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**Udog** · 12-30-2018, 09:08 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Top 6 picks for Week 17 of Westgate SuperBook NFL handicapping contest:

1) Colts, -3 (972)

2) Browns, +6 (904)

3) Bills, -3.5 (847)

4) Eagles, -6.5 (800)

5) Vikings, -4.5 (758)

6) Texans, -6.5 (670)

Season record: 51-44-3

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……

13) Clemson 30, Notre Dame 3— Oversimplification: the players in the orange uniforms ran a lot faster than the players in the white jerseys.

Clemson DC Brent Venables makes $2.2M a year, the 2nd-highest paid assistant in the country. LSU’s DC Dave Aranda makes $2.5M a year. To be an assistant coach.

ABC had 50 cameras covering this game; thats a lot of cameras and people working those cameras. Funny how ESPN did Mack Brown a huge favor by having him host Coaches’ Film Room— Brown is the coach at North Carolina now. Good exposure for his recruiting.

12) Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34— Back-door cover by the Sooners, who trailed 28-0 two minutes into the 2nd quarter. Game wasn’t as close as final score indicates; Alabama averaged 11.7 yds/pass attempt and converted 7-10 on third down.

11) Clemson-Alabama will play for the national title in Santa Clara, CA, of all places; if you care about such things, Crimson Tide opened as 6.5-point favorites.

10) Kentucky 71, Louisville 58— These teams are both really young. Interesting when Jay Bilas was saying how a Kentucky player transferring to Washington helped the Wildcats, because it opened the door for another player to step in and now he is more comfortable in that role. It is possible for a team to have too many talented players- it squelches team chemistry.

9) Florida 41, Michigan 15— Wolverines lost 62-39 to Ohio State, then got drubbed here, not the best ending to Jim Harbaugh’s season. When four starters sit a bowl game out to preserve their health for the next level, thats a death knell for that team.

In four years under Harbaugh, Michigan is 3-9 vs Michigan State, Ohio State and in bowls.

8) New Jersey Giants’ WR Jawill Davis dislocated his kneecap while dancing in the Giants’ locker room this week. Seriously, he did.

7) Baseball doings:
— Angels signed C Jonathan Lucroy to a 1-year, $3.35M deal.
— Yasmani Grandal turned down a 4-year, $60M deal with the Mets.

6) North Carolina 82, Davidson 60— Davidson has players from seven countries, including this one; is it tougher to have good team chemistry with players from such diverse backgrounds?

Nationally, Maine has most international players (12); Saint Mary’s has 10.

5) Wizards’ G John Wall is expected to have surgery on his left heel soon and will miss 6-8 months, which is obviously bad news for coach Scott Brooks’ job security.

4) Upsets of the Day:
— Texas Southern (+16.5) 88, Texas A&M 73
— Princeton (+14.5) 67, Arizona State 66
— Florida Atlantic (+14) 73, Illinois 71 OT
— Longwood (+11.5) 110, Citadel 94
— Brown (+10) 82, San Diego State 61- Aztecs were down 28 at the half.
— Santa Clara (+8) 79, Washington State 71
— Western Kentucky (+7.5) 83, Wisconsin 76
— Liberty (+7.5) 73, UCLA 58— Bruins lost last two home games, to Belmont/Liberty. No bueno.
— Montana State (+7) 92, Southern Utah 62
— Gardner-Webb (+6.5) 73, Wake Forest 69

3) Rick Pitino won his debut coaching in Greece, leading Panathinaikos to a 96-84 win over CSKA Moscow Friday night. If you think I typed out “Panathinaikos”, no way. Copy/paste.

2) Dumbest college football rule: 15-yard penalty for taking your helmet off on the field- if you do it twice, you’re out of the damn game. Just a ludicrous rule.

1) If you’re in Las Vegas and like betting NFL props, the Westgate SuperBook is by far the best place to go; lot of different wagering options for you there.

**Udog** · 12-30-2018, 09:39 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, December 30

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VEGAS (22-15-0-4, 48 pts.) at ARIZONA (17-19-0-2, 36 pts.) - 12/30/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 87-57 ATS (+15.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 48-30 ATS (+14.1 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 17-3 ATS (+13.0 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 36-16 ATS (+14.2 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 5-17 ATS (+23.9 Units) in home games in December games over the last 3 seasons.
ARIZONA is 26-53 ATS (+102.2 Units) first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 5-1 (+3.3 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 5-1-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.7 Units)

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NHL

Sunday, December 30

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Trend Report
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Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Vegas is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games
Vegas is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 6 games when playing Arizona
Arizona Coyotes
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Arizona is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games
Arizona is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 8 games at home
Arizona is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing Vegas

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**Udog** · 12-30-2018, 10:19 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, December 30

Vegas @ Arizona

Game 63-64
December 30, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
11.472
Arizona
9.337
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(-135); Over

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