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**Udog** · 06-15-2017, 08:44 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Phil Steele’s six toughest schedules in college football this season

6) Oregon State— Beavers have a 6-foot-7 QB coming in from a JC; will he start?

5) Mississippi State— Have only two returning starters on offensive line.

4) Syracuse— You’ll notice there are no Big 14 teams on this list.

3) UCLA— Bruins were 127th in rushing yardage last season (out of 128).

2) California— Bears haven’t allowed less than 5.5 yards per play since 2011.

1) LSU— Tigers lost both their inside linebackers to graduation.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Happy Armadillo Day, everyone!!!!

13) Happy Armadillo Day everyone!!! 16 years ago today, I started this site and hoped that someone, anyone would read it and not hate it. Actually, even if they hated it I hoped they would still read it.

9/11 happened three months later and I hardly wrote for a week- there wasn’t anything to say.

Now it is 2017 and here we are. I have opinions, you have opinions; it is extremely important that while we disagree, maybe even vehemently disagree, we have to respect each other’s opinions and go on with our lives. It is what living in a free country is all about.

12) Golden State winning the NBA title means Bills’ RB LeSean McCoy cashed his $200,000 bet on the Warriors, recording a profit of $62,500. He made the bet at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, right next to where they sell the biggest pizza slices on earth (really, really good pizza).

11) Speaking of the Warriors, Stephen Curry is an unrestricted free agent- how would you like to be HIS agent right now? He is in line for a 5-year, $205M deal— $41M a year!!!!

So if that happens, and his agent gets 3% of the deal, that is $1.23M a year for the agent, just for representing Curry. He should hire his parents as his agent.

10) Red Sox are in Philly for a couple of days, which has to be strange for Boston 1B coach Ruben Amaro Jr; he was the Phillies’ GM for seven years before they fired him and he went back on the field as a Red Sox coach.

9) Anthony Rizzo has batted leadoff the last two nights; he hit first-inning homers in both games. I like batting my best hitters high in the order. Miami has done well since they moved Giancarlo Stanton to the #2 spot.

8) Latin-born players make up 26.4% of major league rosters.

7) Michigan Wolverines had spring football practice in Italy; I’m not sure why, but they did and the trip cost around $800,000— the tab was picked up by an anonymous donor, so the school didn’t pay a nickel for it.

6) San Diego Padres’ pitcher Clayton Richard, a former backup QB at Michigan, threw 127 pitches Tuesday night, but came up an out short of the complete game in San Diego’s 6-2 win over the Reds. 127 pitches are the most anyone has thrown in the majors this season.

5) The Stanley Cup was at the Pirates’ game Tuesday and not just in the press box; the Cup made its way all around the stadium, with groups of fans getting their pictures taken with it.

I have a picture of myself with the Stanley Cup in my living room, from when the Devils won the Cup (they had a farm team in Albany at the time, so the Cup came here for a night). Very cool.

4) UConn-Villanova are starting a home/home basketball series in January, renewing their rivalry from the Big East days. Since it is on a Saturday, must mean it is a made-for-TV deal.

3) Oregon’s coaches are getting lot of kudos on social media from basketball people praising how well Oregon players are doing during NBA workouts.

Stuff like this is great for the Ducks’ recruiting; Dana Altman is a great coach and he will get his guys ready for pro basketball. Hearing that from NBA types has to impress high school kids.

2) Back when I was a kid, in the 70’s, the non-waiver trading deadline was June 15 (it is July 31 now). June 15, 1976 was not one of my favorite days……..

I became an A’s fan when I was five years old— 1965- they were awful, but they got better and became one of the best teams ever, winning world titles in 1972, 73, 74.

They won the AL West in ’75 but lost in the playoffs; free agency was becoming a thing, and the A’s didn’t draw anyone at all at home, way worse than now, so they couldn’t afford to keep their stars. Owner Charles O Finley decided to sell some guys off.

On June 15, 1976, the A’s traded Joe Rudi, Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue, dismantling the team. The trades were later disallowed by the commissioner- the players stayed in limbo for a week, but those A’s teams were never the same again.

1) Anyway, I was 16 at the time and I loved playing basketball; my parents bought me this great pair of Puma low-cut sneakers— the Walt Frazier model. I would play in those sneakers, then change out of them and walk home in different sneakers, thats how much I liked them.

So I’m walking down the street and my dad is sitting in a chair under the tree on the front lawn- he is smiling as he looks at me- something is up.

He tells me the trades have been made, that my team was being dismantled. I’m hot, tired and now not happy; I take my prized sneakers and throw them over the house, one at a time— very lucky they didn’t land on the roof.

Not my finest moment…….lol

Anyway, today should be better than that day was.

Happy Armadillo Day!!!!

**Udog** · 06-15-2017, 08:46 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, June 15

San Antonio @ Los Angeles

Game 659-660
June 15, 2017 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
100.409
Los Angeles
118.089
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 17 1/2
169
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 15
164
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-15); Over

Atlanta @ Indiana

Game 657-658
June 15, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
107,997
Indiana
107.538
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
Even
154
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Indiana
by 3
159
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(+3); Under

WNBA

Thursday, June 15

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
ATLANTA vs. INDIANA
Atlanta is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing Atlanta

10:30 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. LOS ANGELES
San Antonio is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Antonio's last 8 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 8 games when playing at home against San Antonio
Los Angeles is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against San Antonio

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**Udog** · 06-15-2017, 09:33 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, June 15

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ATLANTA (5 - 4) at INDIANA (4 - 6) - 6/15/2017, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 5-2 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 5-2 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SAN ANTONIO (0 - 9) at LOS ANGELES (6 - 3) - 6/15/2017, 10:30 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 7-2 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 8-1 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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