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**Udog** · 12-12-2018, 08:00 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Penn 78, Villanova 75— Villanova’s 25-game Big Five win streak ends.

— Colorado 78, New Mexico 75— Buffs were down 17, improve to 8-1.

— New Mexico gets 6-10 Kansas transfer Carlton Bragg eligible Sunday

— Spurs 111, Suns 86— Popovich moves into 4th place on all-time win list.

— Orioles hired Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde as their new manager.

— Texas Rangers hired former P Brandon McCarthy to help out in aspects of pitching development in the major and minor leagues.

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

13) Things you don’t see much; Dallas ran 93 plays Sunday, Philly only 48.

Cannot remember last time an NFL team ran 93 plays in a game. Cowboys had only done it once before EVER, running 94 plays in a 1978 win over Green Bay.

Does being on the field for 93 plays have a hangover effect this week, when the Eagles visit the Rams in Los Angeles?

12) Very few NFL games get butchered the way New England butchered their loss in Miami last week; Brady took a sack at the end of the first half when Patriots were out of timeouts and in the red zone, costing his team three points, a horrible mistake that was a lot like Russell Wilson’s INT at the end of the first half Monday night.

Then Miami scoring on a 69-yard desperation play to get the walk-off win; why is Gronkowski on the field for that play? Play started on the Miami 31; Tannehill ain’t throwing a Hail Mary pass 70+ yards. I’m guessing the Patriots’ flight home and defensive meetings Monday couldn’t have been very pleasant.

11) Minnesota Vikings fired OC John DeFilippo Tuesday, after the Vikings got whacked 21-7 by the Seahawks Monday night. Mike Zimmer has gone thru lot of QB’s/OC’s in his tenure as the Vikings’ coach.

10) Royals signed free agent OF Billy Hamilton, who runs really fast but as my dad often said, “He can’t steal first base.” When your on-base% is under .300, that not good.

9) More baseball dealings:
— Phillies gave Andrew McCutchen $16.7M a year for three years.
— Blue Jays released oft-injured SS Troy Tulowitzki, who is still owed $38M.
— White Sox acquired P Ivan Nova from Pittsburgh.

8) Steph Curry is going to host a PGA Tour event at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, CA, starting in the 2019-20 season. The tournament doesn’t have a sponsor yet; the golf course is going to get $3.6M in upgrades before then.

7) Memphis Grizzlies equipment assistant Brianè Miller was offered $100,000 for the sneakers LeBron James gave her over the weekend, but she says she has no interest in selling them.

6) ESPN released 11 Sunday night telecasts for 2019; what a surprise- five Red Sox games, four Bronx games, three Dodger games, zero Astros games. And they wonder why the sport isn’t as popular as it used to be? Houston is the 4th-biggest city in the country and they are one of the best teams— put their young stars on TV!!!!

This doesn’t even need to be stated, but A’s/Rays aren’t on the list. Both won 90+ games LY.

5) MLB Network is great this week, watching stuff from Winter Meetings every day, but then they put this guy Charlie Montoyo on Tuesday at 6pm, and I had no idea he was Toronto’s new manager. He worked for Kevin Cash in Tampa for four years, so thats a good thing these days, working with another successful manager.

4) So its 4am Monday night/Tuesday morning and I’m winding down getting ready for bed, then I hear trucks outside, and they start jackhammering the road across street from me, digging this big hole. Seven feet deep, 25-30 feet long. It is freakin’ 4am!!!!

So much for sleep……or water. Must’ve been a leak in the pipes.

Water came back on 11 hours later, the road looks like it is a war zone, kind of killed the day, though not having water to take a shower forced me to get some sleep. Feel bad for guys who are outside at 4am in 15-degree weather fixing plumbing.

3) City of Oakland is suing the Raiders, making it evident that this will be the Raiders’ last year playing home games in Oakland- they’re moving to Las Vegas in 2020.

2) Football coaches are nomads: Ole Miss hired former Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre as its new defensive coordinator, which will make their defense a lot better. Ole Miss will have two new coordinators next year; their OC is off to the same job at North Carolina.

Former Bowling Green coach Mike Jinks is the new running backs coach at USC; no offense to the fine folks at Bowling Green, but thats a promotion- RB coach at USC is a better job than HC at Bowling Green- what a storied history of RB’s the Trojans have had.

1) Former Tennessee football coach Butch Jones was hired this week by Maryland as an assistant to new head coach Mike Locksley; both guys were assistants at Alabama this season.

Colin Kaepernick should go be an assistant coach at Alabama; maybe he could get a job in the NFL then. Every other Saban assistant gets a new job fairly quickly.

**Udog** · 12-12-2018, 08:35 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, December 12

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VEGAS (17-14-0-1, 35 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (14-11-0-4, 32 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY ISLANDERS are 24-17 ATS (+42.1 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 82-53 ATS (+16.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 14-4 ATS (+9.0 Units) in December games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 43-26 ATS (+14.9 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 86-125 ATS (-57.3 Units) in home games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 2-0 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 2-0-0 straight up against VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (13-10-0-6, 32 pts.) at CHICAGO (9-17-0-5, 23 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 4-0 (+4.4 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-0-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH 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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PHILADELPHIA (12-13-0-3, 27 pts.) at CALGARY (19-10-0-2, 40 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 6-16 ATS (-12.2 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 85-64 ATS (+20.5 Units) in road games in December games since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 89-84 ATS (+192.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
CALGARY is 5-15 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 2-2-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.7 Units)

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DALLAS (16-11-0-3, 35 pts.) at ANAHEIM (16-11-0-5, 37 pts.) - 12/12/2018, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 19-46 ATS (+71.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 254-201 ATS (+16.3 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 33-20 ATS (+11.1 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 35-18 ATS (+14.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 16-5 ATS (+10.0 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 446-448 ATS (-52.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
DALLAS is 253-162 ATS (+59.0 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 5-3 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 5-3-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.1 Units)

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NHL

Wednesday, December 12

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Trend Report
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Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Vegas is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vegas's last 8 games
Vegas is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 7 games on the road
New York Islanders
NY Islanders is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Islanders's last 8 games
NY Islanders is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games at home

Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Pittsburgh's last 13 games when playing Chicago
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Pittsburgh's last 12 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago is 7-15 ATS in its last 22 games
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago's last 9 games
Chicago is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games at home
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago's last 13 games when playing Pittsburgh
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago's last 12 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Philadelphia is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
Philadelphia is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Calgary
Philadelphia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Calgary Flames
Calgary is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games
Calgary is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Calgary is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Calgary's last 16 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Calgary is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Dallas Stars
Dallas is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 7 games
Dallas is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Dallas is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Dallas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Anaheim
Dallas is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Dallas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Anaheim is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games at home
Anaheim is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
Anaheim is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing at home against Dallas

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**Udog** · 12-12-2018, 09:18 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 12

Vegas @ NY Islanders

Game 63-64
December 12, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
12.166
NY Islanders
10.833
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-140
6
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(-140); Under

Pittsburgh @ Chicago

Game 65-66
December 12, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
11.275
Chicago
9.852
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-185
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-185); Over

Philadelphia @ Calgary

Game 67-68
December 12, 2018 @ 8:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
10.015
Calgary
12.929
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 3
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-170
6
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(-170); Over

Dallas @ Anaheim

Game 69-70
December 12, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
9.008
Anaheim
12.447
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim
by 3 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim
(-110); Under

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