Cnotes 2020-2021 wnba trends, news, best bets and opinions thru the playoffs !

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WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, September 2

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

LA at MIN 08:00 PM
MIN -7.0
U 153.0
+500 +500

ATL at DAL 08:00 PM
DAL -6.5
O 157.0
+500 +500

CHI at LV 10:00 PM
LV -4.0
O 170.0
+500 +500

NY at SEA 10:00 PM
SEA -11.5
U 163.5
+500 +500

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SEPTEMBER WNBA Best Bet Record:

Date w-l-t % units record


09/02/2021........5-3-0...........62.50%.........+ 8.50


BEST BETS:

09/02/2021........5 - 3 - 0........62.50%........+ 8.50

[Udog]

Saturday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the Super Bowl:
11-2— Kansas City
13-2— Tampa Bay
13-1— Buffalo
14-1— Rams, Ravens, 49ers
16-1— Green Bay
18-1— Cleveland

Quote of the Day:
“When you don’t run the ball well and you have six sacks and you have to run for your life. We have to do a better job of protecting him (QB Howell). You can’t expect a guy to have a great game when he’s got people around him the whole game. You’ve got to protect your quarterback.”
North Carolina coach Mack Brown

Saturday’s quiz
Which college football team has the nickname the Chanticleers?

Friday’s quiz
Drew Brees played his college football at Purdue.

Thursday’s quiz
Major League Baseball added four expansion teams in 1969; Royals, Padres, Expos and a 4th team, which became the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970; the Seattle Pilots.

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a summer Friday night

13) Virginia Tech 17, North Carolina 10:
— Hokies (+6) held UNC QB Howell to 208 PY, picked off 3 of his passes.
— Tech held Tar Heels scoreless in first half.

12) Michigan State 38, Northwestern 21:
— Spartans ran ball for 326 yards; Walker had 264 himself.

11) Charlotte 31, Duke 28:
— 49ers scored winning TD with 0:33 left, after Duke scored with 1:44 left.
— Duke ran ball for 352 yards, outgained Charlotte 580-478.

10) South Dakota State 42, Colorado State 23:
— Bad loss for Rams and Mountain West Conference. Jackrabbits are a I-AA team

9) Toronto 11, A’s 10— I’ve been an A’s fan since 1965, when I was five years old; long time. This is the worst, most catastrophic loss I can remember. A’s led 8-2 in 8th inning; if you’re a playoff team, you don’t blow 8-2 leads in the 8th inning in September. Right now, their bullpen is a dumpster fire, a total disaster.

8) Major league teams that shift the most defensively: Dodgers/Mets. Last year, Atlanta shifted the least, but this year, they’re #3 in shifts.

7) Mariners 6, Arizona 5 (10):
— Seattle improves to 12-5 in extra innings.

6) Giants 3, Dodgers 2 (11):
— Trea Turner’s throwing error allowed winning run to score.
— Giants take over first place in NL West.
— These teams will both be in the playoffs, but they’re jockeying to avoid playing in that one-game play-in Wild Card game.

5) Astros 6, Padres 3:
— Big night for St Louis, which gained ground on Reds/Padres in Wild Card race.

4) Mets 6, Washington 2 (10):
— Mets went 2-13 during their Dodger/Giant stretch, now they’re 5-1 in 16-game Washington/Miami stretch.

3) Angels 3, Rangers 2— Pedro Martinez was on MLB Network couple days ago, claiming that the Angels are helping Shohei Ohtani avoid pitching against the better teams, to make his record look better. Interesting thing for a Hall of Famer to say.

2) I’m hoping Boise State-Central Florida becomes an annual rivalry game; that was a fun game to watch Thursday night.

1) There have been some people besmirching Bill Belichick’s record since Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl last winter; Belichick has won six Super Bowls as a head coach, couple more as an assistant with the Giants. He is one of the three or four best coaches, ever.

But there is this set of facts:
— Belichick’s record with Brady at QB: 219-64 regular season, 30-11 playoffs
— Belichick’s record without Brady at QB: 61-72 regular season, 1-1 playoffs


 

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WNBA

Saturday, September 4

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Trend Report
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Phoenix @ Indiana
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Washington @ Minnesota
Washington
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games


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WNBA
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Saturday, September 4




 

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

PHO at IND 01:00 PM
IND +7.5
O 160.5
+500 +500

WAS at MIN 08:00 PM
WAS +7.5
O 158.5
+500 +500

[Udog]

Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders, ERA:
2.05— Walker Buehler, LA
2.27— Corbin Burnes, Milw
2.35— Brandon Woodruff, Milw
2.40— Max Scherzer, LA
2.52— Kevin Gausman, SF
2.59— Lance Lynn, CWS

Quote of the Day:
“The second half, I think clearly our team felt like the game was over. That’s obviously my job to make sure our mentality is right. I don’t think it was. I think we were playing well at that point and had separated a little bit. And then you could just see we weren’t quite the same team coming out.”
Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley

Sunday’s quiz
Who was Clemson’s coach the first time they won the football national title?

Saturday’s quiz
Coastal Carolina’s football team has nickname the Chanticleers.

Friday’s quiz
Drew Brees played his college football at Purdue.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a college football Saturday

13) Oklahoma 40, Tulane 35:
— Sooners led 37-14 at halftime.
— Tulane had ball at midfield near end of game, but went out on downs.
— Green Wave QB Pratt threw for 296 yards, three TD’s.
— This game was originally supposed to be played in New Orleans.
— Tulane hasn’t beaten a top 10 team since 1973.

12) Mississippi State 35, Louisiana Tech 34:
— Tech led 34-14 in fourth quarter; they missed 46-yard FG on last play.
— MSU QB Rogers threw for 370 yards and game-winning TD with 3:37 left.

11) Georgia 10, Clemson 3:
— Only TD of game was scored by Georgia’s defense.
— Total yardage was 256-180, Georgia. For the whole game.

10) UCLA 38, LSU 27
— UCLA completed only nine passes, but for 260 yards.
— Rushing yardage: 210-48, UCLA
— This was LSU’s 2nd-ever game in California- they played USC in 1984.

9) Alabama 44, Miami 13:
— Crimson Tide is 9-2 ATS in last 11 games as a favorite.
— Alabama outgained the Hurricanes, 501-266.

8) Penn State 16, Wisconsin 10:
— Game was scoreless at halftime.
— Badgers turned ball over three times, were 7-22 on third down.
— Penn State ran ball 18 times for only 50 yards.

7) Iowa 34, Indiana 6:
— Hawkeyes had two pick-6’s in first half; they were up 31-3 at half.

6) Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin will miss Monday night’s game with Louisville after testing positive for COVID.

5) Why is Nebraska playing Fordham in football?

4) Oregon 31, Fresno State 24:
— Bulldogs led in 4th quarter; Oregon scored last 10 points of game.
— Total yardage was 373-358, Fresno; they were minus-2 in turnovers.

3) Bad losses:
— Montana 13, Washington 7
— East Tennessee State 23, Vanderbilt 3
— Northern Illinois (+19) 22, Georgia Tech 21
— Tex-San Antonio (+4.5) 37, Illinois 30
— Holy Cross 38, UConn 28

2) Narrow escapes:
— Wyoming 19, Montana State 16
— Iowa State 16, Northern Iowa 10
— Oklahoma State 23, Missouri State 16

1) Michigan transfer Ren Helfen threw 10 TD passes for Presbyterian in their 84-43 win over St Andrew’s. His backup also threw two TD’s. Must be nice to be a I-AA team with a QB who played at Michigan.

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WNBA

Sunday, September 5

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Trend Report
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Las Vegas @ Chicago
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Las Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Chicago's last 20 games when playing Las Vegas

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


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WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, September 5




 

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

LV at CHI 03:00 PM
CHI +3.0
O 169.0
+500 +500

ATL at DAL 04:00 PM
DAL -6.5
U 155.5
+500 +500
 

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SEPTEMBER WNBA Best Bet Record:

Date w-l-t % units record

09/05/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/04/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/02/2021........5-3-0...........62.50%.........+ 8.50

Totals:...............9-7-0...........56.25%..........+ 6.50


BEST BETS:

09/05/2021........3-1-0...........75.00%.........+ 9.50
09/04/2021........1-3-0...........25.00%..........-11.50
09/02/2021........5 - 3 - 0........62.50%........+ 8.50

Totals:...............9-7-0...........56.25%..........+ 6.50
 

[Udog]

Monday’s 6-pack
Six interesting college football spreads for next week:
— Oregon @ Ohio State (-14)
— Iowa @ Iowa State (-3.5)
— NC State (-2) @ Mississippi State
— Texas (-6) @ Arkansas
— Utah (-7) @ BYU
— Stanford @ USC (-17.5)

Quote of the Day
“After the Oregon game, they were like, ‘Screw you, Slovis. You cost us X amount of money” And they request money. I’m like, ‘C’mon man.’ My Facebook, I don’t even use it. It’s crazy to see the comments. My girlfriend’s Instagram and DMs. They find you.”
USC quarterback Kevon Slovis

Monday’s quiz
Which Hall of Fame pitcher made his MLB debut as a pinch-runner in the 16th inning of a game?

Sunday’s quiz
Danny Ford was Clemson’s coach the first time they won the football national title.

Saturday’s quiz
Coastal Carolina’s football team has nickname the Chanticleers.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend

13) Sunday, there was lot of action in late innings:
— Mets scored 6 runs in 9th inning
— Milwaukee scored 5 runs in 9th inning
— Cleveland scored 5 runs in 9th inning
— Seattle scored 7 runs in 11th inning.

Sunday was first day since 1940 that four teams scored 5+ runs in 9th inning or later.

12) Notre Dame 41, Florida State 38 (OT)
— FSU outscored Notre Dame 18-0 in 4th quarter to force OT
— Seminoles’ kicker missed a 38-yard FG in OT.
— FSU QB Milton came off bench to spark the rally; he hadn’t played in over two years, since a severe leg injury while he played for Central Florida.

11) Zeb Noland played QB for South Carolina Saturday; he threw four TD passes in Carolina’s win over a I-AA team Saturday, but here’s the thing: Noland is supposed to be a graduate assistant coach this year, not a player. But he played well Saturday.

The kid who is supposed to be the Gamecocks’ QB is hurt; the backup isfrom a I-AA school, so Noland got the nod to start- he played previously at Iowa State, North Dakota State.

10) Dallas Cowboys star G Zack Martin has COVID, is out for this week’s game in Tampa.

9) Big Sky football teams went 8-0 ATS vs I-A teams this weekend; seven of the eight teams were underdogs of 19+ points. Eastern Washington covered as a small favorite at UNLV.

8) Detroit took young pitcher Casey Mize out Sunday after three IP, 34 PT- they’re just trying to preserve his arm for next year. Several teams are doing this, trying to keep their guys healthy heading into the offseason.

7) Brewers 6, Cardinals 5— Daniel Vogelbach with a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam.

6) Chicago White Sox are 6-7-2 in their last 15 series; they were 16-7-6 in their first 29 series.

5) Last week, Adam Wainwright started his 300th career game with Yadier Molina behind the plate; that’s the 4th-most starts for one battery in MLB history.

Mickey Lolich threw 324 games with Bill Freehan behind the plate; they hold the record.

4) Here is some guarantee money visiting teams got this weekend:
$1.9M— Kent State @ Texas A&M
$1.8M— Akron @ Auburn
$1.685M— UL-Monroe @ Kentucky
$1.55M—- Florida Atlantic @ Florida

Losing can be profitable.

3) Clemson lost Saturday night without allowing an offensive TD; last time they did that was 1983, when they also lost to Georgia, whose only TD came on a blocked punt.

2) Today is Labor Day, and one college football coach has already announced his retirement. UConn’s Randy Edsall is gone after this season. Huskies’ football program is a mess; they’ll be looking for a head coach with New England recruiting ties.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today: (they do not):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Giants Wild Card: San Diego @ Los Angeles
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Card: Boston @ Bronx

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WNBA

Monday, September 6

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Trend Report
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Phoenix @ Indiana
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Indiana's last 7 games when playing Phoenix


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WNBA
Dunkel

Monday, September 6