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**Udog** · 09-17-2017, 10:08 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

6 most popular picks in the Westgate SuperContest in Las Vegas:

6) Los Angeles Rams -2.5, 594

5) Dallas Cowboys -2.5, 605

4) New England Patriots -6.5, 627

3) Green Bay Packers +3, 630

2) Pittsburgh Steelers -5.5, 662

1) Tennessee Titans -2.5, 704

Top six weekly picks for season: 0-6

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a college football Saturday

13) USC 27, Texas 24 (OT)— Longhorns kicked FG to go ahead 17-14 with 0:45 left but Sam Darnold drove the Trojans 52 yards in nine plays for the tying FG at the gun to force OT. This was USC’s first OT win since 2001. Total yardage was 468-366, Trojans.

LA Coliseum workers had only 13 hours to change the field from USC colors to LA Ram colors for the Rams-Redskins game in the Coliseum Sunday.

12) Florida 26, Tennessee 20— Butch Jones is just an awful game coach; watch the replay of Florida’s 63-yard walk-off TD pass that stunned Tennessee— how in the name of Johnny Majors do the Vols not have any safeties deep to prevent WR’s from getting behind the secondary? There is a proper time to play a prevent defense!!!

I repeat; Florida threw a 63-yard bomb to a WR who was single-covered on the last play of the game; where the bleep were their safeties? The only other Florida receiver in the picture was also single-covered— there is more to coaching than recruiting good players. On game day, you need to steer them to victory— Tennessee’s coaches let their players down here.

Tennessee also missed three FG’s in this game; go recruit a kicker.

11) Memphis 48, UCLA 45— Up 3 points with 3:01 left, Memphis eschewed a 33-yard FG and tried a fake, which backfired miserably. That told me this: Memphis had zero faith that its defense would protect a 51-45 lead with 2:55 left, but that defense protected a 48-45 lead and Memphis get itself a marquee win.

Why Memphis’ coaches had little faith in their defense; UCLA’s Josh Rosen was 34-56 for 463 yards, with four TD’s and two INT’s.

10) Vanderbilt 14, Kansas State 7—This was the first time ever (81 years of the AP poll) that both Memphis and Vanderbilt beat ranked opponents on the same day. Wow.

9) San Diego State 20, Stanford 17— How ironic was it that on the night before the Chargers’ first home game in Los Angeles since 1960, the lights went out at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium in the last 5:00 of a 17-13 game? Aztecs drove for the winning TD as soon as the lights came back on.

San Diego State is 3-0, with consecutive wins over Pac-12 teams. Good for them.

8) Clemson 47, Louisville 21— This was a beatdown; Tigers led 33-7 after three quarters. Dabo Sweeney has built a powerhouse program at Clemson— right now, they’re the best team in the country, even with a new quarterback.

7) Oklahoma State 59, Pittsburgh 21— Cowboys led 49-14 at HALFTIME. On the road. OSU scored the first seven times they had the football. Mason Rudolph threw for 1,037 yards in two games against Pitt, last year and this year.

6) Texas Tech 52, Arizona State 45— Game was delayed an hour by lightning, then Red Raiders jumped out to a 21-3 lead, 35-17 at the half. Arizona State stormed back to tie game; Tech got the game-winning TD with 1:55 left.

ASU beat the Red Raiders 68-55 last year, so sweet revenge for Kliff Kingsbury.

5) Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17— Huskies led 14-0 at the half, scoring two defensive TD’s, then held on for dear life. The natives are officially restless in Lincoln after this loss.

4) Kentucky 23, South Carolina 13— Upset in the SEC; Wildcats are 3-0. Good for Mark Stoops.

3) California 27, Ole Miss 16— Golden Bears are 3-0, despite trailing all three games in the second half. Cal has a win over an ACC team (UNC) and now an SEC team.

2) Purdue 35, Missouri 3— Mizzou has a horrendous defense. Boilers outgained the Tigers 477-203. Mizzou allowed 109 points in its first three games, and one of those was against a I-AA team- they lost 31-13/35-3 to I-A opponents.

1) Mississippi State 37, LSU 7— If you read this space regularly, you know that I’m a big fan of former LSU coach Les Miles. Anyone who thinks that firing Miles and hiring Ed Orgeron was a good idea is clueless. Orgeron is 7-25 as a head coach in SEC conference games., most of which happened when Coach O was the head coach at Ole Miss.

Seven and twenty-five!!!!

**Udog** · 09-17-2017, 10:17 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, September 17

Minnesota @ Washington

Game 651-652
September 17, 2017 @ 3:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
120.610
Washington
113.582
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 7
158
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 5
165 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-5); Under

Los Angeles @ Phoenix

Game 653-654
September 17, 2017 @ 5:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
120.930
Phoenix
114.309
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 6 1/2
151
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 3 1/2
155 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-3 1/2); Under

WNBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, September 17

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MINNESOTA (29 - 7) at WASHINGTON (20 - 18) - 9/17/2017, 3:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 2-8 ATS (-6.8 Units) on Sunday games this season.
MINNESOTA is 16-31 ATS (-18.1 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games since 1997.
MINNESOTA is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) in the conference finals since 1997.
MINNESOTA is 26-15 ATS (+9.5 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 312-370 ATS (-95.0 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 2-13 ATS (-12.3 Units) as an underdog this season.
WASHINGTON is 60-84 ATS (-32.4 Units) when playing with 2 days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 7-14 ATS (-8.4 Units) against Western conference opponents this season.
WASHINGTON is 7-14 ATS (-8.4 Units) in non-conference games this season.
WASHINGTON is 6-14 ATS (-9.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
WASHINGTON is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

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

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LOS ANGELES (28 - 8) at PHOENIX (20 - 18) - 9/17/2017, 5:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 24-12 ATS (+10.8 Units) in all games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) as a favorite this season.
LOS ANGELES is 11-2 ATS (+8.8 Units) in August or September games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) after a division game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 13-5 ATS (+7.5 Units) after a win by 10 points or more this season.
LOS ANGELES is 19-11 ATS (+6.9 Units) after scoring 75 points or more this season.
LOS ANGELES is 12-2 ATS (+9.8 Units) after 3 or more consecutive wins this season.
LOS ANGELES is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
LOS ANGELES is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15+ games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game after 15+ games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 18-9 ATS (+8.1 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game after 15+ games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game this season.
PHOENIX is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) in the conference finals over the last 3 seasons.
PHOENIX is 1-8 ATS (-7.8 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 9-2 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 9-3 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Sunday, September 17

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Trend Report
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3:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington
Minnesota is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games
Washington is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games

5:00 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. PHOENIX
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Los Angeles's last 10 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Los Angeles is 5-1-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Phoenix's last 8 games

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