We get a lot of questions about sports handicapping radio
shows. Let’s give credit to Mark Lawrence, one of the pioneers in radio handicapping
with his “Against the Spread” radio show. Mark and Lenny Stevens, whom I was a
guest many times, are probably the two pioneers. Journeyman Mike Lett is another.

Now Scott Spreitzer, Brandon
Lang, and Bobby Ventura spend a lot of money doing infomercial appearances. Spreitzer and Lang (AKA Brandon
Lane) both are solid broadcasters who bring
information and personality to the table, but Ventura
is “painful to listen to. It is radio at its worst,” reports Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com.

SportsByline with Ron Barr used
to have some of the SportsMemo handicappers on
satellite radio and was pretty useful.

Still, we use sports radio hosts who have great
overlapping information for the sports bettor. Norm Hitzges of The Ticket in
Dallas, the recovering Jody McDonald of WPEN ESPN Radio in Philadelphia, Billy Werndl off the “Too Much Show” in San Diego, Mike Francesa
and even the Mad Dog of WFAN in New York, Mitch Levy
of KJR in Seattle.

Others report they like Stoney &
Wojo, Howard Eskin of WIP in Philadelphia
(a favorite of Lines-Maker.com
staffer Rex DeStephano), the Dennis and Callahan Show
on WEEI in Boston,
Mike and Mike (Mike Goldberg and Mike Golic) of ESPN
Radio, Tony Rizzo of WKNR in Cleveland,
among many others.

Either way, nobody disputes the premier source of sports
betting experts is OffshoreInsiders.com   

With the short card, the staff of OffshoreInsiders.com
will combine the betting primer with the computer trends. All trends are against
the spread unless over/under noted.

Colorado-Colorado State

Notes: It’s appropriate that both teams are 0-0 because
this may be the proverbial “throw out the records” series. The Buffalos have
won 4-of-6 but all six were decided by a touchdown or less and a combined 25
points. Five have been by five or less.

CSU quarterback Billy Farris makes his first start. He has
thrown just 39 passes, but look for a lot of running says Cy
McCormick of MasterLockLine.com because he is
supported by one of the deepest backfields in the nation.

Against the spread trends:

Kentucky-Louisville

Notes: Both teams have a ton of question marks. Louisville
will be without WR Trent Guy who was shot. Another WR JaJaun Spillman
and CB Rod Council have been kicked off the team.

Against the spread trends: Kentucky
is 4-0-1 outside the conference. Louisville
is 21-8 outside the conference, but 1-4 their last five on grass overall. The home
team has covered four straight in the series.

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It’ll be Red Sox/White Sox action on Saturday night as Boston
plays host to Chicago at Fenway Park
in a key American League series.  Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .

Event of the day . . .

Josh Beckett was supposed to start the opener of the Sox/Sox series for Boston
on Friday, but he was scratched and Daisuke Matsuzaka was moved up in the
rotation instead. That meant the Red Sox needed to find a pitcher for a spot
start against the White Sox on Saturday night – and they seem to have settled
on Michael Bowden for the job. Righthander Bowden
will be making his Major-League debut in that contest.

The White Sox will send veteran Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.86 ERA) to the mound
on Saturday night. Chicago has
managed to pick up the win in each of the lefthander’s last four starts. That
includes an outing against the Red Sox back on August 8 when Buehrle gave up
just a single earned run on four hits over his seven innings pitched.

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Non-event of the day . . .

Hands up if you missed the WNBA
during its Olympic break. Ok, hands up if you even knew the WNBA had an Olympic break. The summer’s
afterthought-of-a-league has four games on its Saturday schedule, including San
Antonio at Los Angeles.
Also on the slate: Atlanta at Indiana,
Washington at Minnesota,
and Houston at Sacramento.

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Also on the schedule . . .

Francisco Liriano (4-3, 3.83 ERA) will be looking to continue his impressive
comeback when he pitches in Oakland
for the Twins on Saturday night. Also on the American League
schedule: Toronto at the Yankees (at 1:05pm ET), Baltimore at Tampa Bay, Seattle
at Cleveland, Kansas City at Detroit, and Texas at the Angels.

Over in the National League the top pitching matchup is in Arizona,
where it’ll be the Dodgers’ Chad Billingsley (12-10, 3.15 ERA) vs. the D-Backs’
Dan Haren (14-6, 3.10 ERA). Rounding
out the NL slate: Philadelphia at the Cubs, Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, St. Louis at Houston, Atlanta at Washington, the Mets at Florida, San Francisco at Cincinnati, and Colorado at San Diego.

Finally, college football stages its first Saturday of wall-to-wall action,
with No. 1 Georgia playing Georgia
Southern in an expected blowout. Other notable matchups
for the day include Hawaii vs.
No. 5 Florida (-34.5), No. 24 Alabama vs. No. 9 Clemson (-4.5), No. 20 Illinois
vs. No. 6 Missouri (-8.5), and No. 3 Southern California (-19.5) vs. Virginia.        

The top football handicapper in the world Joe Duffy has his first Wise Guy
play on Utah and Michigan.
Will there be mutiny on the bounty for Rich Rodriquez, the new Michigan
head coach?

The impending Hurricane Gustav has already affected the sports world as LSU
has moved their game up to early Saturday to aid those who want to participate
in their favorite event before fleeing the Gulf
Coast on the three-year anniversary
of Hurricane Katrina.

News from the wire . . .

Outfielder Mark Kotsay made his debut for the Red
Sox on Thursday, collecting one hit in four at-bats . . . the Blue Jays have
sent veteran outfielder Matt Stairs to the Phillies and recalled top prospect
Travis Snider . . . Tight end Todd Heap returned to action for the Ravens on
Thursday . . . Colts head coach Tony Dungy fully expects quarterback Peyton
Manning to be ready to play for the team in its season opener next week.

Peek at the future . . .

The Sunday night baseball game this week is Los Angeles at Arizona, with
Derek Lowe (10-11, 3.81 ERA) facing Brandon Webb (19-5, 2.96 ERA) . . .
Coverage of the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway begins at 7:00pm ET on Sunday .
. . the Giants are listed as 3.5-point home favorites against the Redskins in
next Thursday’s NFL kickoff game.

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have Arizona -27 against Idaho.
Here is what the top service in football betting says about the game:

The Wildcats have the talent advantage and motivation to
blow this game wide open. How bad is Idaho?
Out of 120 FBS teams, they
are ranked 119^th by MRatings.com and 155^th by Sagarin ratings which includes subdivision
teams and ranked below teams like Lehigh and Eastern Kentucky.

The Vandals have lost 18-of-19 to the Pac-10 by an average
of 42-15. Arizona has an easy
schedule, so no need to overlook Idaho.
Last year their non-conference opener saw them humiliated by LSU, so motivation
should not be an issue reports

Arizona is
considered by some a sleeper, so head coach Mike Stoops would love to make a
statement.

Arizona
averaged 28 points and 372 yards in 2007, up 12 points and nearly 130 yards
from the previous season.  They have 10
starters on offense back. Idaho
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Saturday, August 30,
2008

Bowling
Green-Pittsburgh

For those looking for a moneyline upset, perhaps not here
is not the place to look. The Panthers are 10-1 in season openers the last 11
years and 25-5 the last 30. They are 25-2 to the MAC, but both losses were on
the road.

Utah-Michigan

Don’t let the non-BCS tag fool you, Utah
is tough. Based on “others receiving votes” Utah
is No. 28 in the coaches’ poll and No. 29 in the AP. They do well in
non-conference marquee games winning seven straight bowl games and are 10-1-2 straight up on ABC and 10-4 on
ESPN2.

Utes quarterback Brian Johnson is as healthy as he’s been
since 2005 when he finished No. 4 in the nation in total offense.

Arkansas
State-Texas A&M

Aggies running back Jorvorskie Lane is
questionable because of lingering effects of a neck injury. He rushed for 780
years and 16 touchdowns last year. His backup Nick LaMantia
has a sprained ankle but it probable.

Hawaii-Florida

Florida
returns eight starters on defense, but will likely be without firs-team All-SEC
LB because of an injured foot. Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow
could be without his speedster WR Percy Harvin.

Hawaii lost
star QB Colt Brennan and head coach June Jones.

Alabama-Clemson

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Virginia
Tech-East Carolina

Virginia Tech will almost definitely be without their top
defender Macho Harris. Tech is also rebuilt at WR,
where they have little or no proven talent.

Idaho-Arizona

How bad is Idaho?
Out of 120 FBS teams, they are ranked 119^th
by MRatings.com and 155^th by Sagarin ratings which
includes subdivision teams and ranked below teams like Lehigh and Eastern
Kentucky.

The Vandals have lost 18-of-19 to the Pac-10 by an average
of 42-15. Arizona has an easy
schedule, so no need to overlook Idaho.
Last year their non-conference opener saw them humiliated by LSU, so motivation
should not be an issue reports Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com  

USC-Virginia

We will keep an eye on the latest weather as rain is
expected. Virginia has just 10
starters back, but no clear choice at quarterback and they lost their best
player, Chris Long, the second pick in the NFL draft.

Washington-Oregon

Washington
will not have the services of starting TE Michael Gottlieb, though starting QB
Jake Locker has overcome a hamstring injury and will be available.

Syracuse-Northwestern

This is one of Northwestern’s better teams, though there
are questions on the offensive line, where they have three new starters. The
good news is they play a Syracuse
team that was last in the country last year in sacks.

Oklahoma State-Washington State

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Memphis-Ole
Miss

The Tigers receivers Duke Calhoun and Carlos Singleton
combined for 113 catches last year and have a huge height advantage over Memphis
smallish secondary. However, new Mississippi
coach Houston Nutt will have all four starters back in the secondary. They
ranked 10^th out of 12 teams in pass defense.

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Friday NCAA football and the final day of NFL preseason football. Normally
these reports are separate, but with just two games tonight, we will combine
the two. Let’s start out with the computer trends, where all records are
against the spread unless of course, over/under is specified.

CFB

Temple-Army

Trends: Temple
is 6-2 their last eight against Independents. Army is 3-8 on fake surfaces and
the Black Knights have gone over 8-2 on turf.

Notes: Army debuts their new turf and they have not won a
home opener since 1996. Army must replace four of their top five tacklers from
last year. This could be a high scoring game as each team does return their
starting quarterback. 

SMU-Rice

SMU is 4-9 their last 13
overall. Rice has won 11-of-14 conference games and the Owls have exceeded the
total at a staggering 40-11 rate.  Rice
is 39-17 in conference play going back even further.

Throw out the SMU game films
from previous years and June Jones makes his debut as the Mustangs coach. Jones
of course is the man who rebuilt his alma mater Hawaii.
Wow, Rice’s defense allowed more than 42 points per game. Rice has won nine
straight at home in the series.

NFL

Chargers-49ers

The Niners starters will only
play a series. No surprise, but the Chargers will certainly be without
LaDainian Tomlinson and Shawne Merriman. San
Francisco color analyst Gary Plummer claims this game
is much more important to San Francisco.

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Raiders-Seahawks

Again, no surprise, but Seattle will sit Matt Hasselbeck, Lofa Tatupu, Bobby Engram, Deion Branch, and Sean Locklear—basically anyone
who is good and claims to be hurt.

Seattle should
run the ball a lot. As mentioned, their No. 1 quarterback, Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s brother-in-law is out and won’t face any of
the charging Rosie O’Donnell look-alikes. Backup Seneca Wallace is limited and
third stringer Charlie Frye missed their only practice. Dalton Bell (who?) will
throw most of the passes.

Oakland
starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell sits. Andrew Walter starts behind center
and Marques Tuiasosopo follows.

Broncos-Cardinals

Kurt Warner starts at quarterback Friday for the Rams. For
those who love to bet on teams with quarterback battles, this game is for you.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt has not said whether Warner on Matt Leinart starts
opening week. Both are expected to get snaps behind the starting offensive
line.

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Thursday

UTEP-Buffalo

The Bulls are 4-12 in non-conference games and have gone
under 11-of-13 outside the conference.

Vanderbilt-Miami Ohio

Commodores are 10-4 the last 14 road games. Miami
is 3-9 at home. Vanderbilt has gone under 10-2 at home.

Troy-Middle Tennessee State

The Trojans are 8-2 on the road their last 10 and have
covered 7-of-9 within the conference.

NC State-South Carolina

Wolfpack are 1-5 in the conference. The Gamecocks have
gone over 23-9 their last 32.

Wake Forest-Baylor

The Demon Deacons are on a 7-1 run. Baylor is 4-13 their
last 17 against the spread. Wake Forest
has gone under 15-4 their last 19.

Oregon State-Stanford

The Beavers are 6-1 the last seven in the conference and
they are 9-2 in the series. The Cardinal have failed
on 10-of-13 home games. Stanford has gone under 45-16 the last 61. Stanford is
5-19 on the road in the first month of the season.

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Panthers-Steelers

Carolina is
expected to allow third string quarterback fight for his life and play most if
not all of the second half. It is uncertain whether the Panthers will carry two
or three quarterbacks. Jake Delhomme and Matt Moore are locked in as one and
two.

The Steelers are expected to give a lot of playing time to
backup QB Byron Leftwich to allow the newly acquired vet learn the offense. Rookie
Dennis Dixon should also get a long look-see.

The Steelers starters will play about a quarter but no
longer. This includes Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu.

Titans-Packers

Tennessee is
expected to play their starters into the third quarter while Green
Bay’s first stringers will get about 10 snaps. This
means the Packers will have two rookies at QB for the remainder of the game:
Brian Brohm and Matt Flynn.

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Bears-Browns

The Bears starters will get a token appearance. Sources
say Brian Urlacher and Mike Brown may not play at all.

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Lions-Bills

Lions coach Rod Marinelli said a
“few” starters may sit out tonight. Newly signed QB Drew Henson is expected to
play about a quarter behind center for Detroit.

Patriots-NY Giants

Middling handicapper Oscar Dooley will note this is a
rematch of the Super Bowl, but we don’t expect any revenge factor. New
England is very deep and running back and will likely keep the
ball on the ground as they decide final roster spots.

Bengals-Colts

Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer is out. However both RB Rudi Johnson and WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh are expected to get their first snaps
of the preseason. Often confused head coach Marvin Lewis is not sure how much
each will play. WR Chad Johnson is not expected to
play.

Vikings-Cowboys

Minnesota is
not expected to play starters on either side of the ball. Neither of their top
two QB Tarvaris Jackson or Gus Frerotte is expected to play. That means two big
question marks will play tonight: struggling rookie John David Booty and
journeyman Brooks Bollinger.

The Pokes starters are expected to play little if any,
including playboy Tony Romo, who is unlikely to suit
up. In fact, third-string QB Richard Bartel is
expected to play the whole game.

Jets-Eagles

Starting QB for the Jets, Brett Favre, are not expected to
play at all. However, the Eagles may actually play their starters as head coach
Andy Reid claims he’s undecided. History says they won’t play according to Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine.com

Jaguars-Redskins

Jacksonville
will likely play their starters one or two series. New head coach Jim Zorn
reports that he will play the Redskins starters so they can get in a groove for
the regular season.

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Thursday

Buffalo-UTEP

The Bulls are 4-12 in non-conference games and have gone
under 11-of-13 outside the conference.

Vanderbilt-Miami Ohio

Commodores are 10-4 the last 14 road games. Miami
is 3-9 at home. Vanderbilt has gone under 10-2 at home.

Troy-Middle Tennessee State

The Trojans are 8-2 on the road their last 10 and have
covered 7-of-9 within the conference.

NC State-South Carolina

Wolfpack are 1-5 in the conference. The Gamecocks have
gone over 23-9 their last 32.

Wake Forest-Baylor

The Demon Deacons are on a 7-1 run. Baylor is 4-13 their
last 17 against the spread. Wake Forest
has gone under 15-4 their last 19.

Oregon State-Stanford

The Beavers are 6-1 the last seven in the conference and
they are 9-2 in the series. The Cardinal have failed
on 10-of-13 home games. Stanford has gone under 45-16 the last 61.

Friday

Temple-Army

Temple is 6-2 their
last eight against Independents. Army is 3-8 on fake surfaces and the Black
Knights have gone over 8-2 on turf.

SMU-Rice

SMU is 4-9 their last 13
overall. Rice has won 11-of-14 conference games and the Owls have exceeded the
total at a staggering 40-11 rate.