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**Udog** · 01-08-2017, 09:32 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

— Cleveland Browns hired Gregg Williams to run their defense next season.

— Pacers 123, Knicks 109— NY is now 0-7 on back end of a back/back, 2-5 vs spread.

— Nevada 105, New Mexico 104 OT— I think Coach Neal can start looking for a new job after Lobos blew a 17-point lead with 2:42 left to play.

— Boise State 78, San Diego State 66— Aztecs are 0-3 in Mountain West, Boise State is 3-0. Colorado State is tied for 2nd place, but Rams are down to seven eligible players.

— Early line on next week’s NFC playoff game: Falcons (-4) vs Seattle.

— Pistons-Blazers NBA game was postponed due to an ice storm in Portland.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Texans 27, Raiders 14— Oakland was having such a great season until Derek Carr broke his leg, then the whole fell apart very quickly. Raiders were also without their LT, center and backup QB in this game, as Houston advances to play the Patriots in Foxboro next week.

Back in Week 3, Texans were actually favored (-1) in Foxboro, but the Jacoby Brissett-led Patriots smoked Houston 27-0. New England will have a better QB playing next week.

12) Seahawks 26, Lions 6— Detroit wound up 0-4 in outdoor games this season, scoring 13.3 pts/game in those four; they haven’t won a playoff game since 1991 and before that, 1957.

Overall, Lions have lost nine straight playoff games, an NFL record; their last road playoff win was when Dwight Eisenhower was President. Oy.

Cris Collinsworth was saying how the Lions “have something going now”, referring to their long-term contention, but they also trailed in 4th quarter in 16 of 17 games this season, so they conceivably could’ve been a 1-15 team, instead of a playoff team.

11) Mississippi State 95, LSU 78— There was wintry weather in the south this weekend, so Miss State took a bus to Baton Rouge, rather than flying. On their way, they saw a car skid on the ice and turn over off the side of the road.

Miss State coaches/trainers got an unconscious woman out of the car and she is reportedly doing well in the hospital. Then the Bulldogs went to LSU and drilled the Tigers, their best win of the year. Hopefully everyone got home safely.

10) Baylor 61, Oklahoma State 57— Monday morning the Bears will be #1 in the country for the first time; they were lucky in this game— Oklahoma State was only 11-20 on the foul line. Baylor isn’t the best team in the country, but they’re having a surprisingly good season and figure to be a top 4 seed in the NCAA’s, as long as they stay healthy.

9) Notre Dame 75, Clemson 70— Irish were 15-32 on the arc as the better team lost this game. Clemson was up 7 at the half but lost their second straight nailbiter. There were a total of only 14 foul shots taken in this whole game.

Game was 70-70 with 1:10 left, so if you took 4 points with Clemson, this was a bad beat.

8) Villanova 93, Marquette 81— Wildcats were a ridiculous 14-23 on the arc; Marquette was 14-31. Wildcats shot 69% inside the arc, scored 1.43 pts/possession, which is really good.

7) Upset of the Day: Tex-San Antonio 69, Louisiana Tech 68— Roadrunners were a 16-point underdog; they trailed by 10 at the half.

6) Weber State at Idaho State— Weber State led 13-2 less than 5:00 into the game, but then the game was suspended due to a leaky roof in Idaho State’s gym.

5) Nevada coach Eric Musselman once coached the Rapid City Thrillers in the old CBA, which basically was the D-League before the D-League existed. One of his players in Rapid City was current Mew Mexico coach Craig Neal, who is 4-5 years older than Musselman.

Now the two are Mountain West coaching rivals.

4) NC State-North Carolina, Gonzaga-Portland and Wofford-Samford games were postponed and will be played today. There was cruddy weather all over the country Saturday.

3) Butler 85, Georgetown 76 OT— Bulldogs were little flat with noon tipoff three days after they knocked off Villanova, but they shot 10-20 on the arc and survived a stunningly-soft Georgetown team that is now 0-4 in the Big East.

Bulldogs never got on their flight home; the plane had mechanical issues, second road game in a row Butler had airplane issues trying to get back to Indianapolis.

2) Georgia 71, Missouri 66— Assistant coaches from both sides got into a little fracas as the end of the first half. Players were milling around, but the coaches were more fired up than they were. I’m guessing there will be fines. Mizzou was 6-36 on the arc in this game; they’re not very good.

1— Kid named Sam Cunliffe transferred from Arizona State after his first semester of college; think he scored 9.5 pts/game for ASU but now will be going to Kansas, where he’ll be eligible at this time next year.

This transferring is getting ridiculous; an AVERAGE of two kids per team transferred after last year and there are 351 Division I teams. Teams are basically getting rebuilt on the fly, like an expansion team in pro sports.

UNLV, Delaware basically had to cob together teams wherever they could find players last April/May after coaching changes and player defections. Hurts the quality of the product, for sure.

**Udog** · 01-08-2017, 09:38 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, January 8

Penguins won their last three games with Tampa Bay; five of last six series games went over total. Lightning won three of last five visits to Steel City. Tampa Bay lost four of its last five games- they lost last four on road; over is 4-2 in their last six games. Pittsburgh won its last four games, outscoring foes 16-8; they won six of last seven at home- -four of their last six games went over.

Carolina won three of its last four games with Boston; teams split last four games played in Raleigh. Under is 6-0-2 in last eight series games. Bruins won three of last five games, but lost three of last four on road; under is 3-1 in their last four games. Carolina lost three of last four games but won three of last four at home; under is 6-1-2 in their last nine games overall.

Blue Jackets won eight of last ten games with Philly, winning last four here, all in OT/SO; three of those four games stayed under total. Flyers lost seven of last nine games but won last nite; they lost five of last six on road- four of their last five games went over total. Columbus lost its last two games after a 16-game win streak; they won 8 of last 9 home games. Over is 4-1-1 in their last six games.

Chicago won six of its last nine games with Nashville, which lost four of last five visits to Windy City. Over is 4-1-5 in last ten series games. Predators lost five of their last seven games but won four of last five on road; three of their last four overall stayed under. Blackhawks won 4-3/2-1 in their last two games, which followed a 1-5 skid; under is 3-1-3 in their last seven games- they split their last six home games.

Road team won six of last eight Edmonton-Ottawa games; Oilers won three of last four games in this building (over 3-1). Edmonton won six of last nine games, with five of those nine going to OT- they won four of last six road games. Under is 9-1-1 in their last 11 games. Senators lost their last four games, scoring total of six goals; four of their last five games stayed under- they’re 2-3 in their last five home games.

Anaheim won five of last six games with Minnesota, winning four of last five played here. Under is 3-0-1 in last four series games. Wild lost two of last three games after a 12-game win streak; they won 7 of last 8 road games- over is 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Ducks won four of last five games, winning last three home games. Under is 3-1-1 in their last five games.

**Udog** · 01-08-2017, 09:40 AM

NHL

Sunday, January 8

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Trend Report
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5:00 PM
TAMPA BAY vs. PITTSBURGH
Tampa Bay is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay

6:00 PM
BOSTON vs. CAROLINA
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games when playing Carolina
Carolina is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home
Carolina is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games

7:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA vs. COLUMBUS
Philadelphia is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Columbus
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Columbus is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Columbus's last 11 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

8:00 PM
EDMONTON vs. OTTAWA
Edmonton is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games
Ottawa is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games

8:00 PM
NASHVILLE vs. CHICAGO
Nashville is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Nashville is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 10 games at home
Chicago is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games at home

9:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. ANAHEIM
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games
Minnesota is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games
Anaheim is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

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**Udog** · 01-08-2017, 10:22 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, January 8

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TAMPA BAY (19-18-0-4, 42 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (25-8-0-5, 55 pts.) - 1/8/2017, 5:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 7-7 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 7-7-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
11 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+9.1 Units)

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BOSTON (21-17-0-4, 46 pts.) at CAROLINA (17-15-0-7, 41 pts.) - 1/8/2017, 5:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 4-4 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 4-4-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+6.3 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (21-15-0-5, 47 pts.) at COLUMBUS (27-7-0-4, 58 pts.) - 1/8/2017, 6:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 15-42 ATS (+67.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 237-248 ATS (-87.7 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 27-11 ATS (+38.5 Units) in all games this season.
COLUMBUS is 50-34 ATS (+84.9 Units) in home games in January games since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 13-2 ATS (+15.2 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
COLUMBUS is 10-5 ATS (+4.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
COLUMBUS is 10-5 ATS (+15.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 34-30 ATS (+71.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 82-74 ATS (+172.3 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 11-23 ATS (-13.2 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 7-2 (+6.0 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 7-2-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

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NASHVILLE (17-15-0-7, 41 pts.) at CHICAGO (25-12-0-5, 55 pts.) - 1/8/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 17-22 ATS (-11.0 Units) in all games this season.
CHICAGO is 9-0 ATS (+9.0 Units) in home games in January games over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 18-5 ATS (+10.5 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 33-14 ATS (+12.8 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 224-183 ATS (+28.9 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 191-166 ATS (+363.9 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
CHICAGO is 328-332 ATS (-65.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 12-6 (+5.3 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 12-6-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
8 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.5 Units)

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EDMONTON (21-13-0-7, 49 pts.) at OTTAWA (20-14-0-4, 44 pts.) - 1/8/2017, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 4-1 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 4-1-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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MINNESOTA (24-9-0-5, 53 pts.) at ANAHEIM (21-12-0-8, 50 pts.) - 1/8/2017, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 5-1 (+4.4 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 5-1-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.4 Units)

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**Udog** · 01-08-2017, 11:04 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, January 8

Minnesota @ Anaheim

Game 11-12
January 8, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
12.664
Anaheim
11.123
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-155
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(+135); Under

Edmonton @ Ottawa

Game 9-10
January 8, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Edmonton
10.330
Ottawa
12.539
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Edmonton
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
(-105); Over

Nashville @ Chicago

Game 7-8
January 8, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
8.951
Chicago
12.290
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 3 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-145
5
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-145); Over

Philadelphia @ Columbus

Game 5-6
January 8, 2017 @ 6:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
11.047
Columbus
12.518
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus
by 1 1/2
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-185
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus
(-185); Under

Boston @ Carolina

Game 3-4
January 8, 2017 @ 5:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
9.951
Carolina
10.815
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(+115); Under

Tampa Bay @ Pittsburgh

Game 1-2
January 8, 2017 @ 5:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
11.276
Pittsburgh
10.082
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(+115); Over

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