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**Udog** · 02-01-2015, 08:15 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

-- NC State 81, Georgia Tech 80 OT-- Check out the highlights for Trevor Lacey's buzzer-beating 3-pointer that won this game in OT.

-- Duke 69, Virginia 63-- Duke scored 35 points on their last 15 possessions.

-- Biggest Upset of Day: Towson (+11) won 86-72 at fading Hofstra.

-- Pepperdine 67, St Mary's 62-- Marty Wilson is turning the tide with his Waves.

-- Cleveland State 76, Green Bay 62-- Quagmire at top of Horizon standings.

-- Sacramento State 70, Montana 69-- Hornets were down 8 with 3:03 left; they're on top of Big Sky standings.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Finally it is Super Bowl Sunday.....

13) Lets get the unpleasant stuff out of the way first. If you read this space at all, you know that I'm a Ram fan and Kurt Warner was obviously one of my all-time favorite players, so I'm disappointed the voters bypassed him this year for the Hall of Fame, as well as Orlando Pace, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt, all ex-Rams.

12) Just to re-hash facts, which apparently aren't very important because it is hard to compare a QB to an offensive lineman, there have been 48 Super Bowls, which is 96 QBs: #1, #2, #3 on the Super Bowl passing yardage list is same person, the same guy who led the tying or go-ahead TD drives in the last 3:00 of all three games.

Kurt Warner.

11) Steve Young got in in his first year of eligibiity; he had an 8-6 playoff record in the NFL, had a 3-16 record when he played for the woeful Bucs. He inherited a great team from Joe Montana and went 8-6 in playoff games. Kurt Warner played for two cruddy franchises and went 9-4 in playoff games. Yet Young got in on his first shot.

Enough about that, because I could go on for a while. Elsewhere......
10) Kid at Virginia won $18K by making a halfcourt shot during ESPN's GameDay.

9) VCU lost the heart of its defense, Briante Weber, who tore his MCL/ACL and is done for the season. Sad thing; tough way for a college career to end.

8) Why are there so many razor commercials on TV? Anyone?

7) Apparently Bill Walton called former President Richard Nixon "the prince of darkness": during the Colorado-UCLA game Saturday night. DirecTV doesn't carry the Pac-12 network, so I didn't hear this myself. Walton is tremendous on TV, but if he is going to go on political rants, will be interesting to see how long he lasts.

6) Cal Poly basketball coach Joe Callero is one of 16 children. Oklahoma City big guy Steven Adams is the youngest of 17 kids. Do familises this like live in a hotel? How do you remember all the kids' names?

5) Junior Seau will be the 12th USC Trojan to get inducted into Canton.

4) There was a furor on Twitter late Saturday night when it came out that an MVP vote was cast for Seahawk LB Bobby Wagner, who missed five games this year and is not close to being the MVP of anything.

Not Aaron Rodgers or JJ Watt, but Bobby Wagner. Oy.

It got even weirder when someone found out who voted for Wagner. Twitter got very quiet-- it was Tony Dungy. Not too many folks seemed anxious to rip him for it, but they did seem mystified by it.

3) If you live near a Sonic fast food place, they have half-price foot long hot dogs on Monday, to commemorate Groundhog Day, or KL Wheat's birthday.

2) Now Dan Rooney wants a Super Bowl in Pittsburgh. We're getting eight inches of snow here in upstate New York the next couple days. If the NFL keeps screwing around with cold weather Super Bowls, eventually they'll have a weather debacle on their hands- they narrowly missed one last year.

1) This is a weird time of year; its middle of the night and I'm watching live tennis, golf from the other side of the world. At least it is warm somewhere. Pitchers, catchers report in less than three weeks; spring is getting closer!!!

**Udog** · 02-01-2015, 08:25 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, February 1

Hot teams
-- Montreal won its last five games, last two both 1-0 games.
-- Blues won nine of their last ten games.
-- Minnesota lost four of its last six games, allowing one goal in last two. Canucks also won four of their last six games.

Cold teams
-- Coyotes lost eight of their last nine games.
-- Washington lost five of its last six games.
-- Predators lost four of their last five games. Penguins lost five of last seven.

Series records
-- Canadiens won seven of last eight games with Minnesota.
-- Caps lost four of last five visits to St Louis.
-- Penguins won their last five games to Nashville.
-- Canucks lost four of last five games with Minnesota.

Totals
-- Seven of last eight Montreal games went under. Nine of last eleven Arizona road games went over.
-- Six of last eight Washington home games stayed under.
-- Eight of last eleven Nashville road games went over.
-- Six of last seven Vancouver home games stayed under.

Back-to-back
-- Arizona is 3-4 if it played the night before. Montreal is 6-4, 0-1 at home.
-- Washington is 2-7 if it played the night before, 2-1 at home.

NHL

Sunday, February 1

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Trend Report
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1:00 PM
ARIZONA vs. MONTREAL
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Arizona's last 20 games when playing Montreal
Arizona is 1-11-3 SU in its last 15 games ,when playing Montreal
Montreal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Montreal's last 8 games

1:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. WASHINGTON
St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington
St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games

2:00 PM
NASHVILLE vs. PITTSBURGH
Nashville is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 7 games
Pittsburgh is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games

3:30 PM
MINNESOTA vs. VANCOUVER
Minnesota is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Minnesota is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Vancouver is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Minnesota

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NHL

Sunday, February 1

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What bettors need-to-know: Wild at Canucks
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Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks

The Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks meet for the first of three February meetings Sunday at Vancouver. The Wild are attempting to climb back into the playoff race with points in five of their last six games as they wrap up a four-game road trip. Vancouver is two contests into a six-game homestand as it tries to improve on a 6-6-0 January.

The Wild’s recent run of strong play (4-1-1) can be linked to their acquisition of goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who has started each of their last six games. Ryan Miller is expected to make his seventh straight start for the Canucks, who sit third in the Pacific Division. Minnesota has victories in its last two games but has not won three straight since November.

TV: 3 p.m. ET, Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin, Sportsnet Pacific

ABOUT THE WILD (22-20-6 SU, 20-23-5 O/U): Justin Fontaine missed most of the third period on Thursday with a lower-body injury and is questionable for Sunday. Zach Parise has six goals in his last six games and leads the team with 20. Jason Pominville led all Minnesota players with 11 points in January.

ABOUT THE CANUCKS (27-17-3 SU, 19-25-3 O/U): Derek Dorsett missed Friday’s game with an upper-body injury and is not expected to play Sunday. Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin are tied for the team lead with 40 points apiece. Defenseman Ryan Stanton has been a healthy scratch for three consecutive games.

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**Udog** · 02-01-2015, 08:52 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, February 1

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ST LOUIS (31-13-0-4, 66 pts.) at WASHINGTON (25-14-0-10, 60 pts.) - 2/1/2015, 1:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 2-1 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 2-1-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

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ARIZONA (17-26-0-6, 40 pts.) at MONTREAL (32-13-0-3, 67 pts.) - 2/1/2015, 1:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 1-1 (+0.0 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 1-1-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.3 Units)

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NASHVILLE (31-11-0-6, 68 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (28-13-0-8, 64 pts.) - 2/1/2015, 2:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 31-17 ATS (+9.7 Units) in all games this season.
NASHVILLE is 36-24 ATS (+61.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 169-153 ATS (+328.7 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.
PITTSBURGH is 7-12 ATS (-11.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 3-0-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

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MINNESOTA (22-20-0-6, 50 pts.) at VANCOUVER (27-17-0-3, 57 pts.) - 2/1/2015, 3:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 0-6 ATS (-7.6 Units) when playing with 2 days rest this season.
MINNESOTA is 7-17 ATS (-10.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
MINNESOTA is 11-3 ATS (+7.4 Units) after shutting out their opponent in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 121-122 ATS (-29.6 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 19-34 ATS (+58.1 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 4-3 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 4-3-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.6 Units)

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**Udog** · 02-01-2015, 10:47 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Minnesota at Vancouver
The Wild head to Vancouver today to face a Canucks team that is coming off a 5-2 win over Buffalo and is 9-5 in its last 14 games after scoring 4 goals or more in the previous game. Vancouver is the pick (-145) according to Dunkel, which has the Canucks favored by 1 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (-145). Here are all of today's NHL picks.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Game 1-2: St. Louis at Washington (1:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis 12.616; Washington 11.558
Dunkel Line & Total: St. Louis by 1; 4
Vegas Line & Total: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 3-4: Arizona at Montreal (1:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona 9.485; Montreal 12.175
Dunkel Line & Total: Montreal by 2 1/2; 6
Vegas Line & Total: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 5-6: Nashville at Pittsburgh (2:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Nashville 11.787; Pittsburgh 10.904
Dunkel Line & Total: Nashville by 1; 6
Vegas Line & Total: Pittsburgh (-175); 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Nashville (+155); Over

Game 7-8: Minnesota at Vancouver (3:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Minnesota 11.387; Vancouver 12.775
Dunkel Line & Total: Vancouver by 1 1/2; 4 1/2
Vegas Line & Total: Vancouver (-145); 5
Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (-145); Under

**Udog** · 02-01-2015, 11:33 AM

NHL
Short Sheet

Sunday, February 1

St Louis at Washington, 1:05 ET
St Louis: n/a
Washington: n/a

Arizona at Montreal, 1:05 ET
Arizona: n/a
Montreal: n/a

Nashville at Pittsburgh, 2:05 ET
Nashville: 8-1 SU after 2 consecutive division games
Pittsburgh: 21-13 SU revenging a loss where team scored 1 or less goals

Minnesota at Vancouver, 3:35 ET
Minnesota: 11-3 SU after shutting out their opponent in their previous game
Vancouver: 19-34 SU second half of the season

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