It’s part 1 of the annual bowl betting breakdowns for 2010-11 NCAA football picks in which we look at the New Mexico Bowl, Humanitarian Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, and St. Petersburg Bowl.

OffshoreInsiders.com takes a look at the football betting match-up using key numbers employed by professional gamblers.

We commence with the New Mexico Bowl: UTEP vs. BYU.

In comparing yards per rush on offense, the better numbers belong to Texas El Paso by .4.

As far as passing yards per completion on the offensive side of the ball, the upper hand is for UTEP by 1.9.

According to yards per point, the more efficient offense is UTEP by .6.

Defensively the more stingy team based on yards per rush is Brigham Young by .8.

The superior defense in terms of passing yards per completion is UTEP by 1.0.

The yards per point statistic used by the best sports handicappers says the superior defense is Texas El Paso, but by just .1

BYU’s turnover margin is four better.

Now sports betting experts look to the Humanitarian Bowl Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State.

In comparing yards per rush on offense, the superiority from a statistical standpoint goes to Northern Illinois by a wide margin of 2.1.

Passing yards per completion is another gauge utilized by bettors. The advantage is possessed by Fresno State by .6.

Possibly the most utilized number by professional bettors is yards per point. From the offensive viewpoint the positive checkmark is in the column of NIU by .6.

Now go to the key numbers on the defensive side of the ball. The yards per rush guide says the better run defense is the Huskies by .4.

The superior passing yards per completion data on defense give the upper hand to Northern Illinois by .4.

In terms of yards per point, the better defense is Northern Illinois, forcing 5.6 more

Next up in the New Orleans Bowl between Ohio vs. Troy State.

The superior team in terms of rushing yards per attempt on offense is Ohio by a slim .1.

Also on offense, when it comes to yards per reception the figures give the eminence to Ohio by 1.7.

Vegas sharps exploit yards per point. Data says the more adroit team in that classification is the Bobcats by 1.7.

Defensively on yards per rush, the disparity favors Ohio by a large 1.3.

The better team at stopping the air attack according to passing yards per completion is also the Bobcats by .7.

Yards per point dictates the shrewder defense belongs to Ohio by 1.8.

In net turnovers, the preeminence is Troy by two.

Finally, insofar as Part 1, we peek at the St. Petersburg Bowl: Louisville vs. Southern Mississippi.

The team that is better running the ball according to rushing yards per attempt is Louisville by .2.

Passing yards per completion says the more productive passing squad is also the Cardinals by .7.

Betting specialists employ yards per point, a number that on the offensive side of the ball favors Southern Miss by 3.3.

Now it’s time to focus on the numbers that the betting counselors cherish from a defensive standpoint. Yards per rush says the tougher defense is the Golden Eagles by .4.

In juxtaposing yards per reception statistics, the margin on defense puts the positive checkmark in the column the Cardinals by 1.4.

The often overlooked yards per point defensive advantage is Louisville forcing four more yards per point.

The net turnover ratio edge belongs to Southern Miss by six.

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Yards per point is determined by diving total yards by number of points. Offensively a lower number is considered more efficient. On defense, a higher number is better.

Matt Rivers has a free pick Thursday is on the Orland Magic -2.5 at Portland.

The Rose Garden throughout the years has been a quality home court advantage and still is that but the Blazers are a banged up team that should not be saved by their home court tonight. Greg Oden is obviously once again done for the season, Brandon Roy is not near 100% and may come off the bench a lot more and Andre Miller and Brian Cook were just suspended for their parts in the altercation at the Clippers a few games ago. Miller should be back dishing the rock but I’ll still take my chances with Jameer Nelson in this matchup.

Dwight Howard and the Magic were just upset at home on Tuesday by the Hawks and should be a fairly angry team here going to the west coast. The road is never easy but the Magic are the superior and healthier team that will prevail in this game. Portland has snapped the six game losing skid with back-to-back wins back home but when push comes to shove I would rather back the 57 or so win Magic at close to a pick in this spot.

The Magic have now lost their last two to fall to 15-6 and have only averaged 80 points in those defeats but truly I’m just not that worried. Stan Van Gundy’s squad has risen to an elite status and become a squad that should be able to outclass an inferior opponent in a spot such as this one. These guys have come close to 60 victories in each of the past two seasons, went to an NBA finals and are already 9 game sover .500 a little over a month into the season.

This is game one of the four game west coast swing and my shekels are on the Magic being locked and loaded and ready to shake off this mini slump.

The pick: Orlando Magic at BetUs

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Colliding on the gridiron . . .

This week’s Thursday Night Football matchup will showcase of couple of struggling AFC South teams, as the Titans (5-7 SU, 5-7 ATS) play host to the Colts (6-6 SU, 6-6 ATS). Tennessee fell 17-6 at home to Jacksonville last week and has now lost five games in a row. Kerry Collins completed just 14 of 32 pass attempts for 169 yards for the Titans in that defeat, with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Chris Johnson was held to just 53 yards on the ground. Indianapolis is riding a three-game losing skid, falling 38-35 at home to Dallas last week as Peyton Manning threw for 365 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions. Oddsmakers have the Colts pegged as 3-point road favorites for this Thursday night matchup, while the OVER/UNDER for the contest is set at 46 points.

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Tipping off on the hardwood . . .

There are three games on the NBA’s schedule for Thursday, with Boston at Philadelphia, New Jersey at Dallas, and Orlando at Portland. The Magic (15-6 SU, 7-13-1 ATS) were beaten 80-74 at home by the Hawks last time out, despite Dwight Howard returning from a stomach virus to pick up 14 points and 13 rebounds. Vince Carter tossed in a team-high 18 points for Orlando in that contest. The Trail Blazers (10-11 SU, 10-9-2 ATS) are coming off a 106-99 home win over Phoenix in which Wesley Matthews led the way with 24 points. Brandon Roy had 20 points for Portland that game.

As well, there are just two games involving ranked teams on the college basketball schedule for Thursday, with IUPUI at No. 2 Ohio State, and No. 9 Georgetown at Temple. The Hoyas (8-0 SU, 5-1 ATS) rolled past Utah State 68-51 last time out to remain unbeaten on the season; Chris Wright poured in 21 points for Georgetown in that contest. The Owls (5-2 SU, 4-2 ATS) are coming off a 64-61 win at Maryland in their last game. Ramone Moore led the way on offense for Temple with 16 points in that win.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

Finally, the eight-game NHL slate for Thursday has the Islanders at Boston, San Jose at Buffalo, Philadelphia at Toronto, Florida at Washington, Columbus at San Jose, Minnesota at Phoenix, Calgary at Los Angeles, and the Rangers at Ottawa. The 16-12-1 Rangers and the 12-15-2 Senators just met in New York on Sunday afternoon, with Ottawa picking up a 3-1 road victory. Chris Kelly provided all the Senators’ scoring in that contest, netting a hat trick, while Pascal Leclaire stopped 25 of 26 New York shots. Brandon Prust had the lone Rangers goal, and Henrik Lundqvist was good for 22 saves.

Urban Meyer announced his resignation—again, as head coach of Florida. The Gators remain seven-point favorites over Penn State. Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com, the top sports betting site in the world says that it may push the Gators line up a bit.

“Many gamblers believe that Florida rode the emotion of his temporary resignation last year in their rout over Florida,” says the top sports betting expert of modern times.

Just as big of a story in the Vegas odds world is that Matt Rivers has a 500K pick in collegiate basketball tonight. He also has a Wednesday is on Arkansas getting 2.5 to Seton Hall. Rivers says:

Seton Hall may be a better overall team even with Jeremy Hazell gone for a while but we are going to see this Pirate team take time to re-establish itself. They immediately fell to Clemson and Xavier before outclassing St. Peter’s in that last game a full week and a half ago. The program fired Bobby Gonzalez at the end of last season and right now is in a bit of a state of flux after losing their star scorer and blue chip athlete. I’m not saying it’s the end all or that this team won’t find itself at some point but right now to be laying points on a neutral site in Kentucky like this against an Arkansas team that still has a little something seems a bit steep.

Herb Pope and Jeff Robinson are quality big men for the Hall and should hold their own. But they are up against John Pelphrey’s 5-1 Razorbacks who I admit are far from being an elite team or even a good team but Rotnei Clarke can shoot the ball with the best of them and I’m not sure that the Hall will adapt well to this spot just yet. Plus the Hogs have only lost once and it was against a decent enough UAB team by five points. These guys have also defeated Oklahoma by 10 and Troy by 15 so even if Pelphrey’s pupils are predicted to be in the bottom of the SEC they are good enough to take care of business against a banged up Pirate team that is struggling right now to stay afloat.

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Sunday in Week 13 of NFL betting was a day of smashmouth football. It’s fitting, then, that we saw a pileup of major injuries.

Don’t worry about: Ben Roethlisberger (nose)

Brett Favre, Vikings: SHOULDER

We almost need to set up a separate article just for Favre injury news, don’t we? It’s becoming difficult to keep up. The latest malady is a sprained SC joint in his throwing shoulder, which knocked him out of Sunday’s win over Buffalo. He was scheduled for a Monday MRI. Could this be the injury that finally ends his consecutive starts streak? It’s a nice window for Favre to walk away from the game and not be called a quitter.

Max Hall and Derek Anderson, Cardinals: SHOULDER, CONCUSSION

Let the John Skelton era begin. Derek Anderson went down with a concussion, supposedly. It’s just as likely that Ken Whisenhunt hooked him because, you know, he stinks. Max Hall dislocated his non-throwing shoulder and could be out multiple weeks if not the rest of 2010. That means Skelton will probably be thrown into the fire next week.

Dez Bryant, Cowboys: FIBULA

That’s game, set, match for Dez Bryant’s season. Sorry, fantasy football players. The standout rookie wideout already had surgery Monday to repair his fractured right fibula and is out for the season.

Heat Miller, Steelers: CONCUSSON

Miller beats out Derek Anderson and Darren Sproles for Concussion of the Week honours because the shot he took was so vicious. Of course, the referees missed the hit on a very defenseless Miller and didn’t even throw a flag. How do you think Miller’s teammate, James Harrison, felt about that?

Flozell Adams, Steelers: ANKLE

The Steelers’ offense line can’t stay healthy and may keep letting teams break Big Ben’s foot, nose and other body parts as a result. Flozell Adams aggravated an ankle injury in Pittsburgh’s Sunday night betting upset over Baltimore and went for X-rays. His status for Week 14 is unknown.

Aqib Talib, Buccaneers: HIP

This is without a doubt the week’s most crushing injury. The Bucs lost Talib, their top corner, for the season after he tore a tendon off his hip bone. Without him, I can’t see Tampa making the playoffs.

Brandon Flowers, Chiefs: LOWER BODY

The status of Kansas City’s shutdown corner is cloudy. He was carried off the field yesterday but claims he only had cramps. Other whispers suggest he aggravated his old hamstring injury. We’ll have to wait and see which news is correct before speculating on his availability for a crucial NFL bettingtilt with San Diego next week.

Cullen Jenkins, Packers: CALF

Another week and another key part of Green Bay’s defense goes down. Jenkins aggravated his calf injury and could very well miss Green Bay’s next game, weakening the Pack’s pass rush.

ESPN Monday Night Football, the New York Jets take on the New England Patriots. The NFL odds on this contest has New England -3.5 with a total of 44.5. The Jets are 9-2-0 straight up and 7-4-0 against the spread, while the Pats are 9-2-0 outright and 6-4-1 where it counts. New York is 5-0-0 straight up on the road and 4-1-0 to the sportsbooks, while New England at home is 5-0-0 straight up and 2-2-1 spread wise.

Here is the official betting preview. As far as points per game, the teams are very evenly matched. The Jets 24.0-17.0 is actually a notch better than the Patriots 30.4-24.2 points per game mark. In fact, with New York playing so well on the road, the splits are close. The Jets on the highway outscore teams 28.4-19.4, while at home New England outscores foes 31.6-24.0.

The Jets have better numbers overall on offense getting 148.1 rushing yards per game, 212.4 passing yards per game, and 360.5 total yards per game.  Compare this to the Patriots offensively at 112.5 rushing yards per game, 236.7 passing yards per game, and 349.2 total yards per game.

Rex Ryan’s boys are significantly better on defense allowing 86.3 rushing yards per game, 210.6 passing yards per game and 296.9 total yards per game. That’s much better than New England at 110.6, 288.5, and 399.1 respectively.

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Week 14 NFL odds are posted and star sports handicapper Matt Rivers has a big pick for the NBA to go with the Jets vs. Patriots spread pick.

Rivers NBA against the spread winner for Monday is on the Miami Heat -5 to Milwaukee.

As I like to often say backing the road chalk is not the key to the mint. But with that said that is exactly what I am going to do right here. Erik Spoelstra’s Heat do not have the record about a month into the season that some thought they would but of late things have been a ton better and I’ll roll with them here in Milwaukee.

Lebron and the fellas passed that hurdle in Cleveland with flying colors and all in all over the past week plus have settled down and looked like the team a lot of people thought they were. King James, Wade and Bosh are the best threesome we have seen in a long time and with a little confidence brewing this team is really scary. I don’t think that all of their ills have necessarily been cured but things are a ton better and the Bucks may be fairly talented but they’re not on the same level as their superior opponent tonight. Milwaukee is 7-12 this season and have dropped seven of 9 both straight up and against the number. I do admit though that Brandon Jennings and his mates are better than that and certainly will be excited and get up for the Heat but I just don’t see it being enough in the end.

It’s a cheap price on what is still the best team in the NBA and therefore I’ll take my chances laying a handful even on the highway.

The pick: Miami -5.

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There has not been any early movement on the Auburn vs. Oregon BCS Championship game as the Tigers are -2.5 with a total of 74.5. Week 13 NFL betting picks are among the strongest in some time as the LateInfo has yet another winner on Buccaneers vs. Falcons.

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Ravens and Steelers meet in a divisional clash, the Colts look to get on track against the Cowboys, and the Spurs take on the Hornets.

Colliding on the gridiron . . .

The Colts will be looking to shake off a two-game losing skid late on Sunday afternoon when they play host to another disappointing club, the Cowboys. Indianapolis (6-5 SU, 6-5 ATS) was beaten 36-14 at home by San Diego last week, as Peyton Manning threw for 285 yards with two touchdowns but four interceptions. Donald Brown was the Colts’ leading rusher in that loss with just 24 yards. Dallas (3-8 SU, 4-7 ATS) was clipped 30-27 at home by New Orleans last week, as Jon Kitna passed for 313 yards with no touchdowns and one interception. Oddsmakers have pegged the Colts as 5.5-point favorites for their Sunday matchup, while the total for the contest is listed at 47.5 points.

Rounding out the NFL’s Sunday afternoon games this week: Cleveland at Miami (-4.5), San Francisco at Green Bay (-9.5), Denver at Kansas City (-9), Buffalo at Minnesota (-5.5), Chicago (-4.5) at Detroit, Jacksonville at Tennessee, Washington at the Giants (-7), New Orleans (-7) at Cincinnati, Oakland at San Diego (-13), Atlanta (-3) at Tampa Bay, Carolina at Seattle (-6), and St. Louis (-3.5) at Arizona. The Sunday nighter is then Pittsburgh at Baltimore (-3). The Steelers (8-3 SU, 6-5 ATS) and Ravens (8-3 SU, 5-5-1 ATS) are tied atop the AFC North standings and are both on two-game winning streaks. Pittsburgh (without Ben Roethlisberger) lost 17-14 at home to Baltimore back in Week 4.

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Tipping off on the hardwood . . .

Eight games make up the NBA slate for Sunday: Boston at New Jersey, New York at Toronto, Cleveland at Detroit, Golden State at Oklahoma City, Memphis at Denver, Washington at Phoenix, the Clippers at Portland, and New Orleans at San Antonio. The Spurs knocked off the Hornets in New Orleans in their most recent matchup on November 28, winning 109-95 behind 23 points from Manu Ginobili. Tim Duncan had 21 points and seven rebounds for San Antonio in that contest, while Richard Jefferson was good for 19 points. David West was the Hornets’ leading scorer in that loss with 23 points, with Chris Paul adding 15 points and seven assists for New Orleans on that day.

Meanwhile, there are just two games involving ranked teams on the college basketball schedule for Sunday, with No. 18 Florida vs. American, and No. 19 Texas vs. USC. The 19^th-ranked Longhorns (6-1 SU, 4-0 ATS) got past Lamar 76-55 last game behind 16 points from Cory Joseph. The Trojans (4-4 SU, 3-4 ATS) are coming off an 81-69 loss to TCU. Texas and USC last played in December 2009, with the Longhorns winning 69-50.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

Finally, the NHL’s five-game slate for Sunday has Philadelphia at the Islanders, Calgary at Chicago, Ottawa at the Rangers, St. Louis at Vancouver, and Phoenix at Anaheim. The Coyotes played host to the Ducks back on November 27, with Anaheim pulling out a 6-4 road victory in that contest. Bobby Ryan had a hat trick for Anaheim that day, while Ryan Getzlaf picked up four assists, and Jonas Hiller stopped 30 of 34 Phoenix shots. Derek Morris, Lauri Korpikoski, Keith Yandle, and Scottie Upshall provided the markers for the Coyotes in that losing cause, while Ilya Bryzgalov stopped just 19 pucks.

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Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens (-3) – Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET

Baltimore won 17-14 when these teams met in September, but the Ravens were without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who was finishing up his suspension. Baltimore (8-3, 5-5-1 ATS) has won back-to-back games, including a 17-10 victory over Tampa last week. The defense is gaining momentum, having allowed just 23 points in the last two games—though it’s having trouble rushing the quarterback (19 sacks). Joe Flacco has the NFL’s best passer rating since Week 5; in his last six games, he’s tossed 13 touchdowns and only two picks.

Pittsburgh (8-3, 6-5 ATS) has won three of four but needed overtime to escape Buffalo 19-16 last week. Defensively, the Steelers are giving up some healthy pass yardage but have been one of the league’s top units. On the other side of the ball, injuries and penalties have ruined the line. The end result is a banged up Ben Roethlisberger, who has a broken foot.

Roethlisberger will give Pittsburgh a boost after missing the first game, but he’s hardly 100 percent right now. Even though Baltimore has struggled to rush the quarterback, expect it to dial up some exotic pressures and force Big Ben to move around a bit on his gimpy ankle.

That will limit his effectiveness and give the Ravens a win and cover.

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Auburn vs. Oregon in the BCS Championship game odds have been posted. Auburn is -3 with a total of 75. “I expected the Tigers -5,” admitted Mike Godsey of OffshoreInsiders.com.

It’s also week 13 NFL betting odds time.

One of the best sports handicappers in the world, Matt Rivers has a free pick winner is on the Buffalo Bills getting 5.5 to the Minnesota Vikings at the sportsbooks.

There is no debating that the Vikings have more talent than the Bills as Brett Favre and the fellas are far better than their porous record but the Bills are much improved of late and should be competitive one more time today.

Ryan Fitzpatrick has been pretty solid of late leading Chan Gailey’s team to a pair of recent wins on the field and a 4-0-2 run against the number. Obviously it’s far too late for the playoffs or anything like that but the players are a lot more confident right now than in the dreadful 0-8 start to the season where the defense was shredded game in and game out.

In the last four losses they fell by literally three points per game and those came against the Steelers, Chiefs, Bears and Chiefs, not bad at all huh? Plus as we all know if Stevie Williams held onto that ball in overtime last week the result would have been an upset win over Mike Tomlin’s boys.

Minnesota is at home here and has far more talent than what the Bills put on the field. But with that said Adrian Peterson is not close to being healthy and may or may not go. Add in how the Vikings have been half a disgrace all season long and really should not beat fatten up on anybody right now anywhere. Just a few weeks ago they had to have a miraculous comeback and overtime victory to beat the horrific Derek Anderson and an inept Arizona team at home.

I do think that the Vikes are a better team and will play harder with Brad Childress gone but they still almost blew the lead and imploded last week in Washington and truly are what they are right now which is not very good, with or without AP.

The pick: Buffalo +5

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Here are the week 13 odds: