The Tennessee Titans are favorites against the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football and that’s just the way they like it.
Tennessee has started the season at 6-0 and 5-0-1 against the spread(3-0 ATS at home). They were able to accomplish this despite playing the majority of games with their backup quarterback Kerry Collins. Collins is a savvy veteran who knows how to limit turnovers and manage a game, his high number of throws is just 35.
He was 10 seconds away from a 3-1 Saturday in college football last weekend but instead he had to settle for a mediocre 2-2 day.
With just over two minutes remaining, the UCLA Bruins drove the field for a 23-20 comeback win over the Stanford Cardinal. The comeback thwarted Cras’ chances of the winning weekend he needed to turn around his college season.
If you love winning, you’re in the right place because we’ve been doing a lot of that here at Sportsbook.com this NFL season.
My NFL Pick of the Week may only look like it’s a mediocre 4-3 this season but I was robbed two weeks ago when Cincinnati came out with a late game day decision to sideline quarterback Carson Palmer.
Our Sportsbook.com writers continue to churn out victories and they are both hot after a 3-1 Sunday last week. While the guys have agreed on a lot of games this season, they aren’t seeing eye-to-eye this week. Cras enters with a 17-9-2 record with Mike at 16-10-2 for the season.
Here’s how they view four of this weekend’s games.
The Boise State Broncos could make a return to a BCS Bowl game if they stay unbeaten, but the San Jose St. Spartans are standing in their way tonight.
Sportsbook.com and other oddsmakers respect San Jose St, installing them as just a touchdown underdog with a Total of 41.5. ESPN2 will broadcast starting at 9 pm ET.
Curlin is the heavy 2:1 favorite for the 25th Breeders’ Cup Classic as he tries to become just the second horse to win back-to-back Breeders’ Cup championships.
Curlin leads a very strong field of horses in Saturday’s $5 Million Classic that caps 14 races over a two-day period. You can see all the Sportsbook.com odds for the Breeders’ Cup Classic here.
Major conference college action begins tonight with SEC’s Auburn versus Big East’s West Virginia. We also have a preview of New Mexico at Air Force out of the MWC.
When the schedule came out this looked like a great non-conference tilt, but each team has had problems.
The Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays may play to low television ratings but that doesn’t mean we won’t see stellar and exciting baseball.
The Sportsbook.com odds for the opening game are Even. The Series odds are Philadelphia +125, Tampa Bay -145.
The Tennessee Titans have been underdogs to Indianapolis seven of the last eight meetings, but they’re favored this week on Monday Night Football.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes were irrelevant to the national title scene just a few weeks ago, but they’re not anymore.
OSU has moved up to 9th in the BCS Standings after blowing out Michigan State, 45-7 on their own turf. They have now reeled off five straight wins after being embarrassed by USC back on September 13th.
The Texas Longhorns (6-0) opened as seven-point home favorites over the Missouri Tigers (5-1) on Saturday, but it’s suddenly dropped to four.
Bet on this gigantic Big 12 matchup that’s being nationally broadcast at 8 pm ET on ABC. It has a whopping Over/Under of 69 points as Missouri averages 48.3 PPG and Texas 46.8 PPG.
You can’t hold last week’s pick against me can you?
I mean, as soon as it was announced on Sunday morning that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer was out for the game no-one in their right mind would take them, right?
Even without Palmer, the Bengals kept the game close as they picked off Brett Favre twice and recovered a fumble.
Is it time to fade the picks in Quick Hits?
After giving bettors a number of winning weeks last season, Cras is having a tough time figuring out the increasingly complicated NCAA schedule and the numerous upsets of the top-ranked teams.
Even he admits that this week’s picks may be worth a fade after a disappointing 1-3 record last Saturday.
Here’s what he’s thinking this week:
Start your Saturday off right with three big college games leading up to the Missouri and Texas Super-Showdown on Saturday night.
Vanderbilt (+14.5) at Georgia 12:30 pm ET
Vanderbilt is enjoying one of its best seasons in history but is up against its toughest opponent to date on Saturday, Georgia. Playing in Athens, the Bulldogs are a 14-1/2 point favorite, but surprisingly, 60% of early bettors like the visiting underdogs.
Our Sportsbook.com writers continue to provide you with solid picks and have four more games to dissect this week.
Both writers went 2-2 with last weekend’s picks and while not a winning week, they are both siding with the winners more often than not. Through six weeks, Cras has a 14-8-2 Double Take record with Mike at 13-9-2.
Will the winning continue this weekend? Here’s how they like four key matchups on Sunday.
Saturday night is Fight Night with world class matches in the Ring and in the Octagon.
In the boxing ring, Kelly Pavlik puts his 34-0 record (30KO’s) on the line when he faces old school Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins in a 170 pound, non-title fight from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Pavlik is listed as a heavy -400 favorite at Sportsbook.com while Hopkins checks in at +300.
