CNOTES 2024 2025 NHL NEWS BEST BETS AND OPINION !

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting Week 6 NFL spreads:
— Chargers (-3) @ Denver
— Steelers (-3) @ Las Vegas
— Lions (-3.5) @ Dallas
— Falcons (-6) @ Carolina
— Bengals (-3.5) @ Giants
— Bills (-2.5) @ Jets

Quote of the Day
“We are preparing for the highest evacuations we have ever seen, most likely since 2017.”
Kevin Guthrie, Florida’s director of emergency management

Tuesday’s quiz
Where did Patrick Mahomes play his college football?

Monday’s quiz
Bruce Bochy managed the San Diego Padres, last time they were in a World Series.

Sunday’s quiz
Former NFL QB Jay Cutler threw for 8,697 yards in his college days, playing for Vanderbilt.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….​

— Chiefs 26, Saints 13
Chiefs in first half: 47 plays, 272 yards, one TD, 3 FG’s.
Chiefs led 16-7 at half, only 2nd game they’ve led at halftime.
Kansas City outgained the Saints, 460-220.
Chiefs/Vikings are NFL’s only 5-0 teams.
New Orleans lost its last three games, 12-24-13 points.
Saints ran ball only 15 times for 46 yards.
QB Carr got KO’d late in game; check status for next week.
NFC South teams are 6-8 ATS in non-divisional games.

— Tigers 3, Guardians 0
Kerry Carpenter broke a scoreless tie with a 9th inning HR.
Tarik Skubal allowed three baserunners in 7 shutout IP.
Former Tiger Boyd got the first 14 outs for Cleveland.
Series heads to Detroit, tied 1-1.

— Detroit has an odd team, lot of platooning; three of their top five hitters Monday didn’t even start in Game 1 of the series.
Tigers are first team EVER to make the playoffs in a 162-game season that didn’t have any players with any of these things:
150+ hits
75+ RBI
25+ home runs
25+ stolen bases

— Royals 4, New York 2
Royals scored all four of their runs in the 4th inning.
Four KC relievers got the last 15 outs, allowing only one run.
New York’s payroll is $302,491,525; Jon Berti is playing 1B in a playoff game?
Series heads to Kansas City, tied 1-1.

— Kansas City’s payroll, by the way, is $113,530,905.

— Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading to New Orleans today, to avoid Hurricane Milton, which is supposed to hit the Florida gulf coast starting Wednesday. Bucs play the Saints Sunday in the Superdome.

— Famous birthdays, October 8th:
Chevy Chase, 81
Sigourney Weaver, 75
Enos Cabell, 75
Mike Morgan, 65
Tony Eason, 65
Matt Damon, 54
Olmedo Sáenz, 54
Monty Williams, 53
Nick Allen, 26

— Vanderbilt upset Alabama Saturday night; now they’re trying to capitalize on it:
The $chool is auctioning item$ from $aturday’$ game:
$1,005- 4-inch piece of a goal post
$4,035- 8-inch piece of a goal post
$2,830- Game helmet signed by Vandy coach Clark Lea
$500 or $1,000- Footballs used in the game.
$1,500- End zone pylons.

— Army and Navy are a combined 10-0 in football for first time since 1945.

— NHL starts tonight, except for the two games Devils-Sabres played in Europe (New Jersey won both of those).
NHL players with the most power play goals last year:
27- Sam Reinhart
21- Leon Draisaitl
19- Kirill Kaprizov
19- Steven Stamkos
18- Chris Kreider

— Coming into this season, only four NHL teams have had the same head coach more than three years:
Jon Cooper, 12 years with Tampa Bay
Mike Sullivan, nine years with Pittsburgh
Jared Bednar, eight years with Colorado
Rod Brind’Amour, six years with Carolina
10 NHL teams have a new coach this season; 12 more teams have a coach in their second year with that team.

— There are 12 unbeaten teams left in college football:
Army, BYU, Indiana, Iowa State
Liberty, Miami, Navy, Ohio State
Oregon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Texas

— SMU’s football team is off to a fast 5-1 start, in their first year as an ACC member, with ACC wins over Florida State/Louisville. Mustangs’ only loss was 18-15 to BYU.
In its last three games, SMU is +7 in turnovers; Mustangs were 11-3 last year, are heading towards their sixth winning season in a row.

 

[CNOTES]

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at FLA	07:00 PM	FLA -148 O 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR OCTOBER !

10/-08/2024.....................2 - 0 - 0.................100.00%..............+ 10.00

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting Week 6 college football spreads:
— Washington @ Iowa (-2.5)
— Texas (-14) vs Oklahoma (@ Dallas)
— Penn State (-5.5) @ USC
— Arizona @ BYU (-4.5)
— Ohio State (-3) @ Oregon
— Ole Miss (-3.5) @ LSU

Quote of the Day
“This is probably the best team I’ve had in 25 years. I just felt that the best way to go forward was a new direction. Taking Jeff Ulbrich and making him the interim head coach, I thought that would get the most out of this team and give us the best chance that we all want to have, which is going to the playoffs.”
Jets owner Woody Johnson

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was the Dodgers’ manager, last time they missed the playoffs?

Tuesday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes played his college football at Texas Tech.

Monday’s quiz
Bruce Bochy managed the San Diego Padres, last time they were in a World Series.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Jets fired coach Robert Saleh after the team lost 23-17 to the Vikings in England; Jets were 20-36 in Saleh’s 3+ years as head coach. DC Jeff Ulbrich is the interim coach.
This is complicated; Week 6 is early to fire a coach. Jets’ last two losses were by a total of seven points. Jets owner Woody Johnson used to be an ambassador to England, maybe he didn’t like seeing his team lose in front of friends. Who knows why rich people do things?
Jets obviously signed QB Aaron Rodgers before last season, but he tore his achilles on the 4th play of the season, so Saleh got a Mulligan for last year. Not this year.
Another odd part of this is that most NFL teams have their bye week after they play over the pond, but the Jets’ bye isn’t until the week before Thanksgiving- they host the Bills on Monday night this coming week.

— Mets 7, Phillies 2
Sean Manaea allowed five baserunners, one run in 7 strong IP.
Pete Alonso homered, walked twice, scored two runs.
Game 4 is Wednesday in Queens.

— Padres 6, Dodgers 5
All the scoring in this game was in the first 2.5 innings.
San Diego bullpen allowed only one baserunner in four scoreless IP.
Padres scored all six of their runs in the second inning.
Game 4 is in San Diego Wednesday.

— Last month, Dodger P Walker Buehler and his wife were at Santa Anita racetrack; they were confronted by a group of people there, and apparently one of the people stole a watch from Buehler- the watch is said to be worth $100,000. The crime is still under investigation.
Dodgers were playing in Colorado that weekend, but Buehler wasn’t going to pitch so he and some other players got the weekend off. Maybe he should’ve gone.

— Liberty 31, Florida International 24, OT
5-0 Flames were favored by 15.5 points.
FIU scored two TD’s in last 6:23 to force overtime.
Liberty ran ball for 281 yards (5.6 yards/carry).

— Cruddy weather in Florida has moved the Memphis-South Florida game from Friday night to Saturday in Tampa.

— RIP to former MLB pitcher Luis Tiant, who passed away at age 83; Tiant was 229-172 in his 19-year career, where he pitched for six different teams.
He led the AL with a 1.60 ERA in 1968, the Year of the Pitcher; after MLB lowered the mounds that winter, Tiant went 9-20, 3.71 the next year, then Cleveland traded him to the Twins.
In 1972, Tiant went 15-6, 1.91 for the Red Sox, again leading the AL in ERA; he helped Boston make it to the ’75 World Series. He was 3-0, 2.86 in four postseason starts.
RIP, sir.

— Famous birthdays:
Jackson Browne, 76
Robert Wuhl, 73
Scott Bakula, 70
Mike Singletary, 66
Kenny Anderson, 54
Dexter McCleon,. 51
Darius Miles, 43
Derek Holland, 38
Starling Marte, 36

— New England Patriots are going to give rookie QB Drake Maye his first NFL start this week, at home against Houston.
Patriots lost their last four games, scoring total of 26 points in last three. This seems kind of early to be throwing a rookie QB to the wolves, but the other rookie QB’s in the NFL are doing well, so maybe Maye will do alright.

— Saints QB Derek Carr has an oblique injury, figures to miss a couple games; Jake Haener is the Saints’ backup QB- this week figures to be his first start. Haener has thrown 8 passes in his three NFL cameo appearances. Rookie Spencer Rattler would be Haener’s backup.

— Green Bay WR Romeo Doubs got suspended for last week’s game for conduct detrimental to the team. The suspension cost him $54,422; he is expected back this week.

— NBA training camps are underway; LA Clippers made a wise move, hiring Jeff Van Gundy as an assistant coach. Sounds like he will be their defensive coordinator.
ESPN is off the rails; not sure why they fired Van Gundy and Mark Jackson as game analysts, but they did, so now Van Gundy is back coaching, which is good for the Clippers.

— Cincinnati Reds did a smart thing last week and hired Terry Francona as their new manager; they fired all three of their hitting coaches Tuesday.
Reds were 77-85 this week, ramming 16th in runs scored, 26th in batting average. How do you finish 16th in runs scored playing in their hitting-friendly ballpark?
Reds were 15-28 in one-run games this year; they were shut out 16 times, losing four 1-0 games.

— One event I’ve circled on the calendar are baseball’s Winter Meetings, which will be in Dallas December 8-11. Looking forward to seeing which players move where this winter, with an eye on making my fantasy team better for next year.

— College basketball is only four weeks away; I’ve started prep work for that, which is harder than ever because of the ridiculous amount of players transferring, but it will be fun to watch college basketball again.

— Speaking of which, my new TV was delivered Tuesday morning. My last TV was a warrior, 10 or 11 years, including the pandemic year when it was on almost constantly. The last week was odd, with no TV, watching games on my laptop. YouTube TV is a good thing to have.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, October 9

NHL

Wednesday, October 9

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Trend Report
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Toronto vs Montreal
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Montreal is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto

NY Rangers vs Pittsburgh
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games when playing NY Rangers

Calgary vs Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 7 games
Calgary is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Vancouver is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Calgary
Vancouver is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Calgary

Colorado vs Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Vegas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas's last 6 games

Winnipeg vs Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Winnipeg's last 8 games
Winnipeg is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games at home


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[CNOTES]

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TOR at MON	07:00 PM	TOR -182 U 6.5	+500 +500
NYR at PIT	07:30 PM	NYR -136 O 6.0	+500 +500
WIN at EDM	10:00 PM	WIN +143 O 6.0	+500 +500
CAL at VAN	10:00 PM	VAN -198 O 6.0	+500 +500
COL at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -104 U 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR OCTOBER !

10/09/2024.....................4 - 2 - 1...................66.66%..............+ 6.75
10/08/2024.....................2 - 0 - 0.................100.00%..............+ 10.00

TOTALS.............................6 - 2 - 1...................75.00%...............+ 16.75

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
NFL WR’s with the most receiving yards:
567— Nico Collins, 567
493— Ja’Maar Chase, Cinc
450— Justin Jefferson, Minn
421— DK Metcalf, Sea
414— Jayden Reed, GB
397— Brian Thomas, Jax

Quote of the Day
“We’re not even just playing for just football now. We’re trying to play for something a little bit bigger.”
Tampa Bay WR Mike Evans

Thursday’s quiz
Kansas City Royals came into existence in 1969; which major league team left Kansas City for another city, after the 1967 season?

Wednesday’s quiz
Don Mattingly was the Dodgers’ manager, last time they missed the playoffs.

Tuesday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes played his college football at Texas Tech.

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Thursday’s Den: Baseball stuff, and ACC basketball notes…….​

— Estimated payrolls of the 12 teams in this year’s baseball playoffs:
$336,065,016- Mets
$324,976,209- Dodgers
$302,491,525- Bronx
$247,792,033- Phillies
$244,010,307- Astros
$231,937,258- Braves
$168,878,991- Padres
$116,328,391- Brewers
$113,530,985- Royals
$103,584,429- Tigers
$102,525,167- Guardians
$102,511,257- Orioles

— Tigers 3, Guardians 0
Underdog Tigers grab a 2-1 series lead.
Cleveland didn’t score a run in last two games.
Six Detroit pitchers combined to pitch a shutout.

— Mets 4, Phillies 1
Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the 6th inning.
Jose Quintana allowed an unearned run in 5 IP.
Phillies scored only three runs the last two games.

— New York 3, Royals 2
Giancarlo Stanton hit the game-winning HR in 8th inning.
New York bullpen threw 4.1 scoreless IP.
Game 4 is tonight in Kansas City.

— Dodgers 8, Padres 0
Eight pitchers combined to throw a shutout.
Padres started Dylan Cease on short rest; it didn’t go well.
Game 5 is at Dodger Stadium Friday night.

— Famous birthdays, October 10th:
Gene Tenace, 78
Gus Williams, 71
Bradley Whitford, 65
Derrick McKey, 58
Brett Favre, 55
Troy Tulowitzki, 40
Andrew McCutchen, 38
Jeurys Familia, 35
Geno Smith, 34
Lourdes Gurriel Jr, 31
Vinnie Pasquantino, 27
Josh Giddey, 22

With college basketball approaching, some notes on ACC teams

— Boston College
Three years under Grant, BC is 23-37 in ACC games.
Eagles haven’t made the NCAA’s since 2009.

— California
Had a losing record in Pac-12 games the last seven years.
Haven’t been to NCAA’s since 2016

— Clemson
Last two years, Tigers are 47-23, 25-15 in ACC play.
Last year, Clemson made the Elite 8 as a 6-seed.

— Duke
Last two years, Duke is 54-18, 29-11 in ACC play.
Have slowed down under Scheyer (#298/#253 in tempo)

— Florida State
Last three years, Seminoles are 27-33 in ACC play.
Made the NCAA’s every year from 2017-21, but not since.

— Georgia Tech
Last three years, Yellow Jackets are 18-42 in ACC play.
Have made NCAA’s once since 2010 (2021).

— Louisville
Last three years, they’re 11-49 in ACC play.
Pat Kelsey will be Cardinals’ third coach in four years.
Louisville’s last NCAA Tournament win: 2017.

— Miami
Made NCAA’s two of last three years, went 7-2 in tournaments.
Slipped to 15-17, 6-14 LY (#353 in FT’s taken)

— North Carolina
Three years under Davis, UNC is 43-17 in ACC play.
They’re 7-2 in NCAA Tournament under Davis.

— NC State
Went 9-11 in ACC last year, then went 9-1 in ACC tourney/NCAA’s.
Made NCAA’s twice in last five years, both times as an 11-seed.

— Notre Dame
Last two years, they’re 24-41, 10-30 in ACC play.
They’ve made NCAA’s once in last six NCAA Tournaments.

— Pittsburgh
Last two years, they’re 26-14 in ACC play.
Have made only one of last seven NCAA Tournaments.

— Stanford
Cardinal hasn’t made the NCAA’s since 2014.
Last three years, Stanford was 23-37 in Pac-12 play.

— Syracuse
Orange was #39 in tempo LY (#144 or lower previous 8 years)
Syracuse has made one of last five NCAA Tournaments.
Last six years, Syracuse is 59-55 in ACC games.

— Virginia
Last seven years, Cavaliers are 111-32 in ACC play.
Virginia has played in nine of last ten NCAA Tournaments.
Last 14 years, Cavaliers have been #336 or slower in tempo.

— Virginia Tech
Under Young, Hokies are 45-48 in ACC play.
Tech has made NCAA’s twice under Young (0-2, as 11/10 seeds)

— Wake Forest
Last three years, Wake was 34-26 in ACC play, only 2-3 in ACC tourney.
Deacons haven’t made the NCAA’s since 2017.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, October 10

NHL

Thursday, October 10

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Trend Report
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Montreal vs Boston
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal

Los Angeles vs Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 7 games on the road
Buffalo is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games

Toronto vs New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
New Jersey is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Florida vs Ottawa
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa
Florida is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games when playing Florida

Utah vs NY Islanders
Utah is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Utah
NY Islanders is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home

Pittsburgh vs Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games when playing Detroit
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit's last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games

Columbus vs Minnesota
Columbus is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Columbus is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games

Dallas vs Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nashville's last 7 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games

St. Louis vs San Jose
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
San Jose is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games


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[CNOTES]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LA at BUF	07:00 PM	BUF -108 O 6.0	+500 +500
TOR at NJ	07:00 PM	TOR +121 O 6.5	+500 +500
FLA at OTT	07:00 PM	FLA -133 U 6.0	+500 +500
MON at BOS	07:00 PM	BOS -292 U 6.0	+500 +500
CLB at MIN	08:00 PM	CLB +229 O 6.5	+500 +500
DAL at NAS	08:00 PM	DAL -120 U 6.5	+500 +500
PIT at DET	08:00 PM	DET -137 O 6.5	+500 +500
STL at SJ	10:30 PM	STL -155 O 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR OCTOBER !

10/10/2024.....................4 - 6 - 0...................40.00%..............- 12.50
10/09/2024.....................4 - 2 - 1...................66.66%..............+ 6.75
10/08/2024.....................2 - 0 - 0.................100.00%..............+ 10.00

TOTALS...........................10 - 8 - 1...................55.55%...............+ 4.25

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack:
Last six World Series champs:
2023— Rangers
2022— Astros
2021— Braves
2020— Dodgers
2019— Nationals
2018— Red Sox

Quote of the Day
“He specialized in recovery across time zones. How the body can recover under duress. It was very informative. We were there with all the head coaches. A lot of great information was shared. The bottom line is we’ll come out during conference play, we’ll come out either two days early or one day early, depending on the academic workload.”
Cal basketball coach Mark Madsen, talking about long road trips in the ACC

Friday’s quiz
Where did Geno Smith play his college football?

Thursday’s quiz
Kansas City Royals came into existence in 1969; the A’s left Kansas City for Oakland, after the 1967 season.

Wednesday’s quiz
Don Mattingly was the Dodgers’ manager, last time they missed the playoffs.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….​

— 49ers 36, Seahawks 24
First six drives, SF scored two TD’s, kicked three FG’s.
Seattle’s first four drives: 18 plays, 69 yards, no points.
San Francisco led 16-3 at halftime.
49ers outscored last four opponents 73-23 in first half.
49ers won their last six games vs Seattle (5-1 ATS)
49ers ran ball for 228 yards, threw for 255 more.
Seattle lost last three games, giving up 42-29-36 points.
Seahawks are 3-7 ATS in last ten NFC West home games.

— Guardians 5, Tigers 4
David Fry came off bench, drove in Cleveland’s last three runs.
Guardians had lost their previous 11 postseason elimination games.
Decisive Game 5 is Saturday night in Cleveland.

— New York 3, Royals 1
Gerrit Cole allowed one run in 7 IP.
Royals scored total of five runs in last three games of the series.
New York will host Games 1-2 of the ALCS, starting Monday.

— James Madison 39, Coastal Carolina 7
JMU ran ball for 222 yards, outgained Coastal 421-181.
JMU scored two TD’s 70 seconds apart early in second quarter.
Dukes led 29-7 at halftime; they’re 5-1 now.

— Western Kentucky 44, Texas-El Paso 17
Hilltoppers led 27-7 at halftime.
WKU ran ball for 218 yards, threw for 264 more.
UTEP was outgained 482-330; they slip to 0-6.

— Louisiana Tech 48, Middle Tennessee 21
Frosh QB Bullock threw TD passes on four straight drives early in game.
Bulldogs led 34-14 at halftime; they’re 2-3 now.
Tech converted 12 of 16 third down plays.

— Jacksonville State 54, New Mexico State 13
Gamecocks won third straight game, scoring 44-63-54 points.
Jax State led 33-6 at halftime.
Jax State ran ball 49 times for 334 yards (6.8 yards/carry).

— Famous birthdays, October 11th:
Daryl Hall, 78
Mark Goodman, 72
David Morse, 71
Norm Nixon, 69
Chris Spielman, 59
Mike Conley, 37
Gio Urshela, 33
TJ Watt, 30
Brian Allen, 29

— Jets demoted OC Nathaniel Hackett, tabbed Todd Downing to run the offense going forward. Jets are ranked 27th in yards/game; Downing used to be the Titans’ offensive coordinator.

— Las Vegas Raiders are starting QB Aidan O’Connell this week, replacing Gardner Minshew after the team’s 2-3 start. Raiders were 5-5 with O’Connell under center last year.

— New Orleans Saints are starting rookie QB Spencer Rattler vs Tampa Bay Sunday, with #1 QB Derek Carr out injured (oblique). Rattler played college ball at Oklahoma/South Carolina; Las Vegas drafted him in the 5th round last spring.

— New England Patriots are starting rookie QB Drake Maye this week, at home vs Houston, after they started season 1-4. Patriots lost their last four games, scored a total of 26 points in their last three.

— Pohlad family bought the Minnesota Twins for $44M in 1984; they’re worth around $1.5B now, and now they’re looking to sell the team.
Twins put out a statement:
”After months of thoughtful consideration, our family reached a decision this summer to explore selling the Twins. As we enter the next phase of this process, the time is right to make this decision public.”
Only three teams have been under the same ownership for longer than the Twins; White Sox, the Phillies and Bronx.

— Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes apparently owns 1% of the Kansas City Royals; his dad was a major league pitcher. From what I can tell, his share of the team is worth $12-15M

— Scary to see the damage to Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, where the Tampa Bay Rays call home; what used to be a domed stadium isn’t right now. The hurricane tore the roof off the place. You wonder how quickly the damage to the facility and some spring training facilities around Florida will be fixed. Will it affect spring training four months from now?
They had 18 inches of rain in St Petersburg in one day, 5 INCHES IN AN HOUR!!!!

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Friday, October 11

NHL

Friday, October 11

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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay vs Carolina
Tampa Bay is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games at home
Carolina is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home

Chicago vs Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago

Philadelphia vs Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 11 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Vancouver's last 11 games when playing Philadelphia

St. Louis vs Vegas
St. Louis is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Vegas is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis


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[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TB at CAR	07:00 PM	CAR -146 O 6.5	+500 +500
CHI at WIN	08:00 PM	WIN -254 U 6.0	+500 +500
STL at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -214 U 6.0	+500 +500
PHI at VAN	10:00 PM	PHI +150 U 6.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR OCTOBER !

10/11/2024.....................5 - 3 - 0...................62.50%..............+ 9.20
10/10/2024.....................4 - 6 - 0...................40.00%..............- 12.50
10/09/2024.....................4 - 2 - 1...................66.66%..............+ 6.75
10/08/2024.....................2 - 0 - 0.................100.00%..............+ 10.00

TOTALS..........................15 - 11- 1...................57.69%...............+ 13.45

 

[CNOTES]

Saturday’s 6-pack:
Extra-inning games played the last six full seasons:
2024— 216 extra-inning games
2023— 201
2022— 216
2021— 216
2019— 208
2018— 216
Same exact amount four of the last six full seasons; that is unusual.

Quote of the Day
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
Albert Einstein

Saturday’s quiz
Last time Detroit Tigers made it to the World Series (2012), who was their manager?

Friday’s quiz
Geno Smith played his college football at West Virginia.

Thursday’s quiz
Kansas City Royals came into existence in 1969; the A’s left Kansas City for Oakland, after the 1967 season.

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Saturday’s Den: Big East basketball notes, and other stuff…….​

— The other night in Las Vegas, at 2:30am out there, they imploded the Tropicana hotel, to make room for the A’s new baseball stadium. Quite a production, lot of fireworks and all before the two buildings came down.
Imagine staying across the street at the MGM? Must’ve been quite a view.

— Today’s Game 5 between Tigers-Guardians was moved up from 8:00 to 1:00, because it is supposed to rain in Cleveland Saturday night. Winner starts the ALCS in the Bronx Monday.

— Famous birthdays, October 12th:
Jack Marin, 80
Chris Wallace, 77
Susan Anton, 74
Sid Fernandez, 62
Chris Chandler, 59
Hugh Jackman, 56
Leon Lett, 56
Charlie Ward, 54
Ketel Marte, 31

Notes on Big East basketball teams:
— Butler
Last four years, Butler is 27-51 in conference games.
Bulldogs made the NCAA’s six times in seven years, the last seven years before they joined the Big East. They’ve been in NCAA’s four times in the 10 years they’ve been in Big East.

— UConn
UConn won last two national titles, first team since Florida Gators in 2006/2007.
Last four years, Huskies have been in top 12 in country on offensive rebounding.

— Creighton
Last four years, Bluejays are 94-44, 54-25 in Big East tilts, 8-4 in NCAA tourney.
Last two years, Creighton was in bottom five in country in forcing turnovers.

— DePaul
DePaul hasn’t been over .500 in Big East games since 2007.
Blue Demons haven’t been in NCAA’s since 2004.
Last year, DePaul was 3-29, 0-20; their last win was December 30th.

— Georgetown
Last three years, Hoyas are 22-73, 4-55 in conference games.
Last year, Ed Cooley’s first year there, Georgetown was #358 in field goal defense.

— Marquette
Three years under Shaka Smart: 75-30, 42-17 in Big East, 3-3 in NCAA’s.
Last two years, Marquette was #4, #13 in 2-point field goal %age.
Marquette was a 2-seed LY; they lost 67-58 to NC State in Sweet 16.

— Providence
Last three years, Friars are 69-32, 37-20 in Big East games, 2-2 in NCAA’s.
Last year, first year under Kim English, Providence was #18 in country in defense.

— St John’s
St John’s hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2000.
Johnnies were 11-9 in Big East LY, just second time in last nine years they were over .500 in conference games.

— Seton Hall
Pirates were 25-12, 13-7 last year; they won the NIT.
Since 2006, Seton Hall is 1-6 in NCAA Tournament.
Two years under Holloway, they’re 42-28, 23-17 in Big East games.

— Villanova
In two years since Jay Wright retired, Villanova is 35-23, 20-20 in Big East tilts.
Villanova made the Final Four in Wright’s last season.
In two years under Neptune, Wildcats ranked #347, #333 in tempo.

— Xavier
Chris Mack left Xavier in 2018, having made NCAA’s five years in a row,
Since then, Xavier has made only one of five NCAA Tournaments.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Saturday, October 12

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Trend Report
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Los Angeles vs Boston
Los Angeles is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Los Angeles is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Boston's last 9 games when playing Los Angeles

Florida vs Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing Buffalo
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games

Nashville vs Detroit
Nashville is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Nashville

Ottawa vs Montreal
Ottawa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games on the road
Montreal is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games

Pittsburgh vs Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

New Jersey vs Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing at home against New Jersey
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New Jersey

Utah vs NY Rangers
Utah is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Utah is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
NY Rangers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
NY Rangers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Utah

NY Islanders vs Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders's last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing NY Islanders

Seattle vs Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games
Seattle is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games

Columbus vs Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Columbus's last 20 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Colorado's last 19 games

Anaheim vs San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Jose
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing at home against Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Jose's last 9 games when playing Anaheim

Philadelphia vs Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Calgary
Calgary is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Calgary is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Chicago vs Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Chicago's last 17 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Chicago's last 15 games when playing Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Edmonton is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, October 12

 

[CNOTES]

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LA at BOS	01:00 PM	BOS -157 O 6.0	+500 +500
FLA at BUF	07:00 PM	FLA -130 U 6.0	+500 +500
NAS at DET	07:00 PM	NAS -128 U 6.5	+500 +500
OTT at MON	07:00 PM	OTT -154 U 6.5	+500 +500
PIT at TOR	07:00 PM	TOR -195 U 6.5	+500 +500
NJ at WAS	07:00 PM	NJ -141 O 6.0	+500 +500
NYI at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -170 U 6.0	+500 +500
SEA at MIN	08:00 PM	SEA +122 O 5.5	+500 +500
CLB at COL	09:00 PM	O 6.5	+500
PHI at CAL	10:00 PM	PHI +115 U 6.0	+500 +500
ANA at SJ	10:00 PM	SJ +114 O 6.0	+500 +500
CHI at EDM	10:00 PM	O 6.5	+500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR OCTOBER !

10/12/2024.....................9 - 7 - 0...................56.25%..............+ 17.70
10/11/2024.....................5 - 3 - 0...................62.50%..............+ 9.20
10/10/2024.....................4 - 6 - 0...................40.00%..............- 12.50
10/09/2024.....................4 - 2 - 1...................66.66%..............+ 6.75
10/08/2024.....................2 - 0 - 0.................100.00%..............+ 10.00

TOTALS..........................24 - 18- 1...................57.14%...............+ 31.15