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**Udog** · 01-22-2020, 07:53 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Some early Super Bowl prop bets at SouthPoint:

— Kansas City’s team total: 27

— San Francisco’s team total: 26.5

— Will game go to OT? No -$800, Yes +$550

— Will there be a successful 2-point conversion? No -$240, yes +$200

— First half line: Chiefs, -0.5 (-$115), 26.5

— Second half line: pick ‘em, 26.5

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

13) LSU 84, Florida 82— Almost an epic collapse by the Bayou Bengals, who led 79-69 with 1:15 left in the game. Florida ran an out-of-bounds under play with 0:00.5 left and got an easy layup that would’ve tied the score, but it was ruled to come a split-second too late.

12) 2017 draft:
— Chicago Bears traded up to the #2 spot, giving up two 3rd-round picks an a 4th-round pick to move up one place to take QB Mitch Trubisky with the #2 pick. Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes was picked #10, Deshaun Watson was picked #12.

Oy.

11) Most people seem eager to bet the over in the Super Bowl. So if you like the under, wouldn’t it be a good idea to wait a while, hoping the total goes up and you get a better number?

10) LF Marcell Ozuna signs a one-year, $18M deal with the Braves, who also signed Felix Hernandez to a minor league deal. Ozuna went 9-for-21 against Atlanta in the playoffs LY, while he was playing for the Cardinals.

9) Sounds like the Jaguars are going to hire Jay Gruden as their next offensive coordinator; lot of former Redskin coaches all over the NFL.

8) There is a woman named Red Panda who performs at halftime of basketball games; she balances plates on her head while riding a unicycle. Her act is very popular nationwide.

How do you start doing that? How long do you have to practice before you’re good at it? Have other people tried and given up because they broke too many dishes?

7) Basketball upsets:
— Texas A&M (+9) 66, Missouri 64
— Illinois (+5.5) 79, Purdue 62
— Northern Illinois (+4) 76, Kent State 69
— TCU (+2.5) 65, Texas Tech 54

6) Evansville fired basketball coach Walter McCarty after a sexual misconduct investigation; this comes two months after the Purple Aces won at Kentucky.

Evansville announced Todd Lickliter as its new head coach; he signed a multi-year deal and will coach the Purple Aces against Drake tonight. Good move to hire a new coach quickly, or else the current players might jump ship to other programs.

5) ESPN’s obsession with Zion Williamson is baffling; he seems like a good kid, but he played at Duke last year, they didn’t make the Final Four. He gets treated like he is this generation’s version of Kareem, Jordan or Lebron. Not really sure why.

4) Random fact: former NFL QB Elvis Grbac is the football coach at Villa Angela-St. Joseph HS in the Cleveland area. It is interesting to see what retired players in their post-playing lives.

3) Quote of the Day part 2, from Texas alum TJ Ford:
“It’s very disappointing and disheartening to watch the direction Texas Longhorn has now taken. I’ve never witnessed a blowout of this magnitude in BIG12 play like tonight.”

He was talking about the Longhorns getting drubbed at West Virginia Saturday.

2) Was considering going to Las Vegas for the NFL Draft, but decided against it; draft is better on TV, where you can see everything. Draft will be far flung all over the Strip and downtown; will be ton of extra people in town. Hotels are jacking prices up; and since I’m not a great people person to begin with, I’ll take a pass.

Having the red carpet on a stage on the lake in front of Bellagio should be quite a sight.

1) My only comment on the baseball Hall of Fame voting is that I am amazed more than half the voters (52.6%) picked Omar Vizquel as a Hall of Famer. Very good player, not a great player. To get in the Hall of Fame, think you had to be a great player.

**Udog** · 01-22-2020, 07:56 AM

23WINNIPEG -24 COLUMBUS
WINNIPEG is 8-2 ATS (10.9 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

25DETROIT -26 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 2-12 ATS (-18.3 Units) in home games against terrible defensive teams - allowing 3+ goals/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, January 22

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WINNIPEG (25-20-0-4, 54 pts.) at COLUMBUS (26-16-0-8, 60 pts.) - 1/22/2020, 7:38 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 8-2 ATS (+5.6 Units) in January games this season.
COLUMBUS is 8-2 ATS (+10.2 Units) second half of the season this season.
COLUMBUS is 193-182 ATS (+410.9 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 73-59 ATS (+142.5 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 16-12 ATS (+3.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WINNIPEG is 12-6 ATS (+20.5 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
WINNIPEG is 42-42 ATS (+104.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 3-2 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 3-2-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

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DETROIT (12-34-0-4, 28 pts.) at MINNESOTA (22-21-0-6, 50 pts.) - 1/22/2020, 8:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 12-38 ATS (+79.0 Units) in all games this season.
DETROIT is 2-18 ATS (+38.3 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
DETROIT is 4-26 ATS (+51.8 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more this season.
DETROIT is 4-24 ATS (+48.4 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
DETROIT is 4-20 ATS (+40.3 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses this season.
DETROIT is 465-377 ATS (-148.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
DETROIT is 135-109 ATS (+23.0 Units) in road games after a non-conference game since 1996.
MINNESOTA is 9-18 ATS (-17.9 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 10-15 ATS (-11.9 Units) in home games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 101-107 ATS (-36.9 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
MINNESOTA is 3-12 ATS (-11.7 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 20-27 ATS (-9.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 6-13 ATS (-13.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 2-2 (+1.2 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 2-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

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NHL

Wednesday, January 22

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Trend Report
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Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Columbus is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 5 games
Columbus is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 5 games at home
Columbus is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Columbus's last 8 games when playing Winnipeg
Columbus is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Winnipeg is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Winnipeg is 15-5 ATS in its last 20 games on the road
Winnipeg is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Winnipeg is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Winnipeg's last 8 games when playing Columbus
Winnipeg is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Columbus

Minnesota Wild
Minnesota is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 9 games at home
Minnesota is 8-14-1 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Detroit
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road

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**Udog** · 01-22-2020, 08:50 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, January 22

Winnipeg @ Columbus

Game 23-24
January 22, 2020 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
11.310
Columbus
10.441
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-160
6
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(+140); Under

Detroit @ Minnesota

Game 25-26
January 22, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
8.284
Minnesota
11.246
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 3
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-250
6
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-250); Under

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