January 29th, 2008

Super Bowl: New York Giants May Have Flu, New England Patriots’ QB Brady May Have Ankle Injury

NY Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes, whose late field goal clinched victory over Green Bay, (after missing 2 in a row) was one of six players with high temperatures and sickness.

“What are the odds?” said coach Tom Coughlin after the team arrived in Arizona on Monday, “I hope that’s the end of it”.

“We had three guys missing last week, and some who were not quite as sick.”

Meanwhille, New England quarterback Tom Brady says he will play despite missing training with ankle trouble.

Brady, seen in a protective boot last week, expects to help the Patriots’ bid to become the second team in the modern era to achieve an unbeaten season.

“This won’t keep me out of this game… It would have to take a helluva lot more than an ankle,” he said.

“It is feeling good. I will be ready to go. It has been a good week.”

The only other team to have won all their games including a Super Bowl were the 1972 Miami Dolphins who went 17-0. The NFL season has since expanded by two games.

“I think we have an incredible opportunity as a team,” Brady added.

“I am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished thus far and we have talked as a team that for the rest of our lives we’ll all remember this week, win or lose.

New England completed their 100% regular season by coming from behind to win 38-35 against the Giants, who have since upset Dallas and Green Bay in the play-offs.

New York defender Michael Strahan, one of two players remaining from the Giants team who lost the 2001 Super Bowl to Baltimore, said the thought of preventing a Patriots’ perfect season was extra motivation.

“This is the biggest challenge that you can have in the Super Bowl,” Strahan said. “We have to go against the only 18-0 team ever.

“It’s like Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas. You wake up and you expect that Tyson knocked him out in the first round and you find out Douglas won. That’s what we hope we are.

“If we win, this would be the biggest upset in a lot of ways.”

November 19th, 2007

Nov 17th: Scores and Results

Here are the results from all the NCAA games on Saturday. There were quite a few upsets from unexpected places, so one could have made a fair amount of money from betting on these games, as always. Stay tuned for the odds, predictions and lines for Week 13, which is another busy schedule!

Saturday, November 17th
Result
#3 West Virginia 48, Marshall 23
#5 Oklahoma 51, Miami (FL) 13
#12 Ohio State 20, Akron 2
#16 Nebraska 20, Wake Forest 17
Northwestern 36, Nevada 31
Michigan State 28, Bowling Green 17
Minnesota 41, Miami (OH) 35
Pittsburgh 34, Grambling State 10
Virginia 24, Duke 13
Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 16
Purdue 52, Eastern Illinois 6
Alabama 24, Vanderbilt 10
#25 Clemson 49, Louisiana-Monroe 26
Buffalo 42, Temple 7
Army 14, Rhode Island 7
#21 Georgia Tech 69, Samford 14
#10 California 34, Colorado State 28
Wyoming 32, Utah State 18
Boston College 37, North Carolina State 17
Washington 24, #22 Boise State 10
#23 Texas A&M 47, Fresno State 45
Oregon 39, Michigan 7
Florida State 34, UAB 24
Idaho 20, Cal Poly 13
Western Kentucky 87, West Virginia Tech 0
South Carolina 16, #11 Georgia 12
#4 Florida 59, Troy 31
#14 Penn State 31, Notre Dame 10
Kentucky 56, Kent State 20
Missouri 38, Mississippi 25
East Carolina 34, North Carolina 31
Air Force 20, Utah 12
#13 UCLA 27, Brigham Young 17
#7 Texas 34, #19 TCU 13
#20 Hawaii 45, Louisiana Tech 44
#24 Tennessee 39, Southern Miss 19
Connecticut 38, Maine 0
Northern Iowa 24, Iowa State 13
Baylor 42, Rice 17
Washington State 45, San Diego State 17
Ohio 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 23
Illinois 21, Western Illinois 0
Central Michigan 52, Toledo 31
Maryland 26, Florida International 10
Kansas 62, Southeastern Louisiana 0
Texas Tech 45, UTEP 31
Mississippi State 38, Tulane 17
Oklahoma State 42, Florida Atlantic 6
Kansas State 34, San Jose State 14
Southern Illinois 34, Northern Illinois 31
Southern Methodist 45, North Texas 31
Indiana 37, Western Michigan 27
Iowa 35, Syracuse 0
South Florida 26, #17 Auburn 23
#2 LSU 48, #9 Virginia Tech 7
New Mexico 44, New Mexico State 34
#5 Wisconsin 20, UNLV 13
Arizona 45, Northern Arizona 24
Arizona State 33, Colorado 14

September 8th, 2007

Rookie Football Bettor Makes Good

A newcomer to NCAA football betting placed a “14 game parlay” bet last Saturday worth $300. His picks all won which made him a cool $86,488.98. There were 9 college football bets, and 5 baseball bets. Almost all of the teams he picked were odds on favorites to win. It goes to show that it can happen to anyone (but don’t try this at home!). Here are the games he bet on:

Football - 137 UNLV Rebels -250 for Game

 Football – 140 Oregon State Beavers -290 for Game

 Football – 167 Iowa Hawkeyes -600 for Game

Football - 170 Oregon Ducks -800 for Game

Football – 72 Wisconsin Badgers -700 for Game

Football – 200 Auburn Tigers -700 for Game

Football - 208 Arizona State Sun Devils -900 for Game

 Football - 223 Texas Tech Red Raiders -340 for Game

 Football - 226 Clemson Tigers +3½ -110 for Game

Baseball - 911 Milwaukee Brewers +140 for Game

 Baseball - 911 Milwaukee Brewers/Chicago Cubs under 7½ -105 for Game

Baseball - 913 St Louis Cardinals/Houston Astros under 8½ -115 for Game

Baseball - 915 Arizona Diamondbacks/San Diego Padres under 8 -105 for Game

Baseball - 927 Detroit Tigers/Kansas City Royals under 9½ -110 for Game