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**Udog** · 10-29-2017, 08:29 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Six most popular picks for Week 8 in the Westgate Super Contest:

6) Dallas Cowboys, -2 (745)

5) Los Angeles Chargers, +7 (746)

4) Atlanta Falcons, -4.5 (766)

3) Seattle Seahawks, -5.5 (797)

2) New Orleans Saints, -9 (801)

1) Carolina Panthers, -2 (745)

Season record of top 6 picks: 15-27

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

13) Ohio State 39, Penn State 38— Nittany Lions led 35-20 with 12:00 left, 38-27 with 5:00 left, but Buckeyes drove 76-58 yards on their last two drives to win the game. Barrett was 33-39/328 with four TD passes for Ohio State— he was 13-13 with three TD’s in the 4th quarter.

12) Georgia 42, Florida 7— Further proof the world is going crazy: Gators went 19-8 the last two years; they’re 3-4 this year and now they want to fire the coach? Why? One bad year and they show you the door?

Our society is getting so incredibly soft now; people can’t deal with their teams losing, which may be part of why the NFL’s popularity slips in areas during a bad year. Fewer people stick with their teams thru thick and thin. We’re becoming a nation of front-runners.

“We’re with you win or tie, and we’re not that crazy about tie.”

11) Iowa State 14, TCU 7— Cyclones have had one winning season since 2006; the last seven years, Iowa State was 28-58— they’re 6-2 now, after their starting QB left the team for unstated “medical” reasons. Their starting QB the last two years is now their starting middle linebacker. Your 2017 National Coach of the Year? Iowa State’s Matt Campbell.

10) Boston College 35, Florida State 3— Seminoles are 2-5 and appear to have packed it in for the season. Must be fun to be a Miami Hurricanes fan right now, with Gators/Seminoles having such dreadful seasons.

9) Wake Forest 42, Louisville 32— Demon Deacons scored 40+ in an ACC game for first time since 2010. QB John Wolford was 28-34/461 passing against a struggling Louisville defense.

8) Arkansas 38, Ole Miss 37— Razorbacks trailed 31-7 with 3:00 left in first half. Two bad teams playing an exciting game. Arkansas scored a defensive TD with 6:01 left when they were down 35-27, not the best Ole Miss moment of the day.

7) Harvard 25, Dartmouth 22— When Harvard recovered a fumbled punt, a Dartmouth assistant coach punched the window of the press box so hard that he shattered it— security removed him from the stadium.

Dartmouth led 14-0 when they fumbled the punt, which turned out to be a costly play.

6) MLB suspended Yuli Gurriel for the first five games of 2018 for his actions during Game 2 of the World Series, instead of for the rest of the World Series. Some people complained that some immediate action should’ve been taken, because in today’s world, somebody is always complaining about something. Oy

Gurriel loses $382,716 with the 5-game suspension, which isn’t nothing; if he gets fined for his 2017 salary instead (doubtful) it would’ve been $444,444.44. His base salary for next year is $2M less than this year.

5) Upsets of the Week:
UNLV (+21) 26, Fresno State 16
Florida International (+16) 41, Marshall 30
Houston (+10.5) 28, South Florida 24
Air Force (+10) 45, Colorado State 28
Texas State (+8) 27, Coastal Carolina 7
Iowa State (+6.5) 14, TCU 7

4) Northwestern 39, Michigan State 31 (OT)— Game was 17-all after regulation; Wildcats win in OT for second week in row, are now 5-3, and on their way to being pummeled by a better team in some obscure bowl game that I’ll watch because I’m an idiot.

Northwestern is 3-10 all-time in bowl games, but they have won two of their last three bowls.

3) Kentucky 29, Tennessee 26— Vols caught a Hail Mary on last play of the game, but the guy got tackled on the 3-yard line— this is Wildcats 2nd win in their last 33 games with Tennessee, the other win coming in 2011. It was also the 2nd time in last 21 meetings that Kentucky was the favorite— Vols covered the 5-point spread.

2) Nebraska 25, Purdue 24— Cornhuskers drove 70 yards in 8 plays in 1:08, scoring winning TD on a 13-yard pass with 0:14 left. Purdue led 25-12 with 12:00 left in the game.

1) USC 48, Arizona State 17– Trojans bounce back from last week’s loss at Notre Dame with a big conference win here. USC plays Arizona next week, and can pretty much clinch the Pac-12 South then.

**Udog** · 10-29-2017, 08:38 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, October 29

Anaheim @ Carolina

Game 51-52
October 29, 2017 @ 5:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Anaheim
10.249
Carolina
13.437
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 3
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Carolina
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
N/A

Pittsburgh @ Winnipeg

Game 53-54
October 29, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
12.577
Winnipeg
11.100
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
N/A

Washington @ Calgary

Game 55-56
October 29, 2017 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
9.157
Calgary
12.055
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 3
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
N/A

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, October 29

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ANAHEIM (5-4-0-1, 11 pts.) at CAROLINA (4-4-0-1, 9 pts.) - 10/29/2017, 5:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 3-1 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 3-1-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (7-4-0-1, 15 pts.) at WINNIPEG (4-3-0-2, 10 pts.) - 10/29/2017, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 4-1 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 4-1-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.7 Units)

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WASHINGTON (5-5-0-1, 11 pts.) at CALGARY (5-6-0-0, 10 pts.) - 10/29/2017, 9:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 3-1 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 3-1-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.1 Units, Under=-0.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, October 29

Ducks won eight of last ten games with Carolina; they’re 4-1 in last five visits to Raleigh. Over is 4-1-1 in last six series games. Anaheim won three of its last four games; they split their last four road games. Three of their last four games went over. Hurricanes lost three of last four games overall (over 3-1)— they lost their last three home games.

Penguins won nine of last ten games with Winnipeg; over is 6-3 in last nine series games. Pittsburgh won three of last four visits to Manitoba. Penguins won five of their last seven games; they split their last six road games. Last three Pittsburgh games stayed under. Winnipeg lost three of last four games, losing last two games 2-1 in OT; Jets split their four home games. Over is 6-3 in their games this season.

Washington is 7-3 in its last ten games with Calgary, winning last three games in Saddledome; road team won five of last six series games. Over is 5-3 in last eight series games. Caps lost four of their last six games; they split their last six road games. Over is 5-2 in their last seven games. Flames lost four of their last five games; they’ve lost four in a row at home. Under is 3-1-1 in their last five games.

NHL

Sunday, October 29

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Trend Report
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ANAHEIM @ CAROLINA
No trends to report

PITTSBURGH @ WINNIPEG
No trends to report

WASHINGTON @ CALGARY
No trends to report

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