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**Udog** · 11-26-2016, 08:32 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

— Baylor 66, Louisville 63— Bears came back from down 18 to win Battle of Atlantis- they’re very athletic and very underrated.

— Temple 81, West Virginia 77— Owls have depleted roster but just beat Florida State/West Virginia on consecutive days. Fran Dunphy is a very good coach.

— Iona/Nevada already played once this month, will meet again in the finals of the Alaskan Shootout. Nevada won first meeting 91-76 in Reno Sunday night.

— Butler came from behind and beat Arizona 69-65 in the finals of the Continental Tire tourney at Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas.

— Iowa State/Gonzaga will meet in the finals of Advocate tourney in Orlando Sunday.

— Texas A&M/UCLA will meet in the finals of the Wooden Legacy tournament Sunday at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Midnight musings……..

13) Memphis 48, Houston 44— This coaching carousel stuff in college football is terribly unfair to the players playing now. Houston Cougars beat Oklahoma/Louisville this year, but every time they win a game, speculation starts about coach Herman’s next job.

Houston has now lost to Navy-Memphis-SMU; what should have been a great year will now be a very good one- they’re going to have a new coach next year. Such are the realities of major college football. Life changes quickly.; have to win as much as you can while you can

12) So the latest Herman update is that LSU will probably keep Ed Orgeron if Herman goes to Texas and Charlie Strong will keep his job if Herman goes to LSU. We forget that coaches have assistant coaches and everyone has families and a lot of people are affected by this stuff.

11) Miami Ohio’s football team started this season 0-6, obviously a disaster, but the Red Hawks recovered and finished the regular season at 6-6 and bowl eligible. Good for the kids and the coaches who didn’t quit on the season- you don’t see that very often.

10) Pirates signed utility guy Sean Rodriguez for two years, $11.5M. Versatile guy; seems like every team has a guy like him now.

9) I mentioned last week how Long Beach State hoop coach Dan Molson makes $600K a year; well the 49ers are now 1-6 this year and lost to Binghamton/Florida Gulf Coast the last two days. Not exactly $600K worth of coaching.

8) ESPN is televising the Wooden tournament from Cal State-Fullerton this weekend; during UCLA’s game Thursday night, they did something that bugged me. During the game, reporter Jeff Goodman interviews Lonzo Ball’s dad in the stands. Why?

Since when do kid’s parents get interviewed during the game? Why is this a good idea?

7) I’m convinced that NFL teams should throw more towards their sideline, especially on longer passes; you see lot of flags thrown when guys on the sideline scream for a call— you yell loud enough, long enough, you’re going to get one (or two) calls.

6) Long time ago, Ole Miss hoop coach Andy Kennedy was a good player; he took recruiting trips across the south, one of which was to Georgia Tech, where his player/host was Craig Neal, now the coach at New Mexico. Kennedy wound up playing for NC State and later UAB.

Apparently the two guys remained friends thru the years, so when Neal’s son Cullen transferred away from his dad’s team to a place where the home fans were less hostile (seriously) he went to play for his dad’s friend Kennedy at Ole Miss. Very good get for the Rebels.

5) James Madison fired coach Matt Brady LY, despite the Dukes going 40-25 the last two years; they made the NCAAs in 2013. No sure why he was fired but this year JMU is 0-5 and they’re looking stupid for firing Brady, a mostly successful coach. None of JMU’s losses are to a top 100 team, so it doesn’t bode well for their conference games, either.

4) Steve Levy/Brian Greise have been a very good announce combo on college football games this year and Justin Kutcher does well on FS1, mostly with Bill Raftery. Some people just have great chemistry together and the broadcast becomes us listening to two guys talking about ball, which is ideal and what we want. No shtick, just conversation.

3) Virginia Tech has a very good point guard (Justin Robinson) which is why the Hokies are 24-16 the last year-plus, a marked improvement. Robinson played 76 of a possible 80:00 in Tech’s first two games out at Fullerton. They’ll need to get him a little more rest in ACC play.

2) Texas Tech 54, Baylor 35— Wow the wheels really fell off for Baylor; they’re 6-5 and headed straight south, losing five in a row after a 6-0 start. Bears allowed 47.6 pts/game during the skid. You wonder if they’ll even bother going to a bowl game.

1— I was lucky enough to put myself thru college as a student manager of a small college hoop team; it was mostly great fun. One night we’re playing a local rival; one of their players dives for a loose ball and crashes into the scorer’s table, about ten feet from me on the bench. Great effort by the kid, but he didn’t save the ball. Looked like he could even be hurt.

His coach was a pretty intense guy; he comes over, I figure the coach is going to help the kid up, see if he is OK. He looks down at the kid, who is slowly getting up and screams “Next time, get it!!!!” and storms away.

Not a great moment, but it was part of why we almost always beat them. How about patting the kid on the back for a great try? No bueno.

**Udog** · 11-26-2016, 08:34 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, November 26

Washington won seven of last eight games with Toronto; three of last four series games stayed under the total. Caps won 6-2/4-2 in their last two visits to Toronto. Washington won four of last five games, but lost 5-1/2-1 in last two road games. Over is 5-3-2 in their last ten games. Maple Leafs lost their last three games, outscored 9-6; five of their last six home games went over the total.

Home side won last four Carolina-Ottawa games; Hurricanes are 6-4 in last ten series games, but they lost 6-4/2-1 in last two visits to Ottawa. Under is 3-2 in last five series games. Carolina won five of its last six games; under is 4-0-1 in their last five games. Ottawa won its last two games but lost three of its last four at home. Under is 7-2-1 in Senators’ last ten games.

Montreal won eight of last ten games with Detroit but lost last two visits here 3-2/4-3, in series where the home side won last six meetings. Canadiens lost four of last six games, losing 3-2 in each of last two road games. Red Wings lost four of last six games; under is 5-2-2 in their last nine games. Detroit lost four of its last five home games.

Penguins/Devils split last ten meetings, with seven of last eight staying under total. Devils lost three of last four visits to Steel City. New Jersey lost four of last five games after an OT setback last night; they were outscored 11-5 in losing last three road games. Three of their last four games went over total. Pittsburgh lost lost three of its last four games with last three going over total. Penguins split their last four home games.

Florida won three of its last four games with Columbus; under is 7-3 in last ten series games. Blue Jackets lost 3-2/3-2 in their last two visits here- they’ve won five of their last seven games overall- over is 2-0-1 in their last three road games. Florida is won four of last six games, is 3-2 in last five at home; under is 2-0-1 in their last three games.

Blues won four of last five games with Minnesota; over is 1-1-6 in last eight series games. Wild lost three of last four visits here. Minnesota won 6-2/3-1 in its last two games; they’re 3-2 in last five on road. Under is 5-1-1 in Wild’s last seven games. St Louis won four of its last five games, won five of their last six at home; over is 3-1-2 in their last six games.

Colorado is 5-3 in its last eight games with Vancouver; Canucks won 5-2/3-1 in last two visits to Denver. Over is 4-2-1 in last seven series games. Vancouver lost three of last four games, is 2-5 in its last seven road games; over is 6-3-2 in its last 11 games. Avalanche are 4-3 in last seven games but 2-3 in last five at home; under is 4-1-2 in their last seven games.

Home side won five of last six Chicago-Los Angeles games; Blackhawks lost 3-2/4-3 in last to visits to Staples. Over is 5-1-4 in last ten series games. Chicago won in Anaheim yesterday, is 3-3 on this long road trip; under is 3-1-2 in those six games- they scored four goals in last three games. Los Angeles won its last four games, allowing two goals in all four games; over is 3-0-1 in those four games.

Anaheim won three of its last four games with San Jose; under is 7-2-1 in last ten series games. Ducks lost four of last five games in Shark Tank. Anaheim lost its last three games, all by 3-2 scores; they pushed total in last six games. Ducks lost two of their last three road games. San Jose won its last three games, outscoring foes 9-3; under is 4-0-3 in their last seven games.

**Udog** · 11-26-2016, 08:36 AM

NHL

Saturday, November 26

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
CAROLINA vs. OTTAWA
Carolina is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Ottawa's last 15 games when playing Carolina
Ottawa is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Carolina

8:00 PM
COLUMBUS vs. FLORIDA
Columbus is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Columbus's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida's last 6 games when playing at home against Columbus
Florida is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games when playing Columbus

8:00 PM
MONTREAL vs. DETROIT
Montreal is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Montreal is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home
Detroit is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games

8:00 PM
NEW JERSEY vs. PITTSBURGH
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Jersey's last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games

8:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. TORONTO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Toronto is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home

9:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. ST. LOUIS
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games on the road
Minnesota is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

11:00 PM
VANCOUVER vs. COLORADO
Vancouver is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games
Vancouver is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing Colorado
Colorado is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games at home
Colorado is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games when playing Vancouver

11:30 PM
ANAHEIM vs. SAN JOSE
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 7 games when playing on the road against San Jose
Anaheim is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of San Jose's last 12 games at home
San Jose is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home

11:30 PM
CHICAGO vs. LOS ANGELES
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 8 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 11-26-2016, 09:30 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Saturday, November 26

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WASHINGTON (13-5-0-2, 28 pts.) at TORONTO (8-8-0-4, 20 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-1 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 5-1-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.2 Units)

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CAROLINA (8-7-0-4, 20 pts.) at OTTAWA (12-7-0-1, 25 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 4-3 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 4-3-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

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MONTREAL (15-4-0-2, 32 pts.) at DETROIT (10-10-0-1, 21 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 33-47 ATS (-16.6 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 7-2 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 7-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.3 Units)

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NEW JERSEY (10-6-0-4, 24 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (12-6-0-3, 27 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW JERSEY is 4-5 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 5-4-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
7 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.5 Units)

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COLUMBUS (11-5-0-3, 25 pts.) at FLORIDA (10-9-0-1, 21 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
FLORIDA is 3-3-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.2 Units)

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MINNESOTA (11-7-0-2, 24 pts.) at ST LOUIS (11-7-0-3, 25 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 8-8-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.9 Units)

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VANCOUVER (8-11-0-2, 18 pts.) at COLORADO (9-10-0-0, 18 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 358-322 ATS (-103.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
COLORADO is 20-14 ATS (+36.7 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 113-118 ATS (-86.5 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 3-3 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 3-3-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.0 Units, Under=-0.7 Units)

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CHICAGO (14-6-0-2, 30 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (11-9-0-1, 23 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 10:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 4-3 (+0.6 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-3-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

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ANAHEIM (9-8-0-4, 22 pts.) at SAN JOSE (12-8-0-1, 25 pts.) - 11/26/2016, 10:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 6-4 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 6-4-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
7 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+5.0 Units)

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**Udog** · 11-26-2016, 10:41 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, November 26

Anaheim @ San Jose

Game 17-18
November 26, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Anaheim
12.412
San Jose
10.887
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim
(+115); Under

Chicago @ Los Angeles

Game 15-16
November 26, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
12.775
Los Angeles
10.225
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 2 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-105); Under

Vancouver @ Colorado

Game 13-14
November 26, 2016 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
11.224
Colorado
12.319
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Colorado
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-170
5
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(-170); Over

Minnesota @ St. Louis

Game 11-12
November 26, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
12.877
St. Louis
11.303
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(+120); Over

Columbus @ Florida

Game 9-10
November 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Columbus
11.312
Florida
12.899
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Florida
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Florida
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Florida
(-140); Under

New Jersey @ Pittsburgh

Game 7-8
November 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Jersey
11.919
Pittsburgh
10.817
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New Jersey
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-150
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New Jersey
(+130); Over

Montreal @ Detroit

Game 5-6
November 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
10.200
Detroit
12.119
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-130
5
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(+110); Under

Carolina @ Ottawa

Game 3-4
November 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina
12.414
Ottawa
10.915
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Ottawa
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(-110); Over

Washington @ Toronto

Game 1-2
November 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
11.644
Toronto
12.519
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(-130); Under

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