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**Udog** · 01-10-2018, 07:03 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Kansas 83, Iowa State 78— 41.7% of Jayhawks’ shots are 3’s, way up from previous years.

— Purdue 70, Michigan 69— Wolverines didn’t score over last 2:51 of game.

— Georgetown 69, St John’s 66— Johnnies are now 0-5 in the Big East.

— West Virginia 57, Baylor 54— WVU won despite shooting 9-36 INSIDE the arc.

— Kentucky 74, Texas A&M 73— Aggies were 14-24 on foul line, are 0-4 in SEC

— Boise State 70, Fresno State 64— Are Broncos the best team in Mountain West?

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

13) Monday night was a COLLEGE football game, not the NFL. ESPN sucks for interviewing Jalen Hurts after the game- they were probably hoping he would pout, but the kid is all class.

Have you ever even seen an NFL QB who was benched interviewed after a game when his sub came in and won the game? Ever? What was the point?

12) Second half of the national title game is played with two freshman QB’s; that defies logic.

11) Four of the last five national champs in college football trailed by 10+ points in 4th quarter of the championship game.

10) Kudos to the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan, who is 26 for his last 33 on the foul line. Working on your game pays off— teams will stop fouling him on purpose soon.

9) Clippers’ Lou Williams is #2 in NBA in 4th quarter scoring; Clippers are his 5th team in the last five years. I remember seeing him play AAU ball in Orlando back when I used to go down there every July to see games. Seems like long time ago but it was 2004, not that long ago.

8) Patriots could’ve had the #4 pick in April’s draft if they had traded Jimmy Garoppolo to the Browns instead of San Francisco. Cleveland was willing to trade Houston’s pick to get a QB, but New England obviously wanted to ship him out of the AFC, and in fairness, Houston was 3-4 at the time of the trade- no one knew the pick wound wind up being #4.

7) Someone voted Duke 20th in the college basketball poll this week; I’d be curious who he thinks the 19 teams are who are better than Duke.

6) Football coaching carousel:
— Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley is the new OC at Missouri
— Teryl Austin is still a defensive coordinator, only now in Cincinnati, not Detroit
— Rams’ QB coach Greg Olson is the Oakland Raiders’ new OC- he gets a 4-year deal.
— Carolina Panthers fired OC Mike Shula, QB coach Ken Dorsey

5) Unusual Fact of the Day: 1972 Miami Dolphins went 17-0, but starting QB Bob Greise started only six of the 17 games, and only one playoff game- the Super Bowl. When Miami won 14-7 in the Super Bowl, Greise threw only 11 passes the whole game. Football was different then. Backup QB for Miami back then was Earl Morrall, who also started Super Bowl III for the Colts.

4) Toronto Blue Jays were the oldest team in the major leagues last season.

3) Missouri football gets important, good news; QB Drew Lock will be back next season. He is very good.

2) Alabama’s football coaches banked a total of $1.27M in bonuses for winning the national title; Nick Saban gets a $100K bonus, but DC Jeremy Pruitt got the biggest one- $234K. Pruitt is now off to be the new head coach at Tennessee.

1) One of the interesting things about our country is how different sports are lot more popular in various areas of the country; New York ranked #52 out of 56 markets in ratings for the college football national title game Monday night. No one on NYC talk radio talks about college football recruiting, ever, not even on Signing Day.

You watch the Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network and people in the south are discussing Ole Miss’ nickel defense on weekday afternoons in April. I’m not judging, just noting the diversity our country has makes it a more interesting place.

**Udog** · 01-10-2018, 07:22 AM

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, January 10

Ottawa won eight of last nine games with the Maple Leafs; they won their last four games in Toronto. Four of last five series games went over total. Senators lost seven of last ten games overall- they lost their last four road games. Over is 7-3 in last ten Ottawa games. Toronto is 2-4 in its last six games; their last three went OT/SO. Leafs are 3-2 in last five home games. Last four Toronto games stayed under the total.

Chicago won five of its last six games with Minnesota; Wild won three of last five visits to the Windy City. Four of last six series games went over total. Minnesota was outscored 17-4 in losing last four road games; Wild is 2-3 in last five games overall. Over is 7-3 in last ten series games. Blackhawks won five of last six games overall, four of last six home games. Six of their last seven games went over the total.

NHL

Wednesday, January 10

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Trend Report
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OTTAWA @ TORONTO
Ottawa is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Toronto
Ottawa is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games

MINNESOTA @ CHICAGO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota's last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games

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**Udog** · 01-10-2018, 09:00 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, January 10

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OTTAWA (14-18-0-9, 37 pts.) at TORONTO (25-16-0-3, 53 pts.) - 1/10/2018, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 8-1 (+7.3 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 8-1-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.1 Units)

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MINNESOTA (22-17-0-4, 48 pts.) at CHICAGO (21-15-0-6, 48 pts.) - 1/10/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 49-58 ATS (-32.4 Units) second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 55-27 ATS (+18.9 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 5-13 ATS (-11.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 7-5 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 7-5-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

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NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, January 10

Ottawa @ Toronto

Game 1-2
January 10, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
10.202
Toronto
12.563
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
N/A

Minnesota @ Chicago

Game 3-4
January 10, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
10.612
Chicago
12.104
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-120); Over

**Udog** · 01-10-2018, 05:33 PM

The Senators have won 8 of the last 9 meetings with Leafs, including the last 4 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
OTT +188 TOR -210
Total: 6

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