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**Udog** · 10-16-2016, 09:00 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Six most popular picks in this week’s Westgate Super Contest:

1) Chiefs (even) 704

2) Seahawks (-6.5) 450

3) Packers (-4.5) 448

4) Texans (-3) 424

5) Eagles (-2.5) 410

6) Falcons +6.5 (404)– Lot of action both ways in this game.

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

13) Clemson 24, NC State 17 OT— Tigers GOT SO LUCKY in this game; Wolfpack had a 33-yard FG to win it at the gun, but the kicker choked and pushed it wide right. Clemson should drop in the polls this week; key word there is “should”.

12) Arkansas 34, Ole Miss 30— Want to thank both teams for 3.5 hours of solid entertainment. Didn’t care who won, but it was a close, interesting game between two good teams, and it was fun to watch. I’m not a big fan of Arkansas coach Bielema, who is now 8-19 in SEC games, but this is a solid win for him.

11) Upset of the Day: Syracuse (+19.5) 31. Virginia Tech 17— Dino Babers gave an emotional post-game talk to his team, where he quoted the Vegas spread on this game. Go find it on the Interweb, it is worth it. Will he recruit well enough/stay long enough to make the Orangemen relevant?

10) Stanford 17, Notre Dame 10— Cardinal star McCaffery didn’t play, Irish led 10-0 before Stanford scored a defensive TD, then a safety. Notre Dame is now 2-5; this was a very bad loss, after the Washington schools eviscerated Stanford the last two weeks.

Random tangent: Why doesn’t NBC have Notre Dame alums doing color on Notre Dame games? Have a different guy do it every home game: Theismann, Golic, Tim Brown, Ismail, Bettis, Reggie Ho. Doug Flutie went to BC; why is he on there?

9) Temple 26, Central Florida 25— Knights led 25-7, I turned game off but Owls rallied for the win, scoring GW TD with 0:01 left. AAC games are oddly entertaining.

Houston 38, Tulsa 31– 21-point favorite Cougars stopped Tulsa on the one-yard line on the last play of the game.

8) Northwestern 54, Michigan State 40— Wildcats have now covered seven games in a row in East Lansing, winning five of the seven SU. No explanation for this, but wheels have fallen off for Michigan State this season- they’ve now lost four games in a row.

7) Indians 2, Blue Jays 1— Teams head to Canada with Cleveland up 2-0. Andrew Miller is first reliever EVER with 5+ strikeouts in consecutive playoff games.

Cubs 7, Dodgers 3— I had Miguel Montero on my fantasy team this summer and was happy to get two pick ups from the scrap heap for him in a trade; now he is a playoff hero. Life makes no sense sometimes.

Cubs last won a World Series in 1908; the last living player from that team passed away……in 1961. Indians haven’t won a Series since 1948. Lot of anxiety in those two fanbases.

6) North Carolina 20, Miami 13— Not many teams beat Florida State/Miami in same year; both UNC wins came on road (and they lost 34-3 at home in the game between those two- go figure). Huge win for Larry Fedora’s program; hats off to him!!!

5) Eastern Michigan 27, Ohio U 20— Tip of the Armadillo’s cap to Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton, who was a QB in his playing days at D-III Kenyon College (Shaka Smart’s alma mater). From 2012-15, Eastern was 7-41; they’re 5-2 this year, one win from the Eagles’ first bowl game since 1987 (their only bowl game). Mr Creighton is going to get some job offers.

4) Alabama 49, Tennessee 10— On last four Satudays, Vols played Florida-Georgia-Texas A&M-Alabama; no off weeks, way too tough a stretch for a college team. Alabama just killed them here, running ball for 438 yards on 49 carries. Now the Vols can regroup during a bye week and finish their season strong. Whoever made Tennessee’s schedule needs a pay cut.

3) Whoever invented the TV camera-in-the-pylon thing deserves a pay raise. They get some interesting views from that camera in the end zone.

2) Ohio State 30, Wisconsin 23 OT– Coaches get more out of close wins than routs; Buckeyes survived a stiff test here, made them a better team. Tough loss for the Badgers, who played their hearts out.

1) Florida State 17, Wake Forest 6— Much like Tennessee, Seminoles need a week off to get healthy and just recharge some- they’re off this week, then play Clemson. Watching the reality show about FSU on Showtime, they seem like a tired group, maybe with not as much depth as recent years.

**Udog** · 10-16-2016, 09:17 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Sunday, October 16

LA Dodgers @ Chicago Cubs

Game 907-908
October 16, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Dodgers
(Kershaw) 15.850
Chicago Cubs
(Hendrcks) 15.095
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Dodgers
by 1
9
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Dodgers
-125
No Total
Dunkel Pick:
LA Dodgers
(-125); N/A

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, October 16

Dodgers @ Cubs
Kershaw got two outs Thursday night to close out the Washington series, two days after he threw 110 pitches in Game 4. Kershaw is 1-1, 5.30 in his last three starts, is 3-6, 3.33 in 16 career playoff games (12 starts). He didn’t face the Cubs this year. LA is 9-3 in his road starts this season.

Hendricks is 1-1, 3.48 in his last four starts; he is 0-0, 5.11 in three postseason starts. Hendricks allowed three hits, two runs in eight IP in his only start vs LA this season. Cubs split his last six home starts.

Dodgers is 3-8 in its last 11 road games. Cubs got swept in this round by the Mets LY; they’re 5-3 against the Dodgers this year. Chicago is 13-4-1 in its last 18 games.

Roberts is a rookie manager who is 3-3 in the playoffs. Maddon got Tampa Bay to ’08 World Series; he is 21-23 as a manager in the postseason, 8-6 with Chicago.

**Udog** · 10-16-2016, 10:17 AM

MLB
Long Sheet

Sunday, October 16

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LA DODGERS (94 - 74) at CHICAGO CUBS (107 - 59) - 8:05 PM
CLAYTON KERSHAW (L) vs. KYLE HENDRICKS (R)
Top Trends for this game.
LA DODGERS are 94-74 (-6.5 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
LA DODGERS are 40-45 (-16.4 Units) against the money line in road games this season.
LA DODGERS are 91-72 (-8.2 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
LA DODGERS are 65-56 (-13.3 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
LA DODGERS are 61-65 (-25.8 Units) against the money line in road games against right-handed starters over the last 2 seasons.
LA DODGERS are 32-40 (-12.4 Units) against the money line in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO CUBS are 31-8 (+15.9 Units) against the money line in home games in night games this season.
CHICAGO CUBS are 38-14 (+12.9 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
CHICAGO CUBS are 34-13 (+15.8 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
HENDRICKS is 26-12 (+13.4 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
HENDRICKS is 17-5 (+12.5 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record)
CHICAGO CUBS are 1595-1682 (-259.1 Units) against the money line in all games since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 855-784 (-152.2 Units) against the money line in home games since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 1538-1595 (-233.9 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 770-825 (-186.4 Units) against the money line after a win since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO CUBS is 5-3 (+0.4 Units) against LA DODGERS this season
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+1.8 Units)

CLAYTON KERSHAW vs. CHICAGO CUBS since 1997
KERSHAW is 5-3 when starting against CHICAGO CUBS with an ERA of 2.18 and a WHIP of 1.043.
His team's record is 5-3 (-0.7 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-7. (-6.5 units)

KYLE HENDRICKS vs. LA DODGERS since 1997
HENDRICKS is 2-1 when starting against LA DODGERS with an ERA of 3.15 and a WHIP of 0.700.
His team's record is 2-1 (+1.4 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-1. (+1.0 units)

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