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**Udog** · 09-24-2015, 08:30 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Six of the more interesting college football games this week........

-- BYU @ Michigan-- Harbaugh-to-Colts rumors are starting to pop up.

-- Georgia Tech @ Duke-- How will Tech bounce back from Notre Dame loss?

-- Texas A&M vs Arkansas-- Bielema lost last 12 games decided by 7 or less points.

-- LSU @ Syracuse-- Walk-on QB starting for Orangemen.

-- Mississippi State @ Auburn-- Tigers switching QB after LSU waxed them.

-- UCLA @ Arizona-- Bruins' defense being ravaged by injuries.

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

13) Seattle safety Kam Chancellor ended his holdout and reported to the Seahawks; not only did he miss two game checks, he has been fined roughly $1.1M, since he is under contract. It is unclear if the Seahawks will enforce those fines.

12) Seahawks allowed 11 pass plays of 20+ yards in its first two games, 2nd-most in NFL, so Chancellor caved in even though he had some leverage in negotiations.

11) Angels 6, Astros 5-- Mike Scioscia walked Altuve intentionally to pitch to George Springer, who tripled down RF line to give Houston a 4-3 lead in 7th inning, but Halos rallied to win and are now only 1.5 games behind Houston in Wild Card race.

10) Josh McCown will start at QB for Cleveland this week after missing last week's game with a concussion. Tough decision after Johnny Manziel led Browns to a win in the home opener against Tennessee.

9) UCLA loses LB Myles Jack (knee) for season, as their defense loses another key player. Jack had also played some running back for the Bruins.

8) Cowboys QB Brandon Weeden gets his second start for Dallas this week, but he has worked with the first team a decent amount in practice, since Tony Romo hadn't been practicing on Wednesdays.

7) Carlos Gomez has missed Houston's last 11 games with a rib cage strain; the person in the Mets' front office who quashed the Gomez-to-Mets trade deserves a raise, since Cespedes is a much better player who sparked the Mets' playoff run.

6) It is funny watching TV reruns from 80's shows and seeing phone booths, which have pretty disappeared from the public landscape. Kids now probably don't even know what they are, but before cellphones, phone booths were a big deal.

5) Orioles 4, Nationals 3-- Manny Machado glares at the pitcher every time he gets hit by a pitch; he is a really good player but he needs to grow up. There was tension last night when Papelbon drilled Machado in the at-bat after he had homered.

4) Next fall, the last Presidential debate will be in the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas; I'm guessing the security there will be a little tighter than when I go to the NBA Summer League there in July. Interesting choice of venue though.

3) Congrats to the Pittsburgh Pirates on making the playoffs for the third year in a row; it isn't easy to make the playoffs. Clint Hurdle has once again proven to be an excellent manager-- he got the Rockies to the World Series, too.

2) Florida suspended two players for the Tennessee game this week, one of whom is their backup QB who started their season opener. Gstors haven't lost to Tennessee since 2004, but the line on this week's game is pretty much even right now.

1) One thing that evens the playing field in baseball is how difficult it seems to be to put together a solid bullpen which bridges the innings between your starting pitcher and the closer. Teams with mediocre starting pitchers, who only get 15 or so outs, then need nine outs to get to the closer with a lead and those are hard outs to get.

Middle relievers seem to have sporadic success; they're not the players you can buy and be guaranteed to have an advantage over your opponents. Its an interesting study to see how teams go about doing this-- it sure ain't easy.

**Udog** · 09-24-2015, 08:33 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, September 24

Phoenix @ Minnesota

Game 653-654
September 24, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
116.146
Minnesota
114.658
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 1 1/2
162
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 5
145
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(+5); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, September 24

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PHOENIX (22 - 14) at MINNESOTA (24 - 13) - 9/24/2015, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 13-21 ATS (-10.1 Units) in all games this season.
PHOENIX is 7-15 ATS (-9.5 Units) after a division game this season.
PHOENIX is 2-8 ATS (-6.8 Units) after a win by 10 points or more this season.
MINNESOTA is 6-13 ATS (-8.3 Units) in August or September games this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 10-9 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 11-8 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
15 of 19 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Thursday, September 24

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. MINNESOTA
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Phoenix is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Phoenix
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Phoenix

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