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**Udog** · 12-17-2014, 09:46 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

-- Florida beat Washington after a shootout that took 20 rounds, five more rounds than any other shootout, ever.

-- Former Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is new football coach at Youngstown State.

-- Memphis 105, Golden State 98-- Warriors' 16-game winning streak ends.

-- Milwaukee rookie Jabari Parker tore his ACL, is out for the year.

-- Wichita State 53, Alabama 52-- Tide scored one point in last 5:50.

-- OF Michael Morse signed a 2-year deal with the surprisingly active Marlins.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud.......

13) Vanak Ranadive, new owner of the Sacramento Kings turns out to be a nitwit, a guy other NBA owners see as “…..a know-it-all” who compared coaching the Kings to coaching his 12-year old daughter’s team.

This is a guy who admits he never touched a basketball, not even once until he was in his 40’s, but he knows more than professional coaches. Oy. How do people like this get rich in the first place?

12) Kings fired coach Michael Malone with an 11-13 record, which for the Kings ain’t bad; they were 9-6 before DeMarcus Cousins got sick, are 2-7 since he’s been ill, but the problem is stylistic. Kings management wants the team to play faster, Malone is a defensive guy. So despite big man Cousins being Sacramento’s best player, they’re going to start playing faster; whether they win more remains to be seen.

11) Mr Ranadive suggested that the Kings play 4-on-5 on defense and have a guy basket-hang on the other end; this is professional basketball, the highest level of a great sport and this educated fool doesn’t know enough to let his people do their jobs.

10) Which reminds me, the LA Kiss of the Arena League were on a reality show this past season; one of their nitwit owners ordered the coach to onside kick after every TD the Kiss scored. The coach has won Arenaball titles, he’s a good coach but he had to do what the owner told him to do, so they onside-kicked every time in one game. Lets just say it didn’t go very well. There is a reason some things are the way they’ve been for a long time; its because the alternatives do not work.

9) Back in 2009, the Rams were truly awful; they were getting hammered in a home game against Minnesota, when Donnie Avery scored a TD to cut the Vikings’ lead to two or three TDs- the game wasn’t close, but Avery dances and carries on like he just won the lottery.

This stuff annoys me to no end and Avery is hardly the only offender; it happens every Sunday. Celebrating a TD like a jackass should be illegal after Halloween, if your team is behind and has a losing record. Pretend you care that your team sucks, instead of being full of yourself and being a damn fool.

8) Christmas music is uplifting, especially in malls this time of year, but if you haven’t seen Michigan State hoop coach Tom Izzo playing Jingle Bells on an accordion, get yourself to YouTube right now and find it—it is tremendous.

7) Amazing Stat of the Day—New Orleans Saints have had a great offense, but they haven’t scored a first quarter TD in their last ten road games. Ten. That’s well over a year and it is hard to fathom.

6) Deion Sanders’ old house is on the market for $12M; it has two bowling alleys in it. It would be so awesome to have a house with bowling alleys in it. Not sure if the $12M includes bowling shoes or if you have to rent those.

5) No matter what the NFC South winner’s record winds up as, and it looks like it’ll be under .500, they will not be able to draft higher than 21st, those are the rules, just like the Super Bowl champ always picks last in the first round.

4) Portland center Robin Lopez, the more durable of the Lopez brothers, broke his hand and will miss his first games in almost three years this week. Portland has a really good team, one of many strong teams out west who probably wish they were in the east.

3) Astros signed SS Jed Lowie to a 3-year, $23M contract; this was a guy they threw at multiple times LY, almost starting a fracas in one game with Oakland. Guess it was former manager Bo Porter who didn’t like Lowrie, since he is gone now and the Astros just made Lowrie very wealthy.

2) Still don’t think an under-.500 NFL team should make the playoffs; they should defer to a better team in another division with a winning record. Who would object to this?

1) Jeb Bush might be the greatest guy in the world, I know nothing about him except he was once governor of Florida, but I don’t want anyone else in that family (or the Clinton family) being President. Enough already.

I’d vote for Reggie Bush, Kurt Busch, former NFL center Blair Bush, August Busch, anyone but someone from that family. Go do something else. We need different, better leaders, not the same ol’ thing over and over.

**Udog** · 12-17-2014, 09:51 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Ottawa at New Jersey
The Senators head to New Jersey tonight to face a Devils team that is 0-4 in its last 4 home games. Ottawa is the pick (+105) according to Dunkel, which has the Senators favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Ottawa (+105). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Game 1-2: Ottawa at New Jersey (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Ottawa 11.914; New Jersey 10.498
Dunkel Line & Total: Ottawa by 1 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: New Jersey (-125); 5
Dunkel Pick: Ottawa (+105); Over

Game 3-4: Boston at Minnesota (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Boston 10.658; Minnesota 11.994
Dunkel Line & Total: Minnesota by 1 1/2; 4
Vegas Line & Total: Minnesota (-140); 5
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota (-140); Under

Game 5-6: Dallas at Vancouver (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Dallas 11.347; Vancouver 10.227
Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 1; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Vancouver (-165); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Dallas (+145); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, December 17

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OTTAWA (12-12-0-6, 30 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (11-15-0-6, 28 pts.) - 12/17/2014, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 11-24 ATS (-15.3 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 46-68 ATS (-41.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 5-2 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 5-2-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

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BOSTON (15-13-0-2, 32 pts.) at MINNESOTA (16-11-0-1, 33 pts.) - 12/17/2014, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 3-9 ATS (-7.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BOSTON is 3-9 ATS (-7.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 2-1 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 2-1-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

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DALLAS (11-13-0-5, 27 pts.) at VANCOUVER (18-10-0-2, 38 pts.) - 12/17/2014, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 25-9 ATS (+12.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 170-140 ATS (+24.4 Units) in road games first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 5-1 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 5-1-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.4 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, December 17

Hot teams
-- Minnesota is 6-0 in game following its last six losses.

Cold teams
-- Devils lost four in row, 10 of last 12 games. Ottawa lost seven of last nine games.
-- Boston lost six of its last seven games.
-- Vancouver lost its last four games, scoring seven goals. Dallas Stars lost five of last seven games.

Series records
-- Devils lost five of last seven games with Ottawa.
-- Minnesota won four of last six games with Boston.
-- Dallas Stars won their last five games with Vancouver.

Totals
-- Seven of last nine New Jersey games stayed under.
-- Under is 7-2-1 in last ten Boston games. Four of last five Minnesota games went over.
-- Six of last seven Dallas games went over the total.

Back-to-back
-- Bruins are 0-5 if they played the night before. Minnesota is 2-1.

NHL

Wednesday, December 17

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
OTTAWA vs. NEW JERSEY
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 6 games on the road
Ottawa is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
New Jersey is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of New Jersey's last 21 games when playing Ottawa

8:00 PM
BOSTON vs. MINNESOTA
Boston is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Boston is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston

10:00 PM
DALLAS vs. VANCOUVER
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas's last 8 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vancouver's last 8 games when playing Dallas
Vancouver is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas

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**Udog** · 12-17-2014, 03:03 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, December 17

Ottawa at New Jersey, 7:05 ET
Ottawa: 2-10 SU after scoring and allowing 4+ goals
New Jersey: 11-2 Under off 3+ road losses

Boston at Minnesota, 8:05 ET
Boston: 11-3 Over playing without rest
Minnesota: 9-2 Over after allowing 5+ goals

Dallas at Vancouver, 10:05 ET
Dallas: 6-1 SU playing with 3+ days rest
Vancouver: 5-17 SU after losing 4 of their last 5 games

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