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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: Wisconsin meets favored Ohio State on the field, the MLB playoffs continue in Philadelphia and Texas, and NASCAR races at Charlotte.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
New No. 1 Ohio State will get tested right away on Saturday when they play on the road against No. 18 Wisconsin in college football action. The Buckeyes (6-0 SU, 5-1 ATS) rolled past Indiana 38-10 at home last time out, as Terrelle Pryor threw for 334 yards and three touchdowns. The Badgers (5-1 SU, 0-5 ATS) are coming off a 41-23 home win over Minnesota, with James White rushing for 118 yards and two touchdowns and John Clay picking up 111 yards on the ground and three scores. Oddsmakers have Ohio State listed as the 4-point road favorite for Saturday, with the total set at 49 points.
In other games involving Top-25 teams on Saturday it’ll be Boston College at No. 16 Florida State (-21.5), Illinois at No. 13 Michigan State (-7), No. 21 Missouri at Texas A&M (-3.5), No. 15 Iowa (-3.5) at Michigan, No. 20 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (-3), Texas at No. 5 Nebraska (-10), BYU at No. 4 TCU (-29.5), No. 11 Utah (-20.5) at Wyoming, No. 10 South Carolina (-5) at Kentucky, Iowa State at No. 6 Oklahoma (-22.5), McNeese State at No. 9 LSU, Mississippi State at No. 22 Florida (-7.5), No. 17 Arizona (-23.5) at Washington State, No. 23 Air Force (-1) at San Diego State, No. 3 Boise State (-41) at San Jose State, Mississippi at No. 8 Alabama (-20.5), No. 24 Oregon State at Washington (-2), No. 19 Nevada (-6.5) at Hawaii, and No. 12 Arkansas at No. 7 Auburn (-3.5) in the only other game Saturday matching up two ranked teams.
As well, there’s one CFL game on the schedule for Saturday, with Edmonton at British Columbia. The Lions (5-9 SU, 5-9 ATS) have been pegged by the oddsmakers as 5.5-point home favorites against the Eskimos (4-10 SU, 5-9 ATS), with the total listed at 52.
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Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The NLCS between the Giants and Phillies gets underway in Philadelphia on Saturday night, with Tim Lincecum (1-0, 0.00 ERA) taking on Roy Halladay (1-0, 0.00 ERA). Righthander Lincecum dazzled the Braves in his only NLDS outing, holding them scoreless on two hits over his nine innings of work, while fanning 14 batters. Righthander Halladay, though, was even more dominant in his NLDS outing last round, no-hitting the Reds while fanning eight batters. Halladay lost to the Giants in San Francisco back on April 26 (five runs in seven innings), and Lincecum took a no-decision in that series (two runs in 8 1-3 innings). The Phillies are -168 home favorites.
Meanwhile, the ALCS between the Yankees and Rangers continues in Texas on Saturday afternoon, with Phil Hughes (1-0, 0.00 ERA) countering Colby Lewis (0-0, 0.00 ERA). Righthander Hughes picked up a win over the Twins in the ALDS, blanking them on four hits over his seven innings of work. Righthander Lewis had to settle for a no-decision against the Rays in the ALDS despite giving up just two hits (and walking five) over five shutout innings. Hughes pitched a scoreless inning of relief against the Rangers on September 10. Lewis didn’t pitch against New York in the regular season.
Taking a trip around the rink . . .
The NHL offers up a dozen games on Saturday, with Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Tampa Bay at Florida, Ottawa at Montreal, Boston at New Jersey, Colorado at the Islanders, Columbus at Minnesota, St. Louis at Dallas, Buffalo at Chicago, Detroit at Phoenix, Edmonton at Calgary, Atlanta at San Jose, and Washington at Nashville. The 3-1-0 Capitals are coming off a 2-1 home win over the Islanders on Wednesday, with Nicklas Backstrom scoring the game-winning goal in the third period. The 3-0-0 Predators slipped past the Blues 4-3 at home on Thursday night, with Anders Lindback making 32 stops between the pipes. Preds starting goalie Pekka Rinne (lower body) is day-to-day.
Roaring around the track . . .
Finally, the Sprint Cup Series takes the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night in the Bank of America 500. Favored Jimmie Johnson, who has a 36-point lead on Denny Hamlin atop the Chase for the Cup standings, will be looking to pick up his second straight win at this event; Johnson won the NASCAR Banking 500 on this track last October. Johnson has six career Cup wins at Charlotte, while Kurt Busch won the Coca-Cola 600 on the track back in May. Tony Stewart visited victory lane at Charlotte back in the 2003 season, and he’s coming off a win last weekend in the Pepsi Max 400.