Mississippi: 2-0 SU, 2-0 ATS
South Carolina: 2-1 SU, 3-0 ATS
The Mississippi Rebels’ offense is firing on all cylinders after just two games. The South Carolina Gamecocks’ offense sputtered to start the season but has been starting to warm up in their past two contests. The big question is if the Gamecocks can keep pace with Ole Miss when the teams meet in Columbia on Thursday night.
Eyes of football betting fanatics across the country will be fixated on the Lone Star State for a Saturday night duel between the Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0, 1-0 ATS) and the #2 Texas Longhorns (2-0, 0-2 ATS). Bookmaker Sportsbook customers will be able to sink their teeth into all of the action for this and all the other great NCAA Football betting match-ups for the weekend.
The second week of the NFL betting season wraps up at Land Shark Stadium on Monday night! Sports betting fans with accounts at Bookmaker Sportsbook will get to take part in all of the NFL wagering action between the Indianapolis Colts (1-0, 0-1 ATS) and the Miami Dolphins (0-1, 0-1 ATS). Both teams enter this contest in search of their first ATS victory of the season.
The Dallas Cowboys officially open the doors to their new billion-dollar stadium Sunday night. And no team would love to spoil that celebration more than the New York Giants. These two hated NFC East rivals collide in prime time with the Cowboys set as 3-point home favorites.
There will be extra pressure on Dallas to christen Cowboys Stadium with a win in the home opener. Owner Jerry Jones, who had to dig deep into his own pockets to finish his vision for the new stadium, even put an importance on winning games at home in the preseason. He is aiming to set the NFL’s regular season single-game attendance record and is expecting close to 105,000 fans for Sunday night’s contest.
Jay Cutler’s regular season debut with the Chicago Bears couldn’t have gone worse. The newly-acquired quarterback threw four interceptions, including one to snuff out the Bears’ fourth-quarter comeback, in a 21-15 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night.
Now Cutler faces the most stout defense in the NFL this weekend. Chicago hosts the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon. Bookmaker.com Oddsmakers have tagged the Bears as 3-point underdogs.
Georgia Tech: 2-0 SU, 0-1 ATS
Miami: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS
The ACC has a bad rep this season, but two of the conference’s top teams have the national spotlight on Thursday night. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Miami Hurricanes are both coming off nail-biting wins heading into this week’s ACC Coastal showdown.
Monday Night Football betting is back and better than ever, and Bookmaker.com customers will get their chance to sink their teeth into all of the great action to kick off the ’09 season! In the first half of a MNF double dip, the New England Patriots (11-5, 9-7 ATS in 2008) will play host to their AFC East rivals, the Buffalo Bills (7-9, 7-9 ATS in 2008).
It seems like the “Man-genius” is going to keep his opponents guessing this season. Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini has yet to publicly name a starting quarterback – serving the Minnesota Vikings some psychological warfare heading into this Sunday’s season opener.
Cleveland, which is listed as a 4-point home underdog, will give the nod to either Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson. Mangini has already made his decision on the starter but has yet to tell his players or the media about his choice.
Two of the NFL’s brightest young stars go head to head when the Chicago Bears travel to Lambeau Field to face the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football.
Oddsmakers have tagged the Packers as 3.5-point favorites, while the total is posted at 46.5.
Gunslinging quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler headline this clash between long-time NFC North rivals. The teams split their two meetings last season – Rodgers’ first year as the Packers’ starter – with Green Bay covering the spread in both games.
Each football season a group of mysterious gentleman leap into the sports spotlight with steam and other nonsense. The speculating public, which is essentially composed of followers, clings to every word they speak, complying and following their every lead. You know the fellows. They are referred to with reverential phrases as: “Who are THEY taking?” or “Who do THEY like?”
The NFC East has a favorite to win and a favorite to finish dead last. But in one of football’s most competitive divisions, those preseason predictions can go out the window after NFL Week 1. The Washington Redskins head to the Meadowlands to open the season and try to erase their role as the NFC East’s weak link.
Oddsmakers have tagged the Redskins as 6.5-point road ‘dogs, while the total is listed at 37.
CFB bettors have to stay up late Saturday night to take in a good old fashion NCAAF betting match-up between the ACC and PAC 10 when the Maryland Terrapins (8-5, 7-6 ATS in 2008) and California Golden Bears (9-4, 9-4 ATS in 2008) get it on in Berkeley. HC Ralph Friedgen’s kids last took the field in the Humanitarian Bowl against the Nevada Wolfpack; they won an entertaining thriller on the “Smurf Turf” by a 42-35 final tally as 2.5-point underdogs.
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Reports out of New England are saying the Pats are siding with rookie QB Brian Hoyer as the third-string option and putting their faith in Andrew Walter as the second option.
With Tom Brady nursing a sore throwing shoulder following Friday’s preseason tilt, those two backups will get all the snaps against the New York Giants this Thursday.
ESPN’s Monday Night Football heads to Reliant Stadium for a Texas-sized NFL preseason betting affair. QB Brett Favre will lead his Minnesota Vikings (2-0, 2-0 ATS) in battle against the youthful Houston Texans (1-1, 1-1 ATS).
The Vikings moved to 2-0 in the preseason when they beat the Chiefs 17-13 last week, while the Texans were embarrassed by New Orleans 38-14.
The NFL preseason is treated one of two ways by football bettors. Some fans ignore these tuneup games and believe they hold nothing of value for wagering the regular season.
Others are hungry for NFL action after a long summer and analyze every preseason tilt looking for an edge.
Non-divisional NL baseball betting action takes center stage at Bookmaker Sportsbook on Thursday night when the Houston Astros (44-44, +$87) invade Chavez Ravine to tango with the Los Angeles Dodgers (56-32, +$1937) in the first of four sport wagering match-ups from Dodgers Stadium. The Astros closed out their first half slate on a high winning three of four home games against the Washington Nationals to run their mark to 6-4 their L/10 games played (+$122).
