Dennis Macklin

DMack's Tues Night MAC Con Mac Daddy is on the Eastern Michigan Eagles

I thought about passing tonight as these mid-week, mid-major games are tough and played by teams as dependable as rain. Akron is 0-9 SU and ATS this year having been outscored 131-9 in their L4 errrrr "efforts". Eastern Mich's optimum role is as dog but the EMUs are 2-3 this year on the road with a win over Illinois. The Eagle beat Akron 27-7 (-11) last year so they can win as a favorite by margin. With Northern Illinois and Kent on deck, getting bowl eligible is VERY doable with a win here. Expect big effort from the visitors. 

DMack's NBA Play of the Day is on the Indiana Pacers 

No problem whatsoever fading the 0-3 on the road Thunder who we hold in little regard and figure to be major sellers when the time comes in spring. The Pacers are 4-1 at home and holding things together nicely as they wait for Oladipo to finish rehabbing his knee. Sabonis is a beast in the paint like his old man and gets better every game. Pacers by double-digits+. 

DMack's NHL Play of the Day is on the St Louis Blues

Tough spot for the Coyotes on the back end of B2Bs at Washington and St Louis. Arizona jumped out to a 3-0 lead against the Caps before holding on to win in a shootout. St Louis is 12-3-3 and exhibiting no Cup hangover going 9-1 in their L10. Three days rest makes this spot against the hard trying Coyotes optimal. 

DMack Power Pack Winner is on the Miami, Florida Hurricanes 

All 5 UCF starters are juniors or seniors but the Knights did lose four starters from last year's club that beat VCU before losing to Duke by 1 in The Dance. UCF trailed Prairie View by 8 in its most recent. The Canes are also a veteran outfit that we used last week in their win over FAU. Taking Louisville to the limit in their opener confirms their quality. 

DMack Power Pack Winner is on the Oregon State Beavers 

Hate to go against a Lon Kruger coached team but Oklahoma doesn't look to be much despite returning three starters off a 20-win team last year. Oregon State starts 3 juniors and 2 seniors and is off an impressive win over quality Iowa State outfit. Pac12 teams are 11-2 ATS to this point which says a lot about the conference's improvement. Beavers win by 8. 

DMack Power Pack Winner is on the Northeastern Huskies 

UMass is 2-0 against two tomato cans … 6 of the first 8 in the Minuteman rotation are freshman. UMass ranks in the bottom 30 in Division-I for experience. Northeaster generally always puts out a quality product. The Huskies beat Boston U and Harvard by 5 in a Beanpot round-robin. Northeastern extends late to win this one by 10. 

DMack's NHL Play of the Day is on the Calgary Flames

The Wild have seemingly been on the road all year, 3-10 with suitcase in 17 total games. Last night, Minnesota was stopped 3-1 at the Kings, unable to solve Jamie Quick. Better than fair price on the Flames who are 6-1-2 at home and well rested to defend home ice. 

DMack NCAAB Subscriber Bonus Play on the Miami, Ohio Redhawks 

IPFW does not play a lot of defense, allowing 82.5 ppg. in two losses in their only two games against D-I opposition. Miami, Oh, returns four starters (three juniors and a senior) and played a very good Wright State team to the finish in their opener priming them to beat a Mastadon team they beat by 6 last year. 

DMack's NCAAB Play of the Day is on the Villanova Wildcats 

Nova is very young with no seniors in their rotation. They return three starters from last year's 26-win team and the underclassmen that they do have got some playing time last year as the Cats took their lumps early and then went through the gauntlet of the every night tough Big East schedule. Ohio State is home and owns a quality win over Cincinnati but in this case, the Buckeyes are simply overmatched. 

DMack's NBA Play of the Day is on the Minnesota T-Wolves

The Spurs have lost 4 of 5 and it's looking more and more like even the great Gregg Popovich can't put lipstick on a pig. San Antonio is just not very good and that will be more apparent as the Spurs hit the road after a home game heavy start to the season. Minnesota flew out of the box before getting derailed by the KAT suspension after the fiasco with Embiid. Minnesota appears to be back on track and this number is reflective of San Antonio's dominance in the series of late. This is not the same Spurs team. Minnesota by 10. 

DMack's Weds Night MAC Attack winner is the Toledo Rockets 

At 2-6, Northern Illinois has pretty much played it's way out of bowl eligibility. The Huskies gave up 327 yards rushing (6.5 per) to Central Michigan in their most recent and face a much tougher overland attack here in Toledo with stud backs Koback and Seymour. For our purposes, it would be nice to see the Rockets rush for 300+ yards and burn plenty of clock as they received horrific QB play from Peters last week and the defense forgot how to tackle in a "shouldn't have been close" win against Kent. Toledo is very tough at home going 12-2 SU L14 at the Glass Bowll (7-2 ATS L) vs. MAC opposition. There is some reports that original Toledo starting QB Mitch Guadagni could play here after missing three games with a shoulder injury. Toledo is right there in a four-team race in the MAC West and have to think we'll get their best tonight in front of a national TV audience. Toledo 41-14.