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Friday, January 1st – 5:00 PM ET Rose Bowl ( Pasadena, CA) College Football Spread: Oregon -4   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...

Sam Stout (14-5-1) vs. Joe Lauzon (18-4-0) UFC 108 Betting Line: Lauzon -275 Leading up to UFC 108 It’s been a while since we’ve seen Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout in the octagon (nearly eight months) but he gets back into the cage at UFC 108.

The college football betting season enters 2010 with a flurry of games. In what promises to be one of the best non-BCS games of the entire bowl season, the LSU Tigers (9-3, 5-7 ATS) will lock horns with the Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2, 6-6 ATS) in the Capital One Bowl at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. The Bayou Bengals most likely wrapped up their berth in the best non-BCS game for an SEC...

Thursday, December 31st – 7:05 PM ET Basketball Betting Spread: Mavericks -1    The Week That Was: Mavericks  It was a light but highly successful week for coach Rick Carlisle’s club, which asserted itself as the second-best team in the Western Conference.

January 1st, 2010 – 11:00 am EST Northwestern (8-4, 5-3 Big Ten) vs. Auburn (7-5, 3-5; SEC) The New Year’s Day college bowl cavalcade begins as the Northwestern Wildcats and the Auburn Tigers travel to Tampa Bay Florida for the 2010 Outback Bowl.

The Michigan State Spartans are primarily a basketball school, but their football program has surged in to prominence in recent years after some steady play.Of course, they’ve made headlines for all the wrong reasons. With 14 players suspended due to their participation in a campus brawl, the Spartans will have a depleted roster trying to matchup against one of the most potent aerial...

In the Outback Bowl, NORTHWESTERN gets an opportunity to play on New Year's Day, and opposing them is an Auburn team that started out the season looking like it might be an SEC contender, then faltered. The Wildcats have the blood-and-guts leader in Mike Kafka, who will certainly benefit from a little rest, since he was nicked up for much of the season.

Chick Fil-A Bowl Virginia Tech Hokies (9-3 SU, 4-7 ATS) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (7-5 SU, 7-5 ATS) Thursday, December 31: 7:30 p.m. BetUS.com Betting Odds: Virginia Tech -4 ½, Total Points 49 ½ Here are some betting trends which may impact this game: Virginia Tech: 9-2 SU in their last 11 games Virginia Tech: 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games Virginia Tech: The total...

The New Orleans Saints have secured home field advantage throughout the playoffs and the all important 1st round bye, but what about the second seed? That’s the main question going into the NFC in Week 17. Let’s take a quick look at the games that could have an affect on who does or does not get that important second seed and 1st round bye in the NFC Playoffs. After checking out...

10. Michael Vick – Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) Whether he properly “paid his dues” is up for discussion, but anytime a guy goes from behind bars and bankrupt, to starring on an NFC contender and making over a million bucks in a year, he gets a nod.

Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs Thursday, December 31st – 7:05 PM ET Basketball Betting Spread:  The Week That Was: Heat  The Heat’s third game of the past week came Wednesday night at New Orleans, before this article was written, but in the week’s first two games, it can safely be said that Miami stabilized its season.  Coach Erik Spoelstra’s team had...

Last minute heroics by Brett Favre simply weren’t enough as the Vikings were stunned during a Monday Night Football betting loss to the Chicago Bears last weekend. With the New York Giants on the docket playing for respect to close out their season, the Vikings will need to snap a two-game losing skid to keep their hopes of a first-round bye alive. That win, combined with a Philadelphia...

It’s do or die time for a few teams in the AFC.  Okay, it sort of feels like it’s do or die time for every team in the AFC in Week 17! No less than 7 teams are alive for the two remaining playoff spots.  All 7 have somewhat of a shot to win, but no more than 2 control their own destiny.  Forget about picking the teams to win.  What about picking the teams to...

Utah Jazz (18-13 SU, 17-13 ATS) at Oklahoma City Thunder (17-14 SU, 20-11 ATS) Thursday, December 31 - 8 PM ET BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Odds:  OKLAHOMA CITY -3, Total 198 Here are some of the NBA pro basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup: UTAH has covered 11 of its last 17 games UTAH has lost 15 of its last 21 road games SU OKC has won five of...

In what is already being heralded as a bout to determine the next number-one contender to UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, ‘Sugar’ Rashad Evans (-220) will face Thiago Silva (+175) at UFC 108. Evans (13-1-1), a former champion and Ultimate Fighter winner, brings a wrestling pedigree and explosive speed and knockout power into the cage. Meanwhile, Thiago Silva (14-1) is known for his...

Miami Heat (16-13 SU, 15-13 ATS) at San Antonio Spurs (18-11 SU, 15-13-1 ATS) Thursday, December 31 - 7 PM ET BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Odds:  SAN ANTONIO -7.5, Total 195 San Antonio was running with the pack for a while, but after winning six out of seven games they are making a move on the upper reaches of the Western Conference. The Spurs are now six games behind the Los...

College Basketball Lines St. John 's Red Storm (10-2 SU, 5-4 ATS) at Georgetown Hoyas (9-1 SU, 4-2 ATS) Thursday, December 31 - 8 PM ET BetUS College Basketball Lines: GEORGETOWN -10 Here are some of the NCAAB betting trends as they relate to this matchup: STJ has won four of its last five games SU STJ has covered five of its last seven games STJ has played its last four games...

Thursday, December 31 - 7 PM ET BetUS NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Odds: USC -8.5 Here are some of the trends as they relate to our NCAA college basketball picks: ARIZ has lost five of its last eight games SU ARIZ has covered one of its last seven games ARIZ has played three of its last four games OVER the total ARIZ has lost its last five road games SU USC has won its...

It is December 31st, 2009 today. Right? Lest I have lost a year somewhere then the decade is not over for another 12 months. So what is up with all these “decade” articles cropping up everywhere as we approach the Eve of the beginning of the last year of the decade? Is it not enough we have sullied Christmas with marketing the festivities in September, spoilt Easter with Easter...

BCS Bowl Breakdown Best Bet: Oregon -4 over Ohio State in the Rose Bowl The venerable Tim Brown won my dad like a grand in the late 1980’s when they ran fantasy football leagues in smoke filled rooms in sports bars. He was a hell of a football player, and he knows how to handicap football.