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Here’s the latest update from the team at Bodog Sportsbook. We suggest you check them out if you’re into betting on North American sports (whether you’re based there or not!).
Tuesday’s Election Day coverage was awash in numbers. Thanks to statistical analysis (and holographic interviews), we now know the voting habits of independent North Dakota centenarians. Let’s put some of that number-crunching power to good use for this weekend’s football games. For current lines, visit Bodoglife.com.
New Orleans at Atlanta: Teams coming off a bye week are 14-10 SU and ATS this year. The Saints had Week 9 off; the Falcons (-3) beat Oakland 24-0 and are coming all the way back home after playing four of five on the road.
Texas El Paso at UL-Lafayette: Ragin’ Cajuns QB Michael Desormeaux leads the FBS at his position with 107.4 rushing yards per game. UL-Lafayette hasn’t dropped the cash since the first week of the season, and Desormeaux’s improvement in his senior campaign is key.
Tennessee at Chicago: Devin Hester has zero return touchdowns this year. He had six in each of the past two seasons. The Bears’ special teams unit has gone from No. 1 in efficiency to No. 17. Tennessee is at No. 25 despite the fine kicking of Rob Bironas (17-for-19 on field goals).
Wyoming at Tennessee: The Volunteers are No. 115 in the nation in total offense at 272.4 yards per game. UT’s 3-6 record SU and ATS has prompted coach Phil Fulmer to tender his resignation (effective at the end of the season) after a largely successful 17 years in Knoxville.
Kansas City at San Diego: The Chargers have allowed the most first downs of any NFL team at 181. The Chiefs’ defense is stingy by comparison at 160. This will be San Diego’s first game since firing defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell.
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Kansas at Nebraska: A YouTube clip of Nebraska coach Bo Pelini’s finest sideline rants eclipsed 25,000 hits after just two days. The Cornhuskers are 5-4 SU (4-5 ATS) this year; Pelini says his temper is partly to blame. “It’s something I have to fix,” he told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
Buffalo at New England: The under is 7-1-2 in New England’s last 10 home games. The single over came in the shocking 38-13 loss to the Dolphins (+12.5) in Week 3. Otherwise, the Patriots defense has stood firm at Gillette Stadium.
Illinois vs. Western Michigan: The MAC is 2-9 SU and 8-3 ATS against the Big Ten this season. This will be the first MAC-Big Ten matchup of the year for both teams. In their only other meeting back in 2004, the Fighting Illini won 30-27 as 10-point home faves.
St. Louis at N.Y. Jets: The Jets haven’t picked up a win (SU or ATS) against the Rams in over 20 years. They’ve only played seven times since 1986, but St. Louis/Los Angeles has prevailed every time.
Utah State at Boise State: There have been four different bright blue Smurf Turfs over the past 22 years at Broncos Stadium. The one in use right now is brand-new FieldTurf installed just this summer. Boise State is 8-0 SU and 5-2 ATS on this surface.
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November 6th, 2008
Here’s the latest betting strategy update from the team at Bodog Sportsbook.
Perhaps you’ve heard that old chestnut about the wheat and the chessboard. Long story short, put one grain of wheat on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, and keep doubling that amount until all 64 squares are covered. How many grains of wheat is that? 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. Even if you made the Earth a giant wheat farm, it would take 80 years to harvest that much grain.
That’s the power of parlays. Of course, your chances of picking 64 correct games out of 64 is frightfully small: (that number up there) to 1. So let’s start smaller. Let’s say you’re looking at this week’s NFL matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns, and let’s say you like both the Ravens (+1.5) and the under on the total of 36.5 points (For current lines, see Bodoglife.com). You could wager $110 on each of them separately for a potential profit of $200, or you could place a single $110 parlay bet and earn $286 if both the Ravens and the under cash in. You pay half as much, and you win more.
You’ll already have noticed that’s $286 and not $330 on odds of 3-1. That factors in the juice the book collects for processing the bet. Every 2-team parlay (where the juice is –110 on each item in the parlay) is given odds of 2.6-1. Here is the full “fixed odds” list:
2-team 2.6-1
3-team 6-1
4-team 12-1
5-team 25-1
6-team 35-1
7-team 75-1
8-team 100-1
9-team 150-1
10-team 300-1
11-team 450-1
12-team 600-1
As you can see, those payouts can get pretty big – up to a maximum of $100,000. The more teams you parlay, the higher the risk and the juice as well as the payout. You can put together any combination of football and basketball games, using both pointspreads and totals.
There are a few simple things to know about parlays before making the plunge. The first is that every team in the parlay has to win to get paid. Four out of five is not good enough. However, if there is a push, that team gets taken out of the equation. Let’s say you have a 3-team parlay where one of the games ended in a push. That game is removed, and you proceed with your remaining 2-team parlay at 2.6-1 odds. If you started with a 2-team parlay and you get a push, the other team is treated as if it were an ordinary straight bet instead.
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An easy parlay strategy that many sharps employ is to bet the pointspread and the total on the same game, as we did in the above example. One important benefit is that you’re studying almost entirely the same handicapping information, so it’s a major timesaver – there’s a reason why they say time is money. You can also expect the underdog to have a better chance of covering if the score is low, particularly if the favorite is laying a ton of points. The underdog-under and favorite-over parlays are value bets following this line of reasoning. (Please note, however, that Bodog does not take action on correlated parlays.)
We’re into parlays so much that we’re pleased to be holding a special Parlay Promotion contest that earns you bonus points for all the parlays that you hit, all the way up to the end of the NFL regular season. There are weekly prizes available for the bettors who rack up the most points, and the more teams you parlay at once, the more points you get. Make sure to visit bodoglife.com to check out the rules and regulations, as well as the prizes you can win.
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October 30th, 2008
Last week’s USC-Washington State matchup was one for the history books. The Trojans were 42.5-point away favorites, the highest spread USC has faced on the road since Pete Carroll took over the program. That was enough chalk to send bettors scurrying to Washington State’s side.
Whoops. The Trojans won 69-0, improving to 5-1 SU and a healthy 4-2 ATS. But dealing with giant chalk is old hat for USC. This team has been favored by double-digits in every game this season. They don’t always cover – in fact, the Trojans have suffered some high-profile losses over the past couple of years to Stanford (+39) and Oregon State (+24). But USC gets the job done more often than not at 20-12 ATS in the Carroll Era when favored by at least 20 points.
These massive spreads are becoming more and more common. There was only one such occurrence in Carroll’s first two years at the helm, then six in 2003 as the program won the first of two back-to-back national championships. But the Trojans aren’t the only team finding itself laying three touchdowns or more on a regular basis. The Texas Longhorns are 7-0 SU and ATS this year; their first four games were all blowouts with no spread lower than 23. Penn State just beat Michigan (+24.5) by a 46-17 score.
These mismatches are great value opportunities for chalkeaters. Handicapping becomes less of an exact science the higher the spread gets. Casual bettors flee from these situations, or worse, take the underdog and the points. Some underdogs are better than others, of course, but simply hammering every team at –20 or higher would have earned you big bucks this year at 49-34-2 ATS.
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The higher the chalk gets, the more risk-averse bettors become. There are even many sharps who will avoid going too far into the deep end, preferring to sift carefully through the underdogs for value. However, it is exactly this risk aversion that makes the market so soft at the extreme. The books have to put a lid on the chalk at some point just to get people to support the favorite. And while laying 42.5 points to Washington State may appear risky, it’s actually a lot safer than being a small fave against a competitive team, which the Cougars most certainly are not.
The best time to use this strategy is during the opening three weeks, when most of the alpha males in the FBS are playing “cupcake” opponents in non-conference action. Many of these games won’t even have a betting line because the opponent in question is from the FCS, the former Division I-AA. But there are plenty of FCS-quality teams in the lower conferences. Arizona (-26.5) got to play the lowly Idaho Vandals from the WAC in the season opener and crushed them 70-0. In all, teams laying 20 points or more went 22-12-2 ATS through the first three weeks of the 2008 campaign.
It’s been a yo-yo ride since then, although the –20 Crew remains 27-22 ATS over the past five weeks. Markets tend to tighten as more and more football gets played and the public gets a better handle on how good these teams actually are. As well, you’ll find more occasions (especially in early conference play) where the underdog will play with a lot more passion than during the non-con portion of the schedule. Motivation is a powerful force, and the athletes we’re dealing with are teenagers fighting for school and personal pride. Weeding out these scenarios ahead of time will help keep your investment in chalk from turning sour.
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October 24th, 2008
Here’s what the team at Bodog Sports think you’ll be betting on this week… and we think they’re probably right!
What’ll it be this week? We’ve got a Rays-Phillies World Series, the halfway point of the NFL season, college football matchups with major title implications, a fresh sheet of hockey games – it’s Oktoberfest for handicappers. And just think: NBA action starts next week.
These are the Top 5 games of the week (all times Eastern):
1. NCAAF: No. 3 Penn State at No. 9 Ohio State (Saturday, 8:00 p.m.)
The college gridiron takes the spotlight away from the pros, at least for one week. The Nittany Lions (8-0 SU, 5-1-1 ATS) are playing like they’re the best team in the nation, destroying opponents by an average score of 45-12. Ohio State (7-1 SU, 2-5 ATS) only has the loss to USC on the record, but the Buckeyes were having trouble getting their offense going until last week’s 45-7 thrashing of Michigan State (+3.5 at home). Beanie Wells ran 31 times for 140 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Stopping him will stop the Buckeyes.
Ohio State easily won the last two meetings SU and ATS. The home team is 8-2 SU and 9-1 ATS over the past 10 years.
2. NCAAF: No. 6 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Texas (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.)
Over in the Big 12, the No. 1 Longhorns have yet to be corralled at 7-0 SU and ATS. But the rival Cowboys have also stormed up the rankings at 7-0 SU and 6-0 ATS. They can’t both get paid on Saturday. Texas has won every single game between these two clubs this past decade, going 7-3 ATS. That’s old news now, though. OSU has flourished this year under coach Mike Gundy, and his team has betting value as the lesser hyped of the two parties involved. ‘Pokes QB Zac Robinson (14 TDs, four INTs) is not far behind Heisman frontrunner Colt McCoy (19 TDs, three INTs) in production.
3. NFL: N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh (Sunday, 4:15 p.m.)
Here’s a classic East Coast slugfest with the added bonus of a 50-50 chance of rain at press time. The Giants lead the NFC East at 5-1 (4-2 ATS), while the Steelers are atop the AFC North at the same 5-1 (3-3 ATS). That’s about where the similarities end. The Giants are running one of the best offenses in the NFL, while Pittsburgh has relied on its defense to keep the team in the game. New York is playing at a higher level overall; those three points seem like a gift, even at –125 juice. But buyer beware: The Steelers are 9-2 SU and 7-4 ATS in their last 11 at home.
4. MLB: World Series Game 1; Philadelphia at Tampa Bay (Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.)
The entire MLB postseason has been one big moneymaking opportunity for handicappers – simply put, there’s a lot of dumb money out there right now waiting to be scooped up. Most of the interest in this series will be regional, as fans of the Phillies and Rays bet on their own teams. Philadelphia has made the biggest playoff profit up to this point at 7-2 and 5.83 units in the black. Tampa Bay is 7-4 with 2.69 units. The Rays took two of three interleague games from Philly back in 2006 but haven’t played since. Both clubs are –105 on the moneyline for Wednesday’s matchup with southpaws Cole Hamels and Scott Kazmir on the mound.
5. MMA: Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote, UFC 90 (Saturday, PPV starts at 10:00 p.m.)
Cote might be gone in 60 seconds. Silva is undefeated in the Octagon at 7-0, dispatching four of his opponents in the first round, most recently James Irvin in July with a devastating KO punch at 1:01. The UFC’s middleweight champion is considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world; Silva is a titanic –650 favorite in this bout. Cote has been training in Montreal with Georges St. Pierre and is 4-0 in UFC since appearing in The Ultimate Fighter 4.
Honorable Mentions:
NFL: Tampa Bay at Dallas (Sunday, 1:00 p.m.)
NCAAF: No. 7 Georgia at No. 13 LSU (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.)
NHL: Boston at Buffalo (Tuesday, 7:05 p.m.)
NASCAR: Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
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October 22nd, 2008
Here are the latest betting picks for the best action this week on US sports. It’s from the team at Bodog online sportsbook.
It’s like being a kid in a candy store. Everywhere you turn, there’s a game being played: NFL, college football, the MLB playoffs, hockey, NASCAR’s Chase for the Cup – and there’s more where that came from. We’re here this and every week to highlight the biggest games and the best betting opportunities on the sports calendar.
These are the Top 5 games of the week (all times Eastern):
1. NFL: Indianapolis at Green Bay (Sunday, 4:15 p.m.)
Bettors can look forward to an impressive display of offense from both teams in this matchup. The Colts (3-2 SU and ATS) are coming off their best game of the season and second payday in a row, a 31-3 dismantling of the sterling Baltimore Ravens defense. QB Peyton Manning said it felt like the first game of the regular season; he even found Marvin Harrison in the end zone twice. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was also sharp in last week’s 27-17 win over Seattle to lift Green Bay to 3-3 SU and ATS.
The Packers are 1.5-point underdogs at home; this will be the fourth time in five games that Green Bay has gotten points. The Colts have been favored in all five of their contests.
2. NCAAF: No. 12 Missouri at No. 1 Texas (Saturday, 8:00 p.m.)
This Big 12 battle looks a lot different now than it did even a week ago. Texas upset the Sooners (-7) in the Red River Shootout to take the top spot in the polls. Missouri lost its first game of the year to Oklahoma State (+14) and fell from No. 2 in the polls; now the Tigers have to assume the underdog role for the first time this season. We’ll see two Heisman QB candidates go at it; Chase Daniel and Colt McCoy have 33 touchdown throws and just seven interceptions between them. Missouri is on an 8-0 ATS streak in away games, but Texas is 6-0 ATS this year.
3. NCAAF: No. 11 Ohio State at No. 17 Michigan State (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.)
Ohio State’s offense is stuck in neutral. The Buckeyes are 1-5 ATS (6-1 SU), and so is the over as the team makes the midseason transition from Todd Boeckman to Terrelle Pryor at quarterback. Pryor and Beanie Wells are keeping the ball on the ground for OSU, which also keeps the scoring down. Ohio State won the past five meetings with the Spartans straight up, although MSU cashed in last year as a 17-point road dog in a 24-17 loss.
4. MLB: ALCS Game 4; Tampa Bay at Boston (Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.)
There will be more important games later in the week as we get closer to eliminating one of these two excellent AL East teams. For now, we’ll deal with Tuesday’s pivotal Game 4; Tampa Bay has a 2-1 series lead after beating up on Jon Lester in Monday’s 9-1 victory at Fenway. The Rays were +175 in that one; they’ll be road dogs again on Tuesday with Andy Sonnanstine taking on Tim Wakefield. Tampa Bay is 5-2 in these playoffs (2-1 as the underdog) with a profit of 2.74 units.
5. Boxing: Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins (Saturday, 11:00 p.m.)
There’s no strap on the line for this bout, and it takes place on the same day as the UFC 89 show. But Pavlik-Hopkins is the marquee fight of the weekend. Pavilk is undefeated at 34-0 and gaining so much fan support that he’s a –350 favorite over the 43-year-old Hopkins. His last fight was a split-decision loss in April to Joe Calzaghe. This is actually a catch-weight fight at 170 pounds and not a light-heavyweight bout as some reports suggest. Hopkins has been fighting in this weight range for the past two years; Pavlik was 159 pounds when he knocked out Gary Lockett in June.
Honorable Mentions
NFL: New Orleans at Carolina (Sunday, 1:00 p.m.)
NCAAF: No. 23 Vanderbilt at No. 9 Georgia (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.)
NHL: Boston at Montreal (Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.)
NASCAR: 2008 TUMS QuikPak 500 at Martinsville Speedway (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
MMA: Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben, UFC 89 (Saturday night in Birmingham, England; main card via tape delay at 9:00 p.m. on Spike TV)
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October 16th, 2008
Here’s a quick rundown of Week 6 NFL betting action courtesy of the team at BodogLife.com online sportsbook.
Miami Dolphins vs. Houston Texans
The Dolphins have shown improvement and beat two good teams the last two weeks; they are due to learn another lesson. Their secondary isn’t deep enough. Eventually they will get exposed again as they did versus Arizona. Andre Johnson is playing like a man and he should be able to bring them back to reality.
Chicago Bears vs. Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta has the second best rushing offense in the league so far and Michael Turner has looked almost unstoppable at home. Brian Urlacher doesn’t care. Chicago will shut down the run and force “Matty Ice” to go downfield.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning and company were practically given the game by the Texans last weekend. The Ravens’ defense has been playing extremely well; even Ray Lewis is playing like a 20-year-old again. Peyton Manning vs. Joe Flacco? Peyton is going to get his timing back eventually and when he does the Ravens won’t be able to keep up.
Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Lions are the only team right now with a legitimate shot at going 0-16. Rod Marinelli needs to blow this team up and start over. As a coordinator. In college.
Oakland Raiders vs. New Orleans Saints
The Raiders are like that cousin who went to juvie for six months for exposing himself on a playground and then comes over to your family for Thanksgiving dinner and your mom tells you that you have to play with him. Sure, he seems a little awkward but then one day he just goes batshit crazy and becomes dangerous. The Saints will win if they just sit around awkwardly and keep the Raiders busy until their plane leaves.
Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets
Brett Farve is the highest rated QB so far this season. The Bengals defense doesn’t stand a chance. This may be a good game to see Kellen Clemens in the fourth quarter. Ma and Pa Clemens will be so proud.
Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 
The Bucs defense is playing well, even in the losses. The Carolina Panthers are going to have to take a page out of Denver’s book and find a way to win this thing at the end. Playing on the road, though, might make it impossible.
St. Louis Rams vs. Washington Redskins
The Rams will be a tougher team under Jim Haslett, but it might take them a few weeks to all get on the same page. The Redskins, on the other hand, are on the same page and playing great. The Redskins should come out on top of a surprisingly close game.
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Denver Broncos
The Jags are not playing tough mentally. The Broncos have more guts than brains. At home in the thin air of Mile High Stadium, they should be able to send Jacksonville home with another loss.
Dallas Cowboys vs. Arizona Cardinals
T.O. will start to get the ball again. He just has to be patient as teams see that keying on him is opening up the field too much for Jason Witten. Dallas will bury the Cards in the desert, but this game might break the scoreboard in the process.
Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers 
Donovan McNabb is going to have to really take his play to another level with the injury to Brian Westbrook. Westbrook is probably going to try and play, but watch for some extra fumbles and misplayed hand-offs as his rib-protecting flak jacket gets in the way. Of course, none of that should matter because they are playing the 49ers.
Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks
Green Bay looked awfully exposed in a few areas the last couple of weeks. Their secondary is completely different without Al Harris and they are soft on the edge without Cullen Jenkins on their d-line. This is going to be one that Seattle steals.
New England Patriots vs. San Diego Chargers
Randy Moss is back. The Chargers’ secondary isn’t. The amount of INTs generated by Shawne Merriman’s pass rush was completely underestimated. Without him, Antonio Cromartie and Quentin Jammer look mediocre at best. The Patriots win another.
New York Giants vs. Cleveland Browns
Really? This shouldn’t even be close. The Browns will come one step closer to the Brady Quinn era.
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October 9th, 2008
If you’re into betting on American sports (but are not US-based!) check out the latest betting specials at Ladbrokes Bookmaker.
NHL: New Season Cash Back!
It’s the start of the new NHL season and to celebrate Ladbrokes have a great offer.
Place a bet on the Money Line, Puck Line, Forst Goalscorer or Total Goals (65 mins incl shoot-out) markets and, if the game is decided by a shootout, Ladbrokes will refund all losing stakes as a free bet (up to £5,000 or currency equivalent).
NFL: No Losers in Overtime
Place a losing bet on the ‘Handicap’, ‘Total Points’, ‘Match Odds’ or ‘First Touchdown Scorer’ markets for any NFL fixture and if the game is decided in overtime, Ladbrokes will match your stake with a Free Bet.
Free Bet up to a maximum value of £5,000 per customer per week. Maximum of 1 refund per customer per match each weekend. Free Bet can be used on any of next weekends NFL matches.
NOTE: This Ladbrokes offer has already paid out four times this season (Week 3 Bengals-Giants and Bucs-Bears, Week 4 Texans-Jaguars and Baltimore-Pittsburgh).
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October 6th, 2008
With the NFL regular season now trucking along nicely and the MLB playoffs looming, sports bettors ought to be armed with more than a wing and a prayer when looking for that big win. Here are some tips from the team at BodogLife.com (a popular online sportsbook) to help fatten your wallet:
Look for value: A lot of time teams or players sneak in under the radar when odds are being set. This is especially true in sports like golf & racing. Always look for value, the bettor’s real best friend.
Jump on bad lines: If you spot what you believe to be a bad line get your money on it right away. If a line truly is bad it won’t be that way for very long
Keep up-to-date on your sports news: If a big player gets injured and you make your bets without knowing about it you could make some really bad bets. Instead of wasting time on Facebook check latest news hourly!
Be trendy: Don’t listen to your buddy who says trends are a load of B.S. If trends were really garbage people wouldn’t use up hordes of time compiling them, now would they?
Don’t bet on “your” teams: Make a list of your favorite teams and avoid betting on them. Most fans either overvalue or undervalue their teams and their bankroll ends up paying the price. No, your team isn’t really that good!
Don’t play huge parlays: Don’t be one of those idiots who tries to cash in on the big time by playing a 12-team parlay which is worth tens of thousands of dollars. You’d be better off just lighting your money on fire, because either way you’re getting burned.
Make your bets early: Don’t wait til two minutes before kickoff or tipoff or puck drop before making your bets. Some of the best lines available are the early lines, & even if they’re not you don’t want to be rushing to get your bets in & accidentally bet on the wrong team.
Manage your money properly: If your bankroll consists of $100 don’t be making $25 bets. The size of your bets should be determined by the size of your bankroll, not by the odds or how much of a “lock” you think a game is.
There’s no such thing as a “lock”: The words “lock” or “guaranteed” should never be uttered when it comes to betting. The only thing that is a “lock” is that you won’t win every game you bet on.
Pace yourself: Don’t make a deposit in your betting account and then immediately wager every single dollar on that night’s game. You’re not going to get rich overnight, so don’t bother trying. Want to try out these theories? Throw down in the Bodog Sportsbook today!
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September 15th, 2008
The National Football League 2008 season kicks off Thursday night with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants hosting new head coach Jim Zorn and his Washington Redskins.
The following NFL preview is from the team at PinnacleSports.com. Unfortunately PinnacleSports are not able to accept USA residents as members…
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Pinnacle Sports Betting is listing New York as 3.5-point -105 home favorites (bet $105 to win $100) for Thursday’s game, with an over/under of 41. The Giants are also posted at -180 on the PinnacleSports.com moneyline, while Washington is getting +170 (bet $100 to win $170) as the road underdogs.
NBC will provide the live television coverage, beginning at 7:00pm Eastern.
The Redskins went 9-7 and made the playoffs last year, then had to find a new head coach when Joe Gibbs retired (again). After a longer-than-expected search, Washington settled on Zorn, the former quarterback and quarterback coach who’s never even been a coordinator, let alone a head coach.
Zorn is implementing a version of the West Coast offense, which can take time. Despite scoring 30 points in their preseason opener versus Indianapolis, the ‘Skins averaged just 13 points per game during the exhibition season.
So for the time being Washington may have to depend on its defense, which ranked eighth in the league overall last season at 305 yards-per-game and fourth versus the run at 91 YPG, to keep them in games.
The Redskins also ranked 15th in total offense last year at 333 YPG, 12th in rushing at 117 YPG, ninth in total yardage at +28 YPG, and seventh in time-of-possession at +2:20 per game.
The Giants, as you might have heard, won the Super Bowl last season (as 30/1 longshots at the Pinnacle Sportsbook), upsetting the undefeated New England Patriots out in the Phoenix suburbs in February. But since then they’ve taken a couple of hits on defense, as one starting DE, Michael Strahan, retired, and the other, Osi Umenyiora, hurt his knee in the preseason and is out for the year.
New York ranked seventh in total defense last year at 305 YPG, eighth versus the run at 98 YPG, 16th in total offense at 331 YPG, fourth in rushing at 134 YPG, sixth in TOP at +2:42, and 11th in total yardage at +26 YPG.
These division rivals split their two meetings last season, each winning on the other’s home field. In Week 3, the Giants trailed the ‘Skins in D.C. at the half 17-3, then rallied for three second-half touchdowns to win 24-17. The G-Men pulled off the victory as 3.5-point road ‘dogs, and the game stayed under its total by one point.
In Week 15 the Redskins got a bit of revenge, beating the Giants 22-10 as 6-point road ‘dogs. Washington ran the ball 35 times for 153 yards, helping the game stay under its total of 36.
In those two games together New York outgained Washington 622-569, out-first-downed the ‘Skins 39-28, and held the ball for a 62-58 TOP advantage. The rushing yardage ended up exactly even at 235 yards apiece, and Washington only turned the ball over once, to the four TOs coughed up by the Giants.
On the injury front, New York kicker Lawrence Tynes has a sore knee, and is out for at least a week or two. As a result, the G-Men signed 44-year-old John Carney, who went 12/14 on FGs last season for Jacksonville and Kansas City, to fill in for Tynes.
The totals went 7-9 in ‘Skins games last season, which averaged 40 points. Meanwhile, the totals went 8-8 in Giants games last season, which averaged 45 points.
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September 2nd, 2008
Super Bowl betting reached record levels this year after an estimated $10 billion was wagered on the event, which saw the New York Giants beat favourites New England Patriots. News feed Reuters has been advised that a combination of the unbeaten Patriots and the popular Giants had caused the avalanche of interest.
Here’s what top online sportsbook Bodog had to say:
Super Bawl XLII for Brady and Patriots
Patriots Tom Brady gets grilling from coach Bill Belichick at Super Bowl XLII (AP Images)
There’s cocking up and there’s cocking up in style. And it looks like the New England Patriots did exactly that at the weekend. The underdogs New York Giants pasted them good and proper and denied them of a perfect season and their fourth Super Bowl.
Golden Balls Patriots quarterback and football sweetheart Tom Brady must be feeling gutted at the 17-14 result, and despite completing 29 out of 48 passing attempts for 266 yards and a touchdown, he couldn’t pull it out of the bag. The Patriots dominated most of the game and the Giants were trailing 7-3 going into the last quarter, so this should have been a done deal. But Giants quarterback Eli Manning was ready to deliver a touchdown 2:07 in, and that my friends was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Although some may think that the Patriots standard bearer wasn’t on form, Brady reckons: “It’s one thing if I felt we weren’t prepared or we hadn’t worked hard; we did. I’m sure it will be extremely tough to swallow in the coming months.”
Too right, having the rug pulled from under your feet is never a good thing especially when the silverware is within reach! The big man did also add: “We all could have done things better. I could have made better reads and better throws.”
That sentiment will no doubt be echoed by many. Let’s hope girlfriend Gisele has broad shoulders.
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February 4th, 2008
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