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**Udog** · 11-14-2017, 07:24 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

— Vanderbilt signed a top 100 point guard from Class of 2018 Monday; good for them.

— Carlos Beltran retired Monday; I’m thinking he makes the Hall of Fame someday.

— Nets’ guard D’Angelo Russell (knee) will miss the next few Brooklyn games.

— Michigan 72, Central Michigan 65— Gutty effort by 21-point underdog Chippewas.

— Minnesota 86, Providence 74— Richard Pitino has a damn good team.

— Toledo Rockets’ basketball team played eight OT games last year, tied for the most ever, and the most for any team since Valparaiso in 1993.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) I’m going to rant for a minute or two about ballcarriers who don’t protect the ball near the goal line; instead, they get selfish and try to stretch the ball over the line, so they can score the touchdown, when exposing the ball to contact opens up the possibility of a fumble/touchback.

Happened to Bennie Cunningham in Chicago Sunday; happened to Corey Davis in Nashville and that was just one day. Bears lost by 7 points, by the way. Tennessee won despite Davis’ miscue, but they were losing in the last 2:00. When the Rams lost 16-10 at home to Seattle, Todd Gurley fumbled on the 1-yard line, stretching the ball towards the pylon.

The level of selfishness with this kind of stuff is debatable; scoring TD’s is obviously good, but with lot of incentives in players’ contracts, it behooves the player to score the TD himself rather than set up a fairly easy TD for a teammate on the next play.

It should be about WE, not ME; if that is hokey, so be it.

12) In a related subject, on the Titans’ game Sunday, they showed the list of goals one of the Titan defenders had for this season- nine items. None of them were team-related.

“Make all-pro”, “x number of INTs” “x number of tackles”- nowhere did it say “Help my team make the playoffs” or “Help my defense lead league in points allowed/game”

If I sound like an old guy protecting his lawn, thats fine- football is a team game, and helping the team win (Tennessee is 6-3) should be one of those goals, not just getting your numbers.

11) Mark Schlereth was the analyst on Bengals-Titans Sunday; he does a very good job, has some strong opinions and talks football. Hadn’t heard him work a game before.

In the first half, Tennessee TE Delanie Walker was talking to refs during a TV timeout, telling them about how he was being held. Schlereth says, “He is being respectful, and that will get him a call in the second half.”

Sure enough, Walker drew not one but two defensive holding calls in the 4th quarter.

10) Here is how much NFL teams can change in the course of a half-season; the NFL releases its schedule in April. A month later, Las Vegas puts out spreads on every game, except for the Week 17 games. Back in May, the spread for the Week 10 Texans-Rams game was Houston -3, and that was way before Deshaun Watson became a rookie sensation.

Rams were favored by 12 points Sunday, thats how much Sean McVay has improved the Rams.

9) You watch some of these NFL games, and the GM/owner sit next to each other, which has to be terribly awkward if things aren’t going well.

I mean, if you’re down 31-10, what do you say to the billionaire whose money you’ve used to build this team that is losing 31-10 and maybe has lost three of its last four games?

8) In their last two games, Indianapolis Colts have scored four TD’s, on plays of 45-80-60-61 yards, all very big plays. In those two games, Colts have only been in the red zone once.

7) In their last two games, Houston has been in the red zone five times, and hasn’t scored a point, which seems almost impossible. Hard to believe the Texans won’t try TJ Yates under center this week against Arizona— maybe he could spark an offense that has good receivers.

6) Underrated movie: “One More Time” with Christopher Walken playing an aging singer who makes a comeback. It was made in 2015, is worth your time if you’re a Walken fan.

5) Dodgers-Padres will play three games in Mexico next season

4) Missouri’s highly-touted freshman Michael Porter Jr is a vegetarian; I’m not sure if thats a good idea for a young man trying to make the NBA. Young Mr Porter should still be a senior in high school, but they accelerated his college career so he could cash in on the NBA’s big bucks a year earlier than otherwise. He only played 2:00 in Mizzou’s opener; he has a bad back.

3) Tennessee fired football coach Butch Jones, who then apparently got four Tennessee recruits to flip their commitment away from the Volunteers, hoping to land the kids at whereever his next stop might be. Recruiting is a cut-throat, competitive business; Jones is a good recruiter but a lousy game coach. Will be curious to see where he lands next.

2) NFL’s catch rule lacks common sense; this is what the rule should be— “A catch is when a receiver has complete control of the ball and gets two feet inbounds” thats it- this “going to the ground” BS just lacks basic common sense, and creates calls that are just plain wrong.

1) Bill Walton was on the mike at the basketball game from China Friday night; every time I hear Walton’s voice now I think of my late friend Joe, who passed away recently at a much too young age.

When Joe and I worked together, I’d duck into his office and we would laugh about stuff Walton had said the night before, ro talk about life in general. After I retired, we still texted a lot about basketball, but then Joe became ill and left us much too soon. He loved his children and he enjoyed basketball and being a referee and he was just a good guy who is missed now.

**Udog** · 11-14-2017, 09:10 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, November 14

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BUFFALO (5-9-0-3, 13 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (9-7-0-3, 21 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 22-5 ATS (+13.0 Units) in home games first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 30-13 ATS (+11.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
PITTSBURGH is 12-0 ATS (+12.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 65-64 ATS (+147.6 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 5-1 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 5-1-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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COLUMBUS (10-7-0-1, 21 pts.) at MONTREAL (8-9-0-1, 17 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 36-17 ATS (+53.4 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 17-5 ATS (+11.7 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 18-7 ATS (+10.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 14-20 ATS (-11.0 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 4-2 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 4-2-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.4 Units)

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DALLAS (9-8-0-0, 18 pts.) at FLORIDA (5-9-0-2, 12 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
FLORIDA is 2-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 2-2-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)

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ARIZONA (2-14-0-3, 7 pts.) at WINNIPEG (9-4-0-3, 21 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 2-17 ATS (+25.1 Units) in all games this season.
ARIZONA is 2-17 ATS (+25.1 Units) first half of the season this season.
ARIZONA is 8-41 ATS (+85.5 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent since 1996.
ARIZONA is 1-11 ATS (+15.0 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
ARIZONA is 0-9 ATS (+12.4 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
ARIZONA is 1-9 ATS (+13.0 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses this season.
ARIZONA is 6-32 ATS (+70.3 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 5-2 (+2.4 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 5-2-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.9 Units)

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WASHINGTON (10-7-0-1, 21 pts.) at NASHVILLE (9-5-0-2, 20 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 181-213 ATS (-73.9 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
NASHVILLE is 40-25 ATS (+6.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NASHVILLE is 2-2 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
NASHVILLE is 2-2-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.2 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (8-7-0-2, 18 pts.) at MINNESOTA (7-7-0-2, 16 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 38-50 ATS (-22.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 14-18 ATS (-10.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 4-1 (+3.9 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 4-1-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.2 Units)

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VEGAS (10-5-0-1, 21 pts.) at EDMONTON (6-9-0-2, 14 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 10-6 ATS (+18.6 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 10-6 ATS (+18.6 Units) first half of the season this season.
EDMONTON is 43-65 ATS (-39.2 Units) in home games in November games since 1996.
EDMONTON is 6-15 ATS (+21.1 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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VANCOUVER (8-7-0-2, 18 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (11-4-0-2, 24 pts.) - 11/14/2017, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 72-49 ATS (+22.8 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 194-210 ATS (+467.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 87-91 ATS (+203.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
LOS ANGELES is 6-10 ATS (-12.8 Units) in home games vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 4-5 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-4-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.6 Units)

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**Udog** · 11-14-2017, 09:12 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, November 14

Penguins won nine of last ten games with Buffalo; four of last six series games went over. Sabres were outscored 18-10 in losing their last four games here. Buffalo lost five of its last seven games overall, three of last four on road. Under is 4-1-1 in last six series games. Penguins lost six of last eight overall but won their last three home games. Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

Columbus won four of its last five games with the Canadiens; they’re 2-3 in last five visits to Montreal (under 4-1). Blue Jackets lost four of last five games overall, three of last five on the road. Last three Columbus games stayed under. Montreal won four of last five games overall, four of last six home games. Canadiens’ last four games stayed under the total.

Road team won eight of last ten Dallas-Florida games; under is 3-2 in last five series games played here. Dallas Stars won their last three visits to south Florida. Dallas are 4-5 in last nine games overall, 2-4 in last six road games. Under is 4-2-1 in their last seven games. Florida lost six of last seven games; last three stayed under total. Panthers were outscored 23-14 in losing their last four home games.

Winnipeg won six of last eight games with Arizona; over is 4-2 in last six series games. Coyotes lost their last four visits to Manitoba. Arizona lost its last four games, is 2-17 for season; their last five games stayed under the total. Coyotes were outscored 14-8 in losing their last four road games. Jets won five of their last seven games, three of their last four at home (over 4-0).

Nashville won five of last seven games with Washington; over is 6-1-1 in last eight series tilts. Caps lost four of their last five visits to Music City. Washington won five of its last six games, but is 2-3 in last five road games- their last five games stayed under the total. Predators won four games in row overall, but lost two of last three at home. Three of their last four games went over the total.

Flyers won five of last six games with Minnesota; they won their last three visits to Twin Cities. Under is 2-0-2 in last four series games. Philly lost six of its last nine games; they split last four road games. Four of Flyers’ last five games stayed under total. Minnesota won last two games 1-0/3-0; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Wild split their last six home games.

Las Vegas lost five of last seven games; they’re 3-5 on road. Over is 7-2 in Knights’ last nine games. Edmonton lost its last two games; three of their last four went OT/SO. Oilers lost three of their last four home games. Four of Oilers’ last five games stayed under.

Kings are 5-3 in their last eight games with Vancouver; over is 3-2-1 in last six series games. Canucks lost three of last four games in Staples Center. Vancouver lost five of last seven games, losing 5-0/4-1 in last two- they’re 3-2 in last five road games. Under is 7-3 in their last ten games. Los Angeles lost its last there home games, three of last four overall; five of their last six games went over total.

**Udog** · 11-14-2017, 09:16 AM

NHL

Tuesday, November 14

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Trend Report
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BUFFALO @ PITTSBURGH
Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Buffalo is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo

DALLAS @ FLORIDA
Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Florida's last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida's last 9 games when playing at home against Dallas

COLUMBUS @ MONTREAL
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing on the road against Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games at home

PHILADELPHIA @ MINNESOTA
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games at home
Minnesota is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games at home

WASHINGTON @ NASHVILLE
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing at home against Washington

ARIZONA @ WINNIPEG
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games
Arizona is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games at home
Winnipeg is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

LAS VEGAS @ EDMONTON
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Las Vegas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Edmonton's last 13 games at home

VANCOUVER @ LOS ANGELES
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games on the road
Vancouver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 11-14-2017, 09:43 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, November 14

Buffalo @ Pittsburgh
Game 51-52
November 14, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Buffalo
9.537
Pittsburgh
11.008
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-230
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-230); Over

Columbus @ Montreal

Game 53-54
November 14, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Columbus
9.556
Montreal
11.507
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Montreal
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Montreal
(-115); Under

Dallas @ Florida

Game 55-56
November 14, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
11.605
Florida
10.450
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Dallas
N/A

Arizona @ Winnipeg

Game 57-58
November 14, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
11.455
Winnipeg
9.611
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Arizona
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Arizona
(+170); Over

Washington @ Nashville

Game 59-60
November 14, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
10.020
Nashville
11.672
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(-140); Over

Philadelphia @ Minnesota

Game 61-62
November 14, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
10.290
Minnesota
11.996
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-145
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-145); Under

Vegas @ Edmonton

Game 63-64
November 14, 2017 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
11.802
Edmonton
10.386
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Edmonton
-200
6
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(+170); Over

Vancouver @ Los Angeles

Game 65-66
November 14, 2017 @ 10:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
11.458
Los Angeles
9.004
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vancouver
by 2 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Vancouver
(+170); Under

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