Of course the game is not etched in stone as we file this,
but according to OffshoreInsiders.com
the projected Las Vegas line for an
Oklahoma-Florida BCS Championship game would be a spread of Florida
-2.5.

Once the matchup is confirmed and sportsbooks lines are posted, we will
report the college football odds for you.

There are a pair of college
football games on the schedule for Thursday night, while the Phillies and Rays
play Game 2 of the World Series. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

West Virginia
will host Auburn in one of two
college football games on Thursday night (college football odds), and
neither of those teams have performed well for their supporters this season.
The Mountaineers beat Syracuse 17-6
last time out, but that margin wasn’t big enough to keep them from dropping to
1-4 against-the-spread on the season (they’re 4-2 straight-up). The Tigers are
even worse at 1-6 ATS (4-3 SU), and they lost 25-22 to Arkansas
in their last game. West Virginia
is pegged as a 3-point home favorite, with a total of 38.

In the other game it’s New Mexico
at Air Force in a battle between second-tier Mountain West teams. The Lobos
absolutely crushed San Diego State
70-7 last time out to improve to 4-4 (5-3 ATS) on the season. The Falcons are
coming off a slim 29-28 win over UNLV which pushed them to 5-2 (4-2 ATS). Air
Force is listed as a 5-point favorite.

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who the sportsbooks posts odds on.
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Stevie Vincent wins World Series Game 1 as he has the
Phillies. That’s not bad for a handicapper who is 16-3 in college football
betting.

It’ll be Brett Myers versus James Shields in Game 2 of the
World Series on Thursday (Purchase
MLB playoff tickets) night. Myers picked up a victory against the Dodgers
in the NLCS in his last outing, but it was an ugly performance – five earned runs
on six hits and four walks over just five innings of work. The righthander gave up just two runs in his NLDS win over Milwaukee.

Shields was tagged with the loss
twice in the ALCS against the Red Sox, although he
wasn’t pounded in either outing. The righthander
allowed two earned runs on six hits over 7 1-3 innings in his first start
against Boston, and then
surrendered three earned runs on nine hits in 5 2-3 innings. Tampa
only scored two runs over those two games.

The Rest of the Schedule

The puck will drop on seven games in the National Hockey
League on Thursday night, with the top matchup in Minnesota
where the Wild will host the Sabres. Those two teams
are a combined 9-0-1 so far this season. Also on the NHL’s
schedule: Toronto at Boston, Dallas at the Islanders, Calgary at Nashville, Carolina at Pittsburgh, and Edmonton at Colorado. As well, the Caps will hit the ice in Phoenix
to close the night.

There’s also a full slate of NBA preseason games on
Thursday, with Atlanta at Detroit,
Milwaukee at Minnesota,
Miami at New
Orleans, Indiana at Dallas,
Portland at Utah,
Oklahoma City at Phoenix,
and Houston at Sacramento.
As well, Charlotte will be in Los
Angeles to play the Lakers; Kobe Bryant left Tuesday
night’s game with a knee injury.

News from the Wire

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo
says he won’t play against Tampa Bay this weekend . . . the Chiefs added
quarterback Quinn Gray to their roster . . . Broncos linebacker Boss Bailey is
out for the season with a knee injury, while defensive back Champ Bailey will
miss at least a month with a groin injury . . . Browns tight end Kellen Winslow has been suspended by the team for one game,
and will sit out this week against the Jags.

A Peek at the Future

The World Series resumes Saturday in Philadelphia,
with the Rays’ Matt Garza battling the Phillies’ Jamie Moyer. Garza allowed
just two earned runs on eight hits over 13 innings in the ALCS
versus the Red Sox . . . the Chargers opened as 3-point favorites against the
Saints for their game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday,
with the total at 47 points . . . Carl Edwards is the 5/1 favorite to win this
week’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta.

Here is the official sports info gameday.
The NFL injury report, perfect for fantasy football players as well (fantasy football
betting odds) will be up shortly, but here are key news and notes for football
betting on the early card. If you are making predictions against the Vegas NFL
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Panthers-Buccaneers

Tampa is 2-0
at home this year straight up and 8-2 since last year. Yet, Carolina
has won five straight in Tampa Bay
by an average of 10 points per game. The injury report will update, but it
appears Jeff Garcia is about 55 percent to start at QB ahead of the injured
Brian Griese.

Rams-Redskins

Going back to last year, the Rams have lost eight straight
by a combined 288-110. The top football handicapper of all time, Mike Godsey of
GodsTips reminds those who bet on sports, “Midseason coaching changes generally
have positive short-term results” as the Rams play with interim head coach Jim
Haslett. He takes over for the fired Scott Linehan.

The Redskins have won eight of their last nine contests
going back to late last year. The Skins are tied with the Tennessee Titans in
leading the NFL in turnover ratio.

Bears-Falcons

The home team is 14-7 straight up in Atlanta’s
last 21 games. For those who bet quarter lines, note that Atlanta
is outscoring teams 48-14 in the first, but they are outscored 93-69 in the
other three.

Dolphins-Texans

The nation’s top NFL handicapping service, GodsTips has a free
winner on this game. Miami has
851 yards of total offense in their last two games, their best since 1995. Houston
is 3-0 straight up all-time in the series. Miami
has outscored teams 24-0 in the fourth quarter.

Houston will
likely start Matt Schaub at QB. He was 3-2 straight up at home last year and
this is his first home start in 2008.

Ravens-Colts

Baltimore has
allowed the fewest first quarter points, just three. The Colts have scored just
44 points this year in the first three quarters, but 38 in the final frame. The
Colts are last in rushing yards per game on offense and last on defense in
rushing yards per game allowed. They face a Ravens team that has gone 23
straight games without allowing a 100-yard rusher.

Lions-Vikings

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Detroit is 0-4
straight up by an average of 20.3 points per game. Will this be a big moneyline
upset? Not likely as Minnesota is
11-1 straight up in the series, but remember that Minnesota
is coming off the short week after beating the New Orleans Saints on MNF,
another GodsTips Wise Guy winner.

Raiders-Saints

Oakland blew a
15 point lead to the Chargers two weeks ago, but had off last week. The Saints,
off a short week, have lost 7-of-8 to the AFC.

Bengals-Jets

Cincinnati will
likely not start Carson Palmer at QB, but the injury report is up coming. Brett
Favre, the New York QB (you may have heard) is 6-1 straight up his last seven
following a bye. The Jets average field position is tops in the NFL.

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Early games

Seattle-NY Giants

Giants WR Plaxico Burress is suspended. Seattle
gets back two big targets in Deion Branch and Bobby Engram.

Chargers-Dolphins

TE Antonio Gates practiced fully Thursday and Friday and
will start.

Titans-Ravens

The Ravens RB Willis McGahee is a game time decision but
“did not practice well this week,” reports the top NFL handicapping expert in
the world Mike Godsey of GodsTips, anchor of OffshoreInsiders.com

Lendale White is probable for
the Titans, but Chris Johnson will get most of the carries.

Falcons-Packers

All indications are that Aaron Rogers is a true game time
decision. Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine.com
assures us, “All of my sources indicate even the Packers are not sure.
He is a true 50/50 decision, but I’d be shocked if he’s 100 percent affective.”

Redskins-Eagles

Eagles RB Brian Westbrook is probable. TE L.J. Smith will also likely play, but the Eagles will be
without WR Kevin Curtis and Pro Bowl G Shawn Andrews. Donovan McNabb will also
start.

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Chiefs-Panthers

Some may argue the relevance of who starts at QB for the
Chiefs, but starter Brodie Croyle
is out, meaning Damon Huard starts. Carolina’s
Jake Delhomme was also on the official NFL injury report earlier but will
start.

Late games

Bills-Cardinals

Arizona will
be without WR Anquan Boldin.
Buffalo will be without starting CB
Terrence McGee.

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Bengals-Cowboys

Desperate for offense, the Bengals activated WR Chris
Henry following his drug suspension. Carson Palmer is probable to start at QB
for Marvin Lewis’ boys. However, a sore elbow is likely to affect Cincinnati’s
play calling. Chris Perry is probable at RB for Cincinnati.

Steelers-Jaguars

Jacksonville
will be minus half of their starting secondary as S Reggie Nelson and CB
Drayton Florence are out. This means rookie Leodis McKelvin and nickelback Ashton Youboty split time. This means Will James and Gerald Sensabaugh get the start. Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com
says that Jacksonville is in
trouble because James has been beaten deep several times this year and key
backup Scott Starks is also out.

The Jags though should get back the services of LB Justin
Durant. Yikes, things are much worse for Pittsburgh
as they are out their top two running backs Willie Parker and rookie Rashard Mendenhall. Journeymen Mewelde
Moore gets the nod.

The Minnesota Twins will be looking to punch their ticket to the postseason
on Tuesday night by beating the Chicago White Sox. Here’s a look in your Daily
Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

You won’t want to shine the spotlight too brightly on Tuesday’s college
football matchup, as it’s an underwhelming affair between 1-3
Florida Atlantic and 1-3 Middle Tennessee. The Owls managed to beat UAB a few weeks ago, but they couldn’t get much going
against any of Texas, Michigan
State, or Minnesota.
The Blue Raiders’ lone win came against Maryland,
and they’ve been beaten by Troy, Kentucky,
and Arkansas State.

When these Sun Belt teams met last season Florida Atlantic came away with a
27-14 home win as 2.5-point favorites. Middle Tennessee
had won the previous two meetings between these teams by identical scores of
35-14 (one at home, one on the road), covering the spread twice. The Blue
Raiders opened as 1.5-point favorites for Tuesday.

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The White Sox managed to beat the Tigers in their makeup game on Monday, so
now they’ll battle the Twins in a one-game playoff for first place in the AL
Central and MLB’s final postseason berth on Tuesday.
The winner of this game will move on to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, with that series getting underway Thursday afternoon.

The Twins will send Nick Blackburn (11-10, 4.15 ERA) to the mound on
Tuesday, and the White Sox will counter with John Danks
(11-9, 3.47 ERA). Righthander Blackburn beat the
White Sox in his last outing, surrendering just two earned runs on eight hits
over five innings. Lefthander Danks wasn’t as sharp
in his last start, as he was knocked around for seven earned runs on seven hits
over four innings of work by the Indians.

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at +300. Crystal Cox and Matty Whitmore are next at
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The same bookmaker has the betting odds posted for the Amazing Race on CBS.
Nick/Starr is the prohibitive favorite at +200. Andrew and Dan as well as
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In the past, the oddsmakers have foreseen the success of Mike Boschetti from “Last Comic Standing” and the winners of
American Idol.

The Rest of the Schedule

It’s another slow day for sports on Tuesday, so your only other options are
preseason hockey or whatever football games you have saved on your TiVo from the weekend.

News from the Wire

Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has a strained oblique, and his next start won’t
come any earlier than Game 3 of the ALDS against the Angels . . . Angels
pitcher Joe Saunders seemed to be recovered from his kidney stone on Sunday –
he tossed six scoreless innings in a win versus the Rangers . . . the Ducks
have finally brought veteran winger Teemu Selanne back into the fold, signing him
to a two-year contract over the weekend…Alonzo Mourning has written a book “Resilience”
that is sure to make waves….perhaps not as much as LA Times blogger
the photogenic Lisa Guerrero, who calls New England Patriots fans fair weather.
Philadelphia writer Phil Sheridan
angers Phillies fans for a bizarre column today claiming the same thing about
his hometown baseball squad.

Political Ticker

Barack Obama maintains his lead according to the political betting
odds. Bruce Elliott, an opportunist apparently is big into painting nude
portraits, the latest of VPILP Sarah Palin. It can be obscene and not heard at Chicago
dive bar the Old Town Ale House. He apparently is also a collector of nude
photos of Janet Jackson and Britney Spears. Do we really want to see Britney
Spears nude?    

A Peek at the Future

The opening game of three baseball divisional playoff series are on the
schedule for Wednesday, with Milwaukee at Philadelphia, the Dodgers at the
Cubs, and Boston at the Angels. The league championship series are slated to
get underway on October 9 and 10, while the first game
of the World Series will be October 22 . . . the WNBA
Finals get underway on Wednesday night in San Antonio and continue through the
weekend.

Football handicappers are going over the updated NFL power rankings for Week
5 and the sharpest are checking out the college football power rankings as
well.

It’s time for the official betting preview of the
Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football. The sportsbooks have Pittsburgh
as the five-point favorite with a total of 34-34.5. Based on yards allowed per
game, these are statistically the league’s top two defenses.

Because of Hurricane Ike, the Ravens had an unscheduled
bye week and have played just two games, winning and covering both. This is
their first road game and their toughest foe.

The Steelers are 2-1 straight up and 1-2 versus the
number. This is their only home game in a five game stretch in which
four-of-five are on the highway. The won and covered their only home game so
far crushing Houston 38-17. Their
last two games have produced a total of 16 and 21 points combined.

The Steelers defense has carried them. According to Bob
Warner of Lines-Maker.com, they are
allowing just 2.8 yards per rush against teams normally allowing 3.8, 4.9 yards
per pass to 5.8 and 4.1 yards per play to 5.0.

There are several key injuries for tonight’s game. The
Steelers will be without their leading rusher Willie Parker, meaning rookie
first-rounder Rashard Mendenhall gets his first
career start. In the past four series meetings, no Pittsburgh
running back has exceeded 42 yards rushing.

Two key players will start but could be less than 100
percent: Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger and Ravens RB Willis McGahee.

Out for Baltimore
is key defender Samari Rolle.
They will start Corey Ivy or Frank Walker, two players who looked horrible in
the preseason according to Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com.

The Steelers rush defense has also been great in the
series, allowing just 81.8 yards rushing per game and 3.4 yards per carry in
the last five meetings at Heinz Field. The Steelers are a stunningly
spectacular 13-0 straight up on MNF since 1992. Baltimore
meanwhile is trying to snap a six-game primetime losing streak.

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