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**Udog** · 01-19-2018, 08:20 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

— St Mary’s 74, Gonzaga 71— Huge win for Gaels’ NCAA resume

— Belmont 79, Murray State 72— Bruins are 6-1 in OVC, alone in first place

— East Tennessee State 62, Furman 61— Bucs win battle of leaders in SoCon.

— USC 75, Oregon 70— Trojans snap an 0-14 skid against Oregon.

— Nebraska 72, Michigan 52— Impressive home win for the Cornhuskers.

— TCU guard Jaylen Fisher (knee) is out for the season. Bad news for the Frogs.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..

13) Bill Belichick got his first NFL head coaching job in 1991, when he was 39; he interviewed 85 coaches for assistants’ jobs that winter- the first one he hired?

Guy named Nick Saban. Wonder whatever happened to him?

12) Six of the top 21 college basketball teams lost Wednesday night. Been a weird year.

11) I see that they’re moving up the start of college basketball season next year, up three days to November 6, which will also be Election Day. They’re trying to get the start of college hoop out of football’s shadows— hopefully there won’t be any MAC football games on TV that Tuesday.

10) NBC television is advertising the Olympics a lot- one of the ads has an athlete saying how every kid’s dream is to be in the Olympics. I can honestly say, not once did I ever dream of being in the Olympics, especially the Winter Olympics. Good thing, since I was a lousy athlete, but my idea of fun isn’t slalom skiing or anything to do with cold weather.

9) Funny story on Twitter this week about how a Vikings fan named Sara Zeigler got so excited when Stefon Diggs caught that pass at the end of the game Sunday night, she jumped on her couch and landed on her remote control, which changed the station on the TV before Diggs scored, so she didn’t see the winning TD she was so excited about, until one of the 1,000 replays after the game.

Moral of story: Remote controls are very valuable; never jump on them.

There have been numerous stories about people waiting for the PAT to be tried/not tried after that Minnesota touchdown, since the pointspread hung in the balance. Had to be fun to be in Las Vegas sportsbook for that.

8) Philadelphia Eagles went for it on 4th down 26 times this year, most in the NFL- they made the first down/TD on 17 of those 26 tries.

7) Shohei Ohtani is both a pitcher and a hitter; the Angels’ newest free agent acquisition has caused the folks at CBSSports.com some grief this winter, as they worked to figure out how Ohtani will be dealt with in the fantasy league website’s stats column.

Apparently the problem has been resolved; doesn’t sound like Ohtani will be in the lineup enough to merit his inclusion as a fantasy league hitter. Albert Pujols DH’s for the Angels, so it Ohtani is the DH, Pujols has to play first base? Not ideal.

6) Cavaliers 104, Magic 103— Cavaliers blew a 23-point lead but survived the dismal Magic. Cleveland is 16-5 at home, 3-17-1 against the spread.

5) Surprising stat: Of the last eight Stanley Cup champs, only one of the eight (’17 Penguins) finished higher than 15th in NHL in power play efficiency during the regular season.

4) Creighton F Martin Krampelj will miss the rest of the season with a major knee injury; he’s started every game for the Bluejays, scoring 11.9 ppg, grabbing 8 rebounds a game- a big loss.

3) When I was a little kid 100 or so years ago (late 60’s), they built a restaurant near our house— Valle’s Steakhouse. Place had this huge, Vegas-like sign in front of it, and it was a fancy place. Cloth napkins, all that.

Valle’s went out of business a long time ago; the building is a college now, Bryant & Stratton College, and I found out this week that Bryant & Stratton is starting a basketball program. They haven’t said where they’re going to play their games. If I remember right, Bryant & Stratton used to be called Albany Business College, and it was located in the city of Albany.

I’m not 100% sure that ABC became Bryant & Stratton, but one came to being when the other closed its doors.

2) Anyway, Albany Business College had a good junior college basketball team back in the day; Willard Rice was the coach— I went to a camp once run by Coach Rice and his son Steve. They had a team when I was in college (late 70’s)- they used to play the Albany JV team every year, so this is life coming full circle. From looks of things, Bryant & Stratton is a 4-year school now.

1) One last story about Valle’s Steakhouse; one summer, my dad’s family was in town to visit and we all went to Valle’s for dinner. Probably 12-14 people, so a big group. The waitress brings a lot of dinners out at the same time, and a small dish slipped at the top of her load— she went to grab it………and there was a very loud noise. Food scattered everywhere.

I’m pretty sure the waitress was fired before the dishes stopped spinning around; as an annoying 10-year old, I was sure it was the funniest thing I’d ever seen, even if I did have to wait to eat a while longer. It was tremendous- stuff like that didn’t happen at Carroll’s Hamburgers. my preferred place to eat when I was 10.

**Udog** · 01-19-2018, 08:38 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, January 19

Washington won its last three games with Montreal; road team won six of last eight series games. Canadiens won three of last five games in this building. Under is 4-3-3 in last ten series games. Montreal lost eight of last ten games; they were outscored 16-4 in losing their last five road games. Three of last four series games went over. Washington won six of its last eight games; they’re 4-5 if they played night before. Over is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Golden Knights beat Florida 5-2 in Las Vegas in their only meeting Dec 17; Vegas split its last six games; they won four of last six road games. Knights are 5-3 if they played the night before. Eight of their last ten games stayed under the total. Panthers lost four of their last five games overall but won four of last five at home. Four of last five Florida games went over the total.

Kings/Ducks split their last ten games; three of last four went OT/SO. Teams split last four games played here. Three of last four series games went over. Los Angeles lost its last five games; they were outscored 12-4 in last three games. Kings are 3-2 in last five road games, 4-2 if they played night before. Over is 3-1 in their last four games. Anaheim won its last three home games; they’re 2-3 in last five games overall. Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

NHL

Friday, January 19

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Trend Report
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LAS VEGAS @ FLORIDA
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Las Vegas's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

MONTREAL @ WASHINGTON
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Montreal's last 14 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Washington's last 14 games when playing at home against Montreal

LOS ANGELES @ ANAHEIM
Los Angeles is 17-8 ATS in its last 25 games on the road
Los Angeles is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Anaheim is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 01-19-2018, 09:50 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, January 19

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MONTREAL (18-21-0-6, 42 pts.) at WASHINGTON (28-14-0-4, 60 pts.) - 1/19/2018, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-2 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 5-2-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

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VEGAS (30-11-0-3, 63 pts.) at FLORIDA (18-19-0-6, 42 pts.) - 1/19/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 30-14 ATS (+45.7 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 11-5 ATS (+17.0 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
VEGAS is 14-7 ATS (+21.1 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
FLORIDA is 53-72 ATS (+53.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
FLORIDA is 201-227 ATS (-76.6 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
FLORIDA is 159-238 ATS (+435.5 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 1-0 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 1-0-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (24-16-0-5, 53 pts.) at ANAHEIM (21-16-0-9, 51 pts.) - 1/19/2018, 10:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 7-6 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 7-6-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

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NHL
Dunkel

Friday, January 19

Montreal @ Washington

Game 51-52
January 19, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
10.213
Washington
12.420
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
N/A

Vegas @ Florida

Game 53-54
January 19, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
10.415
Florida
11.552
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Florida
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Florida
-115
6
Dunkel Pick:
Florida
(-115); Over

Los Angeles @ Anaheim

Game 55-56
January 19, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
11.737
Anaheim
10.665
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 1
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
N/A

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