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**Udog** · 10-28-2015, 08:45 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Six of the more interesting college football matchups this weekend........

-- West Virginia @ TCU (-14)-- Three meetings were decided by total of 5 points.

-- Clemson (-10) @ NC State-- This is Miami/Florida State sandwich for Tigers

-- Ole Miss (-7) @ Auburn-- Rebels lost to Auburn last two years.

-- Stanford (-12) @ Washington State-- Coogs won three in row, scoring 47.3 ppg.

-- Georgia vs Florida (-2.5)-- World's largest cocktail party in Jacksonville.

-- USC (-6) @ Cal-- Trojans won their last 11 games against Golden Bears.

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

13) Royals 5, Mets 4 (14)-- Tremendous start to World Series; team that won Game 1 in last 20 years won 17 of those 20 series. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Royals P Edinson Volquez, who lost his dad Tuesday afternoon.

12) People Can Be Scumbags Dept: A kid in Queens turns 12 November 3rd; for his 12th birthday, the little tyke wanted a bat signed by Daniel Murphy, which cost $175.

This was before Murphy turned into Ty Cobb against the Cubs in the NLCS, so when his parents got an e-mail from Topps.com cancelling the sale, they went to the papers with their story and the NY Daily News ran with it.

Exposed for being scumbags, Topps and the MLB Alumni Association relented and sold the kid his bat for $175. Thats the power of the press!!!!

11) Idle thought: the kid lives in Queens. Wouldn't it have been easier to buy a bat, hang around Citi Field and get Murphy to sign the bat? Not like he is Lebron James, it can't be that hard to meet the guy and get an autograph.

10) Speaking of baseball memorabilia, Geddy Lee, the lead singer for Rush, has a big collection-- he has both baseballs from Johnny VanderMeer's back/back no-hitters.

9) Ravens, Cowboys both have zero takeaways in their last four games. It is very tough to win NFL games without creating takeaways.

8) Jets have 15 takeaways in six games; they had 14 all of last season.

7) In NFL history, there have been 14 plays of 99 yards; the two I remember most are a Jaworski-to-Mike Quick pass (against Atlanta, I think) and a Tony Dorsett run in Minnesota on Monday Night Football when the Metrodome first opened.

Record that probably never gets broken: in the late 60's, Jets had a punter named Steve O'Neal who had a 98-yard punt in Denver. Hard to break that record.

6) Speaking of the Jets, I hope Ryan Fitzpatrick writes a book someday; guy has been on six NFL teams, four in last four years and he is still starting!!! Not only that he has five kids and made the NFL after playing college ball at Harvard, so he didn't get a sports scholarship but is a starter in the NFL. His story needs to be told.

5) Baltimore actually gave the Rams a 7th-round draft pick for WR Chris Givens, who runs very fast but wasn't very productive in St Louis. Seriously, why would you trade for a WR the Rams didn't want-- they're desperate for productive WRs.

4) Mets TV announcer Ron Darling: "Today's guns are not right", speaking about the radar guns that supposedly show how fast pitchers throw. Darling is really smart, but his most interesting quotes come off-camera, which is too bad.

3) Two years ago, Temple was a 29.5-point underdog to Notre Dame in the season opener; Saturday, Owls are 7-0, College Game Day is coming to town and the game is on at ABC nationally at 8:00. Temple is a 10-point home dog in this game.

2) Basketball great John Stockton will be an assistant coach at Montana State, for the women's team this season. His daughter Lindsay is a senior on the team; one of the Bobcats' assistants quit recently, so Stockton took her place for this year.

1) Texans cut Ryan Mallett; apparently coach O'Brien and GM Smith both agreed to cut Mallett, but Smith wouldn't let it happen until after Sunday's game, since Texans still needed a backup QB in Miami. TJ Yates will be the new backup; very curious to see if anyone else gives Mallett a chance.

**Udog** · 10-28-2015, 08:45 AM

Why these three sensational spot bet situations hold so much value

DeAndre Jordan will face the team he scorned in free agency this offseason when the Clippers host the Mavs Thursday.

Lookahead spot

There’s bad blood brewing between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers, stemming from DeAndre Jordan’s summer of drama when he committed to signing with the Mavs then backed out at the last minute to resign with the Clippers. Dallas owner Marc Cuban will be out for blood when his Mavericks travel to Tinsel Town to play L.A. Thursday night. Watch your back DeAndre!

However, before that showdown with Los Angeles, the Mavericks open their season in Phoenix Wednesday. It seems funny to say a team could be lacking focus for its first game of the new schedule, but with what’s gone on between Dallas and L.A., the Mavs could get caught looking past the Suns, who are 4.5-point home favorites and have covered in five straight versus Dallas.

Letdown spot

The San Diego State Aztecs got a huge home win over Utah State last weekend, smashing the Aggies 48-14 as 4-point home pups. San Diego State has followed a three-game losing skid with a four-game winning run, heading into this Saturday’s trip up the Rocky Mountains to play Colorado State.

The Rams aren’t the same program without departed head coach Jim McElwain but picked up a big win over Air Force last week, topping the Falcons 38-23 as 3.5-point home dogs. Fort Collins is a tough place to play and CSU is 3-1-1 ATS inside Hughes Stadium. The underdog is 5-1 ATS in the last six between these programs, and with SDSU in letdown mode there could be value with the Rams.

Schedule spot

The New York Jets will spend plenty of time on their namesakes this week, travelling to the West Coast for a game against the Oakland Raiders. New York is coming off a disappointing loss to the Patriots in Week 7 and haven’t been at their best when jumping the country in past seasons.

Going from coast to coast is something N.Y. has only done three times since 2011, but that trio of road tilts haven’t been kind to Gang Green. The last three times the Jets went west, they were crushed 31-0 by San Diego, lost 28-7 to Seattle, and were dropped 34-24 by Oakland. Of course, this year’s squad has shown promise but New York is just 3-6 ATS in its last nine games coming off a showdown with New England.

**Udog** · 10-28-2015, 08:47 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, October 28

Hot teams
-- Caps won last five games, scoring 24 goals. Pittsburgh won four of its last five games.
-- Predators won three of their last four games.

Cold teams
-- Flames lost six of their last seven games. Ottawa lost last two games, with two in SOs.
-- San Jose lost three of its last four games.

Series records
-- Senators won four of last six games with Calgary; home side won last five.
-- Penguins lost three of last four games with Washington.
-- Nashville won six of last nine games with San Jose.

Totals
-- Four of last five Calgary-Ottawa games went over total.
-- Seven of last nine Pittsburgh-Washington games stayed under.
-- Under is 8-1-1 in last ten Nashville-San Jose games.

NHL

Wednesday, October 28

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Trend Report
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7:30 PM
CALGARY vs. OTTAWA
Calgary is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Ottawa
Calgary is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Ottawa is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games when playing Calgary
Ottawa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Calgary

8:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Washington
Pittsburgh is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Washington
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Washington is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home

10:30 PM
NASHVILLE vs. SAN JOSE
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing San Jose
Nashville is 6-19 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing at home against Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing Nashville

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**Udog** · 10-28-2015, 08:50 AM

NHL

Wednesday, October 28

Getzlaf leaves Ducks with appendicitis

Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf was sent back home with an appendicitis before the Ducks' game on Tuesday night in Dallas against the Stars.

Getzlaf is scheduled for a non-emergency appendectomy on Wednesday in Orange County (Calif.), the team said in a statement.

The Ducks expect Getzlaf to be sidelined about four to 12 days. He has experienced discomfort for the past six weeks, the team said.

In eight games this season, Getzlaf has no goals and one assist. The 30-year-old veteran has scored 208 goals and accumulated 471 assists during 11 seasons with the Ducks.

NHL roundup: Canucks halt Canadiens' opening winning streak

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Rookie center Jared McCann scored two goals, and the Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal 5-1 Tuesday to snap the Canadiens' season-opening winning streak.

Montreal (9-1-0) failed to tie the NHL record of 10 wins to begin a season, a mark shared by the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs and 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres.

Right winger Derek Dorsett had a goal and an assist for Vancouver, which ended a four-game losing skid and improved to 4-2-3. Right winger Radim Vrbata, on the power play, and defenseman Luca Sbisa also scored for the Canucks, who won at home for the first time this season after five losses.

Left winger Brandon Prust, playing his first game against his old team, had two assists for Vancouver but left the game late in the second period due to an ankle injury.

Center Torrey Mitchell scored for the Canadiens.

Sabres 4, Flyers 3 (OT)

PHILADELPHIA -- For the first time in three seasons, Buffalo has won three or more games in October thanks to a thrilling overtime victory over Philadelphia at Wells Fargo Center.

Zemgus Girgensons potted the game-winner in the 3-on-3 extra session on a breakaway.

Tyler Ennis, Jamie McGinn and Jake McCabe also scored goals to lead the Sabres to their first road win of the season. The previous two seasons, Buffalo won just a pair of games in the first month of each. Brayden Schenn scored twice and Chris VandeVelde added one for Philadelphia.

Bruins 6, Coyotes 0

BOSTON -- Tuukka Rask pitched his first shutout of the season, leading Boston over Arizona.

Rask, who surrendered 19 goals as the Bruins went 0-3-1 in their first four home games, had a relatively easy night in goal and Boston won its second straight.

David Krejci had two goals and extended his points streak to all eight games. Jimmy Hayes, Joe Morrow, Brett Connolly and Brad Marchand also recorded goals for the Bruins.

Blue Jackets 3, Devils 1

NEWARK, N.J. -- Boone Jenner and Cam Atkinson scored 35 seconds apart midway through the third period to spark Columbus over New Jersey at the Prudential Center.

Scott Hartnell added an unassisted goal for Columbus while Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves to help the Blue Jackets win consecutive games for the first time this season.

Kyle Palmieri scored a power-play goal, and goaltender Cory Schneider made 11 saves in the losing effort.

Hurricanes 3, Red Wings 1

DETROIT -- Ron Hainsey's goal early in the third period broke a tie, and Carolina defeated Detroit at Joe Louis Arena.

Victor Rask and Eric Staal also scored for Carolina. Cam Ward made 25 saves.

Jakub Kindl scored for Detroit. Petr Mrazek stopped 18 shots.

Panthers 4, Avalanche 1

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Vincent Trocheck scored a pair of power-play goals, and Roberto Luongo earned his first shutout of the season as Florida beat Colorado at the BB&T Center.

Trocheck, who also had an assist, now has four goals this season. Brian Campbell picked up a goal and a pair of assists and Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist.

Gabriel Landeskog ruined Luongo's shutout bid with 59.7 seconds left in the game.

Kings 4, Jets 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Milan Lucic scored with just 4:41 left in the third period to spark Los Angeles over Winnipeg.

Jake Muzzin also scored while Tyler Toffoli and Trevor Lewis added empty netters for the Kings.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored the lone goal for the Jets while Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves for Winnipeg and Jonathan Quick had to block 24 shots for L.A.

Wild 4, Oilers 3

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota got two goals just 43 seconds apart, rallying to beat the Edmonton to remain perfect at home.

Ryan Suter scored twice, and Charlie Coyle and Marco Scandella had a goal each for the Wild.

Taylor Hall, Iiro Pakarinen and Darnell Nurse scored for Edmonton.

Blues 2, Lightning 0

ST. LOUIS -- Jake Allen stopped all 26 Tampa Bay shots to win a goalie battle with good friend and former minor league teammate Ben Bishop on Tuesday night as St. Louis topped Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay was shut out for the second time in as many games, with the result spoiling the homecoming of Bishop, a St. Louis native.

Scott Gomez and Troy Brouwer scored the game's only goals.

Stars 4, Ducks 3

DALLAS -- Antoine Roussel scored off a rebound with 1:28 remaining as Dallas defeated Anaheim at American Airlines Center.

Anaheim led 3-0 after one period before Dallas responded for three answered in the second to make it a 3-3 contest after 40 minutes before Roussel's winner in the third.

Mike Santorelli, Shawn Horcoff, Carl Hagelin scored for Anaheim while Patrick Sharp, Cody Eakin and John Klingberg also scored for Dallas.

**Udog** · 10-28-2015, 10:03 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, October 28

Nashville @ San Jose

Game 55-56
October 28, 2015 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
12.881
San Jose
11.326
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 1 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-125
5
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(+105); Over

Calgary @ Ottawa

Game 51-52
October 28, 2015 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Calgary
11.240
Ottawa
10.313
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Ottawa
-145
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(+125); Under

Pittsburgh @ Washington

Game 53-54
October 28, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
9.942
Washington
12.559
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 2 1/2
6 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-155
5
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-155); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, October 28

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CALGARY (2-7-0-0, 4 pts.) at OTTAWA (3-3-0-2, 8 pts.) - 10/28/2015, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 95-94 ATS (+211.4 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
OTTAWA is 82-89 ATS (-67.9 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 2-2 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 2-2-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (4-4-0-0, 8 pts.) at WASHINGTON (6-1-0-0, 12 pts.) - 10/28/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 48-47 ATS (-25.6 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 7-12 ATS (-13.8 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest over the last 3 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 10-25 ATS (-28.7 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 35-41 ATS (-25.9 Units) in home games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 28-44 ATS (-39.1 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive overs since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 3-9 ATS (-8.3 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 5-3 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 5-3-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.1 Units)

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NASHVILLE (6-1-0-1, 13 pts.) at SAN JOSE (5-3-0-0, 10 pts.) - 10/28/2015, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 175-129 ATS (+41.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 30-14 ATS (+14.5 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 173-154 ATS (+337.2 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 9-14 ATS (-12.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NASHVILLE is 4-2 (+3.8 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
NASHVILLE is 4-2-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.2 Units)

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**Udog** · 10-28-2015, 04:11 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, October 28

Calgary at Ottawa, 7:35 PM ET
Calgary: 21-12 SU after playing 2 consecutive road games
Ottawa: 2-9 SU at home after allowing 4 goals or more 2 straight games

Pittsburgh at Washington, 8:05 PM ET
Pittsburgh: 10-25 SU vs. division opponents
Washington: 6-0 SU as a favorite

Nashville at San Jose, 10:35 PM ET
Nashville: 15-4 SU after playing a game where 3 or fewer total goals were scored
San Jose: 3-10 SU in home games after having lost 3 of their last 4

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