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Top Rated Cappers Articles
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Vernon Croy's March Madness Betting |
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Vernon Croy Mar 10, 2010 |
March Madness is the U.S. college basketball championships, also known as the NCAA Tournament. It covers both men's and women's NCAA college tournaments, which take place throughout March to determine the men's and women's college basketball champs in the U.S. The tournament starts with 64 teams and after each round of play, the number of teams is whittled down until only two men's and two wome ...
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Picking the Winning NCAA Bracket: Top 5 Tips |
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Craig Trapp Mar 8, 2010 |
March Madness every year starts with every person filling out NCAA tournament brackets and trying to win the office pool. This year how about you win the office pool with tips from Craig Trapp on handicapping the big dance. Craig's handicapping tips for March Madness will help you fill out your NCAA bracket and give you tips to win your NCAA bracket.
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Kentucky vs. Tennessee Preview |
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BetUS.com Feb 27, 2010 |
The second-ranked Kentucky Wildcats have won eight straight games and will be
looking to take another step toward securing an outright SEC championship title
when they visit the struggling Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena
today at 12 PM ET.
Saturday, February 27, 12:00 PM ET
Kentucky Wildcats (27-1 SU, 15-11 ATS, 13-12 O/U)
Tennessee Volunteers (20-7 SU, ...
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College Basketball Predictions: 5 Burning Questions for Week 15 |
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BetUS.com Feb 25, 2010 |
As the month of February wraps up, teams continue to jockey for positioning
in their upcoming conference tournaments. At-large bids change hands every day
this time of year, and BetUS Sportsbook asks five burning questions regarding
the March Madness picks of the future.
1: When the dust settles this Sunday, who will be on the #1 line?
It sure seems like a giv ...
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NBA Playoffs Seeding Predictions |
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Doc's Sports Feb 23, 2010 |
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 2/23/2010
Eastern Conference
This could end up being a banner year for the Eastern Conference. It looks like the requirements to get into the playoffs in the East have just gotten a little stricter. Currently, the top eight teams in the East are all at least .500 ball clubs. That is something that could not have been said the last few years at the end of the regular ...
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Steve Merril's NCAA Tournament Value Plays |
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Steve Merril Feb 19, 2010 |
Kansas is the best team in the nation, but there is not much value at 2/1 to win the NCAA Championship. Below are 3 long-shots that could make some noise next month.
West Virginia
Opened 15/1
Current 30/1
There is excellent value with West Virginia at 30/1 as their odds have doubled since the start of the season, due mainly to their recent two-game losing str ...
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College Basketball Handicapping: Bracket Buster Betting Trends |
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Doc's Sports Feb 18, 2010 |
by Robert Ferringo - 2/18/2010
I've analyzed the last five years of the mid-February mid-major hoops orgy known as Bracket Buster Weekend to see if I could establish any useful betting angles or trends. Instead of working over every single "official" Bracket Buster game I squared my focus on the ones that featuring the mid-major conferences that were routinely wagered upon. That includes the ...
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College Basketball News: 5 Burning Questions for Week 14 |
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BetUS.com Feb 18, 2010 |
To the casual college basketball fan, this week is just another of many in
the season. To the avid fan though, this is a chance to see some of the smallest
giants of the NCAA basketball world pitted against each other in rare matchups.
This event is known as "Bracket Busters," and
BetUS.com poses five
burning q ...
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College Basketball Futures: Who are the possible #4 seeds? |
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BetUS.com Feb 16, 2010 |
Four seeds are typically ones that are prone to first round upsets in the
NCAA Basketball Tournament. Some teams are moving on up towards that #3 line,
while others are starting to crash down. Check out BetUS Sportsbook's March
Madness Picks for the #4 seeds in the dance, including what bracket they would
be playing in if the tourney started today and how they rank against each other
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Super Bowl Betting Recap |
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Doc's Sports Feb 10, 2010 |
by Robert Ferringo - 2/10/2010
It was another great NFL betting season at Doc’s Sports and I couldn’t leave it without a wrap-up of thoughts on another excellent Super Bowl. So here is a special edition of the Ferringo Report on Super Bowl 44:
- Whenever I talk to people before the Super Bowl they still all say the same thing, “I just hope it’s a good game.” It’s as if the blowouts of ...
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Super Bowl 44: Freeney Injury Report |
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BetUS.com Feb 5, 2010 |
Whenever a star player gets injured in any capacity heading in to a
championship contest, the betting line is going to wobble and that’s exactly
what’s happened to the Colts’ Super Bowl odds when reports of Dwight Freeney’s
bum ankle hit the pipeline. The truth about the injury is unknown, but the
usually tight-lipped Colts confirmed to the league that Freeney has “a
third-degree, low ...
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Super Bowl 44: Will the Colts Cover? |
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BetUS.com Feb 4, 2010 |
Maybe when you consider betting on Super Bowl action, you want to take into
account the close calls the two teams - the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans
Saints - have sustained this season. If you recall (and it wasn't long ago),
they both had undefeated record until very deep into the season; in fact, the
Saints won their first 13 games of the 2009 campaign, while the Colts won their ...
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Betting the Super Bowl Total |
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Doc's Sports Feb 4, 2010 |
by Robert Ferringo - 2/4/2010
Drew Brees Saints quarterback
Apparently, defense isn’t allowed in the NFL anymore.
This January we have seen a dizzying display of offensive artistry as points have been a-plenty through the 10 games that we’ve witnessed. And the two teams that have survived the splurging are – not surprisingly – the two best offensive clubs in the NFL, Indianapolis ...
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Super Bowl 44 Prop Report |
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BetUS.com Feb 2, 2010 |
The great thing about the Super Bowl is there’s so much more than the spread
and total on which to wager on the NFL betting board.
Super Bowl XLIV between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints is no
exception, with myriad proposition bets available to bettors looking for
something a little different to whet their big game whistle.
Before we get into some of t ...
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Super Bowl 44 Preview |
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BetUS.com Jan 28, 2010 |
Super Bowl XLIV 2010 Betting action will kick off a week from Sunday, but
it's never too early to get a jump on the action! BetUS Sportsbook analyzes how
the Indianapolis Colts (16-2, 12-5-1 ATS) and the New Orleans Saints (15-3, 9-9
ATS) will match up against each other on both sides of the football...
New Orleans Offense vs. Indianapolis Defense: The Saints have a plet ...
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Super Bowl 44 Early Odds |
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BetUS.com Jan 27, 2010 |
February 7, the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints will meet in
Miami to decide Super Bowl 44. The Las Vegas sportsbooks didn’t wait long to
post their opening point spreads and predicted Super Bowl Totals for the game.
The Indianapolis Colts opened favored by 5 points and the over/under for the
game was set at 56 points. But the early money has come in on the Colts ...
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Will the Nets get to 10 wins |
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John Ryan Jan 26, 2010 |
EDGE article
January 26, 2010
College Hoops sport a 10-1 ATS mark in 15* Conference Games of the Month entering Tuesday night action.
We were certainly feeling well at the half of the AFC Championship game, but the momentum had turned decidedly in favor of the Colts. We lost that 25* game and now stand at 5-2 ATS with 10* plays, 3-1 ATS with 15* plays and 1-1 ATS with 25* plays in the NFL ...
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Championship Weekend & Super Bowl Props |
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BetUS.com Jan 23, 2010 |
We are down to the final four teams to
compete for the Super Bowl championship,
and the drama is building. At BetUS you
can test your sports expertise with any
and all kinds of wagers in this
weekend's NFC and AFC championship
games, which includes wagering on the
straight-up and pointspread winners of
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Big 12 Hoops Power Ratings |
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Tony George Jan 21, 2010 |
By Tony George
The Big 12 has more than just Texas and Kansas this year. There are 8 teams in this conference that have 5 losses or less, 2 of them have only 1 loss, and 3 teams are ranked in the Top 10. As a matter of fact, the home teams combined headed into last weekend from the Big 12 were 104-4 SU at home. The Home Court in the Big 12 is as strong as any conference in the land, as evi ...
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Vernon Croy's NFL AFC Championship Preview |
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Vernon Croy Jan 21, 2010 |
The NFL AFC Championship game is set for this Sunday January 24th at 3:00 PM ET with the New York Jets vs. the Indianapolis Colts. This is a must win game if you want to make it to the 2010 Super Bowl 44 on Sunday February 7th. The current betting lines for the match up have the Colts favored by 7.5 points with a posted total of 39.5. The fifth seeded Jets have won seven of their last ei ...
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2010 NFL Conference Championships |
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John Ryan Jan 19, 2010 |
2010 Conference Championships
What a great run we have enjoyed in football overall. NFL plays are not on a 5-2 ATS run with 10* releases, 2-1 ATS with 15* releases and won the 25* AFC Titan Game of the Year on the Jets in a game we stated that the Jets had an excellent shot at winning the game. NBA 10* plays are on a 5-0-1 ATS run and CCB Conference Games of the Month are a perfect 6-0 ATS ente ...
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NFC Championship Preview |
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Jeff Hochman Jan 18, 2010 |
MINNESOTA (13-4) @ NEW ORLEANS (14-3)
ATS Records: Minnesota (10-6-1) @ New Orleans (9-8)
Sunday, Jan 24 2010 at 6:40 PM
Current Line: New Orleans -4 O/U: 52.5
So which team were you more impressed with in last week's victories. The Vikings embarrassed the listless Cowboys while the Saints took advantage of a very tired Cardinals t ...
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NBA ATS Countdown Issue One 2010 |
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Cajun Sports Jan 18, 2010 |
Welcome to our NBA ATS Countdown Issue 1 for the 2010-11 NBA Season. The Countdown takes a look at the league’s top five teams against the spread. As we do in most issues we not only look at ATS situations for the NBA’s top five ATS teams we also provide a key angle for each team. Here are the league’s top five take a look…
Atlanta leads the way with a 26-13 ATS mark on the season for ...
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NBA Handicapping: Road Success Doesn’t Equal Betting Success |
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Doc's Sports Jan 15, 2010 |
by T.O. Whenham - 1/15/2010
I'm a fan of the NBA, but it's not a sport that I follow as closely as others, and I don't handicap it very often. When there are sports that I'm not avidly following I find that I like to have little rules in my mind that I can use to quickly get a sense of how a team is performing - a snapshot of where they are at.
In the NFL, for example, I can get a sens ...
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Ravens & Colts Divisional Playoff Preview |
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BetUS.com Jan 15, 2010 |
In what is proving to be a very stiff
betting prediction, the Ravens will try
to topple the mightiest team in the AFC.
Ironically, it’s also the franchise that
up and left the town of Baltimore back
in the day. The new look Ravens
dismantled an injury riddled Patriots
team last weekend. Beating up on Colts
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Arizona vs. New Orleans NFC Divisional Playoffs Preview |
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Jeff Hochman Jan 13, 2010 |
This should be one dandy of a game. I am 3-1 so far in the NFL Playoffs doc. by The Sports Monitor of OK. Don't miss the huge weekend of winners at www.jhsportsline.com that will kick-off our new Website launch.
Arizona Cardinals (11-6) vs. New Orleans Saints (13-3)
ATS Records: Arizona (9-7-1) vs. New Orleans (8-8)
Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 ...
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THE BIG12 YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! |
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Mr. East Jan 8, 2010 |
Here we are a day removed from the BCS National Championship game, with the focus shifting to NCAA basketball. Before you know it the call will be coming to selection Sunday, and the Madness will begin. I'm not sure if anyone that isn't associated, or affiliated with the Big-12 Conference has noticed, but as of this writing the Big-12 is currently 104-1 straight up at home! let me repeat that, the ...
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Odds to Win the Super Bowl |
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BetUS.com Jan 8, 2010 |
It’s the second best time of year, next
to the first weekend of March Madness,
the start of the NFL Playoffs gives fans
a chance to dream about their team
winning the Super Bowl. More
importantly, though it gives
NFL sports betting fans the chance
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Wild Card Weekend Preview |
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BetUS.com Jan 8, 2010 |
Getting a handle on this weekend’s
NFL betting board involves using
a fine-tooth comb to evaluate the three
Wild Card matchups that also went down
in the final week of the regular season.
Take Saturday’s AFC Wild Card game
between the Cincinnati Be ...
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College Basketball Totals Betting |
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Doc's Sports Jan 8, 2010 |
by T.O. Whenham - 1/8/2010
We are well into college basketball conference play now, so teams have played more than enough games for us to get a sense of what they really are and how we should be dealing with them. Here's a look at 10 teams that have proven themselves trustworthy on totals so far this year - the ones that most consistently stay ‘under’ or go ‘over’. (‘over/under’ record follo ...
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME |
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Freddy Willis Jan 7, 2010 |
By Freddy Wills | January 7, 2009
Alabama vs. Texas (+4, 46)
Texas will win if ...
Colt McCoy has a great game. He will have to be flawless out of the spread against the Tide D. If he is not then this could be a game like Nebraska where the offense struggles. He won’t have to hit the long passes, but needs to take a few midrange chances in order to keep the Alabama ...
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BCS Title Game Preview |
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BetUS.com Jan 7, 2010 |
On January 7, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena
plays host to the BCS National
Championship Game. In the game between
undefeated No. 2 Texas Longhorns and the
No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide, the
BetUS.com sportsbook has the Crimson
Tide favored by -3 points over the
Longhorns. The predicted game total is
set at 45½ ...
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NFC Wild Card Primetime Preview by Jeff Hochman |
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Jeff Hochman Jan 6, 2010 |
NFC Wild Card Preview
Philadelphia Eagles (11-5) vs. Dallas Cowboys (11-5)
ATS Records: Philadelphia Eagles (9-7) vs. Dallas Cowboys (9-7)
Saturday, Jan. 9th 2010 @ 8:05 PM E.
Current Line: Dallas -4 O/U: 45
The Cowboys and Eagles hook up for the second straight week, but this time it's win ...
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GMAC BOWL PREVIEW 2010 |
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Freddy Willis Jan 6, 2010 |
By Freddy Wills | January 6, 2009
Central Michigan vs. Troy (+3, 63)
The GMAC Bowl game has been that bad game right before the good game. Reminds me of going to a concert and you have some no name bands opening for the big guys. In the past it’s been Conference USA just dominating the MAC Conference. This year it will feature two Conference Champions. One team is from the Sun-B ...
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Fiesta Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Jan 4, 2010 |
In a game of undefeated teams the Boise State Broncos take on the 7 point favorite TCU Horned Frogs in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at 8:00 PM ET, January 4 th at Cardinals Stadium. This is my 2 nd favorite game this bowl season. This game carries so much hype because both teams have prolific offenses, the Broncos rank number one in the nation averaging 44.2 points per game and TCU is third averagin ...
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NFL Week 17 Preview - 5 Burning Questions |
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BetUS.com Jan 2, 2010 |
There is just one week left in the NFL
betting season, and BetUS poses five
questions for football handicappers to
watch out for in Week 17... 1:
How will the Wild Cards in the AFC be
won? Last season, this is
approximately what the NFC Wild Card
race looked like heading into Week 17.
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Sugar Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 31, 2009 |
Cincinnati: The Week That Was
Cincinnati was fortunate to complete a
perfect regular season on Dec. 5. In
Brian Kelly’s last game as the
Bearcats’ head coach, UC erased a 31-10
first-half deficit and then responded to
a late Pittsburgh touchdown to stun the
Panthers, 45-44, at Heinz Field.
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Rose Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 31, 2009 |
Ohio State: The Week That Was
The Buckeyes already owned a Big Ten
title, but in their Nov. 21 conference
finale against Michigan, there was
hardly reason to relax. One of college
football’s most storied rivalries
demanded a full-tilt effort, and that’s
what Jim Tressel’s team provided in ...
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Holiday Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 30, 2009 |
The Nebraska Cornhuskers were oh so
close to taking down the Texas Longhorns
and getting an automatic bid to a BCS
Bowl. What the game came down to was
that Texas had Colt McCoy and the
Cornhuskers did not. But Nebraska’s
excellent defensive effort, holding
McCoy and the terrific Longhorns to 13
point ...
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Humanitarian Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 30, 2009 |
On December 30, the Idaho Vandals and
the Bowling Green Falcons take the blue
turf in Boise Idaho to battle it out for
the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl. The
Humanitarian Bowl features two bowl
eligible teams from the Western Athletic
Conference and Mountain West Conference.
The BetUS.com bookmakers have the MWC
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Sun Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 30, 2009 |
Oklahoma ’s phenomenal defense will take
on the run happy offense of Stanford in
this year’s Brut Sun Bowl.
For Stanford Cardinal, they are led
by Heisman Trophy runner-up, Toby
Gerhart, an All-American running back.
On the season, Gerhart, a junior, led
college football in several categories,
includi ...
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College Football Bowl Season - 5 Burning Questions |
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BetUS.com Dec 30, 2009 |
With a bevy of college football bowl
matchups ready to go off this week,
BetUS Sportsbook asks five questions
that just beg to be answered...
1: Will the high-flying Cougars
or ground-happy Falcons dominate the
Armed Forces Bowl? Last year,
the answer to this question was really,
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CFB Bowl Down and Out System of the Week |
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Cajun Sports Dec 29, 2009 |
We first want to update the last two week’s college bowl systems because the games were still pending at press time. We gave you SMU plus the 11 points over Nevada and the Mustangs did not need the points as they won straight up 45 to 10. Last week our system called for a play ON the Georgia Bulldogs minus the 6.5 points over Texas A&M and they won the game 44 to 20. We hope to keep this trend goi ...
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Texas Tech HC Mike Leach OUT ... From AP |
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Game Sports Dec 28, 2009 |
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP)—Texas Tech suspended Mike Leach on Monday while the school investigated complaints from receiver Adam James and his family about how the coach treated the player after a concussion.
James is the son of former NFL player and current television analyst Craig James.
The school said in a release that defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill will be the interim coac ...
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Vikings & Bears MNF Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 28, 2009 |
This is the time of the season when
handicapping the weather becomes a part
of any successful
NFL betting strategy.
Taking a look at Monday night’s
battle between the Minnesota Vikings and
Chicago Bears, the game looks like a
mismatch – ...
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Champs Sports Bowl Preview |
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BetUS.com Dec 28, 2009 |
The Champs Sports Bowl features the
Miami Hurricanes facing the 3 point
underdog Wisconsin Badgers in a
different style’s battle on December 29
at 8:00 PM ET at Florida Citrus Bowl
stadium. Miami ended with a 9-3 record
in the ACC and Wisconsin also ended 9-3
in the Big Ten.
The Hurricanes will ...
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PapaJohns OVERVIEW and RESEARCH |
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John Ryan Dec 28, 2009 |
Papajohns.com Bowl
Saturday January 2, 2010
2:00 Kick-off?Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Current line SC by 4.5 as of 12/28/2009
This has ben one of the best bowl seasons for the undercard games i have seen in years. I most recently wrote about the Texas A&M/Georgia independence Bowl game and that certainly has not disappointed viewers. I must note that I am now 6-2 ATS in 2009 Bowl game ...
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NFL PLAYOFF SCENARIOS: WHAT ARE THE ODDS? |
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BetUS.com Dec 26, 2009 |
In the AFC, there are two teams who have
already clinched spots in the playoffs.
Those are the Indianapolis Colts and San
Diego Chargers. That much is certain.
The rest isn't. All of the following
scenarios are good for THIS WEEEKEND,
and we have calculated percentages (and
a few parlays) based on an interpolatio ...
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Betting the underdogs in the Bowl Games |
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Tony Karpinski Dec 22, 2009 |
Here is some basic info for the College Football Bowl Season.
One of the best practices in sports betting is to simply take quality teams when they are underdogs, as they not only have a chance to win the game outright, but they can also stay within the point spread if their efforts come up a bit short.
The college football bowl season is no exception to the rule, and those simply takin ...
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Undervalued Bowl Bounty |
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Cajun Sports Dec 22, 2009 |
This week’s college football system may seem odd in that we are playing on a team that has not done well against the spread during the regular season. In fact this plays right into our hands as the odds-makers do not give our play on team enough credit which in turn gives us solid line value in this particular situation.
SYSTEM: Play ON a Bowl team with 22+ days rest and a sub-.300% ATS r ...
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