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**Udog** · 10-29-2017, 09:24 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Six most popular picks for Week 8 in the Westgate Super Contest:

6) Dallas Cowboys, -2 (745)

5) Los Angeles Chargers, +7 (746)

4) Atlanta Falcons, -4.5 (766)

3) Seattle Seahawks, -5.5 (797)

2) New Orleans Saints, -9 (801)

1) Carolina Panthers, -2 (745)

Season record of top 6 picks: 15-27

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

13) Ohio State 39, Penn State 38— Nittany Lions led 35-20 with 12:00 left, 38-27 with 5:00 left, but Buckeyes drove 76-58 yards on their last two drives to win the game. Barrett was 33-39/328 with four TD passes for Ohio State— he was 13-13 with three TD’s in the 4th quarter.

12) Georgia 42, Florida 7— Further proof the world is going crazy: Gators went 19-8 the last two years; they’re 3-4 this year and now they want to fire the coach? Why? One bad year and they show you the door?

Our society is getting so incredibly soft now; people can’t deal with their teams losing, which may be part of why the NFL’s popularity slips in areas during a bad year. Fewer people stick with their teams thru thick and thin. We’re becoming a nation of front-runners.

“We’re with you win or tie, and we’re not that crazy about tie.”

11) Iowa State 14, TCU 7— Cyclones have had one winning season since 2006; the last seven years, Iowa State was 28-58— they’re 6-2 now, after their starting QB left the team for unstated “medical” reasons. Their starting QB the last two years is now their starting middle linebacker. Your 2017 National Coach of the Year? Iowa State’s Matt Campbell.

10) Boston College 35, Florida State 3— Seminoles are 2-5 and appear to have packed it in for the season. Must be fun to be a Miami Hurricanes fan right now, with Gators/Seminoles having such dreadful seasons.

9) Wake Forest 42, Louisville 32— Demon Deacons scored 40+ in an ACC game for first time since 2010. QB John Wolford was 28-34/461 passing against a struggling Louisville defense.

8) Arkansas 38, Ole Miss 37— Razorbacks trailed 31-7 with 3:00 left in first half. Two bad teams playing an exciting game. Arkansas scored a defensive TD with 6:01 left when they were down 35-27, not the best Ole Miss moment of the day.

7) Harvard 25, Dartmouth 22— When Harvard recovered a fumbled punt, a Dartmouth assistant coach punched the window of the press box so hard that he shattered it— security removed him from the stadium.

Dartmouth led 14-0 when they fumbled the punt, which turned out to be a costly play.

6) MLB suspended Yuli Gurriel for the first five games of 2018 for his actions during Game 2 of the World Series, instead of for the rest of the World Series. Some people complained that some immediate action should’ve been taken, because in today’s world, somebody is always complaining about something. Oy

Gurriel loses $382,716 with the 5-game suspension, which isn’t nothing; if he gets fined for his 2017 salary instead (doubtful) it would’ve been $444,444.44. His base salary for next year is $2M less than this year.

5) Upsets of the Week:
UNLV (+21) 26, Fresno State 16
Florida International (+16) 41, Marshall 30
Houston (+10.5) 28, South Florida 24
Air Force (+10) 45, Colorado State 28
Texas State (+8) 27, Coastal Carolina 7
Iowa State (+6.5) 14, TCU 7

4) Northwestern 39, Michigan State 31 (OT)— Game was 17-all after regulation; Wildcats win in OT for second week in row, are now 5-3, and on their way to being pummeled by a better team in some obscure bowl game that I’ll watch because I’m an idiot.

Northwestern is 3-10 all-time in bowl games, but they have won two of their last three bowls.

3) Kentucky 29, Tennessee 26— Vols caught a Hail Mary on last play of the game, but the guy got tackled on the 3-yard line— this is Wildcats 2nd win in their last 33 games with Tennessee, the other win coming in 2011. It was also the 2nd time in last 21 meetings that Kentucky was the favorite— Vols covered the 5-point spread.

2) Nebraska 25, Purdue 24— Cornhuskers drove 70 yards in 8 plays in 1:08, scoring winning TD on a 13-yard pass with 0:14 left. Purdue led 25-12 with 12:00 left in the game.

1) USC 48, Arizona State 17– Trojans bounce back from last week’s loss at Notre Dame with a big conference win here. USC plays Arizona next week, and can pretty much clinch the Pac-12 South then.

**Udog** · 10-29-2017, 09:43 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Sunday, October 29

LA Dodgers @ Houston

Game 909-910
October 29, 2017 @ 8:15 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Dodgers
(Kershaw) 19.581
Houston
(Keuchel) 17.637
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Dodgers
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Dodgers
-145
7
Dunkel Pick:
LA Dodgers
(-145); Over

MLB
Long Sheet

Sunday, October 29

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LA DODGERS (113 - 61) at HOUSTON (110 - 67) - 8:15 PM
CLAYTON KERSHAW (L) vs. DALLAS KEUCHEL (L)
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA DODGERS is 2-2 (+0.0 Units) against HOUSTON this season
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+0.0 Units)

CLAYTON KERSHAW vs. HOUSTON since 1997
KERSHAW is 4-2 when starting against HOUSTON with an ERA of 2.25 and a WHIP of 0.950.
His team's record is 5-4 (-1.4 units) in these starts. The OVER is 4-5. (-1.2 units)

DALLAS KEUCHEL vs. LA DODGERS since 1997
KEUCHEL is 0-1 when starting against LA DODGERS with an ERA of 4.05 and a WHIP of 1.049.
His team's record is 0-1 (-1.0 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-0. (+1.0 units)

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, October 29

Los Angeles @ Houston
Astros are 7-1 at home in playoffs, outscoring opponents 37-16. Dodgers are 9-3 in the playoffs, 4-2 on the road. Since 1903, the Game 3 winner is 72-40 in that World Series.

Kershaw is 3-0, 2.96 in his last four starts; under is 10-4 in his last 14 starts. Dodgers are 12-2 in his road starts this year. Kershaw allowed one run in seven IP in Game 1 of this series- he is 7-7, 4.21 in 22 career playoff games (18 starts).

Keuchel is 0-2, 5.56 in his last two starts; his last three starts stayed under. Houston is 8-5 in his home starts this season. Keuchel allowed three runs in 6.2 IP in Game 1 of this series- he is 4-2, 2.84 in seven career playoff games (6 starts).

MLB

Sunday, October 29

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Trend Report
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LA DODGERS @ HOUSTON
LA Dodgers is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing LA Dodgers

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