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Now Bodog previews the Saturday card. Ace Roy Halladay extended the Philadelphia Phillies’ season by one more game – now it’s up to Roy Oswalt to do the same on Saturday afternoon. Bet on Game 6 of the NLCS on Bodog’s MLB Odds .
The Phils beat the Giants 4-2 in Game 5 on Thursday night to bring this series back to Philadelphia, with Halladay outpitching Giants ace Tim Lincecum. Now Oswalt has to take the mound after taking the loss in Game 4 in relief on Wednesday – after getting the leadoff man to line out in the ninth inning, Oswalt allowed consecutive singles and the game-winning sacrifice fly. He threw 18 pitches, coming after Oswalt’s 20-minute between-starts bullpen session. But Oswalt also beat the Giants in Game 2, allowing just one run on three hits with nine strikeouts.
San Francisco starts lefty Jonathan Sanchez, who took the Game 2 loss by allowing three runs on five hits in six innings. Sanchez issued a major league-high 96 walks during the season and the Phils were very patient in Game 2. They drew three first-inning walks, including one with the bases loaded, and drove Sanchez’s pitch count to 77 pitches through the first four innings. Including his NLDS win against Atlanta, Sanchez had posted a 1.06 ERA in his previous eight starts. In his four previous starts against the Phillies before Game 2, Sanchez was 3-1 with a 1.82 ERA.
The Phillies and Giants split the first two games of the series at Citizens Bank Park. Cody Ross hit two home runs in the Giants’ Game 1 win before Oswalt’s stellar performance in Game 2. The Phils were 54-30 at home during the regular season and won both games against the Reds there in the NLDS.
Dateline 8:47 EST! Oct. 16, Ole Miss stays within the number easily. Oct. 9th, Minnesota covers. Oct. 3, the Giants in a rout. Oct. 2, UNLV cashed the ticket. Sept. 26 the Chiefs routing the 49ers right after Sept. 25 it was another gift on Stanford, Sept. 19 it was the Dolphins over Vikings. Sept. 18 Nebraska routs Washington, Sept 11 it was Alabama humiliating Penn State, and Sept 4 it was Oregon State covering versus TCU.
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Certainly teams like Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma State might have a say in this, but when BCS No. 1 Oklahoma visits No. 11 Missouri on Saturday night it could well be a preview of the Big 12 title game in December. The Sooners are 3-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA Football Odds
If history shows, OU will win this one. All the Sooners have done is win 19 of the past 20 meetings with Missouri. The Tigers haven’t beaten Oklahoma since 1998, the year before Bob Stoops was hired to coach the Sooners.
But maybe these Tigers are different. Yeah, these still have a high-powered offense under QB Blaine Gabbert (the nation’s 20th-ranked passer), averaging nearly 35 points per game. But Mizzou also is No. 2 nationally in scoring defense. The Tigers allow just 10.8 points per game and have recorded 20 sacks – and they get their best pass-rusher back from injury this week in Aldon Smith, who set a school record with 11.5 sacks last year. However, it’s fair to say that the Tigers haven’t really played anyone yet.
Oklahoma, meanwhile, already has beaten current good teams like Florida State, Air Force, Cincinnati and Texas. But while OU is nearly invincible at home (nation’s longest current home win streak), the Sooners have only played one true road game so far and nearly lost that in Cincinnati. QB Landry Jones is making Sooners backers forget about Sam Bradford, as he is completing 67.4 percent this season and ranks ninth in the nation with 299 passing yards per game, along with 14 TDs and three interceptions. And RB DeMarco Murray has 663 yards rushing with 11 TDs.
These are just two of 10 remaining unbeaten teams in Division I-A. Missouri hasn’t started 7-0 in 50 years and is 6-0 for just the fifth time.
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For once a game of the week in the SEC doesn’t involve Florida or Alabama as No. 6 LSU visits No. 5 Auburn on Saturday with the winner between these 7-0 teams having the inside track to the SEC West Division title. Auburn is a 6-point favorite on Bodog’s NCAA Football Odds
These are the only two unbeaten teams left in the conference and both have a one-game lead over Alabama in the West, although both still have to play the Crimson Tide.
These Tigers really couldn’t be much more different. Auburn has one of the nation’s top offenses behind Heisman Trophy candidate QB Cameron Newton. The JuCo transfer leads the SEC and ranks 11th nationally in rushing at 122.9 yards per game. Newton is the only player in school history to rush for at least 170 yards in three straight SEC games and he leads the nation with 25 combined touchdowns rushing and passing, which is one shy of the Auburn single-season record. Oh, and he can pass, too, ranking second in the nation in efficiency. Think Florida wishes he had stayed there now?
Meanwhile, LSU has been terrible at quarterback and will play both Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee this week. These Tigers rank 10th in the SEC in scoring and last in passing. But the Auburn defense has allowed 118 points in four conference games. And the LSU defense is stellar, ranking third nationally in total defense (242.1 ypg), sixth in rushing defense (83.6 ypg), eighth in pass defense (158.6 ypg) and 11th in scoring defense (14.4 points per game), leading the SEC in all but scoring defense.
History points to an Auburn win here. The home team has won nine of the last 10 games in the series, but eight of the past 15 matchups have been decided by a TD or less, including five of the past six. The one of the six that wasn’t was a 31-10 LSU victory last season.
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