12-31-13

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J Clifton
NCAAF:
ARIZONA -7
RICE +7
UCLA -7
DUKE + 12

NCAAB:
UCF + 12 1/2
MICH STATE -5
ILLINOIS -3
PURDUE + 7
marquette +9
seton hall + 5 1/2

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Free Selection from Arthur Ralph Sports

Our Free Plays are 1148-876 (57%) over the last 5 1/2 years College FB 65-38 this yr,NFL 47-40:

Free winner TUES Rice + 7

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Today's NBA Picks

Portland at Oklahoma City

The Trail Blazers try to bounce back from last night's 102-100 loss in New Orleans as they face an Oklahoma City team that is coming off a 117-86 win over Houston and is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games following a SU win of more than 10 points. Portland is the pick (+4 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Thunder favored by only 1. Dunkel Pick: Portland (+4 1/2). Here are all of today's picks.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 Time Posted: 8:00 a.m. EST

Game 501-502: Atlanta at Boston (1:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Atlanta 118.009; Boston 123.239 Dunkel Line & Total: Boston by 5; 196 Vegas Line & Total: Boston by 2 1/2; 200 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Boston (-2 1/2); Under

Game 503-504: Cleveland at Indiana (3:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Cleveland 113.839; Indiana 124.496 Dunkel Line & Total: Indiana by 10 1/2; 199 Vegas Line & Total: Indiana by 13; 194 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Cleveland (+13); Over

Game 505-506: Golden State at Orlando (5:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Golden State 120.882; Orlando 120.530 Dunkel Line & Total: Even; 210 Vegas Line & Total: Golden State by 6; 205 Dunkel Pick: Orlando (+6); Over

Game 507-508: Sacramento at Houston (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Sacramento 112.633; Houston 125.533 Dunkel Line & Total: Houston by 13; 207 Vegas Line & Total: Houston by 9 1/2; 212 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Houston (-9 1/2); Under

Game 509-510: Brooklyn at San Antonio (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Brooklyn 111.217; San Antonio 127.803 Dunkel Line & Total: San Antonio by 16 1/2; 202 Vegas Line & Total: San Antonio by 12; 207 1/2 Dunkel Pick: San Antonio (-12); Under

Game 511-512: Toronto at Chicago (8:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Toronto 120.492; Chicago 115.010 Dunkel Line & Total: Toronto by 5 1/2; 197 Vegas Line & Total: No Line Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 513-514: Portland at Oklahoma City (8:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Portland 122.544; Oklahoma City 125.331 Dunkel Line & Total: Oklahoma City by 1; 219 Vegas Line & Total: Oklahoma City by 4 1/2; 211 Dunkel Pick: Portland (+4 1/2); Over

Game 515-516: Milwaukee at LA Lakers (10:30 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee 108.183; LA Lakers 118.711 Dunkel Line & Total: LA Lakers by 10 1/2; 194 Vegas Line & Total: No Line Dunkel Pick: N/A

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NCAA Basketball Picks

Seton Hall at Providence

The Pirates and Friars open up their Big East schedule this afternoon with Seton Hall looking to improve on their 6-2 ATS record in their last 8 games at Providence. Seton Hall is the pick (+5 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Friars favored by only 3. Dunkel Pick: Seton Hall (+5 1/2). Here are all of today's games.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 Time Posted: 7:00 a.m. EST

Game 517-518: St. John's at Xavier (12:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: St. John's 64.580; Xavier 70.940 Dunkel Line: Xavier by 6 1/2 Vegas Line: Xavier by 4 Dunkel Pick: Xavier (-4)

Game 519-520: Kent State at Princeton (12:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Kent State 53.876; Princeton 67.561 Dunkel Line: Princeton by 13 1/2 Vegas Line: Princeton by 9 Dunkel Pick: Princeton (-9)

Game 521-522: Ohio State at Purdue (1:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Ohio State 75.848; Purdue 65.332 Dunkel Line: Ohio State by 10 1/2 Vegas Line: Ohio State by 7 Dunkel Pick: Ohio State (-7)

Game 523-524: Richmond at Northeastern (2:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Richmond 59.999; Northeastern 58.847 Dunkel Line: Richmond by 1 Vegas Line: Richmond by 3 Dunkel Pick: Northeastern (+3)

Game 525-526: Seton Hall at Providence (2:30 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Seton Hall 57.444; Providence 60.345 Dunkel Line: Providence by 3 Vegas Line: Providence by 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Seton Hall (+5 1/2)

Game 527-528: George Washington at Kansas State (3:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: George Washington 63.616; Kansas State 64.857 Dunkel Line: Kansas State by 1 1/2 Vegas Line: Kansas State by 4 Dunkel Pick: George Washington (+4)

Game 529-530: Indiana at Illinois (3:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Indiana 65.020; Illinois 70.416 Dunkel Line: Illinois by 5 1/2 Vegas Line: Illinois by 3 Dunkel Pick: Illinois (-3)

Game 531-532: Eastern Michigan at Syracuse (3:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Eastern Michigan 55.546; Syracuse 71.823 Dunkel Line: Syracuse by 16 1/2 Vegas Line: Syracuse by 19 Dunkel Pick: Eastern Michigan (+19)

Game 533-534: Michigan State at Penn State (5:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Michigan State 72.094; Penn State 64.449 Dunkel Line: Michigan State by 7 1/2 Vegas Line: Michigan State by 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Michigan State (-5 1/2)

Game 535-536: NC-Wilmington at North Carolina (5:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: NC-Wilmington 46.866; North Carolina 74.877 Dunkel Line: North Carolina by 28 Vegas Line: North Carolina by 22 1/2 Dunkel Pick: North Carolina (-22 1/2)

Game 537-538: Louisville at Central Florida (5:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Louisville 78.570; Central Florida 59.242 Dunkel Line: Louisville by 19 1/2 Vegas Line: Louisville by 12 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Louisville (-12 1/2)

Game 539-540: DePaul at Georgetown (5:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: DePaul 55.406; Georgetown 66.029 Dunkel Line: Georgetown by 10 1/2 Vegas Line: Georgetown by 14 Dunkel Pick: DePaul (+14)

Game 541-542: North Texas at Texas A&M (5:30 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: North Texas 52.104; Texas A&M 62.439 Dunkel Line: Texas A&M by 10 1/2 Vegas Line: Texas A&M by 13 Dunkel Pick: North Texas (+13)

Game 543-544: Northern Illinois at Iowa State (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Northern Illinois 48.106; Iowa State 78.943 Dunkel Line: Iowa State by 31 Vegas Line: Iowa State by 24 Dunkel Pick: Iowa State (-24)

Game 545-546: Memphis at South Florida (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Memphis 66.859; South Florida 61.119 Dunkel Line: Memphis by 5 1/2 Vegas Line: Memphis by 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: South Florida (+7 1/2)

Game 547-548: Nebraska at Iowa (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Nebraska 59.509; Iowa 78.101 Dunkel Line: Iowa by 18 1/2 Vegas Line: Iowa by 14 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Iowa (-14 1/2)

Game 549-550: Villanova at Butler (7:30 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Villanova 71.234; Butler 69.653 Dunkel Line: Villanova by 1 1/2 Vegas Line: Villanova by 4 Dunkel Pick: Butler (+4)

Game 551-552: Connecticut at Houston (9:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Connecticut 67.962; Houston 55.747 Dunkel Line: Connecticut by 12 Vegas Line: Connecticut by 10 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Connecticut (-10 1/2)

Game 553-554: Marquette at Creighton (10:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Marquette 65.012; Creighton 77.666 Dunkel Line: Creighton by 12 1/2 Vegas Line: Creighton by 9 Dunkel Pick: Creighton (-9)

Game 555-556: Duke vs. Elon (1:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Duke 70.680; Elon 56.620 Dunkel Line: Duke by 14 Vegas Line: Duke by 16 Dunkel Pick: Elon (+16)

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Mark Lawrence

CFB
5* Rice
BC
VT
Duke

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ALLEN EASTMAN
Mississippi State is another team from a BCS conference that won't be motivated to cover this spread. They don't respect the opponent. They won't be up for the game at all. The Bulldogs are 1-4 ATS in neutral site games and the Owls are 14-6 ATS in their last 20 overall.

These guys crack me up with there rationale. These kids dont look at the pointspread and say to themselves, i don't feel like covering the spread today. Lmao

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Today's NHL Picks

Columbus at Colorado

The Blue Jackets travel to Denver tonight to face an Avalanche team that is coming off a 2-1 OT loss to Winnipeg and is 1-5 in their last 6 games after allowing 2 goals or less in the previous game. Columbus is the pick (+140) according to Dunkel, which has the Blue Jackets favored by 1. Dunkel Pick: Columbus (+140). Here are all of today's picks.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 Time Posted: 8:00 a.m. EST

Game 1-2: Pittsburgh at New Jersey (1:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh 12.847; New Jersey 11.398 Dunkel Line & Total: Pittsburgh by 1 1/2; 4 Vegas Line & Total: Pittsburgh (-130); 5 Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-130); Under

Game 3-4: NY Rangers at Florida (5:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: NY Rangers 11.107; Florida 9.985 Dunkel Line & Total: NY Rangers by 1; 6 Vegas Line & Total: Florida (-110); 5 Dunkel Pick: NY Rangers (-110); Over

Game 5-6: St. Louis at Minnesota (6:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis 12.576; Minnesota 10.042 Dunkel Line & Total: St. Louis by 2 1/2; 3 1/2 Vegas Line & Total: St. Louis (-130); 5 Dunkel Pick: St. Louis (-130); Under

Game 7-8: NY Islanders at Boston (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: NY Islanders 10.535; Boston 12.626 Dunkel Line & Total: Boston by 2; 6 Vegas Line & Total: No Line Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 9-10: Montreal at Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Montreal 10.396; Carolina 11.322 Dunkel Line & Total: Carolina by 1; 6 Vegas Line & Total: Montreal (-120); 5 Dunkel Pick: Carolina (+100); Over

Game 11-12: Buffalo at Winnipeg (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Buffalo 10.760; Winnipeg 12.182 Dunkel Line & Total: Winnipeg by 1 1/2; 4 Vegas Line & Total: Winnipeg (-170); 5 Dunkel Pick: Winnipeg (-170); Under

Game 13-14: Los Angeles at Dallas (8:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 12.639; Dallas 11.425 Dunkel Line & Total: Los Angeles by 1; 6 Vegas Line & Total: Dallas (-110); 5 Dunkel Pick: Los Angeles (-110); Over

Game 15-16: San Jose at Anaheim (8:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: San Jose 11.273; Anaheim 12.566 Dunkel Line & Total: Anaheim by 1 1/2; 5 Vegas Line & Total: Anaheim (-120); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Anaheim (-120); Under

Game 17-18: Columbus at Colorado (8:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Columbus 11.752; Colorado 10.583 Dunkel Line & Total: Columbus by 1; 6 1/2 Vegas Line & Total: Colorado (-160); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Columbus (+140); Over

Game 19-20: Edmonton at Phoenix (9:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Edmonton 9.936; Phoenix 11.484 Dunkel Line & Total: Phoenix by 1 1/2; 5 Vegas Line & Total: Phoenix (-180); 6 Dunkel Pick: Phoenix (-180); Under

Game 21-22: Philadelphia at Calgary (6:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Philadelphia 11.884; Calgary 10.458 Dunkel Line & Total: Philadelphia by 1 1/2; 5 Vegas Line & Total: Philadelphia (-115); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Philadelphia (-115); Under

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CHRIS JORDAN

1000* Rice

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Cappers Access

(CFB) Arizona -7
(CFB) UCLA -7
(CFB) Duke +12

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NCAAF

Bowl Season

Advocare Bowl, Shreveport, 12/31
Two teams with great RBs; this is Boston College’s first bowl in three years, in Addazio’s first season. At one point, BC won eight bowl games in row, but they’ve now lost last three, scoring 14-13-13 points- Addazio won his only bowl 37-15 over Wyoming in New Mexico two years ago. Arizona is in its 5th bowl in last six years; they won 49-48 in LY’s New Mexico Bowl, their first under Rodriguez, who is 3-4 in bowl games. BC's Williams ran for 2,102 yards, became darkhouse Heisman candidate; Arizona’s Carey ran for 1,716 yards, so this will be old fashioned football, teams trying to run/stop run. Eagles won four of last five games to get here; they’re 3-1 as underdogs, allowed 34+ points in five of 12 games. Arizona lost three of last four games, got crushed in its rivalry game, and failed to cover last three tries as a favorite, after covering first four. Wildcats scored 33+ points in all seven wins; they’re 0-5 when scoring less than 33. Favorites covered six of last seven in this bowl game.

Sun Bowl, El Paso 12/31
UCLA lost four of last five bowls, getting waxed 49-26 by Baylor LY in Mora’s first bowl game- would expect much better effort here. Bruins have decisive edge in terms of experience on OL. UCLA is young talented team with no senior starters on OL/QB; they won four of last five games, routing USC in rivalry game for second year in row, are 5-1 vs spread when favored this year, 5-2 vs spread in any game with single digit spread. Hokies have senior QB playing behind inexperienced OL; Tech went 2-3 in last five games, covered two of three as an underdog- they scored less than 20 points in four of last eight games. Both teams won four of their six road games this year. Underdogs won last three Sun Bowls, covered six of last seven; Pac-12 teams won six of last eight bowls here, with disinterested USC getting spanked by Ga Tech LY. Virginia Tech is 3-2 in its last five bowls, splitting pair of OT decisions last two years; Beamer is 9-11 overall in bowls.

Liberty Bowl, Memphis, 12/31
Interesting contrast between (first-time) C-USA champ and lower-level SEC team. Rice is 3-2 as an underdog this year, but Manziel didn’t play in first half of A&M game-they won last four games, are 5-1 in games decided by 6 or less points. Mississippi State will have crowd edge in Memphis (SEC country), even though Rice plays Memphis in this stadium every other year; Bulldogs had to beat Arkansas (in OT) and upset Ole Miss just to be bowl eligible at 6-6. Owls are in back/back bowls for first time in over 50 years- they’re 2-1 in bowls since 1962, but played Sun Belt/MAC/service academy in those games, so lower level SEC squad is big step up in class. Bulldogs won four of last five bowls, are 2-1 in bowls under Mullen, beating Wake Forest 23-17 (-6.5) in Nashville two years ago. Both teams have very experienced OLs, Rice has experience edge at QB, though both QBs are better runners than passers. Underdogs covered five of previous seven bowls here. Eight of last nine Liberty Bowls were decided by 8 or less points.

Chick-fil-A Atlanta, 12/31
Favorites covered Texas A&M’s last five bowl games; Aggies won 33-22/41-13 in bowls last two years, routing Oklahoma LY, now in what could be Manziel’s last college game, Aggies will try to outscore Duke team that hasn’t won bowl game since 1960. Blue Devils were 34-all and had ball on Cincinnati 5-yard line with 1:20 left LY, fumbled, gave up 83-yard TD and pick-6, didn’t even cover as 9-point underdog, one of worst beats EVER, and it was Duke’s first bowl since ‘94. Blue Devils bounced back to go 10-3 this year, making bowls in consecutive seasons for first time ever- they’ve covered five of last six times they were underdog, winning seven of last eight games SU, after losing 58-55 at home to Pitt in September. Aggies hung 42 on Alabama and lost; their defense slipped this year- they lost two games this year when they scored 40+ points. Game is in a dome, so weather is no factor. Dogs covered six of last eight Chick-fil-A bowls, with ACC team winning three of last four against the SEC.

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Football Crusher
Rice +7 over Mississippi St
(System Record: 51-4, won last game)
Overall Record: 51-46-1

Hockey Crusher
Carolina Hurricanes +105 over Montreal
(System Record: 49-0, won last 3 games)
Overall Record: 49-28-1

Basketball Crusher
Northeastern +2.5 over Richmond
(System Record: 30-2, lost last game)
Overall Record: 30-33-1

Soccer Crusher
nothing yet
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(System Record: 500-18, lost last 3 games)
Overall Record: 500-434-73

Here are the rest of his hockey and basketball plays for today...


Hockey
Calgary Flames -105 over Philly
Dallas Stars -105 over LA Kings
Buffalo Sabres +153 over Winnipeg


Basketball
George Washington +4 over Kansas State
North Carolina -22.5 over North Carolina-Wilmington
Nebraska +14.5 over Iowa

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Intpicks
3* UCLA -7
3* Rice +7.5
2* Arizona - BC Under 57
2* Duke +13
2* Indiana -13
2* Houston +10.5

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Jeff Clement


7 Units Boston College +7.5

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Paul Leiner


500* Duke -16

100* Boston College +7

100* Depaul +14

50* Seton Hall +6

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Chase Diamond


10* Boston College +7½