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**Udog** · 10-24-2014, 08:18 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

NFL trends to ponder with Week 8 upon us.........

-- Texans are 4-8-1 vs spread in their last 13 road games.

-- Saints covered 15 of their last 20 home games.

-- Seattle is 7-3 in its last 10 games as a road favorite.

-- Colts covered nine of their last twelve road games.

-- Tampa Bay is 7-15-1 in its last 23 home games.

-- Buffalo is 8-16 vs spread in its last 24 road games.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: What we're looking for this weekend.......

13) Back in May, who thought Eagles-Cardinals would be battle of 5-1 teams? Nick Foles comes back to Arizona as a much better player than he was for the Arizona Wildcats in college. This is Sunday’s best game.

12) LSU is a home underdog for the 5th time (2-2 in first four) in 9+ years under Les Miles; Ole Miss covered its last nine visits to Baton Rouge, but most of those were as pretty substantial underdogs.

11) Steelers scored 24 points in 2:54 Monday night against a Houston team that imploded. Indy has won five games in row and will not implode, but they’re 2-11 in last 13 games vs Pittsburgh, though this will be Luck’s first visit to Heinz Field.

10) West Virginia knocked Baylor from ranks of unbeaten last week, but now have a long road trip to Oklahoma State, which got bamboozled at TCU. OSU’s starting QB is out for the year; they’re 4-0 at home, but against all stiffs. WVU won both its true road games by three points each.

9) Oakland fired Dennis Allen when the Raiders got home from London; if the Falcons lose to Detroit across the pond, will Mike Smith get the Ziggy too? Atlanta has been playing terrible defense.

8) Mississippi State is #1 in the country, which just looks strange; they’ve got a trap game in Lexington, as a double digit favorite in Lexington, against improved Kentucky. Lot more media distractions when you’re ranked #1. Bulldogs haven’t been on road in over a month, either.

7) World Series shifts to San Francisco, where Ned Yost gets to test his magical managerial run while playing under National League rules. Yost used to manage in Milwaukee, so he’s done it before, but Billy Butler has to sit now, with no DH for three games.

6) USC has a tricky road game at Utah, which is having a hard time picking a starting QB- Utes are back to Wilson this week. Utah’s last three games were all decided by 6 or less points. Trojans allowed 26+ points in each of their last three games.

5) Rookie Zach Mettenberger gets his first start at QB for offensively-challenged Tennessee, with Houston in town after falling apart Monday night. Texans have to be really disappointed to be 3-4; they’re close to having a much better record.

4) Lane Kiffin’s going to be in Knoxville this weekend, which should have the locals out in full force. Young Vols are a 17-point home dog to Alabama, which looked really good at home last week after struggling to win 14-13 at Arkansas.

3) Ravens rallied from a 15-0 deficit to take a 16-15 at home against the Bengals in Week 1, before Cincy won it on a long pass with 5:00 left; now teams meet again in the Queen City, with Bengals on an 0-2-1 downer after their 3-0 start. Ravens are quietly 5-2; do you think they will re-sign Ray Rice if he gets reinstated?

2) South Carolina is getting 18 points at Auburn? Have to look up the last time Spurrier got 18 points in a game, has to be a decent amount of years, but his defense is sub-par this year and that’s bad news against a Malzahn team.

1) I think the Saints are going to break out and beat Green Bay Sunday night; nothing I’ve seen on TV this year endorses that opinion, just a feeling I have.

Think the Jets will beat Buffalo too, but you cannot give points with a team that’s lost its last six games.

**Udog** · 10-24-2014, 08:20 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg
The Lightning (4-2-1) head to Winnipeg tonight to face a Jets team that is 1-7 in its last 8 games versus a team with a winning record. Tampa Bay is the pick (-125) according to Dunkel, which has the Lightning favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (-125). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

Game 1-2: Dallas at New Jersey (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Dallas 10.452; New Jersey 11.894
Dunkel Line & Total: New Jersey by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: New Jersey (-130); 5
Dunkel Pick: New Jersey (-130); Over

Game 3-4: Tampa Bay at Winnipeg (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Tampa Bay 12.221; Winnipeg 10.733
Dunkel Line & Total: Tampa Bay by 1 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Tampa Bay (-125); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Tampa Bay (-125); Under

Game 5-6: Vancouver at Colorado (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Vancouver 10.429; Colorado 11.810
Dunkel Line & Total: Colorado by 1 1/2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: Colorado (-130); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Colorado (-130); Under

Game 7-8: Carolina at Edmonton (9:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Carolina 11.119; Edmonton 10.209
Dunkel Line & Total: Carolina by 1; 6 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Edmonton (-165); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Carolina (+145); Over

Game 9-10: Columbus at Anaheim (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Columbus 10.522; Anaheim 12.639
Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 2; 5
Vegas Line & Total: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, October 24

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DALLAS (3-1-0-2, 8 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (3-2-0-1, 7 pts.) - 10/24/2014, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 167-134 ATS (+26.3 Units) in road games first half of the season since 1996.
NEW JERSEY is 4-13 ATS (+18.4 Units) on Friday nights over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 8-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW JERSEY is 2-0 (+2.2 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
NEW JERSEY is 2-0-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.1 Units)

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TAMPA BAY (4-2-0-1, 9 pts.) at WINNIPEG (2-4-0-0, 4 pts.) - 10/24/2014, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 280-361 ATS (-115.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
TAMPA BAY is 123-175 ATS (-64.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 3-2 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 3-2-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

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VANCOUVER (3-2-0-0, 6 pts.) at COLORADO (1-4-0-2, 4 pts.) - 10/24/2014, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 39-48 ATS (-17.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 56-40 ATS (-4.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 151-120 ATS (+18.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 47-34 ATS (+84.7 Units) in road games on Friday nights since 1996.
COLORADO is 97-104 ATS (-103.1 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 4-3 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 4-3-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.9 Units)

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CAROLINA (0-3-0-2, 2 pts.) at EDMONTON (2-4-0-1, 5 pts.) - 10/24/2014, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 50-94 ATS (+161.9 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
EDMONTON is 148-144 ATS (-44.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
EDMONTON is 67-73 ATS (-55.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
EDMONTON is 2-0 (+2.2 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 2-0-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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COLUMBUS (3-2-0-0, 6 pts.) at ANAHEIM (6-1-0-0, 12 pts.) - 10/24/2014, 10:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 2-2 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 2-2-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.1 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, October 24

Hot teams
-- Dallas Stars won three of their last four games.
-- Tampa Bay won two of its three road games.
-- Canucks won four of their first six games.
-- Oilers won last two games (both 3-2) after losing first five games.
-- Anaheim won its last six games, allowing eight goals. Blue Jackets won four of last six games.

Cold teams
-- Devils lost last three games, allowing 14 goals.
-- Winnipeg lost four of its last five games.
-- Colorado lost its last four games, allowing 15 goals.
-- Carolina is 0-6; they scored two goals in last three games.

Series records
-- Devils won four of their last five games with Dallas.
-- Lightning lost four of last five games with Winnipeg.
-- Avalanche won three of last four games with Vancouver.
-- Oilers won five of their last seven games with Carolina.
-- Blue Jackets won three of last four games with Anaheim.

Totals
-- Under is 3-1-1 in last five Dallas-New Jersey games.
-- Three of last four Tampa Bay games stayed under.
-- Under is 7-2-2 in last 11 Colorado-Vancouver games.
-- Four of last five Carolina-Edmonton games went over.
-- Last three Anaheim games stayed under the total.

NHL

Friday, October 24

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
DALLAS vs. NEW JERSEY
Dallas is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Dallas is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
New Jersey is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home

8:00 PM
TAMPA BAY vs. WINNIPEG
Tampa Bay is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games when playing Winnipeg
Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games when playing Tampa Bay
Winnipeg is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home

9:00 PM
VANCOUVER vs. COLORADO
Vancouver is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Vancouver is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games when playing Colorado
Colorado is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing at home against Vancouver

9:30 PM
CAROLINA vs. EDMONTON
Carolina is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Carolina's last 21 games
Edmonton is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing Carolina

10:00 PM
COLUMBUS vs. ANAHEIM
Columbus is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Columbus's last 15 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Anaheim's last 9 games when playing at home against Columbus
Anaheim is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Columbus

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**Udog** · 10-24-2014, 10:00 AM

NHL

Friday, October 24

Chara to miss 4-6 weeks With ligament damage in knee

The Bruins are about to get a taste of what it's like to live without their most indispensable player.

According to Joe McDonald of ESPN Boston, Zdeno Chara, who left Thursday night's loss to the Islanders in the first period after a huge, open ice hit of Islanders' captain John Tavares, is out 4-6 weeks.

Offenses just barely staying under on ice

Action on the ice has an over/under record of 3-7-1 between Tuesday and Wednesday. Despite this, teams have frequently come close to topping the total.

Six of those seven unders only failed to go over by a single goal, all of which had five goals at a closing line of 5.5. Only two games through those two days have scored less than five goals.

Five games will take to the ice Friday.

Hurricanes remain lone team without a win

After getting annihilated by the Calgary Flames Thursday, the Carolina Hurricanes remain the only winless team in the NHL.

The 'Canes (0-4-2 SU, 2-4 puckline) have only managed to score two goals in their past three games and have a goal differential of -12 on the season.

Carolina visits the lowly Edmonton Oilers Friday.

Offensive defensemen make Devils top over

Though it is early in the NHL season, the New Jersey Devils have been a profitable over play. Through six games, the Devils are 5-1 over/under thanks in large to a combination of their offense-minded defensemen.

New Jersey has scored 20 goals through six games, with 25 percent of them coming by their defensemen. That goal scoring prowess has meant a lack of defense as the Devils have allowed 20 goals against as well. That's an average of 6.7 goals scored per Devils game.

New Jersey hosts the Dallas Stars Friday.

**Udog** · 10-24-2014, 05:29 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Friday, October 24

Dallas at New Jersey, 7:05 ET
Dallas: 175-193 SU as a road underdog
New Jersey: 8-21 SU in non-conference games

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8:05 ET
Tampa Bay: 4-7 SU off a road win by 1 goal
Winnipeg: 12-5 SU after having lost 4 of their last 5 games

Vancouver at Colorado, 9:05 ET
Vancouver: 4-16 SU as a road underdog of +100 to +150
Colorado: 16-0 SU off a home loss

Carolina at Edmonton, 9:35 ET
Carolina: 17-10 SU in road games when playing their 3rd game in 5 days
Edmonton: 2-11 SU in home games after having won 2 of their last 3 games

Columbus at Anaheim, 10:05 ET
Columbus: n/a
Anaheim: n/a

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