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**Udog** · 05-26-2017, 08:40 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Some interesting pointspreads for Labor Day weekend college football games:

— Wyoming @ Iowa (-11.5)

— Florida vs Michigan (-3) (@ Cowboys Stadium)

— Florida State vs Alabama (-4) (@ Atlanta)

— West Virginia vs Virginia Tech (-5) (@ Redskins Stadium)

— Texas A&M @ UCLA (-4)

— Tennessee (-3) vs Georgia Tech (@ Atlanta)

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with the long weekend here

13) One of the tough parts about coaching in the NFL is when there is tension between the offense and defense; one side of the ball doesn’t carry its weight and the losing that results creates dissension and other problems.

Seattle Seahawks have been really good the last several years, but they also have lot of strong personalities; there are stories on the Interweb this spring of defensive players being unhappy with the offense, both players/coaches, since the Super Bowl loss to New England, when Seattle had the ball on the Patriots’ goal line at the end of the game but failed to score.

Its going to take maturity from the players involved to soothe things; the Seahawks’ window is closing- they have lot of veteran guys. Will be interesting to follow that this fall, especially if they bring Colin Kaepernick in as a backup QB.

12) South Point Casino has one of the best sportsbooks in Las Vegas; they posted odds Thursday for Week 1 of college football, which is Labor Day weekend. With game limits at $1,000 a game, they had $70,000 in action in the first two hours the lines were posted.

11) College basketball teams are allowed to take one overseas trip in the offseason every four years. Among the teams taking overseas trips this summer: Arizona State, Butler, Oklahoma, TCU and Kansas. These trips really help, as far as improving team chemistry and also the ten practices teams can have before the trip.

10) Cavaliers 135, Celtics 102— Cleveland’s 75 first half points were the most first half points in any NBA playoff game since Dallas had 83 against the Kings in a 2003 game.

The NBA has a problem when Charles Barkley is on TV, saying he is going back to his hotel to watch the hockey game on TV, instead of the NBA game.

9) David Price will make his 2017 debut for the Red Sox Monday afternoon, against the White Sox in Chicago. Price is in the second year of a 7-year, $217M contract; he has had problems with elbow/forearm inflammation.

8) Thursday was Ryan Braun’s 10th anniversary as a big leaguer, and since his whole career has been with Milwaukee, that makes him a 10-and-5 man; Brewers can’t trade him now without his consent. (Braun left Thursday night’s game with a pulled calf muscle.)

7) In case you were wondering, Cardinals’ WR Mel Gray (14), Redskins’ WR Charley Taylor (13) have scored the most TD’s against the Dallas Cowboys.

6) Astros’ reliever Jordan Jankowski made his MLB debut against Detroit this week; his wife’s name is also Jordan Jankowski- she is pregnant. Mrs Jankowski was openly sobbing in the stands as her husband was making his debut- tears of joy, I’m assuming. Always good to see happy people.

5) Baseball season is 54 days old; Dodgers have already put 20 players on the DL.

4) Mississippi State football coach Dan Mullen seems like a good guy; he was on Paul Finebaum’s show on EPSNU Thursday, which was at a golf course where it was pouring rain.

Without missing a beat, Mullen looks at the rain and says: “I’d play thru. I don’t think the heavy stuff is going to come down for a while”, a direct quote from Bill Murray in Caddyshack.

You think Nick Saban could rattle off a Caddyshack quote like that? I think not.

3) Mets have eight players on the DL; Terry Collins has apparently stopped talking to the media about injured players and their conditions— has the front office told him to stop? If so, postgame talks will either be really contentious or really short— there isn’t a whole lot else to talk about with this team, which at this point isn’t a good team.

2) Padres 4, Mets 3— More incompetence from the Mets, who lose here to a pitcher named LaMet; they scratched Jacob deGrom from his start Thursday because it might rain— it did rain some, but the game was never even delayed and the Mets lost to the woeful Padres. Now deGrom has a tougher task Friday, pitching at Pittsburgh. Geniuses.

1) For me, the worst part of being an Oakland A’s fan is that this time of year, with the A’s drifting near the bottom of the standings at 21-25, speculation has started about their trading their better players for prospects, to restock their farm system.

ESPN’s Buster Olney writes about this stuff a lot this time of year; I wish I had a dollar every time he wrote “A’s to trade Barry Zito to New York”, which never happened, but now he comes out with his “Sonny Gray is on the trading block” story Thursday. Oy.

Have some imagination; write about trades AFTER they happen. Find some other interesting stuff to write about. Small market fans are tired of having their pockets picked every summer, whether in real life or by lazy sportswriters looking for an easy story to write.

**Udog** · 05-26-2017, 08:48 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Friday, May 26

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MINNESOTA (4 - 0) at CONNECTICUT (0 - 3) - 5/26/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CONNECTICUT is 23-13 ATS (+8.7 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in home games on Friday over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 15-4 ATS (+10.6 Units) against Western conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 15-4 ATS (+10.6 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 130-92 ATS (+28.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1997.
CONNECTICUT is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CONNECTICUT is 5-1 against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 3-3 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CHICAGO (1 - 3) at WASHINGTON (2 - 2) - 5/26/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 21-9 ATS (+11.1 Units) as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 296-353 ATS (-92.3 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 173-221 ATS (-70.1 Units) after a division game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-4 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 7-3 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NEW YORK (2 - 1) at SEATTLE (2 - 1) - 5/26/2017, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) on Friday over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 57-35 ATS (+18.5 Units) in home games after a non-conference game since 1997.
NEW YORK is 24-11 ATS (+11.9 Units) in road games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in road games in May, June, or July games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 79-54 ATS (+19.6 Units) in road games against Western conference opponents since 1997.
NEW YORK is 79-54 ATS (+19.6 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1997.
NEW YORK is 97-71 ATS (+18.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 3-2 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 4-1 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Friday, May 26

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. CONNECTICUT
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Connecticut's last 11 games when playing Minnesota
Connecticut is 6-13 SU in its last 19 games when playing Minnesota

7:00 PM
CHICAGO vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Chicago's last 23 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Chicago's last 21 games
Washington is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games

10:00 PM
NEW YORK vs. SEATTLE
New York is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 6 games when playing Seattle
Seattle is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 05-26-2017, 12:08 PM

WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, May 26

New York @ Seattle

Game 615-616
May 26, 2017 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New York
110.842
Seattle
111.645
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Seattle
by 1
152
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Seattle
by 4
155 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New York
(+4); Under

Chicago @ Washington

Game 613-614
May 26, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
105.476
Washington
117.707
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 12
167
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 8 1/2
162
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-8 1/2); Over

Minnesota @ Chicago

Game 611-612
May 26, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
121.290
Chicago
109.812
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 11 1/2
156
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 7
161
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-7); Under

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