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**Udog** · 12-02-2016, 08:18 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Week 13 NFL football trends…….

— Jaguars are 10-24-1 in their last 35 games as a home dog.

— 49ers covered twice in their last ten games.

— Oakland covered one in its last nine home games.

— Carolina is 17-8-1 in its last 26 games as a road underdog.

— Falcons covered three of last 15 games as a home favorite.

— Arizona covered three times in its last 12 games.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random thoughts with the weekend here…….

13) Cowboys 17, Vikings 15— Minnesota is 6-6 after starting season 5-0; they scored TD with 0:25 left, but failed on 2-point conversion and lost again. Dallas has now won 11 games in a row but if you bet the Cowboys (-3) this was a discouraging bad beat.

12) Rockets 132, Warriors 127— Excellent NBA game. Golden State’s 12-game win streak ends as both teams take 44 3-pointers. Fun to watch teams pass and shoot and COMPETE.

11) Couple interesting parts of baseball’s new labor agreement:

15-day disabled list is now the 10-day disabled list.
World Series team with best record gets home field edge in Series, instead of the winner of the All-Star Game, which goes back to being a meaningless exhibition, as it should be.

10) NFL referee Gene Steratore worked the Indiana-North Carolina hoop game Wednesday; Bill Vinovich is also an NFL ref who works big time college hoop games. .

9) Philadelphia 76ers raised Joel Embiid’s minutes limit from 24:00 to 28:00 per game, a good sign for the young man who has been injury prone for most of his career.

8) A further sign of the softening of our society; Indiana parted ways with football coach Kevin Wilson (they said he “resigned” which means, “we fired him but he’s doing a good job so we’ll let him say he quit.”) Wilson was 26-47 at Indiana, but 12-13 the last two years, as Hoosiers were becoming a more competitive team.

Apparently Wilson was occasionally stern with his players, maybe forcefully stern, and some of them objected to the AD. I’ll guarantee you, on any 85-person football team, you can find five people who don’t like the coach. If the AD listens to those five, the coach better win a lot.

7) Sunday the Rams play in Foxboro; Jared Goff obviously is 0-2 as an NFL starter. In his head coaching career, Bill Belichick is 21-1 in games against a starting QB with zero career wins.

The lone loss? Andre Ware and the Lions beat Belichick’s Cleveland Browns 24-14 in 1992.

6) Indiana and North Carolina both have five national titles in college basketball. Hoosiers have been in Final Four eight times, but UNC has been there 19 times.

5) On Showtime’s reality show about Florida State football, FSU coaches approached the rivalry game with Florida by telling players “it is about history, about those players who came before you here.” It is an effective approach that works with current players.

The reality is this: these rivalry games are about RECRUITING. Signing Day is only four or five weeks away- these rivalry games can turn a key recruit or two in your favor. It is about future players, future wins, future job security. That is the reality of it.

4) Lonzo Ball is a freshman PG at UCLA, a very, very good player; ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt and Jay Bilas were discussing this Monday night and agreed that Ball reminds them of Jason Kidd at the same age, a huge compliment.

Ball’s brother plays at Chino Hills HS in California; the kid scored 72 points in a recent game, a game his team won 128-108. Who coaches these teams that a 32:00 HS game winds up with a 128-108 final score?

If you’re the losing coach and your team is good enough to score 108 points, then chances are you have a couple players capable of playing defense. You’d think.

3) Best NFL teams in turnover margin this year: Chiefs +14, Vikings +13, Raiders +10

Worst teams in turnover margin: Jaguars -15, Jets -13, Browns/Texans -9

2) NFL teams with most 20+-yard plays this season: Falcons 56, Redskins 55.

Teams with the least 20+-yard plays: Texans 28, Panthers 31

1) Clippers lost in double OT to the Nets Tuesday; Doc Rivers wound up getting tossed at the end of this game, because he was barking at female ref Lauren Holtkamp (who is not good) and another ref stepped in and T’d Rivers up, which enraged the Clippers’ coach.

On the first possession of this game, 0:12 into the game, a Nets player had the ball at the top of the key, dribbled twice, picked up his dribble, looked to pass, couldn’t find anyone, so he dribbled again and nothing was called. Nothing. Bupkus. A 5th-grade CYO ref would’ve called the double dribble, it was that obvious.

Say what you want; college refs are better than NBA refs.

**Udog** · 12-02-2016, 08:23 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, December 2

Flames won last two games with Minnesota, after losing previous six; road team won five of last seven series games. Wild won last three games in Saddledome, allowing total of five goals. Over is 5-3-2 in last ten series games. Minnesota lost its last three road games, all by one goal; their last three games went over. Calgary is 6-4 in its last ten games; four of its last five stayed under the total.

Sharks won six of their last seven games with Montreal; under is 8-2 in last ten series games. Canadiens lost last five visits here, outscored 21-7. Montreal is 3-5 in its last eight games, 1-2 in its last three on road- four of their last five games stayed under. San Jose won five of last six games, four of last five at home; under is 3-0-3 in Sharks’ last six games.

NHL

Friday, December 2

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Trend Report
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10:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. CALGARY
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Calgary's last 16 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Calgary is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

11:30 PM
MONTREAL vs. SAN JOSE
Montreal is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Montreal is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing Montreal
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 12-02-2016, 09:39 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Friday, December 2

Montreal @ San Jose

Game 3-4
December 2, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
10.466
San Jose
8.977
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Montreal
by 1 1/2
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-150
5
Dunkel Pick:
Montreal
(+130); Under

Minnesota @ Calgary

Game 1-2
December 2, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
11.551
Calgary
13.104
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-130
5
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(+110); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, December 2

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MINNESOTA (11-8-0-3, 25 pts.) at CALGARY (11-13-0-2, 24 pts.) - 12/2/2016, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 51-59 ATS (-23.8 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 22-34 ATS (-30.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 14-20 ATS (-14.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-2 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 5-2-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.6 Units, Under=-0.0 Units)

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MONTREAL (16-5-0-2, 34 pts.) at SAN JOSE (14-9-0-1, 29 pts.) - 12/2/2016, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTREAL is 3-11 ATS (-9.0 Units) in December games over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 10-23 ATS (-16.4 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 34-18 ATS (+8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 184-137 ATS (+41.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 29-34 ATS (-17.8 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 3 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 157-137 ATS (-60.4 Units) in home games after a division game since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 7-12 ATS (-12.7 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive unders over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 3-1 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 3-1-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.7 Units)

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**Udog** · 12-02-2016, 04:40 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Friday, December 2

Minnesota at Calgary, 9:05 PM ET
Minnesota: 3-6 SU in a road game where where the total is 5 or less
Calgary: 4-2 SU after playing a game where 3 or fewer total goals were scored

Montreal at San Jose, 10:35 PM ET
Montreal: 19-7 SU after allowing 2 goals or less in 2 straight games
San Jose: 6-13 SU in home games when playing 6 or more games in 10 days

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