Tuesday Trends and Indexes 12/26

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NHL
Short Sheet


Tuesday, December 26th

Dallas at Chicago, 7:05 EST
Dallas: 7-1 SU away off a home game
Chicago: 9-17 SU as an underdog

Washington at Buffalo, 7:05 EST
Washington: 5-17 SU as a road underdog of +200 to +300
Buffalo: 13-2 SU on Tuesdays

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7:05 EST
Tampa Bay: 16-8 SU away off BB games scoring 4+ goals
Atlanta: 9-21 SU off 3+ wins

Florida at Carolina, 7:05 EST
Florida: 2-10 SU vs. division opponents
Carolina: 13-2 SU at home after winning 4 of their last 5 games

Boston at Columbus, 7:05 EST VER
Boston: 10-3 SU off a division game
Columbus: 9-22 SU off BB Unders

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7:35 EST
Pittsburgh: 6-24 SU off BB games allowing 4+ goals
New Jersey: 8-2 SU after losing 4 or 5 of their last 6 games

NY Rangers at NY Islanders, 7:35 EST
NY Rangers: 16-6 SU at NY Islanders
NY Islanders: 8-18 SU after winning 4 or 5 of their last 6 games

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:35 EST
Minnesota: 4-13 SU in road games
Toronto: 41-25 SU playing their third game in five days

St. Louis at Nashville, 8:05 EST
St. Louis: 5-25 SU off BB home games
Nashville: 14-3 SU after winning 2 of their last 3 games

Vancouver at Calgary, 9:05 EST
Vancouver: 0-8 SU away vs. division opponents
Calgary: 17-3 SU at home vs. division opponents

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:35 EST
Phoenix: 15-6 SU off a home shutout win
Los Angeles: 3-8 SU after losing 4 of their last 5 games

Anaheim at San Jose, 10:35 EST
Anaheim: 9-18 SU as a road underdog of +150 or less
San Jose: 24-6 SU at home after scoring 4+ goals

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NCAA FB
Dunkel Write-up


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26

Middle Tennessee St. vs. Central Michigan

The Motor City Bowl features a pair of lesser-known teams that have both enjoyed strong turnaround seasons. Central Michigan went from being one of the lower-rung teams in the MAC to conference champs in coach Brian Kelly's third season. A big part of that is redshirt freshman QB Dan LeFevour, who threw for 25 TDs against 10 INTs. But success does have its price and Kelly was wooed away by Cincinnati, leaving offensive coordinator Jeff Quinn as the coach for the Chippewas tonight. Middle Tennessee loaded up with some tough out-of-conference games and took its lumps against Louisville, South Carolina and Oklahoma. Those lessons may have helped the Blue Raiders dominate the Sun Belt schedule as they won six straight until losing to Troy in the regular-season finale (21-20). But that loss doesn't look so bad in light of Troy's solid win over Rice in the New Orleans Bowl. Nor did the MAC look so good in the Poinsettia Bowl with TCU's big win over Northern Illinois, which happened to beat Central Michigan (31-10) back on November 17. This game looks to be closer than the Vegas line (Central Michigan by 10) according to Dunkel, which has the Chippewas favored by only 2 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Middle Tennessee St. (+10).