The Bengals play division opponents Ravens tonight and although these big cats can’t catch those high flying birds in the standings, Cincinnati is still in contention for a playoff spot, making a victory imperative. The Bengals have a 3-point home field advantage.
This Sunday the Dallas Cowboys head into Giants’ Stadium favored by 3.5 points. Their job is to take on Eli Manning, Tiki Barber and company. Manning has been having a tough time during the second half of the season. He has not been able to correct his erratic play that has included poor decision making and off target passes.
It is the Big East game of the season– #13 Rutgers (10-1, 5- 1 Big East) versus #15 West Virginia (9- 2, 4- 2 Big East). What’s at stake is a BCS Bowl bid. If Rutgers wins they will go to either the Orange, Sugar or Rose Bowl. That’s all that there is to it. Even if #6 Louisville (10- 1, 5- 1 Big East) beats Connecticut (4- 7, 1- 5 Big East) on Saturday, which they should, the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers will still win the Big East title by virtue of their win over Louisville 28- 25 on November 9th.
This season the NFL has added a third matchup to its Thanksgiving slate of games. Now all football fans are treated to 3 games spanning throughout the holiday, giving bettors a chance to have action while the family is in town.
First up for football fans is a 12:30 ET start as the Detroit Lions welcome the Miami Dolphins to the turf of Ford Field. The bookmakers have installed Miami as a 3-point favorite for this appetizer with the total sitting at 39, as ex-Lions QB Joey Harrington returns at the helm of the Dolphins. After a terrible start to the season - including six losses in their first seven games - Miami has reeled off three victories is a row and is making a run at a postseason berth.
It is the offseason but MLB is still making headlines. On Sunday the Chicago Cubs made the largest splash thus far, reeling in free agent Alfonso Soriano from the Washington Nationals. The details as being reported are a 8 year deal worth about 136 million dollars.
With College basketball and the NBA seasons in full swing, we have slacked on the blog due to getting all the conference and team previews up for the public to read. Once we get those previews completed, the bloggins schedule will go back to normal. For tonight we have some football info to talk about.
The Pac-10 Championship will be on the line tonight in Los Angeles Coliseum when the Golden Bears and Trojans hook up. What is at stake for the winner is an automatic bowl berth in the 2007 Rose Bowl. California can end a 48-year old drought of not playing in the Rose Bowl by beating USC tonight in what has been billed as the best Pac10 game of the season. In 1959, the Bears lost to Iowa 38-12. In those 48 years, the Trojans have played in the Rose Bowl 18 times and will look to make it 19 tonight.
It will be quite a task for the Golden Bears as the Trojans have won 22 consecutive games against conference opponents when playing at the Coliseum. Some other streaks of note for USC, 31 straight wins overall at home, as well as an 18-0 mark in November with coach Carroll at the helm.
The Bears have covered 3 of the last 4 meetings between the clubs and this years game expects to be a barn burner. Maddux Sports is releasing a conference game of the year pick on this game, so don’t miss getting on board for this easy winner.
The bookmakers have listed USC currently as a 6 point favorite with the game total lined at 54.
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Do you think folks are starting to believe in Rutgers? I was doing some musing prior to the game and here’s how I thought it might play out between Rutgers and Louisville– (more…)
If you’re looking at tonight’s big game as Brady Vs. Manning, then you’ve bought into the hype of the moment. First, there is no Brady Vs. Manning contest, unless you think that regular season stats equal greatness. Most years, except last, Manning has outmatched Brady in the stat area. But who went to the Super Bowl and won it? Last season, neither did. In previous years, only Brady has gone to the big game and won all three of them. To me the case is closed—Brady is superior. He manages to rise into the occasion more often than not in the big game and put his team into a position to win.
In the Big 12, there’s a major match up between the 18th ranked Oklahoma Sooners (6- 2) and the 22nd ranked Texas A & M Aggies (8- 1). Presently, the surprising Aggies are 4- 1 and in second place in the Big 12 South, with Texas in the number one position. The Sooners are right behind their opponents of the day with a 3- 1 conference grade.
This week Big Ten powers #1 Ohio State and #2 Michigan should have no problem defeating their respective opponents—unranked Illinois and Ball State.
The #5 Louisville Cardinals dispatched the #3 West Virginia Mountaineers 44- 34 by returning a fumble and a punt for two touchdowns in the third quarter. The Mountaineers were is disarray for les than four minutes, but that all that the Louisville defense and special teams needed to dash the Mountaineers BCS hopes and to raise their own team into a first place tie with the # 14 Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
With the 108- 66 humiliation of the Miami Heat by the Chicago Bulls and the 114- 106 win of the Kobe-less Los Angeles Lakers over the Phoenix Suns, the NBA season is on!
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