Here is the ultimate report for NFL bettors and fantasy
football (fantasy
football betting odds) for Sunday’s NFL.

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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Other Notable Events

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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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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
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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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The Ravens will be looking to run their record to 3-0 on the season on
Monday night when they go to Pittsburgh
to play the rival Steelers. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

Baltimore is 2-0 on the year,
thanks to games against struggling division rivals Cincinnati
and Cleveland and an unexpected,
hurricane-imposed bye in Week 2. The Ravens began the year by beating the
Bengals 17-10 at home, and followed up that result by topping the Browns 28-10
at home last week. Baltimore
managed to pick up an ATS win in both of those contests, while the OVER/UNDER
is at 1-1 for them this year.

Pittsburgh was tagged with their
first loss of the year last weekend, falling 15-6 in Philadelphia
as 3.5-point underdogs. The Steelers began the campaign by thumping the Texans
38-17, and they then squeaked past the Browns 10-6 in Week 2. That puts Pittsburgh
at 2-1 straight-up and 1-2 against-the-spread on the season, and only their
easy victory over Houston in Week 1
has provided an OVER result for their supporters.

The Ravens and Steelers split their season series 1-1 last year, with each
team winning and covering at home (in a pair of OVER results). For Monday night
the oddsmakers have Pittsburgh listed
as a 5-point home favorite, with the total pegged at just 34 points. Steelers
RB Willie Parker will miss Monday’s game with a knee injury, leaving Rashard Mendenhall as their starter. Ravens DB Samari Rolle (shoulder/neck) is
OUT as well.

Other Notable Events

There’s a single baseball game on the schedule for Monday, with Gavin Floyd
(16-8, 3.91 ERA) and the White Sox hosting Freddy Garcia (1-1, 4.50 ERA) and
the Tigers in a makeup contest. If Chicago
manages to beat Detroit in the
Monday matinee they’ll then play a one-game playoff against the Twins on
Tuesday to decide the AL Central title.

As well, the New York Liberty and the Detroit Shock will play the third and
deciding game of the WNBA’s Eastern Conference Finals
on Monday night (at Eastern Michigan
University). The Shock rallied to
avoid elimination on Sunday afternoon, with Deanna Nolan pouring in a team-high
22 points in their 64-55 win over the Liberty
in Game 2.

Divisional Championship Odds

The live game
odds at press time have not been posted for the respective Game 1 matchups, nor have the series odds, though both will be up
very shortly and likely by the time you read this. Of course the Tigers-White
Sox contest will help determine the matchups. Check
the link shortly for the Vegas odds on the Brewers-Phillies, Dodgers-Cubs and
Red Sox-Angels.

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The Rest of the Schedule

There’s nothing else on the schedule on a light Monday around the world of
sports, unless you’re into preseason hockey (the NHL regular season gets
started Saturday).

News from the Wire

Each of Rolle, DT Kelly Gregg (knee), S Dawan Landry (neck), and QB Troy Smith (illness) are OUT
for Baltimore. WR Yamon Figurs (hamstring), LB Nick
Greisen (thigh), and T Adam Terry (ankle) are
QUESTIONABLE, while LB Tavares Gooden (hip), LB Ray Lewis (foot), RB Le’Ron McClain (migraine/ankle), RB Willis McGahee (eye),
CB Fabian Washington (neck), and TE Daniel Wilcox (shoulder/ankle) are PROBABLE
. . . Parker, DT Casey Hampton (groin), and DE Brett Keisel
(calf) are OUT for Pittsburgh, while LB Donovan Woods (hamstring) is DOUBTFUL,
and CB William Gay (ankle), S Troy Polamalu (quadricep),
and CB Deshea Townsend (heel) are all PROBABLE.

All reports are that Jim Haslett is in and Scott Linehan
out with the Rams.

A Peek at the Future

The MLB playoffs and the WNBA Finals both get
rolling this week, while the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will head to
Talladega for Sunday’s Amp Energy 500 . . . those first NHL regular season
games will take place in Europe over the weekend, with the Rangers and
Lightning in Prague, and the Penguins and Senators in Stockholm . . . college
football gets started again Tuesday, with Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee.

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Line

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The betting
odds say there is not clear-cut favorite. Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Brooke
Burke, Maurice Green, Cody Linley, Susan Lucci, Misty May-Treanor and
Warren Sapp all have odds of between +400-500.

The Chicago Bears host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday
Night Football. The bookmaker has Philadelphia
has a three-point favorite with a total of 39 or 39.5.

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injury report. Here is the latest: Eagles QB Donovan McNabb will play, but star
running back Brian Westbrook is considered questionable to doubtful.

The Bears DT Tommie Harris will be a game time decision.
He is less likely to play than return man Devin Hester and WR Brandon Lloyd, both also considered game time decisions.

The Eagles are 2-1 straight up and 3-0 to the number. Chicago
is 1-2 straight up and 1-1-1
versus the Vegas NFL line. Each team has gone under the total two of their
three games.

Chicago
defense is allowing just 69 yards rushing per game on 21 carries and they are
holding foes a full yard below their normal yards per carry average.

Even with Brian Westbrook, the Eagles are getting just 3.2
yards per rush against teams normally allowing 4.2, but 7.6 yards per pass
against teams normally allowing 6.7. Defensively, they allow a mere 2.4 yards
per carry to teams normally getting 4.1. 

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Philadelphia is 5-1 their last six straight up, going back
to last season, just when Donovan McNabb seemed to show he was fully recovered
from injury. They are 5-2 straight up their last seven on the road, and have
won four straight on the road in the series including the NFL playoffs.

Chicago has
two losses of three-points, one in overtime, after upsetting the Indianapolis
Colts in week 1.

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Chargers-Raiders

Darren McFadden, the Raiders rookie sensation RB is
questionable with a toe injury, but Cy McCormick of
the online betting syndicate MasterLockLine.com
says he will start. He will not get his full workload though. This is key because fellow RB Justin Fargas
is out. Michael Bush is the only other tailback.

Oakland is
going to be short-handed on defense as starters Nnamdi
Asomugha, Derrick Burgess, and Gerald Warren are all
banged up. The Bolts LaDainian Tomlinson is close to 100 percent, but remember he is off a short week because of playing Monday
night to the Jets.

Eagles-Bears

There are a ton of injuries for tonight. Eagles QB Donovan
McNabb will play, but star running back Brian Westbrook is considered
questionable to doubtful.

The Bears DT Tommie Harris will be a game time decision. He
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Cardinals-Jets

Jets QB Brett Favre is listed as questionable but will
start. CB Justin Miller missed the first three games for the Jets but is a game
time decision to return.

Texans-Jaguars

The Jags will likely be without two defensive starters, S
Reggie Nelson and LB Justin Durant. Also out C Brad Meester
and G Crhis Naeole.

RBs Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred
Taylor are probable and WR Jerry Porter will make his much anticipated debut. Washed
up RB Ahman Green may be available but rookie Steve
Slaton gets the start for the Texans.

Bills-Rams

The Rams will have to avoid sundry distractions and head
coach Scott Linehan attempting to save his job,
benched QB Marc Bulger and will start aged Trent Green. Star RB Steven Jackson
expressed discontent at the move. Jackson,
by the way, should be at full-speed for the first time all year.

Packers-Buccaneers

The Packers are without one of their most valuable
defensive players CB Al Harris. “Considering he played 83 straight games, it
would be foolish to underestimate the impact of this injury,” says the world’s
top NFL betting expert Mike Godsey of GodsTips,
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They will also be without S Atari Bigby.
However RB Ryan Grant will be as healthy as he has been any game this season.

Vikings-Titans

Minnesota RB Adrian Peterson is listed on the injury
report, but NFL insider Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com
says he will play.

Browns-Bengals

Cincinnati’s
overrated QB Carson Palmer will play, but he has a sore elbow. Browns WR Braylon Edwards was limited early in the week in practice
but will play and practiced fully Friday.

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Maryland-Clemson

Since Ralph Friedgen took over as coach at Maryland,
they have won 2-of-3 straight up at Death Valley. That
included a huge GodsTips moneyline winner +1800 last trip. Clemson has won
three straight games by a combined 126-26, but two were to Subdivision squads.

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experiences defensive line going against Clemson’s patchwork offensive line.

Kent State-Ball State

The Cardinals are 0-4 but this is their first game without
star WR Dante Love, whose career is likely over.

TCU-Oklahoma

The Sooners have a 20-game home winning streak, but TCU stunned Oklahoma
in their last trip to Norman. They
are also 11-2 their last 12 to BCS conference teams. In fact, the Mountain West
is 7-3 straight up to the BCS conferences this season.

Oklahoma is
the highest scoring team in the country at 54.6 points per game.

Wisconsin-Michigan

Michigan is
a big home underdog even though the last time they lost their Big 10 opener in Ann
Arbor was 1966. Is it a trap game for the Badgers?
They have home games the next two weeks against Ohio
State and Penn
State.

Arkansas-Texas

Texas won
their first three games by a combined 146-33 with Colton McCoy tossing 11
touchdowns. Arkansas is 2-1 but
struggled in both of their wins to Western Illinois and
Louisiana Monroe.

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South Florida-North Carolina State

This is USF’s first game outside
the state of Florida. QB Matt Grothe has talked about “making a statement”. They are 4-0,
but have three wins to Subdivision teams by an average of six points.

NC State is off a big upset over East Carolina,
then undefeated and ranked. But the Wolfpack are banged up, with 11 starters
already missing playing time. QB Russell Wilson and their best defensive player
Nate Irving is out.

Penn State-Ohio State

Penn State
has averaged 52.8 points per game in their 4-0 straight up start but gets their
biggest test in the conference opener for both teams. The Illini
won last year against the Nittany Lions and are off a bye week.

Penn State
will get back two key defensive players from a suspension Maurice Evans and Abe
Koroma.

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The Presidential Debates are on and there are some interesting
wagers for both the Barack Obama-John McCain and Joe Biden
Sarah Palin debates. One can bet on when and/or how
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Baseball’s pennant races and a Big East matchup on the gridiron highlight
the Friday night schedule, with some WNBA playoffs as
well. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

Connecticut has done nothing
but win so far this season, rolling past Hofstra, Temple,
Virginia, and Baylor to a 4-0 record. That
doesn’t mean the Huskies have been profitable, however, as they’re just 1-2 ATS
in games that have received lines. Louisville
lost their opener 27-2 to Kentucky,
then knocked off Tennessee Tech and Kansas
State to get to 2-1 on the season.
The Cardinals are 1-1 against-the-spread in those games.

The Huskies have the 4-0 record, but the oddsmakers are going with Louisville
at home in this game. The Cardinals are listed as 3.5-point favorites, with the
total at 50 points. 

Other Notable Events

The Brewers will be looking to get a win out of Jeff Suppan
(10-10, 5.06 ERA) when they host the Cubs and Ryan Dempster
(17-6, 2.99 ERA) on Friday night. The Mets, Milwaukee’s NL Wild Card rival, is
expected to go with Mike Pelfrey (13-10, 3.70 ERA) in their home game against
the Marlins and Chris Volstad (5-4, 3.10 ERA) on
Friday.

Francisco Liriano (6-3, 3.39 ERA) will start for the Twins on Friday as they
try to keep pace in the race for top spot in the AL Central; his opponent will
be the Royals and Kyle Davies (8-7, 4.21 ERA). The White Sox are set to go with
John Danks (11-8, 3.20 ERA) in their Friday night
matchup against the Indians and Scott Lewis (3-0, 1.42 ERA).

As well, golf’s THE TOUR Championship will continue at East
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The Rest of the Schedule

The Red Sox will host the Yankees at Fenway Park
on Friday, while Tampa Bay
will be in Detroit, and the Angels
will get a visit from Texas. The
rest of the American League schedule: Toronto
at Baltimore, and Oakland
at Seattle.

Philadelphia is hoping the Mets
continue to hit the skids this weekend as they try to lock down the NL East
title; the Phillies host Washington
on Friday. Making up the rest of the National League
schedule: Atlanta at Houston, Cincinnati at St. Louis, Colorado at Arizona, Pittsburgh at San Diego, and the playoff-bound Dodgers at San Francisco.

In the WNBA the Eastern Conference Finals get
underway on Friday night, with Detroit
at New York. The Liberty
opened as 1.5-point favorites to win Game 1, but the Shock opened as -250
favorites to win the three-game series (which continues on Sunday).

And finally, there’s one game on the Canadian Football League’s schedule for
Friday, as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers get a visit from the Edmonton Eskimos. The
oddsmakers have the Bombers as 1.5-point favorites, with the total at 54
points.

News from the Wire

The Brewers would like to use Ben Sheets to start a game at some point over
the weekend, but his sore elbow makes him questionable . . . Key Eagles
offensive players Donovan McNabb (chest) and Brian Westbrook (ankle) may both
come down to game-time decisions this weekend . . . Steelers running back
Willie Parker (knee) is now expected to miss two games . . . Derek Anderson
will remain the Browns’ starting QB.

A Peek at the Future

Early games on Saturday involving ranked college football teams include
Minnesota at No. 14 Ohio State, Mississippi at No. 4 Florida, Arkansas at No. 7
Texas, No. 9 Wisconsin at Michigan, and Tennessee at No. 15 Auburn . . . the
top matchups, though, are going to take place on
Saturday night, with No. 24 TCU at No. 2 Oklahoma,
No. 8 Alabama at No. 3 Georgia, and then finally No. 22 Illinois at No. 12 Penn
State.

We have the official betting preview of Connecticut
and Louisville. The sportsbooks have Louisville
a 3.5 point favorite with a total of 51.5. Connecticut
is 4-0 straight up, but just 1-2 against the spread going over 2-of-3. The
Cardinals are 2-1 straight up and 1-1 to the Vegas betting odds.

The Huskies have been very successful on offense getting
5.8 yards per rush against teams normally allowing 4.7. Their defensive numbers
are average, allowing 4.5 yards per play to teams normally getting 4.6.

That describes the Louisville
offense: average. They get 5.4 yards per play to teams allowing that same
amount. This is not your Petrino’s Cardinals. Their
strength is on defense, allowing 1.9 yards per rush to teams normally getting
3.8 and 5.7 yards per pass to teams normally getting 6.1. That comes out to
giving up 4.2 yards per play against teams normally allowing 5.1.

For those who bet college football quarter
lines, note that Louisville
fades late. They’ve allowed 27 points combined in the first three quarters, but
39 in the final quarter.

Keep in mind that this is only the Huskies second road
game of the year, while Louisville
has yet to play a road contest making this their fourth straight home game.

Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com says the key
for Louisville is to be more
careful with the ball. Their signal caller Tyler Lorenzen
has already thrown six interceptions.

Who should one bet? The founder of the revolutionary
science of forensic sports
handicapping Stevie Vincent is absolutely unloading on this game. It’s his
Friday Night Big East Game of Two Centuries.

As far as Vegas betting trends are concerned, all records
are against the spread: Louisville
is 9-1 at home to opponents who average more than 200 rushing yards per game.
They are 18-6 on the road after two straight nonconference
games. The Cardinals are 20-8 after getting more than 200 yards rushing last
game.

UConn is 8-2 on grass.

The SMU Mustangs take on the
Tulane Green Wave. We have already given you the official college football
handicapping preview of USC and Oregon State, now it’s the Southern
Methodist and Tulane preview.

The sportsbooks
have Tulane as an 18 to 18.5 point favorite with the total a solid 49 across
the board.

SMU enters 1-3 straight up and
0-2 versus the Vegas spread. Tulane is 1-2 straight up, but has covered all
three games.

The Mustangs are playing their third road game in a six
game stretch in which four are away from home. Conversely, Tulane is in the
third of a four-game home stand.

The top football handicapper in the world, Mike Godsey of GodsTips, anchor of OffshoreInsiders.com says that Tulane FB Kasey Stelly is one of the more
underrated players in the country to the football betting
experts. He is a tremendous blocker and his insertion into the starting lineup
last week was big for the ball control aspect according to Godsey and his
enormous contacts.

This could prove fatal for a Mustangs’ defense which is
ranked 116^th nationally. Since SMU joined
C-USA, the road team has won outright all three times.

However, as Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy
preaches time in and time out, rankings
can be a bit deceptive for the sports bettor. SMU’s
defense is bad, but the raw numbers are indicative of pace, not competence.
They allow 5.4 yards per rush to teams normally getting 4.8, 8.1 yards per pass
to 7.4 and 6.7 yards per play to 6.1.

Tulane’s defense has been wonderful, allowing 2.6 yards
per rush to teams normally getting 4.5 and 4.3 yards per play to 5.5. Duffy
says a +1.2 ratio is excellent, though it’s early in the year and stats can
only be so accurate.

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Spread betting information with all records against the
spread: Tulane is 6-1 in the series. SMU is 21-40 to
the Vegas number after scoring three points or less in the first half of their
last game. They are also a rotten 17-35 in September.

The Vegas sportsbooks
say the Green Wave are 6-17 in the conference.