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**Udog** · 10-25-2017, 07:34 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Dodgers 3, Astros 1— Taylor/Turner homered in quickest WS game since 1992.

— North Carolina PG Joel Berry broke his hand, will miss the start of the hoop season.

— Kansas 93, Missouri 87— This exhibition basketball game raised $1.75M for a hurricane relief fund, but it also shows that Missouri’s talent level has risen dramatically this year.

— Pacers 130, Timberwolves 107— Indiana shot 77% in the second half.

— Magic 125, Nets 121— Brooklyn is 2-2, with an average total of 221 in their games.

— Injured 1B Adrian Gonzalez is away from the Dodgers, is on vacation in Europe with his family, which just seems odd.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings…….

13) Good news if you like sports and live in the Albany area; Arena Football is coming back to downtown Albany next spring.

Arenaball was big in Albany in the 90’s; the Firebirds won the 1999 Arena Bowl, behind a star WR named Eddie Brown, whose son is current Steelers’ star Antonio Brown. But the league tried to expand to bigger markets; the Firebirds moved to Indianapolis, and later pretty much failed.

Now the rebuilding AFL is back in town; Albany is 6th team in the AFL, mostly eastern teams; hopefully they will add another franchise or two before next season.

12) Couple of quick Arena League memories from 20 years ago:
— Former Ohio State QB Art Schlichter played against the Firebirds here in Albany; him and Major Harris, who played at West Virginia. Schlichter was great in the AFL, but Harris needed to run to succeed and there was nowhere to run in the Arena League. It is a passing league.
— Then there was this other guy who played QB for the Iowa Barnstormers; they won a 77-76 game in Albany one night, a great game. The Iowa QB wound up in the NFL, played in three Super Bowls, just got inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

You may have heard of him…..Kurt Warner

Bottom line…the Arena League is great fun. Glad it is coming back to town.

11) Phoenix Suns have had a season’s worth of drama in a week; they fired their coach, one of their best players asked off the team and is now in exile, awaiting a trade.

After an 0-3 start, with two losses by 40+ points and a 132-130 loss to the Lakers, the Suns went out with an interim coach and without Eric Bledsoe and they beat Sacramento, holding on to win by a point, after leading by 19 after the first quarter. Go figure.

Very curious to see what they get for Bledsoe when they trade him; they don’t exactly have a lot of leverage here.

10) So far in the postseason, Dodger hitters have drawn 46 walks; their opponents? Only 12.

9) Over the last 23 years, Washington Redskins have used 21 different kickers. Oy.

8) This year in the major leagues, there were 6,104 home runs hit, and 40,104 strikeouts.

40,104 strikeouts in 2,430 games; that works out to 16.5 strikeouts per game.

7) Chargers’ WR Keenan Allen has caught 16 3rd down passes this season that resulted in first downs for the Bolts; no one else in the NFL has more than 11 of those catches.

6) Kentucky is favored over Tennessee this week for only the second time in the last 21 years; last time the Wildcats were favored over Tennessee was 2007, when the Vols (+2.5) won 52-50. Tennessee is 19-1 in the last 20 series games, winning the last five in a row.

5) Best three red zone teams so far: Packers-Eagles-Texans, but you have to eliminate Green Bay, with Aaron Rodgers being on the sidelines. Other two teams have a rookie QB and a 2nd-year QB, which is really surprising.

Worst red zone teams: Cleveland-Arizona-Denver/Indianapolis. Broncos are only one of those four teams that haven’t changed QB’s yet this season.

4) Teams with most plays of 20+ yards: Patriots (34), Rams/Vikings (33), Cardinals/Chiefs(32).

Teams with fewest plays of 20+ plays: Ravens (14), Bears/Giants (16), Dolphins (17).

3) With Jay Cutler (ribs) banged up, Miami Dolphins signed former San Jose State QB David Fales as a backup; he has two career NFL completions, for the Bears. He was in camp with Miami, so he knows the offense- they hope the hell they don’t have to play him.

2) ESPN college football analyst Joey Galloway had a really good NFL career; he played 16 years in the NFL, scored 78 TD’s, averaged 15.6 yards/catch. He averaged 19.8 ypc in 2003 for Dallas, leading the league when he was 32 years old.

1) This from the great Gil Brandt on Twitter:

In last 30 years, only 3 NFL QBs won games completing four or fewer passes that day: Chris Weinke (4), Tim Tebow (2), Mitch Trubisky (4). What else did those three QB’s have in common?

John Fox was head coach of all three of those teams at the time.

**Udog** · 10-25-2017, 07:39 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, October 25

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CALGARY (4-4-0-0, 8 pts.) at ST LOUIS (6-2-0-1, 13 pts.) - 10/25/2017, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 3-3 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 3-3-0 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=+2.5 Units)

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BUFFALO (2-5-0-2, 6 pts.) at COLUMBUS (5-3-0-0, 10 pts.) - 10/25/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 31-12 ATS (+15.7 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 22-9 ATS (+12.5 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 14-5 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 6-14 ATS (-10.7 Units) in home games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 3-3 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 3-3-0 straight up against BUFFALO 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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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, October 25

Flames won three of last four games with St Louis; over is 3-1-2 in last six series games. Calgary won 4-1/3-2ot in its last two games in this building. Flames are 2-3 in last five games but they’ve won their last four road games. Under is 3-2 in their road games. Blues are 6-3 this season, 2-3 in last five games; they won both their home games (over 2-0) this season.

Blue Jackets won three of last four games with Buffalo; Sabres lost three of last four visits to Ohio. Over is 5-3 in last eight series games. Buffalo is 3-2 in last five games after an 0-5 start; over is 3-1 in their last four games. Sabres are 2-4 on the road. Columbus lost its last couple games after a 5-1 start; over is 3-1 in its last four games. Blue Jackets are 2-2 at home.

NHL

Wednesday, October 25

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Trend Report
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CALGARY @ ST. LOUIS
Calgary is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Calgary is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
St. Louis is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Calgary

BUFFALO @ COLUMBUS
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Buffalo's last 8 games when playing on the road against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Columbus's last 8 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Columbus is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games

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**Udog** · 10-25-2017, 10:40 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, October 25

Calgary @ St. Louis

Game 51-52
October 25, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Calgary
10.007
St. Louis
11.159
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
N/A

Buffalo @ Columbus

Game 53-54
October 25, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Buffalo
10.478
Columbus
12.001
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-230
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus
(-230); Under

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