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**Udog** · 01-09-2017, 09:22 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

— Jason Day signed a deal with Nike, reportedly worth $10M a year, just for apparel and shoes. Nike is out of the equipment business. Day uses TaylorMade clubs.

— Richmond 77, George Washington 70— Spiders are 3-0 in Atlantic 14.

— Northwestern 74, Nebraska 66— Will Wildcats make NCAAs for first time?

— Purdue 64, Wisconsin 55— First conference loss of the year for the Badgers.

— Dabo Swinney is the 5th Alabama alum to become Clemson’s football coach.

— Next weekend’s NFL schedule: Saturday: Seahawks-Falcons and Texans-Patriots. Sunday will be Steelers-Chiefs and Packers-Cowboys.

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend

13) Cal Bears fired football coach Sonny Dykes Sunday, a very odd time for this to happen, setting the Interweb on fire with rumors that Chip Kelly will be coming to Berkeley.

Dykes gets roughly $3.5M to take a hike and shouldn’t be out of work for too long, if he doesn’t want to be. He would be an interesting guy to listen to on TV, seeing how his one winning season in his four years at Cal led to Jared Goff being drafted by the Rams.

12) Odd/surprising Fact of the Day: When the undefeated Dolphins beat Pittsburgh in the 1972 AFC title game, they had to do it in Three Rivers Stadium. How does an undefeated team have to go on the road for a conference championship game?????

11) When the Raiders drafted kicker/punter Janikowski/Lechler in the 4th/5th rounds of the 2000 Draft, they twice passed on Tom Brady. Oakland didn’t have a 6th round pick, which is where New England drafted Brady, 30 picks after the Saints took Marc Bulger.

10) Stumbled across an odd movie the other night: “Black and White” which had Robert Downey Jr, Claudia Schiffer and Marla Maples (Donald Trump’s ex-wife) in it. Made in 1999, Mike Tyson is also in the movie, as is former NBA star Allan Houston, who had a fairly big role.

I watched a few minutes of the movie and kept thinking “that guy looks like Allan Houston” until I looked it up and indeed, it was him.

9) On the heels of the Nevada-New Mexico game late Saturday, there was another epic comeback Sunday afternoon: Stony Brook outscored Albany 21-0 over the final 5:55 to win, 72-70. Albany is my alma mater, so this is bad news, but better now than in March.

8) Now that Gregg Williams is the new DC in Cleveland, I wonder if he’ll bring his son Blake along to work for him. Blake Williams was with the Rams with his father but got let go when he was DC during his father’s 1-year suspension- apparently the other coaches couldn’t stand him.

Jeff Fisher’s son Brandon (a DB coach) is expected to follow Williams to Cleveland.

7) Division I basketball teams have a scholarship limit of 13; Nevada has a starter injured and also has four transfers sitting out this year, meaning they only have 8 scholarship players right now, though the transfers can at least practice.

6) OK, I was surprised to learn this weekend that dolphins are actually not fish, they are aquatic mammals. I’m thinking I was much smarter as a teenager than I am now.

5) One of my all-time favorite stories is about Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft going to the Soviet Union on business and meeting Vladimir Putin; at some point, Kraft takes his Super Bowl ring off and shows it to Putin, actually handing it to him.

Putin takes the ring, puts it in his pocket and stalks off, with his henchmen protecting him. Kraft never saw the ring again— ha!!!!

Apparently Kraft appealed to the Obama administration to try and get the ring back, to which they replied, “Let it go.” Somehow, I’m sure he’ll blame that on Roger Goodell, too.

4) Baseball trivia: Padres’ lefty Brad Hand pitched on consecutive days 29 times last year, most of any big league pitcher. To me, the number is more interesting than who did it.

3) Steelers 30, Dolphins 12— Coaching malpractice 101— This game was over long before it actually ended, but Roethlisberger stayed in till the finish and took a big shot with 4:23 left and Steelers up 30-12. He was in a walking boot after the game. Why is he passing with an 18-point lead and 4:23 left???? Brilliant!!!!

2) Packers 38, Giants 13— Coaching malpractice 102— Green Bay is up 14-6 late in third quarter and gets stuffed on consecutive running plays, giving them 4th-and-1 around their own 40. With Vince Lombardi turning over in his grave, they went for it and didn’t make it. Giants scored a TD a few plays later to cut the lead to 14-13. This was really an amateurish decision.

Packers played really well after the Giants’ TD and won going away, but you have to wonder when the most important person in a $1B business makes a decision like that one.

1— Monday is Bart Starr’s 83rd birthday. Winning QB in the first two Super Bowls, he ruined my 8th birthday by beating the Rams in a divisional playoff game. Happy birthday anyway.

**Udog** · 01-09-2017, 09:27 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, January 9

Panthers won their last four games with New Jersey, but lost three of last four visits to the Garden State; over is 6-2-2 in last ten series games. Home side won eight of last ten series games. Florida lost six of last eight games but won last two on road; their last six games all stayed under. New Jersey lost four of last five home games; they’re 3-5 in last eight games overall. Six of their last nine games stayed under.

Road team won six of last eight Washington-Montreal games; Caps won three of last four games in this building. Under is 7-2-1 in last ten series games. Washington won last five games, outscoring foes 20-8; they won 1-0/6-2 in last two road games- over is 2-1-1 in their last four road games. Canadiens won four of last five games; five of their last six games went to OT. Six of last nine Montreal games went over total.

Home side won last six Calgary-Winnipeg games; Flames lost 5-1/3-1 in last two visits here. Under is 3-1 in last four series games. Calgary won five of its last seven games, but split last four road games (over 3-0-1). Winnipeg lost 5-3/6-2 in its last two home games; they split last eight games overall. Over is 4-1 in Jets’ last five games.

Kings are 4-6 in last ten games with Dallas; under is 5-3 in last eight series games. Dallas Stars won three of last four visits to Staples Center. Dallas lost its last three games, scoring total of seven goals; three of their last four games went over total. Los Angeles won three of last four games; their last two wins were in OT- they won two of last three home games. Under is 8-1-1 in their last ten games.

NHL

Monday, January 9

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
FLORIDA vs. NEW JERSEY
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 6 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
Florida is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing at home against Florida
New Jersey is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida

8:30 PM
WASHINGTON vs. MONTREAL
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games on the road
Washington is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Montreal's last 9 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games at home

9:00 PM
CALGARY vs. WINNIPEG
Calgary is 3-7-1 SU in its last 11 games ,when playing on the road against Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Calgary's last 7 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games

11:30 PM
DALLAS vs. LOS ANGELES
Dallas is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Dallas is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Dallas
Los Angeles is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games at home

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**Udog** · 01-09-2017, 10:29 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Monday, January 9

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FLORIDA (17-16-0-8, 42 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (16-17-0-8, 40 pts.) - 1/9/2017, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
FLORIDA is 5-3 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 5-3-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.3 Units)

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WASHINGTON (25-9-0-5, 55 pts.) at MONTREAL (25-9-0-6, 56 pts.) - 1/9/2017, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTREAL is 25-7 ATS (+14.0 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
MONTREAL is 13-6 ATS (+5.4 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 87-46 ATS (+19.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 11-3 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 18-6 ATS (+11.5 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 4-3 (+2.1 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 4-3-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.6 Units)

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CALGARY (22-18-0-2, 46 pts.) at WINNIPEG (19-20-0-3, 41 pts.) - 1/9/2017, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 5-2 (+3.3 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 5-2-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

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DALLAS (16-16-0-8, 40 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (20-16-0-4, 44 pts.) - 1/9/2017, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 16-24 ATS (-11.6 Units) in all games this season.
DALLAS is 3-10 ATS (-8.8 Units) in January games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 5-13 ATS (-9.4 Units) after a division game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 109-100 ATS (-6.0 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 7-11 ATS (-13.2 Units) in home games in January games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 49-48 ATS (-26.6 Units) second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 4-4-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

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**Udog** · 01-09-2017, 10:44 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, January 9

Dallas @ Los Angeles

Game 57-58
January 9, 2017 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
8.680
Los Angeles
13.834
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 5
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-160); Over

Calgary @ Winnipeg

Game 55-56
January 9, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Calgary
13.621
Winnipeg
12.048
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1 1/2
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-120
5
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(-120); Under

Washington @ Montreal

Game 53-54
January 9, 2017 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
14.546
Montreal
11.026
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 3 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-115
5
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-105); Over

Florida @ New Jersey

Game 51-52
January 9, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
7.504
New Jersey
11.471
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New Jersey
by 4
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Florida
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New Jersey
(+105); Under

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