra special, sensational. Weekly, however, there’s scant visual proof.

We see him easily blocked. We see him miss tackles. We see him among the last to recognize the play, often when that play is well past him. But what do we know?

➤ The graphic, as seen during Dolphins-Jets on CBS on Sunday, referenced Bears QB Justin Fields in Chicago’s game against the Ravens: “J. Fields: Out For Game, Ribs.”

“Don’t you think this a little unprofessional?” asks reader Sam Agami. “I gotta think Fields could’ve waited until after the game to get some BBQ.”

More graphics: ESPN’s Saturday football studio show posted the “news” that Pitt has an “83 percent” chance to beat Virginia, while Virginia has a “17 percent” chance to beat Pitt. Pencils ... down!