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**Udog** · 10-29-2016, 08:06 AM

Armadillo:Saturday's six-pack

Some college football trends to ponder…….

— Underdogs are 5-2-1 vs spread in last 8 Kansas State-Iowa State games.

— Favorites covered four of last five Stanford-Arizona games.

— Home side won eight of last nine Clemson-Florida State games.

— Georgia is 2-7-1 vs spread in last 10 games as an underdog.

— Ohio State is 11-4 vs spread in games off a SU loss.

— Underdogs covered five of last six Tennessee-South Carolina games.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud…….

13) I’d be curious to know the winning %age of fantasy football teams that own various star players; for example, on November 3, 2013, Nick Foles threw seven TDs in a game for Philly against the Raiders in Oakland. Seven TDs; it would be good to have Foles on your fantasy team, right?

Foles was on my team that year, but we lost that week; I’d be curious to know what %age of fantasy teams that owned Foles lost that week? Stuff like this interests me.

12) Jimmer Fredette made a comment in an article this week that he wasn’t highly recruited coming out of Glens Falls HS in upstate NY. I live 45 miles south of Glens Falls; I’m not sure why he said that, because I remember watching Jimmer play down in Florida in AAU Nationals and I was talking with a St John’s assistant and they loved Jimmer.

There was a school of thought amongst some coaches that because Fredette’s family is Mormon, he was signed and sealed for BYU. Maybe fewer teams offered him a scholarship because of that, but everyone wanted him, believe me. Jimmer is playing in the Chinese pro league this year, by the way.

11) In Game 2 of the 1980 World Series, Steve Carlton threw 159 pitches in a 6-4 loss to the Royals. 159 freakin’ pitches; in eight innings, Carlton allowed 10 hits, walked six, struck out 10.

If that happened today, how long before the manager/pitching coach were either fired by the owner or sued by the player’s agent (or both)?

10) If you’ve been to Las Vegas, there is a strip-**** like gift shop on the corner of Sahara and Las Vegas Blvd; you’ve seen shots of it on TV. The two acres that shop sits on recently sold for $50M; it is very close to the Stratosphere, across the Strip from the SLS Hotel.

$50M for that area; makes you wonder if another hotel will be built there soon. A new hotel is opening in that area in early December; totally Asian-themed and geared towards attracting the 200,000+ people who fly from China to Las Vegas each year.

9) ESPNU was doing ACC Media Day while I typed this up; in one segment they had Miami coach Jim Larranaga on, asking him what restaurants he goes to in Miami, silly stuff.

Then they had Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski on in separate segments and they are diagramming offenses on a telestrator like they’re too good to be asked the silly stuff. Why can’t they can’t ask those two where they eat in Chapel Hill/Durham?

The lower tier ACC coaches (BC, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest) were lucky to even get on air.

8) Eagles’ coach Doug Pederson played 10 years in the NFL, but started only 17 games, all in 1999-2000. First four years he was in the NFL? No starts. Last four years? No starts. He was 2-7 as a starter for the ’99 Eagles, 1-7 for the ’00 Browns.

Best coaches weren’t always the best players. Playing? Coaching? Two different skills.

7) Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA championship rings are really, really big. They look like you’d get carpal tunnel if you wore one for too long.

6) Speaking of the Cavs, JR Smith looks like the happiest person in America, like he put one over on the authorities and he and everyone else knows it. He is making $12.8M to stand on the wing and jack jumpers whenever Lebron gets him the ball. It is good to be trusted by the King.

5) Tampa Bay Bucs’ OC Todd Monken was head coach at Southern Miss the last three years; he did a good job building up the USM program, but jumped to the NFL this year. I’d love to know if he is enjoying himself, if not having to recruit anymore is worth not being the boss.

4) 36-year old Steve Blake still hopes to make it back to the NBA to continue his long career, but for now, he is playing pro ball in Australia.

3) Singer Tim McGraw has a white Mercedes convertible with license plate “NYMTS69”. His dad was Tug McGraw, the terrific relief pitcher who pitched for both the Mets and Phillies.

2) Los Angeles Rams are 3-0 this season when they have 2+ takeaways, 0-4 when they do not.

1— I mention this now and then, but lot of football coaches are gypsies; here is where Giant coach Ben McAdoo’s journey took him, before he landed in the NFL:

2001- Michigan State, 2002- Fairfield, 2003- Pitt, 2004- Akron, 2005- Stanford

Five years, five jobs, five different states. Tough way to make a living.

**Udog** · 10-29-2016, 08:10 AM

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, October 29

Indians @ Cubs
Kluber is 3-1, 0.74 in his first four postseason starts, all this month. Indians won four of his last five road starts.

Lackey is 2-1, 3.79 in his last seven starts, 8-5, 3.26 in 22 postseason starts. Cubs won six of his last seven home starts.

Cubs are 8-5 in playoffs this year, 4-2 at home; they’ve been shut out in four of their last eight games. Chicago is 8-1 in playoffs if they score a run. Obviously Chicago hasn’t been in World Series since 1945, Indians since 1997. Cleveland is 9-2 in playoffs, 4-1 on road- they’ve tossed shutouts in postseason.

Maddon is 25-27 as a playoff manager, 12-10 with Cubs. he lost 2008 World Series with Rays. Francona won World Series with Boston in 2004, 2007; he is 37-20 as a postseason manager.

MLB

Saturday, October 29

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Trend Report
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8:08 PM
CLEVELAND vs. CHI CUBS
Cleveland is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games

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**Udog** · 10-29-2016, 09:47 AM

MLB
Long Sheet

Saturday, October 29

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CLEVELAND (103 - 69) at CHICAGO CUBS (111 - 63) - 8:05 PM
COREY KLUBER (R) vs. JOHN LACKEY (R)
Top Trends for this game.
KLUBER is 34-34 (-14.2 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
KLUBER is 13-20 (-12.6 Units) against the money line in road games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
KLUBER is 33-31 (-11.8 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
CHICAGO CUBS are 127-75 (+26.6 Units) against the money line in night games over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO CUBS are 89-54 (+22.6 Units) against the money line in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
LACKEY is 22-5 (+15.3 Units) against the money line in home games in an inter-league game since 1997. (Team's Record)
CLEVELAND is 103-69 (+17.9 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
CLEVELAND is 11-2 (+11.7 Units) against the money line in October games this season.
CLEVELAND is 97-65 (+14.5 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
CLEVELAND is 73-40 (+21.4 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
CLEVELAND is 9-2 (+9.7 Units) against the money line in playoff games this season.
CLEVELAND is 56-37 (+16.1 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
CLEVELAND is 32-19 (+13.0 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
CHICAGO CUBS are 1599-1686 (-260.0 Units) against the money line in all games since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 856-786 (-154.2 Units) against the money line in home games since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 1542-1599 (-234.8 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field since 1997.
CHICAGO CUBS are 1176-1251 (-196.3 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
CLEVELAND is 2-1 (+1.9 Units) against CHICAGO CUBS this season
3 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL this season . (Under=+3.0 Units)

COREY KLUBER vs. CHICAGO CUBS since 1997
KLUBER is 1-0 when starting against CHICAGO CUBS with an ERA of 0.66 and a WHIP of 0.585.
His team's record is 1-1 (+0.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 0-2. (-2.3 units)

JOHN LACKEY vs. CLEVELAND since 1997
LACKEY is 8-9 when starting against CLEVELAND with an ERA of 3.92 and a WHIP of 1.399.
His team's record is 10-10 (-3.8 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 9-9. (-1.7 units)

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**Udog** · 10-29-2016, 10:50 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Saturday, October 29

Cleveland @ Chicago Cubs

Game 903-904
October 29, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Cleveland
(Kluber) 15.137
Chicago Cubs
(Lackey) 18.101
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago Cubs
by 3
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago Cubs
-130
7
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago Cubs
(-130); Under

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