The college football season begins on Thursday night and one of the highlights will be a nationally-televised tussle between Southern Mississippi at South Carolina (7:35 p.m. ET, ESPN).
The love affair with Coach Steve Spurrier still continues even though his South Carolina teams have done little in five years. The Gamecocks have not been exciting on offense, but once again people think this is the year USC makes a big step up in the SEC.
South Carolina is listed as a 13.5-point favorite at SBG Global and the total is set at 45.5. On the moneyline, the Gamecocks are -600 favorites and the Golden Eagles are +450 dogs. Read More…
Today on the Sports Betting Board: The NFL’s preseason schedule comes to a close, the college football campaign gets underway, and the Tigers meet the rival Twins.
Colliding on the gridiron
There is a full slate of 16 NFL preseason games on tap for Thursday, including two involving unbeaten teams: Baltimore at St. Louis, and San Diego at San Francisco.
The 3-0 Ravens have dispatched the Panthers, Redskins, and Giants in consecutive outings, but they’re 3-point underdogs for Thursday’s contest against the 2-1 Rams (with the total at 38).
The 3-0 Niners have beaten the Colts, Vikings, and Raiders so far in the preseason, and they’re 3.5-point favorites against the 1-2 Chargers on Thursday night (with the total at 36). Read More…
The spotlight will be on the New York Yankees on Wednesday night when they host the Oakland Athletics in front of a national television audience (7:05 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Unfortunately for the Pinstripes, their worst pitcher will be on the mound. Right-hander A.J. Burnett is getting another start for New York and he has been as bad as any pitcher in baseball recently.
Regardless, the major league leading Yankees are still favored thanks in large part to their star-studded offense and because they’re at home.
The Yankees are listed as -144 favorites at SBG Global and the total is set at 9 (over -115). On the runline, the Yanks are -1.5 (+145). Read More…
Today on the Sports Betting Board: The Yankees play host to the Athletics, the Rockies look for a win in San Francisco, and the Fever and Liberty finish off their WNBA playoff series.
Meeting up on the diamond
On the American League schedule for Wednesday it’ll be the White Sox at Cleveland, Boston at Baltimore, Toronto at Tampa Bay, Detroit at Minnesota, Texas at Kansas City, the Angels at Seattle, and Oakland at the Yankees.
Brett Anderson (3-5, 3.32 ERA) will take the hill for the A’s on Wednesday, while the Yankees counter with A.J. Burnett (9-12, 5.17 ERA). Read More…
The Atlanta Braves look to stay on fire at Turner Field as they host the New York Mets on Tuesday (7:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network). The Braves have the best home record (47-18) in Major League Baseball and they are favored to win on Tuesday against the Mets.
The Braves are listed as -149 favorites at SBG Global and the total is set at 7.5. On the moneyline, the Braves are -1.5 (+140).
The Mets are not a very good road team but they do have a decent starting pitcher going on Tuesday. Jon Niese gets the start for New York. He is 8-6 on the season with a 3.63 ERA. Read More…
One of the most interesting trends from the 2009 college football season was the move back toward defense after years of offensive evolution.
Scoring had exploded the prior few seasons (particularly after the sport abandoned its experiment of shortening games with rules changes about when the clock would run). That explosion was led by the proliferation of “spread” offenses. Read More…
If you’re looking to maximize your payouts and minimize your losses (i.e. hedge your bets), a strategy you may want to consider is middling your bets. “Middling” is when you place bets on both sides of a betting spread.
In order to middle, the difference in a betting spread has to be wide enough that opposing wagers can win at the same time.
For instance, take a hypothetical game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. The Saints are 4.5-point favorites at Sportsbook A and are 3.5-point favorites are Sportsbook B.
To middle, you would place a bet on the Colts to beat the spread at Sportsbook A and at the same time place a bet on the Saints to cover the spread at Sportsbook B. This way, if the Saints were to win 34-30, both of your bets would win.
At minimum, when you middle, one of your bet will win and the other will lose. As a result, you will simply lose the bookmaker’s juice (a.k.a. vigorish or vig). Read More…
Here are the 2010 NFL Regular Season win total odds at five of the top online sportsbooks. Click on any link to place a bet at the book of your choosing.
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The New York Mets face the best home team in Major League Baseball when they travel to Atlanta to take on the Braves on Monday (7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN).
The main reason the Braves are leading the National League East is because they have been superb at Turner Field. The Braves actually have losing record on the road but at home they have been sizzling.
The Braves are listed as -200 favorites at SBG Global and the total is set at 8 (under -120). On the runline, the Braves are -1.5 (+105). Read More…
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