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**Udog** · 12-30-2020, 07:38 AM

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Armadillo: Wednesday's Den: Mid-week musings……

13) Buffalo Bills’ QB Josh Allen is having a great season, which makes college football recruiting gurus look even dumber. Recruiting/drafting are fascinating, because no one KNOWS. They THINK they know, but no one knows for sure.

When Allen was coming out of Reedley College, a JC in California, he got two scholarship offers; Eastern Michigan and Wyoming. Now he’s an All-Pro quarterback; go figure.

12) Washington told QB Dwayne Haskins to take a hike Monday, then he went unclaimed on the waiver wire. SOMEONE will take a chance on him; he was a first-round draft pick last year, so someone will take a shot at developing him as a QB of the future. Good luck there.

— It is an underreported thing how many totally obscure guys are backup QBs in the NFL:

11) John Wolford is making his NFL debut when he starts for the Rams Sunday; he started for four years at Wake Forest, starting as a true freshman, which ain’t easy. He went 15-11 the last two years at a school that isn’t a football factory. Not a lot of QB’s are 4-year college starters.

Wolford also played for the Arizona Hotshots in the AAF in the spring of 2018; he was leading the AAF in touchdown passes when the league shut down. Rick Neuheisel was his coach, an old QB himself. Wolford is mobile; will be fascinating to see how he does Sunday.

10) Rams have other issues; two of their three running backs have ankle injuries, WR Cooper Kupp is on the COVID list (status unknown). LA signed QB Blake Bortles to back up Wolford.

9) Social media is funny; people are so damn fickle; everyone is either great or needs to be cut, no middle ground. The typical fan is like “We’re with you win or tie and we aren’t crazy about ties”

But when I woke up Tuesday morning, and I’m scrolling thru Instagram, someone had posted these film packages on Wolford playing in the AAF— I probably saw 30-40 of his plays, which was interesting.

8) Arizona Cardinals’ backup QB is Chris Streveler, who helped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup before coming to Arizona; he played college ball at Minnesota for two years, where he threw 11 passes, ran ball 40 times, before he transferred to I-AA South Dakota. Reading about him, he seems like the Taysom Hill of Canada; he played some WR for Winnipeg.

7) Tennessee Titans’ backup QB is Logan Woodside, who was a 3-year starter at Toledo; he’s thrown three passes this season, landing with Tennessee after hanging around with the Bengals for a while in 2018.

6) Seattle’s backup is Geno Smith, who went 12-19 as a starter in New Jersey. Smith had a great college career at West Virginia, where his WR’s were Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, both of whom wound up with the Rams (Austin is with Green Bay now).

5) I’m going to do a whole thing pretty soon on how Ohio State quarterbacks have fared in the NFL; the results, up to now, have not been good. Justin Fields could turn the whole thing around, but so far, the best Buckeye to play QB in the NFL seems to be Joe Burrow, who transferred out of Columbus and starred at LSU.

4) NFL stuff:
— Washington outscored its last ten opponents in 2nd half (total 152-44)
— Last three weeks, Buffalo outscored opponents 58-14 in second half.
— Last three weeks, New England was outscored 43-6 in second half.

3) Until couple days ago, I had no idea that Ron Reiner was the director of A Few Good Men, which is a great movie. I usually associate the Reiner family with comedies, but that movie is no comedy. The courtroom scene at the end with Jack Nicholson is a classic.

2) Oklahoma State 37, Miami 34:
— OSU stormed out to a 21-0 lead, had to hang on for dear life.
— WR Presley caught six passes for 118 yards, three TD’s for the Cowboys.
— Miami QB King (knee) got hurt in 2nd quarter, didn’t return.
— Backup QB Perry threw for 228 yards, two TD’s; Miami gained 512 yards.

1) Alamo Bowl was in San Antonio last night; I was in San Antonio for a couple days, maybe in 2003, anyway it was a while ago, but San Antonio is a cool place. There is a river that goes right thru part of the city, and they have restaurants with patios where you can sit by the water on either side and watch boats go by while you eat.

The actual Alamo is very small; it looks like an old convenience store. People were nice enough, I enjoyed my brief time there. Should’ve gone during basketball season, I guess.

**Udog** · 12-30-2020, 07:41 AM

571MEMPHIS -572 BOSTON
BOSTON is 29-50 ATS (-26 Units) in home games against Southwest division opponents since 1996.

573MILWAUKEE -574 MIAMI
MIAMI is 48-29 ATS (16.1 Units) versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the last 3 seasons.

575ATLANTA -576 BROOKLYN
ATLANTA is 8-26 ATS (-20.6 Units) in road games as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 in the last 3 seasons.

575ATLANTA -576 BROOKLYN
Lloyd Pierce is 8-26 ATS (-20.6 Units) in road games as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 (Coach of ATLANTA)

577CHARLOTTE -578 DALLAS
CHARLOTTE is 58-90 ATS (-41 Units) against Southwest division opponents since 1996.

579LA LAKERS -580 SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO is 284-217 ATS (45.3 Units) in home games after playing a road game since 1996.

581PORTLAND -582 LA CLIPPERS
LA CLIPPERS are 51-34 ATS (13.6 Units) versus good ball handling teams - committing <=14 turnovers/game in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 12-30-2020, 07:46 AM

NBA

Wednesday, December 30

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Trend Report
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Memphis @ Boston
Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Memphis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Memphis's last 8 games
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis

Atlanta @ Brooklyn
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Atlanta
Brooklyn is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Milwaukee @ Miami
Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Miami's last 8 games when playing at home against Milwaukee

Charlotte @ Dallas
Charlotte
Charlotte is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Charlotte is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games at home
Dallas is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Charlotte

LA Lakers @ San Antonio
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing San Antonio
LA Lakers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
San Antonio is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Portland @ LA Clippers
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Portland's last 8 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Portland's last 19 games on the road
LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Clippers's last 8 games when playing Portland

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**Udog** · 12-30-2020, 09:29 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, December 30

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MEMPHIS (1 - 2) at BOSTON (2 - 2) - 12/30/2020, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 52-37 ATS (+11.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MEMPHIS is 60-39 ATS (+17.1 Units) in road games against Atlantic division opponents since 1996.
BOSTON is 29-50 ATS (-26.0 Units) in home games against Southwest division opponents since 1996.
BOSTON is 144-186 ATS (-60.6 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 3-1 against the spread versus MEMPHIS over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 4-0 straight up against MEMPHIS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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MILWAUKEE (2 - 2) at MIAMI (1 - 2) - 12/30/2020, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MILWAUKEE is 101-79 ATS (+14.1 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 89-69 ATS (+13.1 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 55-37 ATS (+14.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MIAMI is 7-6 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 7-6 straight up against MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
8 of 13 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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ATLANTA (3 - 0) at BROOKLYN (2 - 2) - 12/30/2020, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 12-23 ATS (-13.3 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in a road game where the total is greater than or equal to 220 over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BROOKLYN is 5-2 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
BROOKLYN is 6-1 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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CHARLOTTE (1 - 2) at DALLAS (1 - 2) - 12/30/2020, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHARLOTTE is 58-90 ATS (-41.0 Units) against Southwest division opponents since 1996.
CHARLOTTE is 200-250 ATS (-75.0 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
DALLAS is 74-54 ATS (+14.6 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.

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

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LA LAKERS (2 - 2) at SAN ANTONIO (2 - 1) - 12/30/2020, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 1126-999 ATS (+27.1 Units) in all games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 574-483 ATS (+42.7 Units) in home games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 3-3 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 4-3 straight up against SAN ANTONIO 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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PORTLAND (2 - 1) at LA CLIPPERS (3 - 1) - 12/30/2020, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LA CLIPPERS are 70-47 ATS (+18.3 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.

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

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**Udog** · 12-30-2020, 10:33 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 30

**Udog** · 12-30-2020, 10:41 AM

Hoop Trends for Wednesday Dec. 30
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Portland at L.A. Clippers (10:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Trail Blazers are 9-0 ATS (8.83 ppg) off a game as a dog in which Damian Lillard had at least 5 turnovers.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Portland at L.A. Clippers (10:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Clippers are 0-14 ATS (-8.50 ppg) at home with no rest when they won at least 2 straight vs current opponent.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Charlotte at Dallas (8:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Mavericks are 12-0 OU (19.29 ppg) at home off a road game in which they had fewer than 10 turnovers.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Charlotte at Dallas (8:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Hornets are 0-10-1 OU (-16.91 ppg) with rest after they had less than 10%

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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