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NBA Free Picks: Lakers vs. Bulls

College bowl previews and breaking injury and suspension information as it comes in are updated 24/7. But to the Friday night winning with a pick from the real Matt Rivers  of OffshoreInsiders.com Friday is on the LA Lakers -2 at Chicago.

There are certainly reasons why somebody would back the talented Bulls in this near pick-em spot at home but I’m just not going for that. Sure the Lakers have struggled of late, Derrick Rose is awesome and Carlos Boozer was a great addition to a team that is the odds on favorite to win their division but the Bulls are still up against the two time defending NBA champions.

Phil Jackson’s squad has not been nearly as good since jumping out of the gate 8-0. They’re 4-4 overall and a terrible 1-7 against the number in their last eight. You know what I say to that, blah, blah, blah. This is still quite possibly the best team in the entire NBA with the superstar of all superstars at a pick against a good Chicago team, but still far from a great Chicago team. This is just a good solid play, not the lock of 87 generations as Pau Gasol has not been great of late and the Lake Show has struggled but all in all it’s still the Lakers, at a pick, against the inferior Bulls.

Kobe, Gasol, Fisher, Odom and Artest are the champs and a team that has now been playing with each other for awhile. If they continue to play poor ball and lose today than so be it but in my opinon the visitors from Los Angeles walk off this court as the victor more times than not making the Lakers are solid value and good enough for a play.

For more information: It doesn’t get much worse than that, truly says Matt Rivers. I won’t say it was the worst beat that I have ever suffered but having the Colts last night was certainly up there. No pontificating here as I’m sure you saw how that thing went down. Great job not kicking a FG earlier Jeff Fisher, way to let the clock run completely out, genius! 300,000* Oklahoma City-New Orleans plus a 200,000* Miami-Golden State as I erase that despicable nonsense. Click now to purchase

The pick: LA Lakers -2 at BetUs

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I lost money betting your plays yesterday. Can I get a free day?

Anyone who wants a guarantee frankly should not be gambling. Gambling involves risk by definition and we eliminate long-term risk, while reducing short-term. We do not win every day or even every three day period.

In fact, handicappers who now “guarantee” plays sell their picks ala carte, charging $40-60 or more per pick and to purchase every pick they release will often cost $150-200 or more for the right to have the picks “guaranteed”.

We are about results, not the façade of security with so-called “guaranteed picks”. We redeem ourselves by having more winning days and picks than losing days and picks at a lower price.

We will openly admit what the scamdicappers do not: we do lose every now and then. However our work ethic, experience, software, contacts, etc will insure that we win more than anyone else and at a fraction of the cost! Just as we do not request extra money every time we win, we do not give refunds for occasional losing days.

Gambling by definition involves risk. Frankly the only guarantee that any LEGITIMATE handicapper can give is that his plays are extremely well researched and we can say in good sense of right and wrong that our plays have a much better chance at winning in the long-term than any plays that will get anywhere. “Make good” days to my knowledge are gimmicks used by services that charge 20 times what we do. We offer the best selections on the planet for one of the lowest prices anywhere. We are proud of the unprecedented value we offer.

It is by design that my plays are priced where you can try me for a week or even a month for LESS than it would cost you to get the selections from most inferior handicappers in a day. Other handicappers know that they must make as much money from you as quickly as possible. I believe that anyone who tries us for a long period will subscribe to my plays for their betting life. My prices are with that supreme confidence in mind. People who will try me for a day and it’s “one and gone” if I lose are unavoidable. Luckily I have a lot more “won and I’ll try you again” days. But for those kinds of clients timing is everything.

But I treat ever day as if it is my only chance to win someone for life. So far, so good.

Nobody has more to lose by a losing day than I do from both a personal investing and business standpoint. That is why I will work 16 hours a day to make sure the winning days greatly outnumber the losing ones to the benefit of us all!

Often the only difference between a client who uses me for only a day or so and one who will use me for many years is timing. My investors and I will after basketball season weigh all the pros and cons of many things including pricing. A possibility is raising prices and offering “make up days” as a gimmick as the more expensive (and inferior) handicappers do.

As we have been getting new clients literally every day, inevitably any time we lose for a day or two someone will have tried us for the first time and lost. We have many loyal clients who like me suffer through a few inevitable bumps in the road—that’s why it’s called gambling, but stick with us because there is a lot more thick than thin. To give free days after one losing day is frankly a slap in the face to clients with realistic betting goals.

We are still waiting for people to beg to pay double on our more frequent winning nights.

Investing with a quality handicapper is like betting the stock market. There are ebbs and flows but you will make money in the long run.

If I buy a package from you, do the days have to be consecutive?

Our program is designed only for consecutive day purchases, much like a newspaper subscription. However we have made exceptions for clients who buy at least a monthly package and are going out of town or cannot access for a few days.

It is impractical to do this for four-day packages etc as all work must be done manually. In fact they are designed for the weekend recreational bettor.

But if a long-term client wants to delay a subscription while out of town, we can arrange.

I have been thinking of using your plays as I visit your website every day. However you never talk about losers. Am I supposed to believe that you never lose?

I can say with a clear conscience that I believe that you will not get better selections anywhere. However the best products of any kind must not ignore the basic principles of Advertising 101.

Marketing is not defined as an objective rundown of the pros and cons of a product.  Movies and restaurants do not post bad reviews with the good ones. Automobiles do not promote anything negative said in Consumer Reports, just the positives. Mc Donald’s does not publicize the calories or cholesterol levels of their products and Firestone I am confident will never mention the world “recall” in their commercials nor will any of the thousands of products that are recalled every year.

I live and die my selections, but I also need to keep the basic principles of advertising in mind. There will be no inaccurate records posted. I could tell the entire world every time that I lost but in fairness I would have to ask all the Ph.D. professors that I had who taught me to focus on the positive when advertising a product to retroactively lower my grades for throwing those principles out the window. I believe I will win for you more than anyone on the planet will. I will also lose. But it would not be wise to advertise losing days. It does make me dishonest, as I am not. But it does make me a bit in tune with how marketing works.

Anyone could flip a coin, admit to picking heads when tails won. That takes about 30 seconds a day of “honest” handicapping.If you upgrade to wanting a QUALITY handicapper, we are here for you.

But if merely talking about losers is all you want, I can respect that. Let me know if you decide to have as few losers as possible to talk about, a handicapper who would rather learn from losers than merely clear his conscience by talking about them.

Personally I hate losing and telling the world about it really doesn’t lesson the pain. I’d prefer to have clients that feel the same way. I do.

It is not my policy to elevate myself by bringing down other handicappers. But I will try to say this as tactful as possible.

When we formed it, we knew that it was imperative to first spend a ton of money making sure we had the best handicappers to promote. We spent a lot of money purchasing plays and “scouting” a ton of handicappers, including a few on that list. We came up with a wish list and spent a lot of money turning that list into reality. Only the best made the cut. We didn’t recruit any of your “honest” handicappers. I hope that is as delicate as possible.

But then again, admitting to losers was not a criterion on our checklist. Bluntly, we set the bar much, much higher. I do mean much higher.

But to each his own.

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The only way to keep Internet costs down is allow those plays to be accessed on the the Internet.  In fact, we do not store any credit card info. That is all done by Paypal. Even if hypothetically somebody hacked our site, no personal information is on it beyond your email address! They’d have to hack Paypal to get your personal credit card info.

How many plays a day do you release?

We always allow the quality of the card to dictate how many plays we release. We’ve had complete Saturday college basketball cards in which we’ve released just two plays and we had a Thursday night football card with two games and we had plays on both sides and both totals including three Wise Guy plays. As a general rule of thumb, we usually release 3-6 plays.

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On weekdays in which there are no night games, our plays are up usually by 1:00 EST, generally earlier. On days in which there are day games, we release much earlier but sometimes we will come back later with night plays.

Isn’t it a conflict of interest selling picks and promoting a sportsbook?

If it’s a conflict of interest, we are not doing a very good job as all our long-term records prove. It would in theory be a conflict if the only people we sent to a sportsbook were our clients and the clients were also our customers.

While I don’t know of any scientific number comparisons, the number of clients who bet at sportsbooks is enormously higher than the number that purchase sports service selections. The biggest sportsbooks are looking for volume. They can adjust the line to ensure that there is enough square money to balance the sharp money.

Ideally a sportsbook would love to have 50 percent action on each side in every game. Hence half the money wins every game. To be brutally honest, there are a lot more crap handicappers out there than good ones and the crap handicappers send clients to help sportsbooks get balanced action.

Furthermore we give plenty of free information for the do-it-yourself handicapper. A good faith estimate is 4-of-5 clients we send to sportsbooks never bought plays from us or any sports service. Frankly the main purpose of our free news and notes is to increase the number of do-it-yourself handicappers we send.

Finally we always urge line shopping, but we would only recommend a sportsbook that we personally place bets. Having a reliable sportsbook that pays, helps our business not hinders it.

Truthfully, the ethical reasons aside, I don’t think there are realistic benefits to putting out a lousy product. We have the largest number of repeat clients in the industry.

We also get this question when we run a promotion of free premium plays in return for a deposit to a sponsor. It’s very rare when our long-time customers take advantage of this anyway as our package prices represent a miniscule percentage of their winnings. However, we know there is a significant percentage of gamblers out there who distrust ALL sports services because of a bad experience with another or because of hearsay and painting all handicappers with a broad brush. Several of our long-term clients likely would never have tried us in the first place if not for no-risk promotion.

And finally if anyone really thinks we are giving away ruse plays to benefit the books, then just bet against our plays. It will be fool’s gold if you do, but ultimately we are only responsible for the plays we release, not how you bet them.

New Mexico Bowl Preview

Sure, 2010 wasn’t the same for BYU and NCAA football betting sharps who wagered on them. The glory days of Max Hall are a thing of the past. But the Cougars can’t complain, really. They had a nice run. And they get their 29th all-time bowl appearance when they battle the University of Texas-El Paso in the New Mexico Bowl. It’s not too early to make a betting pick!

BYU Cougars vs. UTEP Miners

Saturday, December 18, 2:00 p.m. ET

Sportsbook favorite: BYU -12

It’s not a huge surprise to see the spread at 12 points in BYU’s favor right now, as the Cougars definitely enter the New Mexico Bowl with more momentum. They closed out the season by winning four straight games and before coming within a hair of beating Utah on the road in their final game on November 27. The Cougars scored 40-plus points in three of those games; they also went 6-1 against the spread over their final seven games.

Defensively, BYU was respectable this season, ranking 38th in the nation and 21st against the pass with 187.8 yards allowed per game. The Cougars ran the ball pretty well with J.J. Di Luigi averaging 5.2 yards per carry and running for seven scores.

The Cougars’ passing attack was a liability early in the season when Riley Nelson and Jake Heaps split quarterbacking duties but Nelson’s season-ending injury was almost a blessing. Heaps seemed to find himself down the stretch, throwing 10 touchdown passes and just two interceptions over his final five starts. He hurt his shoulder against Utah but is expected to be ready for the New Mexico Bowl.

UTEP’s season was the inverse of BYU’s. The Miners won five of their first six games but lost five of their last six games. They struggled defensively, allowing 399.8 total yards of offense per game. Quarterback Trevor Vittatoe wasn’t horrible, throwing 19 touchdown passes versus 10 interceptions, but he’s simply not a difference maker. He topped 200 passing yards just once in UTEP’s last five games.

The Cougars may not have been too happy with their season but I still think they’re a class above UTEP. They’re a solid choice to cover the spread without much trouble.

Free pick: BYU -12

College Football Bowl Betting Previews 2010-11, Part 1

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.

NFL Network: Colts vs. Titans Top Card

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

For more information: To say that Matt Rivers misread the Missouri Tigers would certainly be accurate. They skunked me for a second time in a week last night and to make matters worse Mike Anderson’s squad won the game to rub salt in the wounds, awful, just absolutely awful. I’ll dust it off and get right back on that horse today with a 300,000* between the struggling Colts and Titans. Neither team is close to being a good football team right now. One will rebound though and find a little bit of the old magic. Who will it be? I’ll tell you! Click now to purchase Matt Rivers picks

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Colts and Titans hit the gridiron in Tennessee, while the Trail Blazers play host to the Magic, and Georgetown goes up against Temple.

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 Quits, Will Have Affect on Bowl Odds

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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2010 College Football Bowl Odds, 2011 BCS Bowls Spreads

Most of the major sportsbooks now have sides and totals up for all the bowl games, not just BCS and the National Championship Game between Auburn vs. Oregon.  Of course the top sports handicappers will have their premium picks on OffshoreInsiders.com

Here is the latest rundown.

NCAA FOOTBALL – SAT 12/11
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Sat 12/11 103 Navy -7 -113 OVER 54.5 +104
11:30 AM 104 Army +7 +102 UNDER 54.5 -115
NCAA FOOTBALL – SAT 12/18
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Sat 12/18 201 UTEP +12 -108 OVER 49 -117
11:00 AM 202 BYU -12 -102 UNDER 49 +106
Sat 12/18 203 No Illinois -2.5 -105 OVER 60 +102
02:30 PM 204 Fresno State +2.5 -105 UNDER 60 -113
Sat 12/18 205 Ohio +1.5 -102 OVER 58 -105
06:00 PM 206 Troy -1.5 -108 UNDER 58 -105
NCAA FOOTBALL – TUE 12/21
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Tue 12/21 207 Louisville -3.5 -105 OVER 57.5 +102
05:00 PM 208 So Mississippi +3.5 -105 UNDER 57.5 -113
NCAA FOOTBALL – WED 12/22
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Wed 12/22 209 Utah +16.5 -102 OVER 61.5 -102
05:00 PM 210 Boise State -16.5 -108 UNDER 61.5 -108
NCAA FOOTBALL – FRI 12/24
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Fri 12/24 213 Tulsa +12 -105 OVER 70 -135
05:00 PM 214 Hawaii -12 -105 UNDER 70 +122
NCAA FOOTBALL – SUN 12/26
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Sun 12/26 215 Florida Intl +2 -105 OVER 56 +101
05:30 PM 216 Toledo -2 -105 UNDER 56 -111
NCAA FOOTBALL – MON 12/27
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Mon 12/27 217 Georgia Tech +2.5 +100 OVER 56 -109
02:00 PM 218 Air Force -2.5 -110 UNDER 56 -101
NCAA FOOTBALL – TUE 12/28
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Tue 12/28 219 NC State +2.5 -104 OVER 48.5 -105
03:30 PM 220 West Virginia -2.5 -106 UNDER 48.5 -105
Tue 12/28 221 Missouri -1 -102 OVER 46.5 -123
07:00 PM 222 Iowa +1 -108 UNDER 46.5 +111
NCAA FOOTBALL – WED 12/29
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Wed 12/29 223 East Carolina +7.5 -105 OVER 69 +105
11:30 AM 224 Maryland -7.5 -105 UNDER 69 -116
Wed 12/29 225 Illinois +1.5 -102 OVER 61.5 -113
03:00 PM 226 Baylor -1.5 -108 UNDER 61.5 +102
Wed 12/29 227 Arizona U +6 -105 OVER 64.5 -114
06:15 PM 228 Oklahoma State -6 -105 UNDER 64.5 +103
NCAA FOOTBALL – THU 12/30
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Thu 12/30 231 Kansas State -2 -107 OVER 47 -116
12:20 PM 232 Syracuse +2 -103 UNDER 47 +105
Thu 12/30 233 North Carolina -1.5 -106 OVER 50 -109
03:30 PM 234 Tennessee U +1.5 -104 UNDER 50 -101
Thu 12/30 235 Washington U +13 -101 OVER 52.5 -110
07:00 PM 236 Nebraska -13 -109 UNDER 52.5 +100
NCAA FOOTBALL – FRI 12/31
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Fri 12/31 237 South Florida +4 -105 OVER 40 -105
09:00 AM 238 Clemson -4 -105 UNDER 40 -105
Fri 12/31 239 Notre Dame +3 -101 OVER 46 -113
11:00 AM 240 Miami Florida -3 -109 UNDER 46 +102
Fri 12/31 241 Central Florida +7 -109 OVER 54.5 -116
12:30 PM 242 Georgia -7 -101 UNDER 54.5 +105
Fri 12/31 243 Florida State +3 +104 OVER 54 -109
04:30 PM 244 South Carolina -3 -115 UNDER 54 -101
NCAA FOOTBALL – SAT 1/1
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Sat 1/1 245 Northwestern +9.5 -105 OVER 59.5 -113
09:00 AM 246 Texas Tech -9.5 -105 UNDER 59.5 +102
Sat 1/1 247 Penn State +7 -105 OVER 47 -115
10:00 AM 248 Florida -7 -105 UNDER 47 +104
Sat 1/1 249 Michigan State +10.5 -101 OVER 51.5 -105
10:00 AM 250 Alabama -10.5 -109 UNDER 51.5 -105
Sat 1/1 251 Michigan +6 -105 OVER 59.5 -103
10:30 AM 252 Mississippi St -6 -105 UNDER 59.5 -107
Sat 1/1 253 TCU -2.5 -106 OVER 56.5 -105
02:00 PM 254 Wisconsin +2.5 -104 UNDER 56.5 -105
Sat 1/1 255 Connecticut +17 -105 OVER 56 +102
05:30 PM 256 Oklahoma -17 -105 UNDER 56 -112
NCAA FOOTBALL – MON 1/3
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Mon 1/3 257 Virginia Tech +3 -105 OVER 58 -112
05:20 PM 258 Stanford -3 -105 UNDER 58 +102
NCAA FOOTBALL – TUE 1/4
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Tue 1/4 259 Arkansas +3 +102 OVER 57.5 -116
05:20 PM 260 Ohio State -3 -113 UNDER 57.5 +105
NCAA FOOTBALL – THU 1/6
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Thu 1/6 261 Middle Tenn St +2 -101 OVER 48 -112
05:00 PM 262 Miami Ohio -2 -109 UNDER 48 +102
NCAA FOOTBALL – FRI 1/7
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Fri 1/7 263 Texas A&M +1 -105 OVER 49 +100
05:00 PM 264 LSU -1 -105 UNDER 49 -110
NCAA FOOTBALL – SAT 1/8
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Sat 1/8 265 Kentucky +3 -115 OVER 52.5 -114
09:00 AM 266 Pittsburgh U -3 +104 UNDER 52.5 +103
NCAA FOOTBALL – SUN 1/9
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Sun 1/9 267 Boston College +9.5 +101 OVER 55 -102
06:00 PM 268 Nevada -9.5 -111 UNDER 55 -108
NCAA FOOTBALL – MON 1/10
GAME SPREAD MONEY LINE TOTAL POINTS MORE
Mon 1/10 269 Oregon +3 -106 +134 OVER 74 -107
05:20 PM 270 Auburn -3 -104 -148 UNDER 74 -103

NFL Injuries

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.

MNF ESPN Preview: Jets vs. Patriots

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 Spreads, NBA Free Pick

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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Week 14 NFL spreads:

NFL FOOTBALL – THU 12/9
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101 Indianapolis Colts -2.5 -113 OVER 46 -105
05:20 PM 102 Tennessee Titans +2.5 +104 UNDER 46 -105
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105 Oakland Raiders +5 -103 OVER 43 -105
10:00 AM 106 Jacksonville Jaguars -5 -105 UNDER 43 -105
107 Cincinnati Bengals +9 -108 OVER 40.5 -105
10:00 AM 108 Pittsburgh Steelers -9 +100 UNDER 40.5 -105
111 Cleveland Browns +1 +103 OVER 41 -105
10:00 AM 112 Buffalo Bills -1 -111 UNDER 41 -105
115 Green Bay Packers -7 +105 OVER 47 -110
10:00 AM 116 Detroit Lions +7 -114 UNDER 47 +100
117 Atlanta Falcons -7 -110 OVER 42 -105
10:00 AM 118 Carolina Panthers +7 +102 UNDER 42 -105
119 Tampa Bay Buccaneers -3 +111 OVER 41 -105
10:00 AM 120 Washington Redskins +3 -120 UNDER 41 -105
121 St Louis Rams +9 -107 OVER 47 -105
01:05 PM 122 New Orleans Saints -9 -101 UNDER 47 -105
123 Seattle Seahawks +4.5 +103 OVER 40.5 -110
01:05 PM 124 San Francisco 49ers -4.5 -111 UNDER 40.5 +100
129 Kansas City Chiefs +7 -111 OVER 46.5 +100
01:15 PM 130 San Diego Chargers -7 +103 UNDER 46.5 -110
131 Philadelphia Eagles -3 -114 OVER 50.5 -105
05:25 PM 132 Dallas Cowboys +3 +105 UNDER 50.5 -105
GAME SPREAD TOTAL POINTS MORE
133 Baltimore Ravens -3 +104 OVER 45.5 -105
05:35 PM 134 Houston Texans +3 -112 UNDER 45.5 -105