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**Udog** · 12-09-2016, 08:27 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Six interesting NFL trends, with Week 14 upon us:

— Cleveland is 1-9 vs spread in its last ten divisional games.

— Rams are 1-5-1 vs spread in their last seven games.

— Falcons are 6-17 in their last 23 games as a favorite.

— Tennessee is 2-8 in its last ten games as a home favorite.

— New Orleans covered its last seven road games.

— Texans are 7-1-1 vs spread in their last nine divisional games.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Our bottom 5, top 8 in the NFL

32) Browns— 25 people in San Antonio voted for Gregg Popovich for President; when I heard that, i was actually surprised the number was only 25. Wish I had thought of it when I was in the voting booth; Popovich would’ve been a better choice than Gary Johnson.

31) Jaguars— Football coach Willie Taggart was making $1.8M at South Florida, left USF to go to Oregon, where he will make less than Purdue’s Jeff Brohm, who was making $800K at Western Kentucky. Brohm will make $3.3M, Taggart $3.2M.

30) 49ers— Niners are favored this week, for second week in a row. They’re 1-11.

29) Bears— At the Pearl Harbor basketball games this week (Seton Hall-Cal, Princeton-Hawai’i), a 97-year old World War II veteran played the National Anthem on a harmonica and it was tremendous.

28) Rams— If the Chargers move to the LA Coliseum next year, will they put FieldTurf down? Hosting three teams on the same field could be dicey for a natural grass field.

8) Giants— Big ballgame with the Cowboys in Swamp Stadium Sunday night. Giant defense is going to miss the injured Pierre-Paul.

7) Steelers— 13 years later, if you had to rank Eli-Big Ben-Rivers’ careers, who would be 1-2-3? They were all in the same draft.

6) Lions— Will OC Jim Bob Cooter be a head coaching candidate next month? He’s done a great job with Matthew Stafford.

5) Seahawks— Ever see Pawn Stars on the History Channel? I’ve been in that shop in Las Vegas; much smaller than it looks on TV, mostly jewelry there, but a cool place. It is worth a couple hours to look around and see if there is anything worth buying.

4) Chiefs— KC’s defense/special teams have accounted for NFL-high 49.5% of Chiefs’ points this season. By way of comparison:

2015 Broncos: 45.9%…..2000 Ravens: 46.5%…..1985 Bears: 42.1%

3) Raiders— A school district in Texas, the McKinney Independent School District, broke ground this week on a $69M football stadium. For a high school team. Oy.

2) Patriots— RIP John Glenn 95, an Astronaut/US Senator (for 25 years) who lived a great life. He was the first American to orbit the earth, and actually went up in space again in 1998, at age 77. RIP, sir.

1— Cowboys— Some team in the next couple years will draft a QB and throw him in the starting lineup right away in part because of the success Dak Prescott is having. They better have as good an offensive line as Dallas has, or else……..

**Udog** · 12-09-2016, 08:46 AM

NCAAB
Dunkel

Friday, December 9

Longwood @ Creighton

Game 723-724
December 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Longwood
42.705
Creighton
75.195
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Creighton
by 32 1/2
150
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Creighton
by 36
158
Dunkel Pick:
Longwood
(+36); Under

Wake Forest @ NC-Greensboro

Game 721-722
December 9, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Wake Forest
68.350
NC-Greensboro
52.389
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Wake Forest
by 16
169
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Wake Forest
by 7 1/2
158 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Wake Forest
(-7 1/2); Over

Georgia Southern @ Minnesota

Game 719-720
December 9, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Georgia Southern
48.951
Minnesota
66.041
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 17
139
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 12 1/2
142
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-12 1/2); Under

NCAAB
Long Sheet

Friday, December 9

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GA SOUTHERN (4 - 4) at MINNESOTA (8 - 1) - 12/9/2016, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GA SOUTHERN is 32-19 ATS (+11.1 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
GA SOUTHERN is 32-19 ATS (+11.1 Units) in all lined games over the last 3 seasons.
GA SOUTHERN is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) as an underdog over the last 3 seasons.
GA SOUTHERN is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) in road games over the last 3 seasons.
GA SOUTHERN is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) in road lined games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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WAKE FOREST (7 - 2) at UNC-GREENSBORO (7 - 2) - 12/9/2016, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WAKE FOREST is 12-25 ATS (-15.5 Units) on Friday nights since 1997.
WAKE FOREST is 13-5 ATS (+7.5 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
UNC-GREENSBORO is 122-156 ATS (-49.6 Units) as an underdog since 1997.
UNC-GREENSBORO is 2-13 ATS (-12.3 Units) in home games against ACC opponents since 1997.
UNC-GREENSBORO is 54-87 ATS (-41.7 Units) after a non-conference game since 1997.
UNC-GREENSBORO is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) in home games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UNC-GREENSBORO is 1-0 against the spread versus WAKE FOREST over the last 3 seasons
WAKE FOREST is 1-0 straight up against UNC-GREENSBORO over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LONGWOOD (2 - 4) at CREIGHTON (9 - 0) - 12/9/2016, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CREIGHTON is 26-16 ATS (+8.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CREIGHTON is 26-16 ATS (+8.4 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
CREIGHTON is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) when the total is 150 to 159.5 over the last 2 seasons.
CREIGHTON is 20-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
CREIGHTON is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, December 9

Minnesota is 8-1 with five wins vs teams outside top 200, with wins by 12-24-6-12-6 points; Gophers have #4 eFG% defense in country, holding teams to 39.7% inside arc- they start two sophs, two juniors with only one senior in their rotation. Georgia Southern is 4-4 with three top 100 losses, by 2 at NC State, 8 at Akron, 3 at Fla Gulf Coast. Eagles start four sophs; their other five rotation guys are all juniors. Big 14 home favorites are 21-24 vs spread; Sun Belt road underdogs are 15-15.

Wake Forest beat NC-Greensboro by 10 LY, outscoring Spartans 27-10 on foul line; Deacons are 7-2 this year with both losses to top 50 teams- they’re 7-0 vs teams outside top 100, with all seven wins by 8+ points. Wake is shooting 38.2% on the arc- they start two juniors, two sophs. UNCG is 7-2 vs schedule #345; they’ve won last six games- they lost by 25 at home to Virginia in their only top 100 game. Spartans are forcing turnovers 24.9% of time (#6); their only top 10 win was over #145 North Dakota State by 11.

Creighton is off in-state rivalry win over Nebraska Wednesday; they’re 2-0 vs teams outside the top 200, winning by 7-30 points. Bluejays are shooting 43.9% on arc, have #2 eFG% in country. Longwood is 1-4 vs schedule #346; they’re making 40.5% of 3-pointers but also turn ball over 22.4% of time. Lancers lost by 6 at SF Austin in their only top 200 game- their other three losses are by 22-15-12 points. Creighton has three games before conference play starts, none of them especially challenging.

NCAAB

Friday, December 9

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
HARTFORD vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
No trends available
Boston College is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Boston College is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games at home

7:00 PM
WAKE FOREST vs. UNC GREENSBORO
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Wake Forest's last 18 games on the road
Wake Forest is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games on the road
UNC Greensboro is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
UNC Greensboro is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

7:00 PM
EMERSON COLLEGE vs. BROWN
No trends available
Brown is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Brown is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games

7:30 PM
LONGWOOD vs. CREIGHTON
No trends available
Creighton is 5-1-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Creighton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

8:00 PM
SIENA vs. FLORIDA GULF COAST
Siena is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
No trends available

9:00 PM
GEORGIA SOUTHERN vs. MINNESOTA
Georgia Southern is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Minnesota is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games

10:00 PM
POMONA PITZER vs. UC IRVINE
No trends available
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UC Irvine's last 5 games at home
UC Irvine is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home

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