09/16/2008 - Arlington Heights, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While the 25th Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships have yet to be conducted, Arlington Park is making a play to host the two-day event in 2011. This year's and the 2009 Breeders' Cup will both be held at Santa Anita Park.
Arlington Park, which hosted the Breeders' Cup in 2002, has been granted additional dates for its 2009 season by the Illinois Racing Board. The home of the Arlington Million will hold live racing from May 1 through September 30.
"We would like to run a Breeders' Cup in the near future," Roy Arnold, Arlington Park President, said to the Illinois Racing Board. "We're looking at 2011. By going to Columbus Day we would be able to keep the backstretch open."
When Arlington Park had the 2002 World Throroughbred Championships, more than 46,000 fans attended and better than $108 million was wagered on the eight Breeders' Cup races.
The site of the 2010 Breeders' Cup has yet to be announced. Last month there were indications that Churchill Downs was interested in hosting. The famed racetrack has been the host track six times, most recently in 2006.
<< Browns place Smith on IR
Berea, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Browns placed defensive end Robaire
Smith on injured reserve Tuesday.
Smith suffered an Achilles tendon injury during the third quarter of Sunday's
10-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Smith st
<< Red Bulls midfielder Van den Bergh out 2-3 weeks
Secaucus, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York midfielder Dave van den Bergh
will undergo surgery Friday to repair a sports hernia and is likely to miss 2-3
weeks, the club announced Tuesday.
Van den Bergh is second on the team in goals
<< Chivas acquires Victorine from K.C., signs Dejair
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chivas USA acquired nine-year MLS veteran Sasha
Victorine in a trade with Kansas City and signed Brazilian attacking midfielder
Dejair on Monday night.
Victorine will be available for Saturdays crucial Wester
<< AFC North: Has Marvin Lewis Lost the Bengals?
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When he descended upon the Queen City back in 2003, Bengals
head coach Marvin Lewis was praised for pretty much every move he made.
Lewis inherited a team that had won 19 games in its previous five seasons and
quickly soug
Columbus signs Zimbabwean midfielder Nyazamba >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Crew announced Tuesday that they
have signed Zimbabwean midfielder Stanley Nyazamba to a developmental contract.
Per club and league policy, no further terms of the deal were disclosed.
Nyazamba
Torre, Santo, Wills among 10 to be up for Hall selection >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former MVP and current Los Angeles Dodgers
manager Joe Torre, longtime Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo, and former
Dodgers shortstop and speedster Maury Wills are among 10 retired baseball
players
AFC West: Broncos Not Forgetting Brandon Marshall >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Denver Broncos didn't need Brandon Marshall to beat the
Oakland Raiders in Week 1.
Six days later, in their controversial 39-38 win over the San Diego Chargers,
the Broncos couldn't have lived without him.
Marshall
NFC South: Cardiac Cats come through once again >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- In what is widely believed to be a make or break season
for Carolina Panthers head coach John Fox, the first pair of games probably
haven't done much to reduce his already high level of stress.
Fox will surely take the an
While the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly.
Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules.
The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers.
What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by.
These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end.
College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well.
Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football.
Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play.
Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration.
I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key.
Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season.
It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage.
As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital.
Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it.
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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch
Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.
Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.
"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."
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