Saturday, April 02, 2016

Sportsbook: 2016 Pro Ultimate Games - AUDL

Betting lines - point spreads - for professional ultimate games are for entertainment purposes only. Regular season lines are copied from AUDL's Pick'em Challenge.

View the full AUDL 2016 schedule.

Favored team shown as ( - #).



Week 18, AUDL Championship Weekend V
Madison WI
Sunday, August 7 - Final
Seattle Cascades vs Dallas Roughnecks (-6)

Saturday, August 6 - semifinals
Toronto Rush vs Dallas Roughnecks (-4)

Seattle Cascades vs Madison Radicals (-1.5)


Week 17, Division Championships (July 23)

EAST: [#2] D.C. Breeze @ [#1] Toronto Rush (-2)

MIDWEST:[#2] Pittsburgh Thunderbirds @ [#1] Madison Radicals (-4)

SOUTH: [#3] Atlanta Hustle @ [#1] Dallas Roughnecks (-7)


Week 16, Playoffs: July 16-17
Sunday
[#3] Atlanta Hustle @ [#2] Raleigh Flyers (-5)   Rescheduled from Saturday
WEST: [#2] Seattle Cascades @ [#1] San Francisco FlameThrowers (-2.5)  in L.A.

Saturday
[#3] New York Empire @ [#2] DC Breeze  (-1.5)
[#3] Minnesota Wind Chill @ [#2] Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-3.5)
[#2] Seattle Cascades (-2.5) @ [#3] Los Angeles Aviators


Week 15: July 8-10
Friday
Madison Radicals (-5.5) @ Chicago Wildfire

Saturday
Philadelphia Phoenix @ Ottawa Outlaws (-7.5)
Jacksonville Cannons (-2.5) @ Nashville Nightwatch
Minnesota Wind Chill @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-4.5)
Raleigh Flyers @ Dallas Roughnecks (-5.5)
San Jose Spiders @ San Francisco FlameThrowers (-4.5)
Vancouver Riptide @ Seattle Cascades (-2.5)
San Diego Growlers @ Los Angeles Aviators (-5.5)

Sunday
Philadelphia Phoenix @ Montreal Royal (-6.5)
Indianapolis Alleycats @ Madison Radicals (-5.5)
Raleigh Flyers @ Austin Sol (-2.5)
Minnesota Wind Chill (-5.5) @ Detroit Mechanix
Jacksonville Cannons @ Atlanta Hustle (-1.5)


Week 14: July 1-3
Friday
Detroit Mechanix @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-7.5)
Atlanta Hustle @ Raleigh Flyers (-2.5)

Saturday
New York Empire (-4.5) @ Ottawa Outlaws
Toronto Rush (-6.5) @ Montreal Royal
Charlotte Express (-2.5) @ Nashville Nightwatch
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds @ Indianapolis Alleycats (-2.5)
Dallas Roughnecks (-4.5) @ Austin Sol
Cincinnati Revolution @ Minnesota Wind Chill (-5.5)
San Jose Spiders (-4.5) @ San Diego Growlers
Vancouver Riptide @ Los Angeles Aviators (-2.5)

Sunday
New York Empire @ Toronto Rush (-5.5)


Week 13: June 25-26
Saturday
Ottawa Outlaws @ New York Empire (-5.5)
Indianapolis Alleycats (-5.5) @ Detroit Mechanix
Philadelphia Phoenix @ DC Breeze (-9.5)
Austin Sol @ Jacksonville Cannons (-2.5)
Nashville Nightwatch @ Charlotte Express (-3.5)
Madison Radicals (-5.5) @ Chicago Wildfire
Los Angeles Aviators @ Vancouver Riptide (-1.5)
San Diego Growlers @ San Jose Spiders (-4.5)

Sunday
Ottawa Outlaws (-6.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Indianapolis Alleycats @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-3.5)
Nashville Nightwatch @ Raleigh Flyers (-6.5)
Madison Radicals (-8.5) @ Cincinnati Revolution
San Diego Growlers @ San Francisco FlameThrowers (-6.5)
Los Angeles Aviators @ Seattle Cascades (-2.5)


Week 12: June 17-19
Friday
Madison Radicals (-6.5) @ Minnesota Wind Chill

Saturday
DC Breeze (-9.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Charlotte Express @ Jacksonville Cannons (4.5)
Chicago Wildfire (-5.5) @ Cincinnati Revolution
Atlanta Hustle @ Austin Sol (-4.5)
San Francisco FlameThrowers (-3.5) @ San Jose Spiders
Vancouver Riptide @ Los Angeles Aviators (-2.5)

Sunday
Atlanta Hustle @ Dallas Roughnecks (-9.5)
Vancouver Riptide (-6.5) @ San Diego Growlers
Chicago Wildfire @ Indianapolis Alleycats (-1.5)
Philadelphia Phoenix @ New York Empire (-8.5)


Week 11: June 10-12

Friday
Detroit Mechanix @ Minnesota Wind Chill (-6.5)

Saturday
New York Empire @ DC Breeze (-3.5)
Chicago Wildfire @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-6.5)
Dallas Roughnecks (-6.5) @ Jacksonville Cannons
Ottawa Outlaws (-2.5) @ Montreal Royal
Philadelphia Phoenix @ Toronto Rush (-10.5)
Detroit Mechanix @ Madison Radicals (-10.5)
Atlanta Hustle (-3.5)@ Nashville Nightwatch
Raleigh Flyers (-6.5) @ Charlotte Express
Seattle Cascades @ Vancouver Riptide (-1.5)
Los Angeles  Aviators @ San Jose Spiders (-1.5)

Sunday
Philadelphia Phoenix @ Ottawa Outlaws (-6.5)
Los Angeles  Aviators @ San Francisco FlameThrowers (-5.5)


Week 10: June 4 - 5
Toronto Rush (-1.5) @ DC Breeze
New York Empire (-7.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Atlanta Hustle @ Raleigh Flyers (-4.5)
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds @ Madison Radicals (-3.5)
Montreal Royal @ Ottawa Outlaws (-4.5)
Charlotte Express @ Dallas Roughnecks (-9.5)
San Francisco FlameThrowers (-4.5) @ Vancouver Riptide
San Jose Spiders @ Los Angeles Aviators (-1.5)

Sunday
Charlotte Express @ Austin Sol (-5.5)
Toronto Rush (-1.5) @ New York Empire
San Jose Spiders (-1.5) @ San Diego Growlers
San Francisco FlameThrowers (-2.5) @ Seattle Cascades
Detroit Mechanix @ Chicago Wildfire (-5.5)

Week 9: May 27 - 29
Friday
Minnesota Wind Chill @ Madison Radicals (-7.5)
Indianapolis Alleycats (-5.5) @ Cincinnati Revolution

Saturday
Toronto Rush (-5.5) @ Ottawa Outlaws
DC Breeze (-6.5) @ Montreal Royal
Cincinnati Revolution @ Detroit Mechanix (-1.5)
Dallas Roughnecks (-7.5) @ Atlanta Hustle
Jacksonville Cannons @ Raleigh Flyers (-1.5)
Indianapolis Alleycats @ Chicago Wildfire (-1.5)
Los Angeles Aviators @ Seattle Cascades (-5.5)
Vancouver Riptide @ San Francisco FlameThrowers (-4.5)

Sunday
Jacksonville Cannons (-5.5) @ Charlotte Express
DC Breeze (-5.5) @ Ottawa Outlaws
Montreal Royal @ Toronto Rush (-5.5)
Dallas Roughnecks (-10.5) @ Nashville Nightwatch
Vancouver Riptide (-1.5) @ San Jose Spiders

Week 8: May 20-22
Friday
San Jose Spiders @ Seattle Cascades (-4.5)

Saturday
DC Breeze (-2.5) @ New York Empire
Ottawa Outlaws @ Toronto Rush (-5.5)
Raleigh Flyers (-4.5) @ Charlotte Express
Atlanta Hustle @ Jacksonville Cannons (-4.5)
Cincinnati Revolution @ Madison Radicals (-9.5)
Montreal Royal (-6.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Nashville Nightwatch @ Austin Sol (-3.5)
Detroit Mechanix @ Indianapolis Alleycats (-5.5)
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-3.5) @ Chicago Wildfire
San Jose Spiders @ Vancouver Riptide (-4.5)
LA Aviators @ San Diego Growlers (-1.5)

Sunday
Montreal Royal @ DC Breeze (-7.5)
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds @ Minnesota Wind Chill (-1.5)
Nashville Nightwatch @ Dallas Roughnecks (-11.5)

Week 7 (May 13-15)
Friday
Chicago Wildfire @ Madison Radicals (-6.5)

Saturday
Madison Radicals (-10.5) @ Detroit Mechanix
DC Breeze (-8.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Chicago Wildfire @ Minnesota Wind Chill (-1.5)
New York Empire @ Toronto Rush (-3.5)
Austin Sol (-2.5) @ Nashville Nightwatch
Raleigh Flyers @ Jacksonville Cannons (-1.5)
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-6.5) @ Indianapolis Alleycats
San Francisco FlameThrowers (-3.5) @ Vancouver Riptide
Seattle Cascades (-2.5) @ San Jose Spiders

Sunday
New York Empire (-2.5) @ Montreal Royal
Austin Sol @ Atlanta Hustle (-1.5)

Week 6: May 6-7
Friday
Montreal Royal @ Ottawa Outlaws (-1.5)
San Diego Growlers @ Seattle Cascades (-9.5)
San Jose Spiders @ San Francisco FlameThrowers (-4.5)

Saturday
Chicago Wildfire (-7.5) @ Detroit Mechanix
Toronto Rush (-6.5) @ Montreal Royal
New York Empire @ DC Breeze (-4.5)
Cincinnati Revolution @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-8.5)
Charlotte Express @ Nashville Nightwatch (-1.5)
Raleigh Flyers (-4.5) @ Atlanta Hustle
Indianapolis Alleycats @ Minnesota Wind Chill (-1.5)
Austin Sol @ Dallas Roughnecks (-9.5)
San Diego Growlers @ Vancouver Riptide (-8.5)

Week 5: April 30-May 1
Saturday
DC Breeze @ Toronto Rush (-3.5)
Philadelphia Phoenix @ New York Empire (-8.5)
Dallas Roughnecks (-4.5) @ Raleigh Flyers
Madison Radicals @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-1.5)
Atlanta Hustle @ Jacksonville Cannons (-2.5)
Minnesota Wind Chill @ Indianapolis Alleycats (-3.5)
Seattle Cascades (-3.5) @ San Diego Growlers

Sunday
Dallas Roughnecks (-8.5) @ Charlotte Express
DC Breeze (-4.5) @ Montreal Royal
Ottawa Outlaws @ Toronto Rush (-6.5)
Minnesota Wind Chill (-4.5) @ Cincinnati Revolution
Seattle Cascades (-1.5) @ Los Angeles Aviators

Week 4: April 23 - 24
Saturday
Toronto Rush DC Breeze (-1.5)
Raleigh Flyers (-4.5)  @ Nashville Nightwatch
Detroit Mechanix @ Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-9.5)
Cincinnati Revolution @ Chicago Wildfire (-4.5)
Jacksonville Cannons @ Dallas Roughnecks (-6.5)
Atlanta Hustle @ Charlotte Express (-1.5)
San Diego Growlers @ San Francisco  FlameThrowers (-5.5)

Sunday
Toronto Rush (-8.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Jacksonville Cannons (-1.5) @ Austin Sol
Cincinnati Revolution @ Indianapolis Alleycats (-5.5)

Week 3: April 15-17
Friday
Cincinnati Revolution @ Detroit Mechanix (-1.5)

Saturday
Montreal Royal (-5.5) @ Philadelphia Phoenix
Nashville Nightwatch @ Jacksonville Cannons (-4.5)
Austin Sol @ Charlotte Express (-1.5)
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-8.5) @ Cincinnati Revolution
Madison Radicals (-5.5) @ Indianapolis Alleycats
Chicago Wildfire @ Minnesota Wind Chill (-1.5)
Seattle Cascades (-1.5) @ Vancouver Riptide
Los Angeles Aviators (-1.5) @ San Diego Growlers
San Francisco FlameThrowers (-5.5) @ San Jose Spiders

Sunday
Austin Sol @ Raleigh Flyers (-4.5)
Montreal Royal @ New York Empire (-3.5)
Nashville Nightwatch @ Atlanta Hustle (-6.5)

Week 2: April 8-10
Friday
Indianapolis Alleycats (-5.5) @ Cincinnati Revolution
Seattle Cascades (-5.5) @ San Jose Spiders

Saturday
Ottawa Outlaws @ New York Empire (-3.5)
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-10.5) @ Detroit Mechanix
Charlotte Express @ Atlanta Hustle (-4.5)
Minnesota Wind Chill @ Madison Radicals (-6.5)
Jacksonville Cannons @ Raleigh Flyers (-1.5)
Dallas Roughnecks (-9.5) @ Austin Sol
Seattle Cascades @ San Francisco FlameThrowers (-1.5)
San Diego Growlers @ Los Angeles Aviators (-1.5)

Sunday
Ottawa Outlaws @ DC Breeze (-6.5)
Minnesota Wind Chill @ Chicago Wildfire (-3.5)

Week 1: April 2-3
Saturday
Charlotte Express @ Raleigh Flyers (-3.5)
Nashville NightWatch @ Atlanta Hustle (-4.5)
Detroit Mechanix @ Cincinnati Revolution (-1.5)
Austin Sol @ Dallas Roughnecks (-4.5)
Vancouver Riptide @ Seattle Cascades (-2.5)
San Francisco Flamethrowers (-4.5) @ San Diego Growlers

Sunday
San Francisco Flamethrowers (-3.5) @ Los Angeles Aviators


[Spreads via AUDL Pick'em Challenge]

AUDL 2016 Starts Today!

The 5th season of American Ultimate Disc League starts today!


Friday, April 01, 2016

AUDL Podcast Returns

The AUDL Podcast returned today with Evan Lepler previewing the 2016 AUDL season, which starts tomorrow - not today.


Evan who is the lead broadcaster for AUDL's ESPN3 games and scribes weekly league roundups gives what is the quote of the AUDL season (so far). Evan: "I’ve got an awesome life. I’m not complaining at all."


Well said, Evan.

Heckling in Ultimate

Today (April Fool's Day) is as good a day as any to point out that "good-natured heckling" is within the Official Rules of Ultimate (11th Edition):


Number 3 under "Ten Things You Should Know About Spirit of the Game" reads:
Heckling and taunting are different.
Ultimate has a long tradition of good-natured heckling. Heckles are friendly barbs, typically
from non-playing spectators. Heckling can be fun, but taunting is unspirited and wrong.
Harassing remarks after an opponent's foul call or close play are NOT heckling: they are
abusive taunts which create unpleasant playing conditions and often escalate to acrimonious
disputes.

WFDF's "Spirit of the Game" differs from USA Ultimate's version.


Was AUDL Supposed to Start Today?

On February 1, 2016, the American Ultimate Disc League tweeted the following:



Two months from the first of February would be...today (April 1st). Instead, the AUDL 2016 season starts on April 2nd.

It's probably for the best that a burgeoning professional league for a niche sport doesn't start on April Fools' Day. Otherwise, it would have given comedians plenty of fodder — like in 2012.


Do Over: March 2016

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...


  • SI called ultimate a sport, but...doesn't approve of the sport's name
  • World Flying Disc Federation's WUGC 2016 project = fully funded
  • Chart: AUDL teams on ESPN3
  • AUDL Road Trip!