The Fighting Irish are favored by only 6 points against the Wolverines this week! That’s hard to believe considering how handily Notre Dame beat another Big 10 team– Penn State– the week before.
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Check your rosters, the Seahawks have just increased their chances of making it back to the Super Bowl. Patriots holdout and star wide receiver Deion Branch has been traded to Seattle for a 2007 first-round pick.
2 Brothers will be squaring off as Peyton Manning will be going head-to-head with his younger brother Eli on Sunday night as the Colts take on the Giants in Week one NFL football action. This ESPN TV game will be the first time in pro football league history that sibling quarterbacks have lined up opposite each other.
The odds are posted for the big contest this week between the number one Buckeyes and the number two Longhorns with most handicappers making the home team 2.5-point favorites and a few making them 3-point favorites. Three-points are normally given for the home field advantage, which means this contest is seen as being about as tight as it can get.
Continue reading “Ohio State (#1) Vs. Texas (#2) This Week!”
This morning the associated press released the second set of college football rankings for the season. In a shocking surprise the Texas Longhorns and USC Trojans jumped over Notre Dame to claim the 2nd and 3rd spots respectfully. Ohio State fresh off a beating of Northern Illinois remained number 1 in the poll.
What this now means is when Ohio State and Texas square off on Saturday night, it will be the first regular season meeting between the number 1 and 2 ranked teams since 1996. This game will also be the earliest game ever played between the top two AP poll teams in the history of college football. Maddux Sports will probably be making a college football pick on this game so stay tuned to the website for more winning selections.
Bowmans Sportsbook has just announced the 5th Annual World Handicapping Challenge is back and its bigger than ever. The 2006 NFL season opens up on Thursday and Bowmans free to enter NFL handicapping contest is now open for registration. This year Bowmans is offering its largest payout structure ever footing a $25,000 cash prize for the first place winner.
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Michael Bush, a candidate for this year’s Heisman Trophy, carried the ball 17 times and ran for 128 yards and scored 3 TDs in his first game this season as the 13th-ranked Cardinals hammered Kentucky, 59-28. But in the third quarter Bush was tackled by Kentucky LB Wesley Woodyard, breaking his tibia and fibula and ending the top draft pick’s senior season.
Continue reading “With Bush’s Break Can Louisville Still Contend?”
The number 2 ranked Irish of Notre Dame had to fight hard to get by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 14-10. QB Brady Quinn found himself under a lot of pressure throughout much of the game. A tough Tech defense proved that the powerful ND offense could be checked. But a slimmed down Notre Dame defense was up to the task, managing to hold off repeated forays by the Tech combo of QB Reggie Ball and WR Calvin Johnson (7 rec. 111 yds, 1 TD). ND RB Darius Walker had 99 yards on 22 carries and scored 1 TD.
While all 119 Division I teams enter the 2006 season with fresh records and on equal footing with championship desires, the linesman at Pinnacle Sportsbook believe only a small number of teams stand any realistic chance of winning the BCS Championship Game on January 8th.
In what’s definitely a shocker, the West Virginia Mountaineers are currently a +650 favorite to win the national championship mainly because of their relatively soft schedule Notre Dame is a slight underdog to capture their 14th national title at +700 odds, followed by the number 1 ranked team in the poll Ohio State at +750. Even though USC has lost the big 3 Leinart, Bush, and White, USC has been installed as a +800 underdog to win the national crown. Pinnacle must believe that even though they lost all that talent, the Trojans will not miss a beat. Rounding out the top 5 are the Florida Gators lead by quaterback Chris Leak at +1000.
Continue reading “Odds Posted to win the 2006 BCS Championship!”
The 2006 NCAA football season kicks off today, and even before today the Heisman Trophy predictions are already taking form. Adding more fuel to the pre-season NCAA football fire, Pinnacle has released updated odds on who will be crowned the nation’s number 1 collegiate player.
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