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**Udog** · 09-15-2020, 09:50 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

Most popular picks this week in the Westgate SuperContest:
344— Buffalo +6.5- W
337— LA Rams +3- W
304— Atlanta +2.5- L
303— Tennessee -2.5- L
280— Arizona +6.5- W
243— Pittsburgh -6- W

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Armadillo: Tuesday's Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Steelers 26, Giants 16:
— Pitt led 16-10 late in 3rd quarter; Giants had a 19-play drive that ended on an end zone INT.
— Last five years, Pittsburgh is 15-6 ATS against NFC teams.
— 11 of Steelers’ last 14 road openers stayed under the total.

— Barkley carried ball 15 times for 6 yards; he caught 6 passes for 60 yards.
— Giants started one drive on Pittsburgh’s 3-yard line but only kicked a FG.
— Giants started out 0-1 eight of last nine years.
— Giants are 4-14 ATS in last 18 games as a home underdog.

12) Titans 16, Denver 14
— Titans missed three FG’s and a PAT, but kicked 25-yard FG with 0:17 left for the win.
— The was the Oilers/Titans’ first win in Denver since 1980 (they also won a 1987 replacement game, but I don’t count that)
— Tennessee won seven of last eight road openers, covered nine of last 13.

— Broncos were stopped on downs on the Tennessee 1-yard line in 2nd quarter.
— Titans converted 7-16 on 3rd down, Denver only 3-9.
— Denver is 21-10-1 ATS in its last 32 home openers.

11) Why did the Houston Texans trade DeAndre Hopkins? Isn’t it important to keep your best players, especially when your young QB is growing into being an elite player? Going to be a lot of heat on Texans’ management if they regress on offense this season.

My high school Chemistry teacher was Bill Warner (no relation to Kurt); he was a great teacher, also a licensed pilot, a basketball referee, a brilliant guy. When something made no sense to him, he would call it “nonsensical” He is the only person I’ve ever heard use that word.

To me, the Texans trading Hopkins was nonsensical.

10) No NFL head coach has ever won Super Bowls with two different teams.

Only two guys (Bill Parcells, Mike Holmgren) made it to a Super Bowl with another team, after winning a title somewhere else.

9) NFL supposedly wants more scoring in their games, but two huge offensive plays in the last minute of close games were nullified Sunday by offensive pass interference calls. If you want more points to be scored, why would you point the officials towards calling more offensive PI?

Bengals scored a TD with 0:06 left that was negated; Dallas completed a long pass that would’ve set up a game-tying field goal. Wide receivers pushing off has been overlooked for decades; Michael Irvin is in the Hall of Fame because of that.

The NFL makes their rules, the officials just enforce them; I don’t understand this apparent change in direction.

8) Last 16 years, Cleveland Browns are 0-15-1 in their season openers; they threw 10 passes to Odell Beckham Sunday in Baltimore, but completed only three of them.

7) Mike D’Antoni’s NBA coaching record: 16 years, 672-527 in regular season games, 54-56 in playoff games. If he still wants to coach, hard to believe someone won’t hire him.

6) Denver Nuggets are first NBA team ever to have four straight playoff series go 7 games.

5) Overlooked with all the football Sunday was Alec Mills throwing a no-hitter for the Cubs in Milwaukee, in his 15th career start.

Earlier this season, Lucas Giolito threw a no-hitter for the White Sox; this is the first season ever that both Chicago franchises had a pitcher throw a no-hitter in the same season.

4) Over the last 21 years, Washington Redskins have started 13 different quarterbacks in their season opener. This isn’t a good thing.

3) Big day for Mets fans; the Wilpon family and Saul Katz have agreed to sell the Mets to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, which has to help the team a lot. The Wilpons were horrendous owners.

Trivia: If you watch Billions on Showtime, Damian Lewis’ character Bobby Axelrod is loosely based on Cohen. He is a rich guy, really rich.

2) Atlanta Braves signed Pablo Sandoval to a minor league deal, after the Giants released him. Sandoval could be a DH for the Braves down the stretch.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL East: Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL Central: Chicago, Minnesota
AL West: Oakland, Houston
AL wild cards: Cleveland, New York

NL East: Atlanta, Miami
NL Central: Chicago, St Louis
NL West: Los Angeles, San Diego
NL wild cards: Philadelphia, San Francisco

**Udog** · 09-15-2020, 09:55 AM

7NY ISLANDERS -8 TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY is 31-11 ATS (16.3 Units) in road games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, September 15

NY Islanders @ Tampa Bay

Game 7-8
September 15, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Islanders
12.096
Tampa Bay
14.207
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-170
5
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-170); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, September 15

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NY ISLANDERS (47-28-0-13, 107 pts.) vs. TAMPA BAY (56-25-0-6, 118 pts.) - 9/15/2020, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 118-55 ATS (+181.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 21-8 ATS (+9.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 99-79 ATS (+14.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 68-66 ATS (+151.4 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 10-4 ATS (+14.1 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 25-20 ATS (+50.1 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 103-113 ATS (+253.0 Units) in road games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 8-5 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 8-5-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.5 Units)

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NHL

Tuesday, September 15

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Trend Report
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NY Islanders @ Tampa Bay
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
NY Islanders is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

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