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  • A trip to the Rose Bowl could be on the line in Tucson Saturday night, where Bookmaker customers will get their chance to sink their teeth into a college football betting affair between the Oregon Ducks (8-2, 7-3 ATS) and the Arizona Wildcats (6-3, 4-5 ATS).
     
    The Ducks come into this match at 6-1 in conference play, and they know that victories against Arizona and Oregon State will send them to Pasadena for a date with the Ohio State Buckeyes come January 1st. Arizona controlled its own destiny until it lost to Cal last weekend, and will now most likely have to win its L/3 games of the season and get some help in order to go to the Rose Bowl.
     
    Bookmaker Sportsbook currently has the visiting Ducks tagged as 5.5-point road favorites with the game ‘total’ set at 60-points.
     
    Does anyone realize just how good Oregon's offense has been this season? Since getting dominated by Boise State's defense in the opening weekend of the NCAA football gamblin...

  • Bookmaker Sportsbook customers will get to dig into a crucial NFL betting affair on Sunday Night Football when the Philadelphia Eagles (5-4, 5-4 ATS) get it on with the Chicago Bears (4-5, 4-5 ATS). The winner of this game will have a huge leg up on the other in the chase for the two Wild Card slots in the NFC. The loser is going to have a very difficult climb back to the top of the heap amongst non-division leaders in the conference.
     
    The Eagles are slumping badly right now, and the last thing that they needed was an injury to arguably their best players. RB Brian Westbrook will miss this game with a concussion. If there's good news, it's that backup RB LeSean McCoy has proven to be a viable asset as a reserve, as he has rushed for 353 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the season.
     
    Philly dug itself a huge hole last Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium, and though it clawed back into the game, it ultimately came up short with a 31-23 defeat. It was the second stra...

  • Monday Night Football betting action heads to Reliant Stadium, where the Tennessee Titans (3-6, 4-5 ATS) will take on the Houston Texans (5-4, 5-3-1 ATS). The final game on the Week 11 NFL betting slate is arguably the most intriguing game on the schedule for Bookmaker Sportsbook customers to dig into. QB Vince Young will return to the Lone Star State, where the crowd will certainly be on his side considering that he led the Texas Longhorns to a National Championship. But the Texans are the upstarts of the league, and they'll want to kick off the second half of their season in a strong manner after their bye week.
     
    The host Texans currently sit as 4.5-point home favorites with the game ‘total set at 48-points at Bookmaker.com for tonight’s MNF betting AFC South battle.
     
    Since their bye week, the Titans have won and covered three straight games. HC Jeff Fisher's decision to change quarterbacks has apparently worked, as Young has led the Titans to 30+ point...

  • Jay Cutler has hit rock bottom. There's only one way to go after throwing five interceptions in a 10-6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers last Thursday – and that direction is up. At least that's what the Chicago Bears are hoping when they host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football.
     
    Oddsmakers have set Cutler and the Bears as 3-point home underdogs. Chicago last faced Philadelphia in September of 2008, defeating the Eagles 24-20 on Sunday Night Football with former quarterback Kyle Orton under center.
     
    The Bears were 3-point home underdogs in that game too – proving not much has changed in the Windy City since acquiring the young gunslinger from the Denver Broncos. In his first season in Chicago, Cutler has struggled to find timing with his receivers, throwing three more interceptions (17) than touchdowns (14) heading into Week 11.
     
    Last week's disaster put him in the red, as Cutler only connected on 29 of his 52 passes and totaled...

  • The Texas Longhorns are all but guaranteed a spot in the BCS Championship – that is, if they take care of business in their remaining schedule. Standing in the way of Texas and a shot at the national title are just two regular season contests and the Big 12 title game, starting with the Kansas Jayhawks in Week 12.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Longhorns as 27.5-point home favorites for Saturday's conference collision. Texas has won the last seven meetings going back to 1996, covering in all but one of those games. Last season, the Longhorns thumped the Jayhawks 35-7 as 14-point road chalk.
     
    Texas continued its undefeated stretch, beating the Baylor Bears to improve to 10-0 in Week 11. The Longhorns defense has turned it up in recent games, allowing just 38 points in the last four games while limiting opponents to under an average of 212 yards during that span.
     
    Last week, Texas gave up two late touchdowns to the Bears to snap the shutout but did...

  • Does anyone want to win the Pac-10?
     
    The conference's ticket to the Rose Bowl is still up for grabs with the Pac-10's contenders dropping games week after week.
     
    The Oregon Ducks appeared to have their BCS bowl dreams shattered with a 51-42 loss to Stanford in Week 10, opening the door for the Arizona Wildcats to control their destiny at the top of the conference. However, Arizona was snuffed out by California last weekend, dropping to 4-2 in league play and, along with a couple more top-tier programs losing, anointed Oregon (6-1 in conference play) Rose Bowl favorites, again.
     
    Football bettors should expect more of the unexpected when these two teams clash in Arizona on Saturday. Oddsmakers have set the Wildcats as 6-point home underdogs. Arizona has won two of the last three meetings with the Ducks but lost their most recent conference contest, 55-45 in Eugene last season.
     
    The Wildcats' Rose Bowl dreams are not totally shot....

  • The Baltimore Ravens are hoping a primetime date with the Cleveland Browns can snap their mid-season slump. These two AFC North rivals clash in Cleveland on Monday Night Football.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Ravens as 10.5-point road favorites despite losing four of their last five contests. Baltimore is coming off a 17-7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals as a 3-point road favorite in Week 9. The Ravens won the first meeting with the Browns this year, taking a one-sided 34-3 affair at home in Week 3.
     
    Baltimore's issues on both sides off the ball are to blame for its recent swoon. On offense, second-year passer Joe Flacco has been less than impressive in his last two starts. Against the Bengals, Flacco passed for just 195 yards while completing just over 56 percent of his throws. He failed to connect for a touchdown and was picked off twice, giving him a touchdown-to-interception count of 12-to-7.
     
    His struggles have limited the Ravens' offense in...

  • With 2010 just around the corner there will be plenty of Top 10 lists covering the decade's most memorable moments in sports. Some will focus on big games, others on individual players. But no matter the theme, you can be sure the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts will be on those lists. More specifically, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.
     
    Those two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks go at it one more time in the 2000's on Sunday Night Football. Oddsmakers have set the Colts as 3-point home favorites for this Week 10 war.
     
    Indianapolis won last year's meeting against the Brady-less Patriots, squeaking out an 18-15 victory and failing to cover the 6.5-point spread for the first time in the teams' last five meetings. The Colts put their flawless 8-0 record on the line this Sunday night.
     
    Unlike 2008, New England has Brady under center. The veteran quarterback is back to his old self, passing for 2,364 yards and 16 touchdowns this season....

  • The first NFL Network Thursday Night Football telecast takes place this week in San Francisco, where the Chicago Bears (4-4, 4-4 ATS) will get it on with the San Francisco 49ers (3-5, 5-2-1 ATS).
     
    The Bears are coming off of a crippling 41-21 defeat at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals that really damaged their playoff hopes. That Arizona victory didn't do the Niners any favors either as they try to stay alive in the NFC West chase; San Fran lost to the Titans 34-27 in Week 9. The loser of this contest is surely to be in a world of hurt in the playoff picture in the NFC, so this game is of paramount importance.
     
    Tonight, the Niners are slender 3-point favorites, while the 'total' chimes in at 43.5.
     
    The boo birds were out at Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon as the Bears headed to the locker room facing a 31-7 deficit. They weren't a ton better in the second half, but QB Jay Cutler made things a little more interesting before Chicago ultima...

  • Bookmaker Sportsbook customers will have another chance to sink their teeth into a fantastic Big Ten betting clash when the Iowa Hawkeyes (9-1, 6-3 ATS) and the Ohio State Buckeyes (8-2, 8-2 ATS) get in on in Columbus from the Horseshoe. The winner of this game will be just one win away from a Rose Bowl date with the winner of the Pac-10. The loser will likely be heading to either the Capital One Bowl or the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day.
     
    Bookmaker Sportsbook oddsmakers have lined the Buckeyes as 16.5-point favorites to take control of the Big Ten title race; the over/under has been posted at 36.
     
    The clock struck midnight on Saturday afternoon in Iowa City when the Hawkeyes were dropped from the ranks of the unbeatens by Northwestern 17-10. Truth be told, even had Iowa survived, it would've been difficult to keep the perfect season alive after QB Ricky Stanzi suffered an injury in the second quarter. Stanzi won't be available this week and may not be a...

  • AFC North rivals looking to gain some traction within the division get it on at Cleveland Browns Stadium in ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast! Bookmaker.com customers will love to get their hands on the match-up between the Baltimore Ravens (4-4, 5-3 ATS) and the Cleveland Browns (1-7, 3-5 ATS).
     
    These two teams met up at M&T Bank Field in Week 3 of the NFL betting campaign, with the Ravens taking a 34-3 decision. The Browns are looking for payback though, and are hoping to shine under the bright lights of Monday night!
     
    Bookmaker.com is your official MNF betting headquarters. You can find the Ravens lined at (-10.5), a 'total' of 40-points, and all the props your heart desires there right now!
     
    The Ravens have played one of the toughest schedules in the NFL to date, and it's really starting to show. Last week marked their second loss of the season to the Bengals. The 17-7 defeat was a dominant one, as Baltimore was physically crushe...

  • The Pittsburgh Panthers are having one of their best football seasons in recent years and have climbed all the way to second in the Big East and as high as ninth in the national rankings.
     
    However, when Pitt plays host to one of college football’s most historic and dramatic programs Saturday night, don't be surprised if all the attention is on the visitor.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Panthers as 7-point home favorites when they welcome the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to Heinz Field. Despite all of Pitt's accolades this year, the current situation in South Bend is stealing all the headlines heading into this non-conference clash.
     
    The Fighting Irish dropped their third game of the season to the Navy Midshipmen last Saturday, losing 23-21 and officially falling out of the BCS bowl picture. Like past seasons, Notre Dame's shortcomings have fingers pointing at head coach Charlie Weis.
     
    Weis told reporters this week he's putting the loss...

  • The Iowa Hawkeyes wanted a piece of the Ohio State Buckeyes so bad they forgot to show up for their game against the Northwestern Wildcats last weekend.
     
    Iowa fell flat on its face in a classic look-ahead spot, losing not only the game but any hopes of a BCS title shot. The Hawkeyes laid an 17-10 egg to the Wildcats, failing to cover as two-touchdown favorites, and ruined their undefeated season.
     
    The loss opens the door for Ohio State, which is coming off a huge win over the Penn State Nittany Lions last Saturday. The Buckeyes rolled the Nittany Lions, 24-7, as 5.5-point road underdogs and put themselves in position to take the lead in the Big Ten with a win against Iowa this weekend.
     
    Oddsmakers have set OSU as a 17-point home favorite for this conference clash, which may seem a little big when looking at both teams’ overall records. However, the Hawkeyes will likely take the field without starting quarterback Ricky Stanzi, who was injured...

  • The clock has struck midnight for the Cinderella Denver Broncos, who suffered their first loss of the season last week to the Baltimore Ravens after beginning the schedule with six straight wins.
     
    Now, with the defending Super Bowl champs on deck for Monday Night Football, Broncos fans will see if the fairytale season can continue or if Denver will become the bottom feeder it was expected to be this year.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Broncos as 2.5-point home underdogs for Monday night's contest. Denver has won its last two meetings with Pittsburgh, including a thrilling 31-28 victory in October 2007 in which the Broncos allowed 14 points in the fourth quarter but won the game on a 49-yard field goal as time expired.
     
    Coming off the bye, the Steelers have had two weeks to prepare for the Broncos. Pittsburgh battled for an impressive 27-17 win over the Minnesota Vikings as a 6-point home favorite. The defense, which ranks eighth in the NFL, came...

  • Big Ten rivals collide in a very important game for the conference in Happy Valley Saturday afternoon. The 12th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes visit the No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions – a contest that, while it is crucial to the two teams involved, means a lot more to a program watching from home.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Nittany Lions as 3.5-point home favorites for Week 10's tilt. Penn State won last season's meeting 13-6 at OSU, covering as 1.5-point road chalk. These teams have split their last four meetings straight up and against the spread. However, the home teams is 9-2 ATS in the last 11 games in this series.
     
    The Iowa Hawkeyes will be watching this conference clash closely. For them, the door to the BCS Championship would swing open a touch if the Nittany Lions are able to knock off the Buckeyes. For Ohio State, losing this weekend would drop them out of the running for a high-profile BCS bowl game.
     
    The Buckeyes have punished their l...

  • On Monday night, the Philadelphia Phillies (102-74, +$975) picked up a huge 8-6 home victory to keep their season alive for at least one more game. Now, they've got to hit the road once again to Yankee Stadium, where they must find a way to pick up two MLB betting wins against the New York Yankees (113-63, +$1,602) to successfully defend their World Series title.
     
    The win didn't come easily, though. The champs held an 8-2 lead heading into the final two innings of play of Game 5 before manager Charlie Manuel elected to let his starting pitcher, LHP Cliff Lee try to throw another frame. Lee conceded three runs without recording an out in that inning, and the Philadelphia bullpen allowed another run in the ninth before RHP Ryan Madson found a way to shut the door for his first save of this series.
     
    The oddsmakers have lined the defending champs at -205 to close out this series and clinch the title tonight. The over/under has been set at 9 over -115. Bookmak...

  • If there wasn't already enough hostility between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, these NFC East rivals will battle for the top spot in the division on Sunday Night Football in Week 9.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Eagles as 3-point home favorites for this primetime showdown. Philadelphia has bragging rights in the NFC East after knocking off the Cowboys 44-6 in their most recent matchup last December. That one-sided win officially spoiled Dallas' playoff chances and started the fire under the Eagles, burning all the way to the NFC Championship game.
     
    Philadelphia may have found another spark in last week's dominant performance against the New York Giants. The Eagles slapped around their divisional foes for a 40-17 victory as 3-point home underdogs. Quarterback Donovan McNabb exploited the Giants' shaky secondary, passing for 240 yards and three touchdowns.
     
    McNabb is inching closer to 100 percent health since suffering broken ribs a f...

  • Traditional rivals with a lot of respect for each other get it on in South Bend, IN on Saturday afternoon where the Navy Midshipmen (6-3, 5-4 ATS) will crack skulls with the #21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-2, 2-6 ATS). Last season, the Irish knocked off the Middies 27-21 in Baltimore, but the last time that these two teams squared off in front of the watchful eyes of Touchdown Jesus, the Midshipmen ended a 43-game winning streak by the Irish in this series with a 46-44 overtime victory.
     
    The oddsmakers have lined the hosts at -11 on Saturday afternoon, with the college football betting 'total' coming in at 55.5.
     
    As always, you can expect the Naval Academy to run the ball, run the ball, and run the ball some more on Saturday. QB Ricky Dobbs has only thrown 66 passes in nine games this season, but he does lead the Midshipmen in carries (170) and touchdowns (16). Seven different players have at least 100 rushing yards for Navy, while both Dobbs and RB Vince Murray a...

  • Monday Night Football betting action heads to the Mile High City for a crucial AFC tilt between the Denver Broncos (6-1, 6-1 ATS) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2, 2-5 ATS). The winner of this game will gain a slight advantage on one of the top-two seeds in the AFC, which would assure a bye week in the first round of the playoffs.
     
    Should the Steelers lose, they will either fall into a three-way tie for first place in the AFC North, or a game behind Cincinnati depending upon the outcome of the Ravens/Bengals game on Sunday. The Broncos could ultimately only be a game ahead of San Diego by the time this weekend is over.
     
    Bookmaker sportsbook currently has the Steelers listed as 3-point road favorites with a game ‘total’ of 39.5 for tonight’s MNF clash.
     
    Pittsburgh is coming off of its bye week and has had two weeks to prepare for this battle in Denver. Since losing to the Bengals in Week 3, the Steelers have scored at least 27 points in four...

  • The top two teams in the SEC West collide this weekend when the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide host the No. 9 Louisiana State Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Week 10 of the college football season.
     
    Oddsmakers have set the Crimson Tide as 9-point home favorites. Alabama took the most recent meeting between these rivals, 27-21, in overtime at LSU last season. That victory snapped a five-game winning streak by the Tigers, who are 3-2-1 ATS versus the Tide since 2003.
     
    There is still a lot of bad blood on the sidelines when it comes to Alabama head coach Nick Saban and the LSU program. Saban left the program for the NFL back in 2005, and after two unsuccessful campaigns with the Miami Dolphins returned to the college ranks to not only coach within the SEC, but with the Crimson Tide – the Tigers' main competition in the SEC West.
     
    The animosity towards Saban has grown over the last two seasons. He's officially coached the Crimson Tide into the tea...

  • Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love, but with the way the New York Yankees have settled in and made themselves welcome at Citizens Bank Park the Philadelphia Phillies wish their home was a little more hostile.
     
    New York took at a 7-4 win in Game 4 on Sunday night, giving the Bronx Bombers their second road win of the series, a 3-1 series lead, and a shot at their first World Series title since winning three straight from 1998 to 2000. Oddsmakers have priced the Yankees as +132 road underdogs for Game 5 while the hometown Phillies are listed as -142 favorites.
     
    New York will send right-handed starter A.J. Burnett to the hill Monday. He's coming off his most impressive start of the postseason in Game 2 of the World Series. Burnett pitched seven innings, allowing just one earned run on four hits and striking out nine batters.
     
    That effort improved Burnett's postseason record to 1-0 with a 3.55 ERA in four appearances. In Game 2,...

  • A trip to the Rose Bowl will likely be at stake when the Southern California Trojans head to Eugene to face the Oregon Ducks in a Pac-10 battle between one-loss conference foes.
     
    Oddsmakers have tagged the Ducks as 3-point home underdogs for Saturday's contest. The Trojans have won three of the last four meetings with Oregon, including last year's 44-10 beating at Los Angeles Coliseum.
     
    The Ducks have been on a mission to repair their season since an opening-week loss to the Boise State Broncos which ended in an ugly confrontation involving running back LeGarrette Blount, who struck a BSU player and was suspended for the season. Since that incident, Oregon has had a dark cloud over the program.
     
    Like in most sports, winning cures everything. And nothing would get the Ducks back into BCS talks like a win over the Trojans. Since Week 1, Oregon has rolled, winning six straight games while covering the spread in five of those contests. The Duc...

  • College football betting heads to Raymond James Stadium, where Big East bragging rights will be on the line Friday night. The West Virginia Mountaineers (6-1, 2-4 ATS) will get it on with the South Florida Bulls (5-2, 3-3 ATS). South Florida badly needs a victory to stay alive in the Big East race, while the Mountaineers still control their own destiny in the chase for the Orange Bowl.
     
    The Mountaineers had a lot of things going against them at home on Saturday afternoon, as they had to deal with an emotionally charged Connecticut team. Still, RB Noel Devine had all of the answers for a good UConn defense. He rushed for 178 yards and a touchdown, showing flashes of his predecessor, Steve Slaton.
     
    HC Bill Stewart had to be concerned with the play of his defense, which gave up 501 yards of offense to the Huskies. It was an unusually bad game for a 'D' which still ranks ninth in the country against the run (86.3 yards per game) and 36th in total defense (322...

  • The eighth week of the NFL betting season will wrap up on Monday night in the Big Easy, where the New Orleans Saints (6-0, 6-0 ATS) will look to take a commanding three-game lead in the NFC South with a victory over the Atlanta Falcons (4-2, 4-2 ATS). Should the Saints win this game, they'll already be counting down their magic number towards the playoffs, while the Falcons are not only trying to keep up in their own division, but for one of the NFC Wild Card positions as well.
     
    Atlanta had a rough go of it in Dallas last weekend. QB Matt Ryan had one of the more difficult games of his young career, as he went 19/35 for 198 yards with two touchdowns, two interceptions, and a pair of fumbles. The rushing game ultimately ended up with 124 yards, but it never really asserted itself. The secondary was a real problem on the day, as Dallas QB Tony Romo torched the unit for 311 yards and three scores. There was no answer for WR Miles Austen, who went nuts for the second stra...

  • Green Bay Packers fans have been known for giving opposing teams a cheeky send off when leaving Lambeau Field. But an army of bare bottoms is no match for what the city of Green Bay has in store for former quarterback and current Minnesota Vikings signal caller Brett Favre when he returns to face the Packers on Sunday afternoon.
     
    Plans are in motion for a four-day celebration, or perhaps defamation, of the return of No. 4. Everything from changing the name of Minnesota Avenue to Aaron Rodgers Drive to serving up a special waffle and fries brunch will have the small Wisconsin town boiling over before the whistle blows.
     
    Oddsmakers have priced Favre and the Vikings as 3-point underdogs for Sunday's highly-anticipated NFC North matchup. Minnesota won the first meeting between these rivals, 30-23, at home in Week 4. Favre passed for 271 yards (24-for-32) and three touchdowns in that game and was obviously emotional as former teammates congratulated the vete...

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