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**Udog** · 02-02-2021, 09:17 AM

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**Udog** · 02-02-2021, 09:18 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

— Miami 77, Duke 75— Duke is 7-6, 5-4 in ACC, an underdog to make NCAA’s.
— Loyola 70, Missouri State 50— Ramblers won their last eight games.
— Drake 95, Illinois State 60— Bulldogs are 17-0, 8-0 in the Valley.
— Wofford 67, East Tennessee 62— Terriers take over first place in SoCon.
— Phoenix 109, Dallas 108— Chris Paul scored 34 for the 11-8 Suns.
— Kings 118, Pelicans 109— Sacramento outscored NO 31-15 in 4th quarter.

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 442,207
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Armadillo: Tuesday's Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Here’s a question to debate with your friends:

If there was a new football league with every player ever playing IN HIS PRIME, and you had the first pick of all the quarterbacks, who would you take?

Elway? Montana? Brady? Marino? Fouts? Peyton Manning?

Its an interesting question. Brady has accomplished the most, in terms of championships/wins in playoff games; does that make him better than all the other quarterbacks?

12) What makes a great quarterback? I’ve discussed/argued about this with several people for years, it is part of what makes sports so much fun.

We watch NFL games every Sunday, and some things are obvious:
— Accuracy
— Mobility
— Arm strength
— Toughness

Here’s the thing; a lot of what makes a quarterback great are things that we, the average fan, cannot see:

— Do his teammates believe in him?
— Is he receptive to coaching?
— Does he make the proper reads?

NFL teams are worth an average of $3B apiece, so this is a $100B business. Teams go about that business in different ways, for better or worse.

11) Over the weekend, an adventurous gambler wagered $4,000 on the Carolina Panthers to win the Super Bowl NEXT YEAR. At 75-1 odds, the gambler will bank $300,000 if he wins, but the casino gets to hold that $4,000 for over a year.

When I saw that betting ticket on Twitter, the conspiracy theorist in me suspected that Deshaun Watson was getting traded to Carolina, that’s the only way the bet makes a lot of sense, because their odds would drop dramatically if they upgraded from Teddy Bridgewater to Watson at QB.

10) Nolan Arenado’s contract has six years and $199M left on it; Colorado is sending St Louis around $50M along with Arenado, who right now can be a free agent after the 2021 season.

Colorado is expected to get five prospects in return; reality of this is that it is a depressing time to be a Rockies’ fan. Trust me, I know, being an Oakland A’s fan.

Next rung on the depression ladder will be when Colorado trades SS Trevor Story.

9) CBS is going to have 120 cameras working during the Super Bowl. Lot of cameras.

8) Green Bay Packers fired their special teams coach; now they’ve fired defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, who had been in Green Bay for three years.

7) Jason Witten joins Philip Rivers as NFL players who retired and instantly became a high school football coach. Witten is the new coach at Liberty Christian School in Dallas. He also had offers to become an NFL assistant, but he wants to spend more time with his family.

6) Baylor’s basketball team has eight players who have red-shirted, which means sitting out a year, either because they transferred, were hurt, or just wanted to get bigger/stronger. College athletes have five years to play for; red-shirting is more prevalent in football.

It also means that Baylor’s team is a little older than most of their competitors.

5) More baseball stuff:
— Indians gave OF Eddie Rosario $8M for one year.
— Phillies gave Didi Gregorius $28M for two years.

4) Random question: Can you remember a 26-year old QB who made the playoffs three out of his first five years but still got dumped by his team? I mean, Jared Goff is 42-23 as a starter the last four years and he gets traded, while lesser QB’s on cruddy teams keep their job.

A friend suggested Drew Brees when he moved on from the Chargers to New Orleans, but he was coming off of shoulder surgery; Miami’s team doctor suggested they pass on Brees. Detroit sure as hell hopes this move works out as well as when the Saints acquired Brees.

3) Chad Hall is the Buffalo Bills’ WR coach; he played HS ball in the Atlanta area, then went to the Air Force Academy, and later played in 25 NFL games, catching 16 passes, two for TD’s.

When Hall was in high school, one of his school’s rivals had a QB/DB named Sean McVay, who later became a WR at Miami OH and obviously now is the coach of the Rams; the two players became friends, and stayed in contact over the years.

Here’s what makes this relevant; Chad Hall’s sister is…….married to Matthew Stafford.

2) ESPN should be embarrassed about their daytime programming; it isn’t good- they should go back to showing re-runs of the World Series of Poker.

They pay huge money to Mike Greenberg, Stephen A Smith, who get involved in contrived arguments as they spout out their “hot takes”

Monday morning, Greenberg was babbling something about how, if the Stafford/Goff trade doesn’t work out well for the Rams, fingers will start pointing at Sean McVay.

— Under McVay, Rams have had four winning seasons in a row.
— Last time Rams had four winning seasons in a row: 1983-86, under John Robinson
— Before McVay, Rams hadn’t made the playoffs since 2004.

Some people on TV say stupid stuff for attention. No bueno.

1) Strange times we live in:

A Texas police chief accused of cheating on his wife with two different women, neither of whom knew about the other, quit his job after he was arrested on suspicion of faking a marriage annulment he showed to one of the girlfriends.

Oy.

**Udog** · 02-02-2021, 09:20 AM

53BUFFALO -54 NY ISLANDERS
BUFFALO is 8-33 ATS (-28.3 Units) in road games after playing a home game in the last 3 seasons.

55NEW JERSEY -56 PITTSBURGH
NEW JERSEY is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in road games after failing to cover 3 of their last 4 against the spread over the last 2 seasons.

57DALLAS -58 COLUMBUS
DALLAS are 97-56 ATS (35.4 Units) off a road loss against a division rival since 1996.

59VANCOUVER -60 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 0-6 ATS (-10.7 Units) in home games against poor possession teams-averaging 3+ less shots on goal than opp over the last 2 seasons.

61ARIZONA -62 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 22-26 ATS (-12.7 Units) against horrible power play killing teams-opp score on >19% of chances over the last 2 seasons.

63CALGARY -64 WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG is 15-4 ATS (10.4 Units) when playing against a marginal losing team (Win Pct. 40% to 49%) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

65CAROLINA -66 CHICAGO
CHICAGO is 5-15 ATS (-10.9 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp over the last 2 seasons.

67MINNESOTA -68 COLORADO
MINNESOTA is 8-2 ATS (7.1 Units) against good defensive teams - allowing <=2.55 goals/game over the last 2 seasons.

69OTTAWA -70 EDMONTON
OTTAWA is 3-19 ATS (-17.9 Units) after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game in the last 3 seasons.

71ANAHEIM -72 LOS ANGELES
ANAHEIM is 5-18 ATS (-17.9 Units) against poor starting goalies - saving <= 89.5% of shots against in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 02-02-2021, 09:22 AM

NHL

Tuesday, February 2

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Trend Report
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Buffalo @ NY Islanders
Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 6 games
NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Islanders's last 11 games

Dallas @ Columbus
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing Columbus
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Columbus
Columbus is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas

Vancouver @ Montreal
Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing Montreal
Vancouver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Montreal is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Carolina @ Chicago
Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Carolina is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games

Arizona @ St. Louis
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games at home

Calgary @ Winnipeg
Calgary
Calgary is 14-5 ATS in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Calgary's last 11 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Winnipeg is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Minnesota @ Colorado
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Colorado's last 9 games at home
Colorado is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Minnesota

Ottawa @ Edmonton
Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Ottawa's last 7 games when playing Edmonton
Ottawa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 7 games when playing Ottawa

Anaheim @ Los Angeles
Anaheim
Anaheim is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Anaheim is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games

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**Udog** · 02-02-2021, 11:07 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, February 2

**Udog** · 02-02-2021, 11:12 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, February 2

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BUFFALO (4-4-0-2, 10 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (3-4-0-2, 8 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 6:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BUFFALO is 0-11 ATS (+16.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 9-29 ATS (+43.5 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 4-1 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 4-1-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.7 Units)

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NEW JERSEY (4-3-0-2, 10 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (5-4-0-1, 11 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW JERSEY is 16-12 ATS (+32.7 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW JERSEY is 4-3 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
NEW JERSEY is 4-3-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

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DALLAS (4-1-0-1, 9 pts.) at COLUMBUS (4-3-0-3, 11 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 3-0 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 3-0-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

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VANCOUVER (6-6-0-0, 12 pts.) at MONTREAL (6-1-0-2, 14 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 52-46 ATS (+108.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 26-22 ATS (+57.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 96-104 ATS (+232.6 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.
MONTREAL is 14-20 ATS (-8.0 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 3-9 ATS (-9.8 Units) in home games when playing on back-to-back days over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 6-2 (+3.4 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 6-2-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.7 Units)

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ARIZONA (3-4-0-1, 7 pts.) at ST LOUIS (6-2-0-1, 13 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 8-22 ATS (+31.2 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ARIZONA is 4-2 (+3.3 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
ARIZONA is 4-2-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.0 Units)

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CALGARY (4-3-0-1, 9 pts.) at WINNIPEG (5-3-0-1, 11 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 27-19 ATS (+48.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 6-4 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 6-4-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.5 Units)

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CAROLINA (5-1-0-0, 10 pts.) at CHICAGO (3-4-0-3, 9 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 45-23 ATS (+13.8 Units) after a division game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 4-0 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 4-0-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.9 Units)

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MINNESOTA (6-4-0-0, 12 pts.) at COLORADO (6-3-0-1, 13 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 204-178 ATS (+25.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-5 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 5-5-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.8 Units)

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OTTAWA (1-7-0-1, 3 pts.) at EDMONTON (5-6-0-0, 10 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 0-8 ATS (+10.8 Units) after a division game this season.
OTTAWA is 4-24 ATS (+51.1 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
OTTAWA is 1-13 ATS (+27.1 Units) in road games after 3 or more consecutive losses over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 20-11 ATS (+8.0 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
OTTAWA is 11-6 ATS (+19.4 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 124-150 ATS (-85.9 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
EDMONTON is 3-10 ATS (-10.1 Units) in home games after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 34-44 ATS (+79.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
EDMONTON is 89-106 ATS (-81.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 2-2 (+1.9 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 2-2-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

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ANAHEIM (3-5-0-2, 8 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (3-3-0-2, 8 pts.) - 2/2/2021, 10:08 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 133-135 ATS (+298.7 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.
LOS ANGELES is 178-184 ATS (-17.4 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 4-3 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 4-3-0 straight up against ANAHEIM 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)

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