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**Udog** · 09-24-2016, 08:15 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

College football trends to consider for this week…….

— Iowa Hawkeyes covered last 10 games as a road favorite.

— UConn is 0-10 in its last 10 games as a home favorite.

— Michigan State is 3-10 in its last 13 games as a favorite.

— Central Michigan covered 15 of last 17 road games.

— Penn State is 2-7 in its last nine games as a road dog.

— Rice is 18-7-1 vs spread in last 26 games as home favorite.
Late update: Utah Utes scored with 0:16 left to beat USC 31-27 Friday nite.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but……..

13) FOX announcer Joe Buck is from St Louis; his dad was a Hall of Fame announcer for the baseball Cardinals. Obviously he loves his hometown and had some sharp comments for Rams’ ownership when they skipped town for Los Angeles last winter.

Mr Buck showed his professionalism last Sunday when he and Troy Aikman worked the Rams’ home opener in the LA Coliseum. Couldn’t have been that much fun for him but he did his job and he did it well, which is why he makes a boatload of money. Good for him.

Ironic thing is that Aikman was a big Rams’ fan growing up so he thinks it is cool the Rams are back in LA.

12) Patriots 27, Texans 0– New England special teams/defense dominated game; Pats scored three TDs, but on drives of 22-21-47 yards, with two of three TDs coming after they recovered fumbled kick returns by Texans.

3rd-string QB Jacoby Brissett ran for a TD, didn’t turn ball over (NE was +3 in turnovers) but he also hurt ligaments in his thumb, so we’ve seen the last of him, seeing as Brady comes back October 9. Remains to be seen if Patriots will add another QB for the Buffalo game next week.

11) Speaking of the Bills, they still owe fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman $3M over the next 16 months.

10) Looks as if Jimmy Garoppolo would play against the Bills in Week 4, but if he never takes another snap for the Patriots, he’s already made himself a ton of money from someone, when he becomes a free agent after 2017. Competent QBs are in high demand.

9) This happened Thursday night; Patriots’ punt returner fumbled as he was tackled, the ball goes 7-8 yards forward, but NE recovers. Refs say the fumble counts, but Patriots recovered, so no big deal.

All of a sudden, Houston challenges the call; they want the ball pushed back to where the fumble happened. They win the challenge, but so what? You can only challenge a maximum of three plays/game; was it worth it?

Sideline reporter then piped in that Houston coach O’Brien was talking to his QB and wasn’t even watching the play. Texans’ punter went over to him and told him he had to look at the play and challenge it, and he did.

Didn’t make the Houston coaches look very good; it is the danger of your head coach also coaching the QBs. No one is the “CEO” of the game.

8) Padres’ OF prospect Hunter Renfroe got an intentional walk in his first major league plate appearance; not bad. He got two hits in his first start on Thursday; he put up big numbers in the minors.

7) Mets have 39 players on their roster; 25 is the limit before September 1. Terry Collins used 22 guys on Wednesday, 27 on Thursday; having so many guys in your dugout lends itself to over-managing.

Jay Bruce is hitting .174 since the Reds traded him to New York. They pinch-hit for him against a lefty the other night and have buried him on the bench since, preferring to start Alejandro De Aza.

6) Detroit scored a run in Minnesota Thursday on a wild pitch that was thrown during an intentional walk. Been a tough year in the Twin Cities.

5) June 14, 2015, Washington-San Diego-Tampa Bay made a 3-way deal. Nationals got Joe Ross/Trea Turner, San Diego got Wil Myers, Rays got Steven Souza Jr– there were other minor leaguers involved, so the final verdict on the deal can’t be judged for years, except that Tampa Bay got the short end of things.

Tim McCarver was working the Cardinal-Cub game Friday and declared that “whoever in San Diego traded Trea Turner should be fired” before he looked the deal up, at which point he changed the subject. Washington probably got the better of the deal, but Myers is pretty darned good, too.

4) Speaking of the Cardinals, Matt Adams got picked off first base in the 4th inning Friday, with St Louis trailing 4-0. Adams is in no way a base stealer– terrible baserunning.

3) Jon Miller/Mike Krukow were talking on Giants’ TV the other night about the scenarios if Giants-Mets-Cardinals finish in a 3-way tie for the two Wild Card spots. Put it this way; it would be good for travel agents.

2) Minnesota is paying Sam Bradford $7M this year; Eagles already paid him an $11M signing bonus in March. Vikings visit Philly October 23. Should be a fun day.

1– Kevin Garnett retired Friday; he played 21 years in the NBA, scoring 26,071 points, playing in 14 All-Star games. He grew up in South Carolina but played his last year of HS ball in Chicago, then jumped right to the NBA. Great career; hope he goes on TV, so we can learn from him.

**Udog** · 09-24-2016, 08:26 AM

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Saturday, September 24

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PHOENIX (17 - 18) at NEW YORK (21 - 13) - 9/24/2016, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 20-31 ATS (-14.1 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15+ games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 99-65 ATS (+27.5 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more since 1997.
NEW YORK is 43-26 ATS (+14.4 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses since 1997.
NEW YORK is 5-12 ATS (-8.2 Units) in home games this season.
NEW YORK is 5-12 ATS (-8.2 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 this season.
NEW YORK is 2-9 ATS (-7.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 4-3 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 4-3 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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Saturday, September 24

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7:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. NEW YORK
Phoenix is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Phoenix is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games on the road
New York is 6-19 ATS in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 6 games at home

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