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  • Thursday’s six-pack

    — Over/under for the winning score at the PGA this weekend: 12.5 under par.

    — Since 2000, the average winning score at the PGA? 11-under par.

    — NFL will hire 21-24 of its officials as full-time employees.

    — Cubs lost catcher Wilson Contreras (hamstring) in Wednesday’s game.

    — Mets traded Jay Bruce to Cleveland, as the Indians look for more punch from the left-hand side of the plate.

    — RIP former umpire Ken Kaiser 72, who supplemented his income as a young man by also working as a professional wrestler.

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    Thursday’s List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud…….

    13) Umpire Joe West was suspended for three games recently because he identified Adrian Beltre of the Rangers as the biggest complainer in the major leagues. Umpires are better off seen and not heard.

    12) Apparently Jameis Winston will be a big part of Hard Knocks this summer; last year, Jared Goff was hardly on the show— it was almost like the Rams signed 3 or 4 scrubs that HBO could focus on in Hard Knocks, so the more prominent players could be left alone.

    Bucs’ defensive coordinator Mike Smith went thru the Hard Knocks thing a couple years ago when he was coaching the Falcons— he wound up getting fired.

    11) “Stay away from the QB….Stay away from the QB…..Stay away from the QB.”

    Bucs’ coach Dirk Koetter, after a pass rusher bumped into Winston’s blind side during a passing drill. Quarterbacks wear a different color jersey during practice, so they don’t get touched.

    10) One thing about NFL Films/Hard Knocks- they like showing players bowling on their days off. Happens every year.

    9) Bucs’ coach Dirk Koetter has a pretty cool gadget in his office; a touchscreen like the one John King used on CNN during the elections. He can move guys on his depth chart just by touching, dragging the name to a different column. Easier that writing/erasing names on a board.

    8) Cleveland Indians are in stretch of 41 games in 41 days, with one doubleheader, so at least there is one day off in there. Tribe had several rainouts, which created the logjam in games.

    7) Last time the National League won the season series with the American League was 2003, but this year is closer than usual. AL won by 26+ games the last three years, but this year it is only 112-102 AL, going into Tuesday’s games.

    6) Jaguars’ tackle Branden Albert retired, then when he was informed he had to return some of the money the Jags paid him, apparently wanted to unretire.

    From ESPN.com: “Jaguars put him on the reserve/retired list, which means the team retains its rights to Albert because he’s under contract to the Jaguars for two more seasons. If Albert were to un-retire, the Jags would have the first option of his services. If they no longer want him, Albert would go through the waiver process and if no team claimed him he would become a free agent.”

    5) The Electoral College system in our Presidential elections make no sense to me; they were saying that Republicans completely ignore California/New York because they know they can’t win those states. How do you ignore the two biggest states?

    Our system needs updating; whoever gets the most votes should win. I’d rather Idaho and West Virginia get ignored than California and New York. No offense to Idaho and West Virginia.

    4) Huge red flag for the Astros: In three starts since coming off the DL, Dallas Keuchel has allowed 14 runs in 12 IP. Lance McCullers is on the DL; Houston has huge pitching issues, which won’t matter until October.

    3) Quote of the Day, part 2, from Charles Barkley:

    “You want to be on a good team. You want to play with other great players. This notion where you want to be the man, I just think is so stupid. If I got a chance to play with another great player, I want to do that. The objective is to win.”

    He is talking about Kyrie Irving wanting out of Cleveland.

    2) If you want to buy 33.3% of an NFL team and have $660M to throw around, you can be a part-owner of the Tennessee Titans. One of Bud Adams’ daughters put her share of the team up for sale this week.

    1) Apparently I’m out of touch with pop culture; these two “celebrities” are getting divorced, Twitter is blowing up over it, and I’ve never heard of either person. Very disappointed in myself.
    Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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    • CFL Betting Notes - Week 8

      Week 7 Recap

      Calgary stretched its straight-up winning streak to three games with a 41-24 romp over Toronto last Thursday night as a six-point road favorite to kick off action in Week 7 of the CFL regular season. Winnipeg outlasted Ottawa 33-30 in the first of two games on Friday night’s slate, but it could not cover against the spread as a 3 ½-point road favorite.

      Edmonton remained perfect on the year with a 33-28 victory against Hamilton in the second half of Friday night’s action, but the Eskimos failed to cover as heavy nine-point favorites at home. British Columbia closed out the week with a 30-15 rout of Saskatchewan on Saturday as a seven-point home favorite.

      Thursday, Aug. 10

      Edmonton Eskimos (6-0 SU, 2-4 ATS) vs. Ottawa RedBlacks (1-5-1 SU, 5-2 ATS)

      Point-spread: Edmonton -2 ½
      Total: 55

      Game Overview

      The Eskimos remained perfect on the year with last week’s win, but these close calls have been murder on bettors trying to ride this team against the spread. Mike Reilly had another productive day throwing the ball against the Tiger-Cats with 317 yards passing and two scores while completing 29 of his 38 passing attempts. LaDarius Perkins led the way on the ground in that game with 105 rushing yards on 19 carries.

      Ottawa has been a bit snake bit in its surprising 1-5-1 SU start. The RedBlacks have remained competitive in every game they have played this season and those five losses were by a combined 13 points. Trevor Harris is the second-leading passer in the CFL with 2,202 yards and he is leading the way in touchdown throws with 14. One big issue has been an Ottawa defense that is allowing an average of 28.9 points per game.

      Betting Trends

      -- Ottawa has covered ATS in five of the last six meetings, but it is just 4-13 SU in the last 17 games between these two teams. The total has stayed UNDER in seven of the last 10 meetings.

      Friday, Aug. 11

      Toronto Argonauts (3-4 SU, 2-5 ATS) vs. Montreal Alouettes (2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS)

      Point-spread: OFF
      Total: OFF

      Game Overview

      This game remains OFF the board given the day-to-day playing status of quarterback Ricky Ray with a shoulder injury, but the fact that he worked with the first-team offense in Sunday’s walk through practice is a good sign that he might be ready to go come Friday night. Ray continues to lead the CFL in total passing yards with 2,421 yards despite missing the entire second half of last Thursday’s loss to Calgary.

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      Montreal is coming off a Week 7 bye after losing a last-second 41-40 heart breaker against Winnipeg the week before as a four-point road underdog. Despite the loss, the Alouettes have to feel good about scoring that many points as opposed to their season scoring average of 23.5 PPG. That Week 6 loss to the Blue Bombers was the first time that this defense allowed more than 23 points this season.

      Betting Trends

      -- Montreal has a 4-2 edge both SU and ATS in the last six meetings, but it falls to 2-5 both SU and ATS in its last seven road games against the Argonauts. The total has stayed UNDER in eight of the last 10 meetings in Montreal.

      Saturday, Aug. 12

      Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4-2 SU, 4-2 ATS) vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-6 SU, 2-4 ATS)

      Point-spread: Winnipeg -2 ½
      Total: 59 ½

      Game Overview

      The Blue Bombers have been a scoring machine this season with an average of 33.7 PPG, but they have actually given up seven more points than they have posted which equates to a points-allowed average of 34.8. Matt Nichols has led the way with 1,757 yards passing and 11 touchdown throws and Andrew Harris has anchored the running game with 283 yards and four scores on 65 rushing attempts.

      Hamilton looked much better in last week’s five-point loss to Edmonton after being on the wrong side of an embarrassing 60-1 loss to Calgary the week before as a 12 ½-point road underdog. The Tiger-Cats have averaged just 19.7 PPG this year while allowing an average of 39 points a game on defense. Zach Collaros has pretty much gone the distance at quarterback this season and he has thrown for 1,425 yards and six scores.

      Betting Trends

      -- The Tiger-Cats have won eight of the last 11 meetings SU and it has a 6-3 edge ATS in their last nine games against the Blue Bombers. The total has stayed UNDER in nine of the last 10 meetings in Hamilton

      Sunday, Aug. 13

      British Columbia Lions (5-2 SU, 4-3 ATS) vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders (2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS)

      Point-spread: BC -3 ½
      Total: 54 ½

      Game Overview

      BC comes into the backend of this Western Division home-and-home series with a 3-1 record on the road this season both SU and ATS. It was able to keep the Roughriders off the scoreboard in last week’s home-and-home opener until the fourth quarter when the game was already out of hand. With the exception of the Lions’ two losses to Edmonton this season, they have outscored their opponents in those five SU wins by a combined 53 points.

      Saskatchewan turned to Brandon Bridge for a spark last week at quarterback late in the game and he led the team to two fourth quarter scores, but it is pretty safe to expect Kevin Glenn to remain at the helm as this team’s starter. He did complete 19-of-27 throws for 186 yards in that loss, but he was also picked off twice. On the year, he has thrown for 11 touchdowns against six interceptions.

      Betting Trends

      -- BC has a 4-1 record SU in its last five road games against Saskatchewan while going a perfect 5-0 ATS. The total has stayed UNDER in nine of the last 11 meetings in Saskatchewan.
      Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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      • CFL
        Long Sheet

        Week 8


        Thursday, August 10

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        EDMONTON (6 - 0) at OTTAWA (1 - 5 - 1) - 8/10/2017, 7:30 PM
        Top Trends for this game.
        EDMONTON is 2-9 ATS (-7.9 Units) after 2 or more consecutive straight up wins over the last 2 seasons.
        OTTAWA is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) in games where the line is +3 to -3 over the last 3 seasons.
        OTTAWA is 29-17 ATS (+10.3 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
        OTTAWA is 29-17 ATS (+10.3 Units) in all lined games over the last 3 seasons.
        OTTAWA is 20-6 ATS (+13.4 Units) as an underdog over the last 3 seasons.
        OTTAWA is 17-6 ATS (+10.4 Units) when playing with 6 or less days rest over the last 3 seasons.
        OTTAWA is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) after 2 or more consecutive straight up losses over the last 3 seasons.

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

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        Friday, August 11

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        TORONTO (3 - 4) at MONTREAL (2 - 4) - 8/11/2017, 7:30 PM
        There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

        Head-to-Head Series History
        MONTREAL is 2-2 against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
        MONTREAL is 2-2 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
        2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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        Saturday, August 12

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        WINNIPEG (4 - 2) at HAMILTON (0 - 6) - 8/12/2017, 7:30 PM
        Top Trends for this game.
        WINNIPEG is 1-10 ATS (-10.0 Units) as a road favorite of 3 points or less since 1996.
        WINNIPEG is 11-2 ATS (+8.8 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
        WINNIPEG is 11-2 ATS (+8.8 Units) in road lined games over the last 2 seasons.
        WINNIPEG is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in a road game where the total is greater than or equal to 52 over the last 3 seasons.
        WINNIPEG is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games in games played on turf over the last 2 seasons.

        Head-to-Head Series History
        HAMILTON is 2-2 against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
        HAMILTON is 2-2 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
        3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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        Sunday, August 13

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        BRITISH COLUMBIA (5 - 2) at SASKATCHEWAN (2 - 4) - 8/13/2017, 8:00 PM
        Top Trends for this game.
        SASKATCHEWAN is 129-95 ATS (+24.5 Units) as an underdog since 1996.
        SASKATCHEWAN is 19-4 ATS (+14.6 Units) as a home underdog of 3 points or less since 1996.
        BRITISH COLUMBIA is 69-46 ATS (+18.4 Units) in road games off a division game since 1996.
        BRITISH COLUMBIA is 27-9 ATS (+17.1 Units) in road games in August games since 1996.
        BRITISH COLUMBIA is 29-15 ATS (+12.5 Units) in road games in weeks 5 through 9 since 1996.
        SASKATCHEWAN is 28-46 ATS (-22.6 Units) in August games since 1996.

        Head-to-Head Series History
        BRITISH COLUMBIA is 6-0 against the spread versus SASKATCHEWAN over the last 3 seasons
        BRITISH COLUMBIA is 7-0 straight up against SASKATCHEWAN over the last 3 seasons
        4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
        Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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        • CFL

          Week 8


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          Trend Report
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          Thursday, August 10

          7:30 PM
          EDMONTON vs. OTTAWA
          Edmonton is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
          The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
          The total has gone OVER in 7 of Ottawa's last 9 games at home
          Ottawa is 3-5-1 SU in its last 9 games ,at home


          Friday, August 11

          7:30 PM
          TORONTO vs. MONTREAL
          Toronto is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
          Toronto is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Montreal
          Montreal is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
          The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Montreal's last 21 games at home


          Saturday, August 12

          7:30 PM
          WINNIPEG vs. HAMILTON
          Winnipeg is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Hamilton
          The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 6 games when playing Hamilton
          Hamilton is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
          Hamilton is 3-11-1 ATS in its last 15 games


          Sunday, August 13

          8:00 PM
          BRITISH COLUMBIA vs. SASKATCHEWAN
          The total has gone UNDER in 5 of British Columbia's last 6 games when playing on the road against Saskatchewan
          The total has gone UNDER in 9 of British Columbia's last 12 games when playing Saskatchewan
          Saskatchewan is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
          Saskatchewan is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games

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          CFL
          Armadillo's Write-Up

          Week 8


          Edmonton (6-0) @ Ottawa (1-5-1)— None of Ottawa’ five losses are by more than four points; underdogs are 5-2 vs spread in their games this season, with four of last five staying under total. Eskimos (-6) nipped Ottawa 23-21 at home five weeks ago, outrushing RedBlacks 113-59- they were 0-3 vs Ottawa LY, losing by 3-12 in two visits here. Last three Edmonton games went over total; only one of their six wins is by more than five points. Eskimos are 2-0 on road, with both wins by FG, at BC/Hamilton. Ottawa is 1-2-1 at home, losing by 1 to Toronto, 3 to Winnipeg.

          Toronto (3-4) @ Montreal (2-4)— Argonauts allowed 79 points in losing last two games; they’re 1-2 on road, losing 33-25 at Winnipeg, 38-27 in Regina. Three of their last four games went over. Montreal is 6-4 in its last ten games vs Toronto; visitors are 10-3 in last 13 series games, despite going 0-2 in LY’s games. Under is 6-1 in last seven series games. Alouettes had last week off; they lost four of last five games, are 2-1 at home, beating Saksatchewan/Calgary by 1-7, losing 23-16 to BC. Under is 4-2 in Montreal games so far this season.

          Winnipeg (4-2) @ Hamilton (0-6)— TiCats have new DC after 33-28 loss in Edmonton LW; they are 0-2 at home, losing 41-26 to BC, 31-28 to Edmonton. Hamilton’s last five games went over total; they’re 1-4-1 vs spread in all games. Teams split last six meetings, with Bombers winning both games LY; they won two of last three visits here- under is 6-2 in last eight series games. Winnipeg won three of last four games; they’re 2-1 at home, with wins by 8-1 points, and 29-10 loss to Calgary. Last four Bomber games went over the total.

          BC Lions (5-2) @ Saskatchewan (2-4)— Roughriders (+7) lost 30-15 in Vancouver LW, their 7th loss in row vs Lions— BC won its last four visits to Regina, by 13-3-13-18 points. Lions gained 547 yards LW in game that was 22-0 after 3rd quarter. Saskatchewan is 2-1 at home, with only loss in OT to Winnipeg- favorites covered all three of their home tilts, all of which went over the total. Lions are 4-0 vs spread if they allow 26 or less points, 0-3 if they allow 30+; BC is 3-1 on road, with only loss 37-26 in Edmonton. BC is only team in CFL not to have its bye yet.

          Favorites vs spread for season: 14-14-1
          over/under: 16-13
          Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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          • CFL
            Dunkel

            Week 8


            Thursday, August 10


            Edmonton @ Ottawa

            Game 371-372
            August 10, 2017 @ 7:30 pm

            Dunkel Rating:
            Edmonton
            109.741
            Ottawa
            119.228
            Dunkel Team:
            Dunkel Line:
            Dunkel Total:
            Ottawa
            by 9 1/2
            59
            Vegas Team:
            Vegas Line:
            Vegas Total:
            Ottawa
            by 2
            55 1/2
            Dunkel Pick:
            Ottawa
            (-2); Over


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            CFL

            Thursday, August 10


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            Thursday's CFL Betting Preview and Odds: Eskimos at RedBlacks
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            Mike Reilly threw for 317 yards and accounted for four touchdowns against Hamilton to extend his touchdown passing streak to 16 regular-season games, which is tied for the longest in franchise history.

            Edmonton Eskimos at Ottawa RedBlacks (-2, 55.5)

            The Edmonton Eskimos look to keep their perfect record intact when they hit the road to take on the Ottawa RedBlacks on Thursday. The Eskimos held off the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-28 on Friday to improve to 6-0 for the first time since 1961 and hope to continue their winning ways by sweeping the season series with the RedBlacks following a 23-21 victory July 14.

            Edmonton's offence hasn't skipped a beat despite injuries to their top two running backs John White (knee) and Travon Van (shoulder), and star wide receiver Adarius Bowman (hamstring) as they have put up 31 or more points in three consecutive games. Ottawa is the only team in CFL history to have its first seven games decided by five points or fewer after a 33-30 setback to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The RedBlacks failed once again to hold on to a late lead, giving up 10 points in the final five minutes to suffer their fifth loss in six games, and hope to bounce back by beating a West Division opponent for the first time in five tries. "You can call me crazy but I still believe in this team," Ottawa quarterback Trevor Harris told reporters. "We'll keep fighting and we'll put together a string of wins as we're a good team."

            TV:
            7:30 p.m. ET, TSN, RDS

            LINE HISTORY:
            The Edmonton Eskimos opened as 2.5-point road favorites and on Wednesday morning, that line flipped all of the way to Ottawa -2. The total hit the betting boards at 55 and has been bumped slightly to 55.5.

            ABOUT THE ESKIMOS (6-0 SU, 2-3-1 ATS, 3-3 O/U):
            Mike Reilly threw for 317 yards and accounted for four touchdowns against Hamilton to extend his touchdown passing streak to 16 regular-season games, which is tied for the longest in franchise history. "The West is a dogfight and you have to keep winning to keep pace and keep that slim lead," Reilly told reporters. "We dug ourselves a big hole last year as we were 2-4 but 6-0 feels a lot better." Brandon Zylstra saw his three-game streak of 100-yard receiving games come to an end after he suffered a lower-body injury in the first half and his status for Thursday's contest is unknown while centre Justin Sorensen hurt his knee and is questionable.

            ABOUT THE REDBLACKS (1-5-1 SU, 5-2 ATS, 3-4 O/U):
            William Powell rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with a lower-body injury in the third quarter and could miss Thursday's clash. Defensive end Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, who has registered two sacks this season, missed the second half of the Winnipeg loss with an undisclosed injury and is questionable against Edmonton. Greg Ellingson continues to have a career year as he caught five passes for 59 yards a touchdown to take his total to a league-best 702 while kick returner/wide Quincy McDuffie accounted for 145 yards of return yards in his Ottawa debut.

            TRENDS:


            * Eskimos are 0-3-2 ATS vs. a team with a losing record.

            * RedBlacks are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games in August.

            * Over is 11-4 in Eskimos last 15 games in August.

            * Over is 7-2 in RedBlacks last 9 home games.

            * Eskimos are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 meetings.

            CONSENSUS:
            The road favorite Eskimos are getting 65 percent of the action from Covers users and the Over is picking up 59 percent of the totals wagers.

            EXTRA POINTS:

            * Reilly leads the CFL in total touchdowns (15) -- 11 passing and four rushing.
            * Ottawa has dropped five games by a combined 13 points.
            * Ellingson has caught a touchdown pass in three straight games.
            Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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            • THURSDAY, AUGUST 10

              GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

              EDM at OTT 07:30 PM

              OTT -2.0

              U 56.0
              Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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              • GAME RECAP
                ESKIMOS STAY PERFECT, DOWN REDBLACKS 27-20


                OTTAWA – The Edmonton Eskimos arrived in Ottawa with a perfect record, and they made sure it stayed that way when they left.

                Mike Reilly threw for two touchdown passes and 384 yards as the Eskimos added yet another notch in their undefeated belt Thursday night, tallying their seventh consecutive victory to open the 2017 season.

                The Esks wasted no time in jumping out to a lead on Thursday night, scoring on the game’s first drive. Reilly looked calm as he dissected the REDBLACKS defence, finally finding RB LaDarius Perkins who dodged a tackle and sprinted 35 yards for the score.

                After the Eskimos defence forced an Ottawa punt, Reilly got back to work on the first play of the next drive, launching a bomb to WR Kenny Stafford, who took it 69 yards to move deep into REDBLACKS territory. The two would have hooked up for the touchdown just two plays later were it not for a phenomenal defensive play by DB Imoan Claiborne.

                The Eskimos carried a 10-point lead into the second quarter after dominating the first frame, racking up over 170 yards of offence through the air and shutting down the REDBLACKS offence.

                Eskimos K Hugh O’Neill kicked home his second field goal of the game to give the Eskimos a 13-point lead early in the second half.

                After being stymied by the Eskimos for much of the first half, Trevor Harris and the REDBLACKS offence came alive early in the second. Harris found a couple of his favourite targets in WR Greg Ellingson and SB Diontae Spencer to move inside the 10-yard line, before finishing the drive with a fade to Ellingson in the left corner of the end zone for the touchdown.

                After a quick defensive stop it looked like KR Quincey McDuffie had given the REDBLACKS their first lead of the game on a spectacular return, but a blocking penalty brought Ottawa back to their own 30. Undeterred, Harris and the offence picked right up where they left off, and Maher’s field goal pulled Ottawa within three.

                The two squads traded field goals to end of the half, as the Eskimos held onto a narrow three point lead.

                Ekimos K O’Neill stayed perfect on the team’s first drive of the second half, kicking home his fourth field goal of the night.

                Harris continued his success through the air on the REDBLACKS next drive, finding Josh Stangby down the left sideline for a big gain. Just a play later, Harris went to the opposite side of the field, going over the top to find Diontae Spencer in the back of the end zone. Maher’s convert gave the REDBLACKS their first lead of the game.

                After penning the REDBLACKS deep into their own territory, an errant punt from Maher gave the Eskimos solid field position, and Mike Reilly made them pay. With SB Chris Getzlaf wide open in the left corner of the end zone, Reilly made no mistake, and after running in the two-point convert himself, the Eskimos led by seven.

                The REDBLACKS could find no answer the rest of the way, as their comeback attempt ended with an interception deep in Eskimos territory.

                Next week the REDBLACKS head to Hamilton to take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in an important East Division matchup. The Eskimos will head back to the West Division, where they’ll take on the Blue Bombers in Winnipeg..
                Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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                • Friday’s six-pack

                  American League Wild Card standings:

                  1) New York 60-53

                  2) Seattle 59-56

                  3) Tampa Bay 0.5 games behind

                  4) Kansas City 1 GB

                  5) Minnesota 1.5 GB

                  6) LA Angels 2 GB

                  7) Baltimore 2.5 GB

                  8) Texas 4 GB

                  9) Toronto 4.5 GB

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                  Friday’s List of 13: Random stuff with the weekend here…….

                  13) Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: I know people who stopped watching the NFL last year because of the Colin Kaepernick/kneeling thing. Granted, these people aren’t avid fans, but they did stop watching games.

                  Now there is a petition with 130,000 names on it claiming THEY will boycott games if some NFL team doesn’t sign Kaepernick. The fact that he may have turned down Seattle’s offer to be a backup doesn’t seem to matter to these humans— maybe they want him to take Tom Brady’s place.

                  I don’t know, but if I never hear the word “politics” again, it’ll be too damn soon.

                  12) Mets saved $4M by trading Jay Bruce to the Indians. Its always good when the Wilpons can bank an extra $4M, seeing as how they’re friends with Bernie Madoff and all— a little extra change never hurt anyone.

                  Bronx Bombers offered $1M and two prospects for Bruce; the two prospects mustn’t be very good, or else the Mets just preferred cash.

                  11) 44-year old pitcher Bartolo Colon was in the big leagues before 17 of the current 30 major league stadiums were opened.

                  10) Houston Texans have five Clemson guys on their squad, a good college team to pick from. Never hurts to have players who are used to winning.

                  9) Scary story about Oakland University hoop coach Greg Kampe, who almost died this summer when six kidney stones that were lodged in his kidney became infected. He wound up in intensive care for five days— he is OK now, but in his early 60’s, sepsis is a very dangerous thing to have in your system. He was smart to go to the ER to get treatment.

                  Kampe is 583-424 in his head coaching career, all of which has been spent at Oakland.

                  8) If you care about such things, ESPN will have 28 consecutive hours of fantasy football coverage on its airwaves, starting Monday night at 7pm.

                  7) Mike Krzyzewski is having knee replacement surgery this week, so Duke’s basketball team has cancelled its summer trip to the Dominican Republic. Teams can only take one of those trips every four years; they’ll probably go next year now.

                  6) Odd Fact of the Day: A 91-year old woman in Thailand earned a college degree after spending more than 10 years studying for it— she got her diploma from the country’s king. Good for her.

                  5) With Padres leading 3-2 at Cincinnati Thursday with one out and tying run on second with one out in the bottom of the 7th inning, manager Andy Green changed pitchers, replacing righty Kirby Yates with lefty Brad Hand with a 2-2 count on Joey Votto.

                  Not sure how many times I’ve seen this before, but it is very few. Hand is San Diego’s closer, but to close this win, he had to get eight outs!!! Unusual strategy.

                  Votto walked, Adam Duvall struck out, then Scooter Gennett hit a grand slam, making Green’s strategy a complete disaster. Have no idea what he was thinking; the San Diego TV guys said this: “…..some interesting decisions by Andy Green”

                  4) UAB has brought back its football team this year, after it was gone for a couple years; the mayor of Birmingham says the team’s return will have a $50M positive impact on the city’s economy.

                  Maybe he thinks the Crimson Tide are moving from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham.

                  3) Mets had a deal to send Neal Walker to the Bronx at the trade deadline, but when Bronx acquired Sonny Gray, they scuttled the Walker deal, using Walker’s medical records as the excuse why. Mets’ brass wasn’t amused, which may be why Jay Bruce is in Cleveland now.

                  That and the thing about Bronx not wanting to absorb Bruce’s contract, which the Indians did.

                  2) Quarterbacks are valuable; there are reports that the Bengals turned down a 2nd-round pick for backup QB AJ McCarron. That is surprising.

                  1) Atlanta Falcons had six games LY where they had a +3 or better turnover ratio; thats going to be really difficult to replicate this season. Numbers people think Atlanta will regress some this season, and thats before factoring in the fact that they have two new coordinators this year.
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                  • Friday, Aug. 11

                    Toronto Argonauts (3-4 SU, 2-5 ATS) vs. Montreal Alouettes (2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS)
                    Point-spread: OFF
                    Total: OFF

                    Game Overview


                    This game remains OFF the board given the day-to-day playing status of quarterback Ricky Ray with a shoulder injury, but the fact that he worked with the first-team offense in Sunday’s walk through practice is a good sign that he might be ready to go come Friday night. Ray continues to lead the CFL in total passing yards with 2,421 yards despite missing the entire second half of last Thursday’s loss to Calgary.

                    Montreal is coming off a Week 7 bye after losing a last-second 41-40 heart breaker against Winnipeg the week before as a four-point road underdog. Despite the loss, the Alouettes have to feel good about scoring that many points as opposed to their season scoring average of 23.5 PPG. That Week 6 loss to the Blue Bombers was the first time that this defense allowed more than 23 points this season.

                    Betting Trends


                    -- Montreal has a 4-2 edge both SU and ATS in the last six meetings, but it falls to 2-5 both SU and ATS in its last seven road games against the Argonauts. The total has stayed UNDER in eight of the last 10 meetings in Montreal.

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                    Friday, August 11


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                    TORONTO (3 - 4) at MONTREAL (2 - 4) - 8/11/2017, 7:30 PM
                    There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

                    Head-to-Head Series History
                    MONTREAL is 2-2 against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
                    MONTREAL is 2-2 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
                    2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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                    Friday, August 11

                    7:30 PM
                    TORONTO vs. MONTREAL
                    Toronto is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
                    Toronto is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Montreal
                    Montreal is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
                    The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Montreal's last 21 games at home

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                    Toronto (3-4) @ Montreal (2-4)— Argonauts allowed 79 points in losing last two games; they’re 1-2 on road, losing 33-25 at Winnipeg, 38-27 in Regina. Three of their last four games went over. Montreal is 6-4 in its last ten games vs Toronto; visitors are 10-3 in last 13 series games, despite going 0-2 in LY’s games. Under is 6-1 in last seven series games. Alouettes had last week off; they lost four of last five games, are 2-1 at home, beating Saksatchewan/Calgary by 1-7, losing 23-16 to BC. Under is 4-2 in Montreal games so far this season.

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                    • cfl last 9 games:

                      Date w-l-t % units record

                      08/10/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -50
                      08/05/2017 0-2-0 0.00% -11.00
                      08/04/2017 2-2-0 50.00% -100
                      08/03/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -50
                      07/29/2017 3-1-0 75.00% +950
                      07/28/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                      07/27/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -50
                      07/22/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                      07/21/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                      07/20/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                      07/19/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -50

                      totals............17 - 9...........65.38%.....+ 35.50
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                      • PREVIEW
                        FIGHT FOR FIRST: ARGOS, ALS BATTLE FOR DIVISION LEAD


                        MONTREAL — The Toronto Argonuats and Montreal Alouettes begin a crucial home-and-home series at Percival Molson Stadium on Friday night.

                        The Als only trail the Argos by two points for top spot in the East, setting up a showdown for first place in the division.

                        The Calgary Stampeders proved to be too much for the Double Blue last week as they fell 41-24 to last year’s Grey Cup finalists. Toronto’s defence could not take Bo Levi Mitchell off his game as the reigning MOP threw three majors in the victory. Marquay McDaniel was on the receiving end of two of those touchdown tosses.

                        S.J. Green led all receivers with 87 yards on six catches while Bear Woods racked up nine tackles including a quarterback sack.

                        A collective gasp was heard at BMO Field when quarterback Ricky Ray was hit while in passing motion during the third quarter of last week’s match. He was forced to the sidelines where he remained for the rest of the game.

                        There were initial reports that Ray could miss up to six weeks with a separated shoulder. To the relief of Argos faithful, Ray was only listed as day-to-day by the team and has been participating at practice this week.

                        However, he won’t start against the Alouttes.

                        “It’s day-to-day with Ricky,” Head Coach Marc Trestman told Argonauts.ca when asked about Ray’s status for the coming weeks. “I’m encouraged and optimistic by the medical reports and him working during the week and playing some catch, but we really don’t know and we won’t know until next week.”

                        Former Hamilton Tiger-Cat Jeff Matthews will get the start on Friday night.

                        The Argos made some moves earlier in the week, signing former first overall pick Linden Gaydosh and bringing back recently-released veteran Matt Black. Gaydosh was the top pick in the 2013 CFL Draft by the Ticats and was traded to the Riders last season. Black was released by the Argos just last week and has spent his entire nine-year CFL career with the Argos.

                        While the Boatmen will have to get by without their offensive leader in Ray, the CFL’s leading passer, Mathews will get help in his first start as an Argo with the return of Armanti Edwards.

                        For many on the Argos roster, the trip to La Belle Province represents more than just another regular season game. GM Jim Popp, Head Coach Marc Trestman, receiver S.J. Green, linebacker Bear Woods and defensive linemen Jeffrey Finley and Alan-Michael Cash will face their former team for the first time.

                        For Cash, it’s his first game as an Argo after five seasons with the Alouettes. Green, meanwhile, was traded to the Argos for a sixth round pick while Woods was released after the first day of training camp.

                        The Montreal Alouettes are coming off of their bye week with a bitter taste in their mouths after giving up a 12-point lead with less than two minutes to go against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers back in Week 6.

                        The Bombers pulled off a miraculous comeback to stun the Alouettes 41-40 in a game which Montreal appeared to be in complete control. Winnipeg pivot Matt Nichols manipulated the Als’ secondary for a short touchdown drive. The Bombers then successfully retrieved the ensuing onside kick and Andrew Harris’ second touchdown of the game sealed the win for the Bombers.

                        Als quarterback Darian Durrant threw for 348 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception in the loss while B.J. Cunningham led all receivers with 109 yards.

                        “It’s very disappointing,” Darian Durrant told MontrealAlouettes.com after the game. “I think that we’re definitely getting there offensively, but we left some opportunities out there for sure… at the end of the day I think we played good offensively. We didn’t get the win.

                        “This is the ultimate team game. I just don’t want to harp on the offence but we’re getting there.”

                        The Alouettes seemed to be riding high after defeating the Calgary Stampeders back in Week 4, but have since dropped their past two games. The Als have had a tough schedule thus far, with five of their first six matchups against West Division opponents.

                        While Montreal has yet to pick up a win on the road this season, the Als have made Percival Molson Stadium a tough stage for opponents, posting a 2-1 record on home turf.

                        This week, the Alouettes welcome back running back Tyrell Sutton, whose 295 yards were tops in the CFL through four games before being sidelined by injury.

                        The Als will, however, have a hole to plug at safety as Chris Ackie has been sidelined with an injury. Third round pick in 2017 Dondre Wright appears primed to make his first career start in the Canadian Football League.


                        By The Numbers

                        7
                        – Catches that Nik Lewis needs to pass Ben Cahoon for second all-time on the CFL receptions list.

                        15 – Straight field goal attempts made by Boris Bede. He leads the league at 94 per cent.

                        17 – Tackles Bear Woods has made in the past two games. He ranks second in the league with 45 tackles heading into Week 8.

                        119 – Career starts for Darian Durrant. He is 60-58-1 during that span.

                        The Skinny

                        The Argos’ trip to Montreal will be a homecoming of sorts for several key members of the organization.

                        Head coach Marc Trestman will make his first return to Montreal in nearly five years. Trestman served as the Als head coach from 2008-2012, leading the team to back-to-back Grey Cups in 2009 and 2010. He parted ways with the organization to take on a head coaching opportunity with the Chicago Bears.

                        General Manager Jim Popp was also a part of the Alouettes organization for 21 years. He parted ways with the team at the end of last year.

                        Meanwhile, you can expect former Als Jeffrey Finley, S.J. Green, Bear Woods and Alan-Michael Cash to come into Friday’s game with a chip on their shoulder.

                        Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET and can be followed live via CFL.ca Game Tracker and seen on TSN and ESPN3.
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                        • FRIDAY, AUGUST 11

                          GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

                          TOR at MTL 07:30 PM

                          TOR +10.5

                          U 46.5
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                          • RECAP
                            ALOUETTES STIFLE ARGOS, CLAIM 21-9 VICTORY


                            MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes defence was the beginning, middle and end of the story on Friday night at Percival Molson Stadium, where the hometown Als claimed a gritty 21-9 decision over the visiting Toronto Argonauts.

                            Coordinator Noel Thorpe’s Montreal defence limited the Argos to just 142 pass yards, registered two sacks and made late-game adjustments to stymie a Toronto comeback attempt.

                            Veteran linebacker Kyries Hebert paced the Alouettes (3-4) with eight tackles and a key fumble recovery, while Toronto (3-5) defensive tackle Dylan Wynn led an admirable losing effort from the Argo defence with seven tackles and a sack.

                            Montreal opened the scoring midway through the first quarter, when Durant bombed a 41-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Jackson. Boris Bede’s convert gave the hosts a 7-0 lead.

                            The Als’ French-born kicker then sent a second-quarter field goal attempt from 31 yards out wide right and out the back of the end zone for a single.

                            Later in the second quarter, after a big 3rd-and-2 gamble paid off, Durant found receiver George Johnson in the end zone — the major was the first of Johnson’s career, and Bede’s ensuing convert pushed the Montreal lead to 15-0.

                            Kicker Lirim Hajrullahu responded with a 47-yard field goal to get the Argos on the board.

                            Veteran Alouettes defensive end John Bowman then forced Toronto quarterback Jeff Mathews into a fumble, which was recovered and returned by Kyries Hebert to the Toronto three-yard line. Two penalties and a Toronto red-zone stand later, the Als were forced to kick a field goal and settle for an 18-3 lead at the break.

                            Friday’s first half was defined by defence; both Mathews and Durant found themselves under constant pressure, each hit the turf via sack twice and was forced to throw the ball away on multiple occasions.

                            Toronto head coach Marc Trestman opted to put Cody Fajardo under centre to begin the second half; the Nevada alum marched the Argos into field-goal range, and a 31-yard Hajrullahu kick cut the Montreal lead to 18-6.

                            Bede restored the hosts’ 15-point lead on the ensuing possession, hitting a 21-yard chip shot.

                            With Fajardo in the game, the visitors found their ground game; Toronto marched down inside the Montreal 10-yard line on a time-consuming 12-play drive, only to turn the ball over on downs after a risky 3rd-and-5 attempt fell incomplete in the end zone.

                            Toronto did opt to kick — a Hajrullahu field goal from 37 yards out — on its following possession, cutting its deficit to 21-9.

                            Tempers boiled over just prior to the three-minute warning after a dangerously high tackle from Hebert on Fajardo as the Argos quarterback raced up the sideline.

                            Toronto’s run game continued to cause problems for the Alouettes late, and the Argos marched down to the Montreal 23-yard line with a minute left. Once there, they found the end zone twice yet failed to score: Fajardo connected with Jeff Fuller on a touchdown pass that was called back on a Chris Van Zeyl blocking penalty, then Khalil Paden dropped a picture-perfect pass on 3rd-and-long to seal the game’s outcome.

                            Quarterback Darian Durant managed the game well for Montreal, completing 18 of 27 passes for 237 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while the Toronto duo of Jeff Mathews and Cody Fajardo was a non-factor in throwing 142 yards.

                            Running back-wise, Tyrell Sutton ate up 66 yards and significant clock for the Als; Brandon Whitaker collected 120 all-purpose yards for the Argos.

                            The two squads will meet again in Toronto for the Week-9 end of the home-and-home series.

                            Both teams will have plenty of film to go over and mistakes to correct; Montreal’s defence will search for a way to stop the run after allowing 7.2 yards-per-carry on Friday, while Toronto’s offence will need to be better at getting to — and converting once in — the red zone.

                            Kick-off on the return leg between the East Division rivals is slated for 4 p.m. ET on Sat., Aug. 19 at BMO Field.
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                            • cfl last 9 games:

                              Date w-l-t % units record

                              08/11/2017 1-1-0 0.00% -0.50
                              08/10/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -0.50
                              08/05/2017 0-2-0 0.00% -11.00
                              08/04/2017 2-2-0 50.00% -100
                              08/03/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -0.50
                              07/29/2017 3-1-0 75.00% +950
                              07/28/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                              07/27/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -0.50
                              07/22/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                              07/21/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                              07/20/2017 2-0-0 100.00% +1000
                              07/19/2017 1-1-0 50.00% -0.50

                              totals............17 - 9........65.38%.....+ 35.50
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                              • Saturday’s six-pack

                                — 96 major leaguers have been on the DL more than once this season.

                                — White Sox 6, Royals 3- KC has followed 9-game win streak with a 2-10 skid.

                                — Mets 7, Phillies 6— Amed Rosario’s first MLB homer was the game-winner.

                                — Marlins 6, Rockies 3— Giancarlo Stanton hit his 40th home run.

                                — Dolphins’ QB Ryan Tannehill will have knee surgery, is done for the season.

                                — DL happenings:
                                Cubs’ C Willson Contreras (hamstring) is expected to be out 4-6 weeks.

                                New York P CC Sabathia (knee) goes on the 10-day DL.

                                Seattle P James Paxton (pectoral) goes on the 10-day DL

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                                Saturday’s List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here……..


                                13) Buffalo Bills had an active Friday; they traded WR Sammy Watkins and a 2018 6th-round pick to the Rams, getting CB E.J. Gaines and an ’18 2nd-round pick in return.

                                They also traded CB Ronald Darby to the Eagles for WR Jordan Matthews and a 2018 3rd-round pick. Buffalo now has six picks in the first three rounds of the 2018 draft.

                                In 2014, Bills traded two first-round draft picks to move up and acquire Watkins ahead of Mike Evans, Odell Beckham, Jr. Oy.

                                12) Dallas Cowboys’ RB Ezekiel Elliott was suspended by the NFL for six games; Dallas has a Week 6 bye, so Elliott can return for the Week 8 game with the Redskins.

                                11) Indians @ Rays Thursday night; attendance was 9,533
                                Indians @ Rays Friday night; attendance was 16,794

                                When the Rays move to Canada and become the Montreal Expos, this is why…….

                                10) Eagles’ backup QB Matt McGloin was 28-42 passing in Green Bay Thursday; lot of passes for a third-string QB to throw in an exhibition game.

                                9) Chicago Bears have a veteran QB trying to hold off a first-round draft pick, with a head coach on the hot seat. Sound familiar?

                                The 2016 Rams had a veteran QB (Case Keenum) trying to hold off a first-round draft pick (Jared Goff), with a head coach on the hot seat (Jeff Fisher).

                                Hope this season works out better for Coach Fox than last year did for Jeff Fisher.

                                8) Didn’t help Chicago’s new QB Mike Glennon when he threw a pick-6 0:48 into the Bears’ first preseason game, Thursday vs Denver. People are not patient in today’s world.

                                7) One of the prettiest plays of the weekend was Miami backup QB David Fales throwing a 99-yard TD to Damore’ea Stringfellow, an undrafted free agent from Ole Miss.

                                6) Golfer Patrick Cantlay eagled the 7th hole at the PGA Thursday and Friday. Hard to do.

                                5) Dodgers started this season 10-12; they’re 71-21 since. LA was 9-11 when they called Cody Bellinger up to the big leagues on April 25- you do the math.

                                4) Houston Astros were 58-27 in their first 85 games, with a 3.91 team ERA.
                                Since then, they’re 13-16, with a 5.20 team ERA.

                                3) Cardinals’ pitcher Lance Lynn got drilled in the top of his head by a line drive hit by Lorenzo Cain Thursday night, but he stayed in the game and pitched six innings. St Louis swept four games from Kansas City- they hit grand slams in consecutive games Wednesday/Thursday for the first time in six years.

                                2) Jeffrey Loria has apparently sold the Miami Marlins for $1.25B, thats billion, with a B, to a group of 16 investors, most famous of which is Derek Jeter, who will run the baseball side. Fans in Miami are better off without Loria.

                                1) Over the last seven years, A’s/Nationals have made ten separate trades; it is almost like your local fantasy league, where certain people only trade with certain other people.

                                But in a business where teams are worth $1B or so, or more, do teams really do each other favors when one team is in contention and the other isn’t?

                                On July 16, the A’s sent Sean Doolittle/Ryan Madson to bullpen-starved Washington- the Nationals also added Brandon Kintzler from the Twins. Problem solved for Washington.

                                When the A’s needed a catcher in 2013, all of a sudden Kurt Suzuki fell into their lap, a gift from the Nationals. It helps to have friends.
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