This past Saturday we weren’t disappointed by College Football. There were several great games along with a few surprising outcomes.
Arkansas almost upset Florida in what would have been the surprise of the year, Sam Bradford re-injured his shoulder, Notre Dame fell short again in a winnable game and the Buckeyes looked as bad as they have all season.
After week 6 of college football we separate the pretenders from the real contenders as Florida prove once again why they are the number one team in the nation.
The big winner this past Saturday was the Miami Hurricanes as they beat the Oklahoma Sooners at home. The victory assured that Miami’s loss to the Virginia Tech Hokies two weeks ago was an anomaly and not the norm.
The loss for Oklahoma all but ended their chances at making it to the BCS Championship. It doesn’t matter now if the Sooners beat Texas in the Red River Shoot-out or if they win the Big 12 Championship. Two losses aren’t going to cut it.
The Twins finally caught up to the Tigers on Saturday, and they did not back off on Sunday winning while the Tigers won with Justin Verlander on the hill. Now it comes down to a tie breaker on Tuesday night between these two teams. The Twins won 11 of the 18 match ups this season and were 7-2 in Minnesota where they will be on Tuesday.
Not many people believed that the Miami Hurricanes were as good as their record indicated. Nobody that is except, well, Miami Hurricane fans. As often is the case in college football betting, the gamblers were right, for the most part, when the Miami Hurricanes finally came down to earth this past Saturday. They were thumped by the more talented Virginia Tech Hokies.
The NFL Week 2 action is now in the books, so it’s time to take a look back at some of the happenings from this past weekend, plus preview some of what’s on tap for the coming weekend. Lines are already up for all the games at Sportsbook.com.
The USC Trojans aren’t supposed to lose to unranked teams yet that is what they have done three years in a row. Three years ago, they were throttled by Stanford as 40 + point favorites ATS at home.
Two years ago, they were beat by Oregon State on the road as 20 + point favorites. This past Saturday it happened again as Washington, unranked as a +20 ½ point favorite, upset the might 2nd ranked USC Trojans to all but end the Trojans’ hopes for a shot at the BCS Championship.
With the week 2 college football action and first full week of NFL play in the books, let’s take a look at some of what we saw, plus take a sneak peek at what’s to come this weekend by pulling out some key betting tidbits to watch out for.
Get more key info on the Sportsbook.com LIVE ODDS & TEAM STATISTICS pages.
The game that everyone was talking about, USC versus Ohio State, did not disappoint. Both teams showed that they have what it takes to go all the way to the BCS Championship. Unfortunately, Ohio State’s road just got much tougher.
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The interesting thing is that the quarterback hyped to no end in the game, Terrelle Pryor, couldn’t step it up enough to bring Ohio Sate the victory while the team led by the true freshman, USC, did enough to win.
USC came out and absolutely dominated the San Jose State Spartans over the weekend. In doing so, they made the biggest statement out of the Top 4 ranked teams from last week.
Florida remains on top and Texas looks good as well. Let’s take a look at this weeks NCAAF Power Rankings.
The Lakers and Magic meet up in Orlando tonight for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Judging by the numerous angles focused on the concept of revenge, we should expect the Magic to climb back into the series in a lower scoring game. Take a look at some of these revenge trends as we preview the game, then head on over to the NBA GAME MATCHUP page for more key betting information.
In another tale in the sage of Manny Ramirez goes to Hollywood, it was annouced that the LA Dodgers MLB Picks slugger has been suspened by Major League baseball for 50 games because of taking a baned susbstance. However sources are saying that substance Manny is being accused of taking is not a susbstance commonly used for performance enhancing (at least not on the MLB Picks diamond).
Bettors aren’t buying that a long layoff will affect the Cleveland Cavaliers when they hit the court for Game 1 of their second round series against the Atlanta Hawks tonight.
Early Sportsbook.com trends show 90% of the action for tonight’s game is on the 11 ½-point favorite, Cavs with 76% of bettors liking the Over 179 points.
Facing a win-or-else scenario, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat already would figure to have plenty of motivation. Just in case, the Atlanta Hawks provided oodles more. Between Mario West’s wild celebration as the first half of Game 5 expired, Josh Smith’s showboating dunk attempt in the final minutes and Hawks radio announcer Steve Holman mocking the NBA’s scoring champion throughout, Wade and Miami are down 3-2 in the series but clearly leading in bulletin-board material.
After taking a 3-1 lead in their best-of-7 first round playoff series with a 58-point win at New Orleans, anyone and everyone believes the Nuggets will end the series on Wednesday. Be sure to get the latest info about this game on the LIVE NBA ODDS, BETTING TRENDS, and TEAM STATISTICS pages before hitting the confirm button on your wagers.
The NBA playoffs started off with a shocker Saturday afternoon and were later followed by another only because of the circumstances.
Could Boston or San Antonio really be in danger of losing two home games to open series and have to travel into enemy territory search for two wins?
Based on opening game performances, the answer is yes, but will bettors take the line-makers bait on new numbers?
