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01/17/2007 - Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Vanderbilt Commodores hope to thrill the Nashville crowd with an upset of the 10th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide this evening in an SEC tilt.
Alabama opened league play with an ugly 88-61 loss to Arkansas, but the club was able to rebound for a 71-61 decision over LSU in the next outing. It has been eight days since that most recent contest, and Alabama is undoubtedly eager to improve on its outstanding 14-2 overall record. On a down note, the Tide enters tonight's clash with a 1-2 mark in true road games.
Vanderbilt, which is 8-2 at home, owns a solid 11-6 overall record, but the team has only one win in three conference games thus far. On Saturday, the Commodores dropped an 85-73 decision to Georgia on the road.
Alabama holds a 65-59 edge in the all-time series with Vanderbilt, but the Commodores have won the last eight meetings at home.
The Crimson Tide is scoring 77.9 ppg this season on 48.3 percent shooting from the floor, including 39.3 percent accuracy from three-point range. Defensively, the squad is limiting its opponents to 63.4 ppg on 37.3 percent shooting from the field. Richard Hendrix leads a balanced offensive attack with 14.9 ppg, and he is ripping down 8.8 rpg. Alonzo Gee is close behind offensively with 14.8 ppg, and Jermareo Davidson accounts for 13.9 ppg, 9.4 rpg and 3.2 bpg. Mykal Riley (12.3 ppg) and Ronald Steele (10.5 ppg) round out the team's tremendously talented group of scorers. Hendix tallied 18 points in the win over LSU, and Gee managed 15 points. Riley and Davidson posted 12 points apiece, and Davidson also secured 12 rebounds. Strong defense was undoubtedly the key to that win, as 'Bama limited the Tigers to 35.7 percent shooting from the field.
Vanderbilt connected on only 38.6 percent of its field goal attempts in the loss to Georgia, and the Commodores scored only six points from the foul line in the contest. They also suffered a 43-33 rebounding disadvantage and permitted the Bulldogs to shoot 55.2 percent from the floor. Derrick Byars led the team with 23 points in defeat, and Dan Cage pitched in 17 points for Vandy. As for Shan Foster, he was limited to 3-of-13 shooting from the floor, including an 0-of-5 effort from three-point range. Byars holds the team scoring lead with 15.1 ppg, and Foster is close behind with 14.8 ppg. Cage has been a solid offensive contributor as well, as he is netting 11.5 ppg on 43.5 percent shooting from behind the arc. The Commodores are averaging 78.6 ppg while allowing 69.5 ppg to their opponents.
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Madison, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Winners of 13 straight games, the second-
ranked Wisconsin Badgers play host to the Purdue Boilermakers this evening
in Big Ten action from the Kohl Center in Madison.
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Clemson, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Their reign atop the national polls was
short-lived, now the fourth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels must find a way
to bounce back from a devastating loss, as they invade Littlejohn Coliseum,
for a b
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Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Roger Federer and
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Australian Open.
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Serena Williams highlighted Wednesday' second-round winners at the Australian
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Vols try to right ship at Auburn >>
Auburn, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 22nd-ranked Tennessee Volunteers, led by SEC
Player of the Year hopeful Chris Lofton, invade Auburn tonight for a battle
with the Tigers.
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Butler puts perfect home mark on the line >>
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favorites to win the Horizon League title this season, and they will
attempt to avoid an upset tonight as they host the Youngstown State
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Buckeyes host Wildcats in Big Ten action >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two teams at opposite ends of the Big Ten
Conference standings meet in Columbus tonight, as the Northwestern Wildcats
come calling on the seventh-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.
Northwestern started
Irish and Wildcats meet in Big East clash >>
Villanova, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 20th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish
are a perfect 13-0 at home, but must go on the road this evening, as they
take on the Villanova Wildcats in Big East action from the Pavilion.
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MySportsbook.com favors Bears, Bengals, Chargers and Colts to remain perfect
LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.
Of the three remaining undefeated teams, only one, New Orleans, enters this week's game as an underdog. Despite an emotional and resounding win over Atlanta on Monday night, the Saints are a 7.5 point underdog against the struggling Carolina Panthers. Indianapolis looks to stay perfect when they face the New York Jets as a 9 point road favorite while the Cincinnati Bengals are a 6 point favorite at home to the New England Patriots.
Six teams enter the week still looking for their first win, with a seventh, Tampa Bay, on a bye week. The prospect of dropping another game would not bode well for a potential playoff run. Since 1990, just three teams -- the 1992 Chargers, 1995 Detroit Lions and 1998 Buffalo Bills -- have overcome losing their first three games of the season to earn a postseason berth. And only the Chargers managed to accomplish the feat after starting 0-4.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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