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**Udog** · 08-12-2015, 08:35 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

-- Steelers lost kicker Shaun Suisham for the season Sunday night; they added one yesterday, signing Garrett Hartley, who struggled in the Superdome with the Saints. .

-- 12 of 32 NFL head coaches have coached another NFL team.

-- Browns OT Joe Thomas revealed this week he has played thru three torn MCLs in his career-- those are torn knee ligaments. Football players are tough humans.

-- NFL Draft will be back in Chicago next April; it was a success there this year.

-- Florida State has tremendous losses on offense this year; they lost a QB who went 27-1 as a starter and four starters from the O-line, who started 164 games.

-- Texas Longhorns have not had an offensive lineman drafted since 2008.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Random stuff on Hump Day.......

13) Get well soon to Flip Saunders of the Timberwolves, who is undergoing chemo for non-Hodgkins' Lymphoma, which he says is very treatable. We hope so.

I remember seeing his son play in an AAU tournament in Florida a few years ago; Saunders wasn't coaching, but at halftime, with the kids resting in a hallway away from the court, he was diagramming plays on a board for the kids and teaching them.

12) Rough year for John Farrell; not only do the Red Sox suck, on his off day in south Florida this week, he had hernia surgery. Ouch. Apparently he was at the game last night, as Boston's bullpen melted down again. Just a bad year. Get well soon.

11) Then there are the Jets; QB Geno Smith is out 6-10 weeks after a teammate, now an ex-teammate (they cut the guy) punched him because Smith wouldn't pay back a $600 debt. Things escalated, words became punches and now Ryan Fitzpatrick is the Jets' starting QB, which is an upgrade, in my opinion.

Two things crossed my mind after hearing this........
-- How long before the Patriots pick up the guy who punched Smith?
-- Baylor rookie Bryce Petty is not ready to play in the NFL, which is why it looks like Tyler Thigpen will be brought in to back up Fitzpatrick.

10) Washington Nationals are 35-24 when Denard Span bats leadoff this year, 23-30 when he does not and it doesn't look like he'll be back this season. Reading between the lines during a Washington TV broadcast, they're a sinking ship-- Bryce Harper is sitting out games with a sore knee in August? A definite red flag. .

9) Golf is an Olympic sport next August and it is screwing with the PGA Tour's schedule for 2016. British Open and PGA will sandwich the Canadian Open next July, and the tournament in Akron that is being played this week will be the same week as the French Open next year, meaning none of the European players will be there.

8) BYU is an independent in football, for some goofy reason; their schedule opens with these four games:

at Nebraska, Boise State at home, at UCLA, at Michigan. Yikes. They probably do not lose a game after those four, but still, thats a rough September.

7) This is state of Purdue's football team: They're a 7-point underdog at Marshall in their season opener. Big 14 teams shouldn't be a TD underdog to the Thundering Herd.

6) Weird college football game Labor Day weekend: New Hampshire goes to San Jose to lose (and collect a check) from San Jose State, hardly a national power. It can not be easy to get to San Jose from the Granite State, which reminds me, why the hell did Chip Kelly stay at New Hampshire as an assistant coach for fifteen years????

5) Mets are now 45-7 when thy score 4+ runs, 16-45 when they do not.

4) Weird moment on Diamondback TV Monday, during a bad game Arizona was winning by a lot; the play-by-play guy wishes former D'back manager Al Pedrique a happy 55th birthday- Pedrique was the interim manager in 2004, after Arizona had fired Bob Brenly, who is now the analyst on Arizona TV broadcasts.

Brenly seemed genuinely surprised Pedrique was mentioned, then seemed annoyed by it all, telling a couple stories about that season, but because he is a good-natured guy, he wound up laughing it off, saying he got paid to stay home and barbecue for half of that season. Still, it was at least a little awkward in that booth for a few minutes.

3) Milwaukee shoved GM Doug Melvin out the door Tuesday, which is what will happen when your team is awful and everyone else gets fired-- you're next.

2) One last note about Geno Smith: he is on a 4-year contract that pays $5,019,063; he is supposedly the leader of the team. Stiffing a teammate out of $600 stinks. If I was the owner of the Jets, I'd cut both guys-- who wants a QB who aggravates a teammate so much he slugs him? Quarterbacks are supposed to be leaders, not instigators.

1) Why didn't I think of this? Philly Eagles fans are asking the Pope to bless Sam Bradford's knees before the NFL season starts. Good luck with that one.

**Udog** · 08-12-2015, 08:35 AM

See spot. See spot bet: This week's best spot bet opportunities

Lookahead spot

The New York Yankees were put on notice this weekend: the Blue Jays are coming for them. Toronto entered the weekend set 4.5 games back of the Bronx Bombers in the American League East and now N.Y. holds a slim advantage as it enters a three-game series in Cleveland. The Yankees are chomping at the bit for another shot at the Jays and get that chance on Friday, when the rivals collide in a weekend set at the Rogers Centre.

But before New York can have its revenge, it must finish up with the Indians. Having the Jays on deck Friday creates a massive lookahead spot for the Yankees in the finale with the Tribe. New York is expected to go with starter Nathan Eovaldi in that matchup while Cleveland counters with Trevor Bauer on Thursday.

Letdown spot

The Ottawa Redblacks have done an about face this season, starting the 2015 CFL campaign with a 4-2 mark and already doubling their season win total from last year when the Redblacks finished 2-16. The latest win was a statement game for the franchise, going into Montreal and spoiling a big day for the rival Alouettes, who were debuting Michael Sam, the first opening gay professional football player.

The buzz is building in Canada’s capital but that emotional win against Montreal sets up Ottawa for a fall in its trip to Calgary in Week 8. The Redblacks face the defending Grey Cup champs who are out to avenge a 29-26 overtime loss in Ottawa back in Week 5. The Stampeders are also coming off a bye week, so it’s no surprise oddsmakers have Calgary sitting with the half point hook as a 7.5-point fave on Saturday.

Schedule spot

The girls of summer are quickly wrapping up the 2015 WNBA season with about a month remaining on the schedule. The Connecticut Sun, who sit second from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, have plenty of work to do in that short span if they want to make the playoff cut and it starts with a tough stretch of schedule this week.

The Sun tip off their week with a home game versus Tulsa on Wednesday, then host the conference-leading New York Liberty on Friday before traveling to face the Atlanta Sky on Sunday. Connecticut has been playing better this month, after stumbling through a 2-6 SU July in which they covered in just three of those games. But could this three-game, five-night span set them back into that skid?

**Udog** · 08-12-2015, 08:37 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, August 12

Tulsa @ Connecticut

Game 601-602
August 12, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tulsa
109.129
Connecticut
110.046
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Connecticut
156
by 1
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
by 4 1/2
152
Dunkel Pick:
Tulsa
(+4 1/2); Over

Seattle @ Phoenix

Game 603-604
August 12, 2015 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
104.913
Phoenix
111.036
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Seattle
by 6
153 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 13 1/2
147
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(+13 1/2); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, August 12

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TULSA (10 - 13) at CONNECTICUT (11 - 10) - 8/12/2015, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TULSA is 1-8 ATS (-7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15+ games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
TULSA is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 11-24 ATS (-15.4 Units) in home games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game after 15+ games since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
CONNECTICUT is 2-2 against the spread versus TULSA over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 2-2 straight up against TULSA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SEATTLE (5 - 17) at PHOENIX (14 - 8) - 8/12/2015, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 7-21 ATS (-16.1 Units) in road games on Wednesday since 1997.
SEATTLE is 9-19 ATS (-11.9 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
PHOENIX is 52-33 ATS (+15.7 Units) on Wednesday since 1997.
PHOENIX is 7-14 ATS (-8.4 Units) in all games this season.
PHOENIX is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) as a favorite this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 7-5 against the spread versus SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 8-4 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Wednesday, August 12

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
TULSA vs. CONNECTICUT
Tulsa is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tulsa's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing Tulsa
Connecticut is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing at home against Tulsa

10:00 PM
SEATTLE vs. PHOENIX
Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Phoenix's last 8 games when playing at home against Seattle

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**Udog** · 08-12-2015, 11:43 AM

WNBA

Wednesday, August 12

Top Under wager in action Wednesday evening

The Phoenix Mercury are the top Under bet in the WNBA with an Over/Under record of 8-14 through their first 22 games of the season and will take the floor against the Seattle Storm in Arizona Wednesday night.

The Mercury have one of the stingiest defenses in the league, allowing opponents to score an average of 73.4 points per game (fourth lowest in the league).

The Under has cashed in back-to-back games and four of the last five heading into Wednesday's clash with the Storm.

The total for the Storm-Mercury clash opened at 147.5 but has come down to 146.5 since.

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