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**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 07:38 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Six more interesting college football games this week:

— Florida Atlantic @ Western Kentucky -2.5

— Mississippi State -7.5 @ Arkansas

— Army @ Air Force -14.5

— UAB @ Tennessee -11

— TCU @ Oklahoma State -3

— Oregon State @ Arizona -5

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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud……

13) Cincinnati Bengals have a bye this week; they announced they will start rookie QB Ryan Finley when they host the Ravens next week.

Sunday, Andy Dalton became the first NFL QB ever to start a season 8-0, and also 0-8. Tuesday, he got benched on his 32nd birthday.

While I’m here, a reminder that Marvin Lewis went 131-122-3 coaching the Bengals in the regular season; his 0-7 playoff record sent him packing.

Here is the problem: Cincinnati’s last .500 season without Lewis as HC was in 1996; their last playoff game without Lewis was in 1990.

Since 1991, Bengals are 55-145 in games not coached by Lewis, 131-122-3 wth Lewis.

12) Washington 6, Houston 2:
— First best-of-7 finals series in MLB, NHL or NBA where road team won all seven games.
— Washington played five elimination games this month; in his at-bats from 7th inning on in those five games, Anthony Rendon was 6-8 with three doubles, three homers and a walk.

11) Rockets 159, Wizards 158— While the Houston-Washington baseball teams were playing in the World Series, those cities’ basketball teams set defense back 30 years.

It was the highest scoring NBA game that didn’t go to overtime since a 1990 game where Golden State beat Denver 162-158.

10) James Harden tied an NBA record Monday with his 7th career game with 20+ made foul shots; he shares the record with Moses Malone, Kobe Bryant.

Harden was 21-22 from the line vs Oklahoma City, whose whole team was 17-24.

9) When teams underperform, there have to be scapegoats:
— Bronx baseball team fired pitching coach Larry Rothschild; it is obviously his fault that the Astros are better than the Bronx Bombers.
— Arizona Wildcats fired defensive coordinator Marcel Yates and linebackers coach John Rushing, after the Wildcats gave up 133 points in their last three games.

8) Weird fact: When the Giants acquired DT Leonard Williams from the Jets a few days ago it was the first time EVER the Giants/Jets made a trade. Thats over 50 years.

7) Patriots, Falcons cut their kickers Tuesday; New England signed Nick Folk, who will kick for his 4th NFL team- he also holds the record for longest field goal (55 yards) in AAF history this past winter. Falcons are on a bye, haven’t signed a new kicker yet.

6) It bothers me that FOX has to interview managers while a World Series game is going on; they’re not going to say anything interesting, so you get to see a guy squirm for a few minutes while he’s stressing out about not doing his freaking job. It makes no sense.

5) Stephen Strasburg is the first MLB pitcher ever who was the #1 pick in the amateur draft, then started a World Series game for the same team that drafted him.

4) RIP to coach Al Bianchi, who passed away this week at age 87; Bianchi was a head coach in the ABA and NBA for nine seasons- his 1970-71 Virginia Squires went 55-29. He was also the first coach of the Seattle SuperSonics.

3) With Klay Thompson sitting out most of this year, this year’s Golden State Warriors have the 3rd-youngest roster in the NBA.

2) With Joe Flacco headed to the IR, Denver Broncos have three QB’s (Allen, Rypien, Lock) none of whom has never taken an NFL snap.

1) Last Sunday was only day this year where there were NFL, NBA, NHL and major league baseball games, all on the same day.

**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 07:41 AM

NHL

Thursday, October 31

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Trend Report
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Nashville Predators
Nashville is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Nashville's last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games
Nashville is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Nashville is 8-17 ATS in its last 25 games at home
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Nashville's last 9 games at home
Nashville is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Calgary
Nashville is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Calgary
Nashville is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Calgary
Nashville is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 6 games when playing at home against Calgary
Calgary Flames
Calgary is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Calgary is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games
Calgary is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Calgary is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 5 games on the road
Calgary is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Nashville
Calgary is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Nashville
Calgary is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Calgary is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 6 games when playing on the road against Nashville

Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Vegas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vegas's last 9 games
Vegas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 6 games at home
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games on the road

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**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 08:26 AM

13CALGARY -14 NASHVILLE
CALGARY is 16-8 ATS (9.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

15MONTREAL -16 VEGAS
VEGAS are 21-30 ATS (-17.6 Units) against explosive offensive teams - scoring 3+ goals/game over the last 2 seasons.

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, October 31

Calgary @ Nashville

Game 13-14
October 31, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Calgary
11.432
Nashville
10.461
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-155
6
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(+135); Over

Montreal @ Vegas

Game 15-16
October 31, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
11.234
Vegas
12.217
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-190
6
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(-190); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, October 31

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CALGARY (6-6-0-2, 14 pts.) at NASHVILLE (8-3-0-1, 17 pts.) - 10/31/2019, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 0-6 ATS (-6.2 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
CALGARY is 113-117 ATS (+257.3 Units) in road games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
CALGARY is 16-8 ATS (+7.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 4-2 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 4-2-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.1 Units, Under=-0.4 Units)

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MONTREAL (6-4-0-2, 14 pts.) at VEGAS (8-5-0-0, 16 pts.) - 10/31/2019, 10:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 3-1 (+2.7 Units) against the spread versus VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 3-1-0 straight up against VEGAS 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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