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**Udog** · 11-02-2018, 12:45 PM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

— Louisiana Tech covered eight of last 10 games vs SEC teams.

— Cal Bears covered four of their last five road games.

— Air Force covered eight of its last nine visits to West Point.

— Home side covered last five Iowa State-Kansas games.

— Over is 7-1 in South Alabama’s last eight games.

— Navy is 7-3-1 in last 11 games as a double digit underdog.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here…….

13) 49ers 34, Raiders 3— Last Battle of the Bay with Raiders moving to Las Vegas in two years; in his first NFL start, 49ers QB Nick Mullens looked like Daryle Lamonica, completing 16-22 passes for 262 yards and three TD’s- not a bad debut.

So if the 49ers put Mullens on the market today after that impressive display Thursday, what kind of draft pick could they get for him? He appears to be better than anyone Buffalo has, and he did break some of Brett Favre’s records at Southern Miss.

As for the Raiders, not a great effort- you could make a strong argument that they’ve quit.

12) We read about coaches making huge money in the NFL and in college ball, but lot of guys at lower levels struggle like hell to get to the top, or just to make a living where they are.

Back when he started out as a coach, from 1989-91, Mike Leach was an assistant coach at Iowa Wesleyan, making $12,000 a year. Leach was the team’s SID, video coordinator and the equipment coordinator- he also taught history and criminal law classes.

From there it was on to Valdosta State and Kentucky with Hal Mumme, then Oklahoma for a while before he landed the head coaching job at Texas Tech.

Now Leach makes a couple million a year, but he’s earned his way to this spot.

11) Four players who were teammates of both Michael Jordan and Lebron James:

Brendan Haywood, Larry Hughes, Jerry Stackhouse and Scott Williams.

Would be fun to see an hour TV show where those four guys tell some stories.

10) Someday in 5-6 years, Eli Manning is going to come up for a vote for the Pro Football Hall of Fame; he has won two Super Bowls, but his career record is 120-114, counting playoff games. His regular season record: 112-110.

If he starts every game the rest of the year, chances are his regular season record will wind up under .500, which isn’t very Hall of Fame-ish.

Jim Plunkett won two Super Bowls, had a 72-72 regular season record with an 8-2 playoff record but is nowhere near the Hall of Fame. Manning’s career is better than that, but not all that much better, just that he played in New Jersey and his brother/father are also famous.

9) Gonzaga’s big man Killian Tillie will be out around eight weeks after undergoing surgery for a stress fracture in his ankle. He averaged 12.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg LY and made 47% of his 3’s.

8) CBSSports.com ran an article Thursday on how Jordan Spieth didn’t win a tournament last year and what was wrong with his game?

Spieth earned $2,793,536 last year, not counting endorements; we should all struggle like that.

7) Mariano Rivera is part-owner of a Japanese company that recycles broken baseball bats into chopsticks; I’m not nearly creative enough to make that up.

6) Thru seven games, Steelers’ RB James Conner is averaging 5.8 yards/touch on 22.6 touches per game; last year thru seven games, Le’Veon Bell averaged 4.4 yards/touch on 28.9 touches per game, which may be part of why Bell is still sitting on the sidelines this year, and isn’t getting his $855,000 weekly salary.

5) In 37 states, you can vote before Election Day; this seems like a better way to do things.

4) Evidence that we might have too many TV channels, or not enough quality programming to fill those channels: The first National College Cornhole Championship, for $25,000 in scholarship money, will take place in Myrtle Beach on Dec. 29-30- it will be broadcast live on ESPN & ESPN2.

3) Winnipeg Jets beat Florida Panthers 4-2 in an NHL regular season games played Thursday over in Finland. Long road trip.

2) Marv Albert compared Thursday’s Bucks-Celtics game to an old ABA game, and he wasn’t being critical, just stating his opinion. Fast-paced, lot of 3’s, not a lot go great defense.

1) Handicapping 101- You like to wager on college football; how do you handicap the Michigan State-Maryland game Saturday?

Maryland had a player die during off-season trailing; as a result, the coach was suspended, but he was re-instated this week and he held his first practice Tuesday. The coach was re-instated even though a player DIED under his watch- not everyone was happy about this.

Around 6:30pm Tuesday, Maryland bowed to public pressure (and maybe internal pressure) and fired that coach, something that probably should’ve happened a while ago.

It is a horribly sad story, but if you’re in the handicapping business, how do you deal with this game? Michigan State is -2.5 at Maryland Saturday.

**Udog** · 11-02-2018, 12:51 PM

NHL
Dunkel

Friday, November 2

Florida @ Winnipeg

Game 51-52
November 2, 2018 @ 2:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
11.856
Winnipeg
8.751
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Florida
by 3
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-150
6
Dunkel Pick:
Florida
(+130); Over

Colorado @ Vancouver

Game 53-54
November 2, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
9.391
Vancouver
13.278
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vancouver
by 4
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-120
6
Dunkel Pick:
Vancouver
(+100); Under

Carolina @ Arizona

Game 55-56
November 2, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina
10.957
Arizona
14.433
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Arizona
by 3 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Arizona
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Arizona
(-120); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, November 2

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FLORIDA (2-5-0-3, 7 pts.) at WINNIPEG (8-4-0-1, 17 pts.) - 11/2/2018, 2:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 2-8 ATS (-7.6 Units) in all games this season.
FLORIDA is 2-8 ATS (-7.6 Units) first half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 166-245 ATS (+429.3 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
WINNIPEG is 10-2 ATS (+7.0 Units) in home games in November games over the last 3 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 28-10 ATS (+15.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 4-1 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 4-1-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

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COLORADO (7-4-0-2, 16 pts.) at VANCOUVER (8-6-0-0, 16 pts.) - 11/2/2018, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 53-49 ATS (+119.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 87-67 ATS (+159.5 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
COLORADO is 189-162 ATS (+352.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 7-28 ATS (+46.7 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 4-2 (+2.2 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 4-2-0 straight up against COLORADO 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)

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CAROLINA (6-5-0-1, 13 pts.) at ARIZONA (6-5-0-0, 12 pts.) - 11/2/2018, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 42-52 ATS (-15.7 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 70-132 ATS (+230.6 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
CAROLINA is 12-35 ATS (+59.6 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
CAROLINA is 8-23 ATS (+37.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
ARIZONA is 15-37 ATS (+70.2 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ARIZONA is 2-2 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
ARIZONA is 2-2-0 straight up against CAROLINA 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

Friday, November 2

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Trend Report
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Florida Panthers
Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Florida is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Florida is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Florida is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Winnipeg
Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida's last 12 games when playing Winnipeg
Florida is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 6 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Winnipeg is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Winnipeg is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Winnipeg's last 18 games at home
Winnipeg is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Florida
Winnipeg is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Winnipeg's last 12 games when playing Florida
Winnipeg is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games when playing at home against Florida

Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Carolina is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 7 games
Carolina is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games on the road
Carolina is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
Carolina is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games when playing Arizona
Carolina is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
Arizona Coyotes
Arizona is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Arizona's last 12 games
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 6 games at home
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Carolina
Arizona is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing Carolina
Arizona is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina

Colorado Avalanche
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games on the road
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Colorado is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games when playing Vancouver
Colorado is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver is 15-6 ATS in its last 21 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Vancouver's last 11 games
Vancouver is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Vancouver is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Vancouver's last 23 games at home
Vancouver is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
Vancouver is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Colorado
Vancouver is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Colorado

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