Wake Forest and Clemson will meet in an ACC clash on Thursday night, while the NLCS will get underway in Philadelphia. Here’s a look in today’s Daily Sports Roundup from your home page for winning OffshoreInsiders.com:

The Gridiron Spotlight

The Tigers began their season with a loss to ranked Alabama, and they hit another bump in the road last time out when they fell 20-17 to Maryland. That’s dropped Clemson to 3-2 on the season, and they’re 0-3 against the spread. Wake Forest stumbled in their last game as well, falling 24-17 to Navy. That was the Demon Deacons’ first loss of the season (they’re 3-1), and they’re 2-2 ATS and 2-2 on the OVER/UNDER. Oddsmakers have Wake Forest listed as 2.5-point favorites Thursday.

The other college football game on the Thursday schedule has Houston hosting UAB in Conference USA action. The Cougars knocked off then-No. 23 East Carolina 41-24 last time out to improve to 2-3 on the season, while UAB is coming off a 33-30 loss to Memphis and sit at 1-5. The Cougars are big 18.5-point home favorites in this contest.

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Other Notable Events

The National League Championship Series gets underway on Thursday night, with the Phillies playing host to the Dodgers. Philadelphia will send ace Cole Hamels to the mound in Game 1, and he’ll be looking to turn in another stellar postseason outing. Hamels tossed eight shutout innings against the Brewers back on October 1, giving up just two hits and fanning nine. Hamels beat the Dodgers in a start back on August 23.

Lowe also grabbed a win in his first appearance of the playoffs, surrendering just two earned runs on seven hits over six innings against the Cubs on October 1. Lowe walked one and struck out six in that outing. Lowe faced the Phillies back on August 11, allowing three earned runs on five hits over his 6 1-3 innings pitched in that matchup.

The Phillies are pegged as -136 home favorites in Game 1, with the total at 7.5 runs. For our international readers it’s India and Australia in cricket. Check out what the sportsbooks have to bet on all the games.

The Rest of the Schedule

The National Hockey League gets back into full swing on Thursday night, with four games on the schedule. Highlighting the slate is the season opener for the defending-champion Red Wings – they’ll get a visit from the Maple Leafs. Rounding out the schedule are Boston at Colorado, Calgary at Vancouver, and Anaheim at San Jose.

News from the Wire

The Phillies opened as -130 favorites to win the National League Championship Series, but that line has slipped to around -110 at many books since it appeared . . . The Red Sox were pegged as -155 favorites to win the American League Championship Series when that opener was set on Tuesday, but that’s now been bet down to around -130 . . . the Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the F1 calendar for the 2009 season.

A Peek at the Future

The only college football game on the schedule for Friday is Louisville at Memphis . . .  there are seven more NHL games on the Friday schedule, most notably Chicago at the Rangers and Montreal at Buffalo . . . the American League Championship Series gets underway on Friday, with Tampa Bay hosting Boston (first pitch is set for 8:30pm ET). Game 2 of the NLCS also goes on Friday, with the contest in Philly starting at 4:30pm.

Presidential Race

The political betting odds say that Barack Obama is a virtual lock for the White House and Noah McCullough is the early favorite for 2032.

The Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the NLSC. Derek Lowe is on the hill for the Dodgers, Cole Hamels for the Phillies. The sportsbooks betting line has Hamels a 133 favorite with the over/under odds at 7.5.

Along with Clemson-Wake Forest and UAB-Houston in college football betting, the Dodgers-Phillies are the biggest sports events on Yom Kippur 2008, unless you count the iCarly games.

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Each team had a relatively easy time in the opening round, the Dodgers sweeping the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia beating the Milwaukee Brewers in four games.

The Dodgers have won eight straight games to teams with a winning record and are 22-8 their last 30 both overall and on grass. But there is some reason for the Dodgers to be blue. They are 25-52 going back the last two years, on the road to teams with a home winning percentage of .600 or greater. They have also dropped seven straight to the NL East.

The Phillies are on a 6-0 run at home to teams with a winning record. They are 10-2 after scoring five or more runs their last game and 21-8 to right-handers. However, the Phillies have lost 7-of-10 with Hamels if they allowed two runs or less in their last game. Philadelphia is 20-8 at home in the series.

Derek Lowe though has been much better at home than on the road. Outside of Dodger Stadium his ERA is 4.33 and has a .334 OBP against.

Cole Hamels has a 1.71 ERA in his last three starts with an impressive WHIP of .95.

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Lowe is 4-1 lifetime to the Phils with a 3.02 ERA. Hamels has a 2.57 career ERA to LA.

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Sportsbooks currently have Troy a 3.5-4 point favorite with a total of 51. Troy State is 2-2 straight up, 2-1 against the spread and has gone under two of their three lined games. Florida Atlantic is 1-4 straight up, but 3-2 to the Vegas odds, going under 4-of-5.

Florida Atlantic is off a three-game road trip which ended in their last second loss to Middle Tennessee State.  Referring to FAU coach Howard Schnellenberger’s decision to pooch kick then go into a prevent defense, Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy of GodsTips said, “That loss is 100 percent on Schnellenberger. Coaches are supposed to put their team in position to win. He put them in position to fail and they obliged.”

This is a game that pits the Sun Belt co-champions of last year. Perhaps no player in the country has baffled in a negative sense as much as Owls QB Rusty Smith. Last year he was named Sun Belt Player of the year with 32 TDs and seven interceptions. Over his last two games, he’s thrown six picks and nary a touchdown.

Troy is 5-1 straight up on ESPN2. Their offense under first-year signal caller Jamie Hampton is averaging 441.8 yards per game. According to the more accurate ratings, Troy is better on the defensive side of the ball. They allow just 4.6 yards per play to teams normally getting 5.1.

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Perhaps for the non-bettor (is there such an animal?), it’s one of the slowest sports nights of the entire year. If you are a non-bettor, go play Pogo backdoors at Pogo.com. If you want to profit in a struggling economy, skip Wall Street and head to OffshoreInsiders.com. It’s time for crushing the sportsbooks.  Here is a look in today’s Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

Tuesday night again features a Florida Atlantic contest this week, as the Owls play host to the Troy Trojans in a Sun Belt matchup. Florida Atlantic suffered their third straight defeat last week, giving up a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 14-13 loss to Middle Tennessee. The Owls at least covered the spread on the road in that game, so they’re 3-2 ATS on the season despite only picking up the victory in one of their five outings.

The Trojans were thumped 55-24 by Oklahoma State last time out, a week after falling 28-10 to ranked Ohio State. Troy had started the season with back-to-back wins over Middle Tennessee and cupcake Alcorn State. The Trojans were 17.5-point underdogs versus the Cowboys and couldn’t cover the spread; they’re now 2-1 ATS on the season.

The oddsmakers opened the Trojans as 3.5-point favorites to get the win Tuesday night.

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Jerome Corsi Held In Kenya

Already running away with the Presidential race according to the political betting odds, Barack Obama’s odds increases and one person likely to vote for John McCain, Jerome Corsi is being detained in Kenya. Corsi is author of the Obama smear book “The Obama Nation”.

Other Notable Events

Both NLDS finished early, so there’s no baseball to be found on the Tuesday schedule. The ALCS odds have been released and the Boston Red Sox are a hefty -150 favorite to beat the Tampa Rays and advance to the World Series. In the NLCS, it’s the Phillies a slight 120 chalk over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Kevin Love is looking sharp, but his team is 75/1 to win the Western Conference. Check out all the NBA futures odds.

The Rest of the Schedule

There aren’t even NHL exhibition games Tuesday; real games begin on Thursday night.

News from the Wire

Bills quarterback Trent Edwards suffered a concussion in the team’s loss to the Cardinals on Sunday . . . Buccaneers quarterback Brian Griese was also forced out of action on Sunday; he suffered a bruised elbow . . . Penguins forward Petr Sykora missed both of the team’s games in Stockholm over the weekend because of a groin injury . . . Senators forward Mike Fisher missed the contests as well with a sore groin.

A Peek at the Future

A peek at the future for Cubs fans might include another 100 years of misery, but Dodgers and Phillies fans get to see their clubs battle for the National League pennant starting on Thursday; subsequent games are on Friday, Sunday, and Monday . . . there are only four college football games on the schedule prior to Saturday this week, and only one involves a ranked team – Clemson plays No. 21 Wake Forest on Thursday.

Entertainment Odds

Kim Kardashian won’t win Dancing With the Stars, nor will Misty May-Treanor? Stevie Vincent, founder of forensic sports handicapping has volunteered to be a sex surrogate for either/or.

Check out the latest Hollywood and entertainment betting odds. Will the newly engaged Eddie Van Halen lead next year’s cast?