09/20/2008 - Dover, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch won Saturday's Camping World RV Sales 200 Nationwide Series race at the Dover International Speedway. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver led a race-high 157 laps and held off Mike Bliss in a green-white-checkered finish.
The victory was Busch's eighth of the season and the 19th of his Nationwide career.
Brad Keselowski, Scott Wimmer, and Carl Edwards completed the top-five.
More details to follow.
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touchdowns to lead 23rd-ranked Clemson to a 54-0 rout of South Carolina State
at Death Valley.
C.J. Spiller added 63 yards rushing for the Tigers (3-1), who do
<< Catania hands Atalanta first loss
Catania, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atalanta suffered its first loss of the
Serie A season on Saturday as Michele Paolucci scored in the 59th minute to
give Catania a 1-0 win at Stadio Angelo Massimino.
Atalanta entered the day as one
<< Sabres sign GM Regier to two-year extension
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres signed general manager
Darcy Regier to a two-year contract extension on Saturday.
Regier, who has been the GM of the team since 1997, is entering his 12th year
as the GM of the club
<< Halladay pitches Jays past Red Sox
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roy Halladay came within a victory of the magic
number 20 wins and Marco Scutaro scored twice and drove in two runs, as
Toronto doubled up Boston, 6-3, at Rogers Centre.
Halladay (19-11) gave up three
Espanyol ties Getafe; Atletico crushes Recreativo >>
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sergio Sanchez scored the tying goal in the
57th minute as Espanyol tied Getafe 1-1 on Saturday at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis
Companys to remain atop the Spanish La Liga.
Espanyol entered the match as the on
Lille's De Melo sinks Auxerre in added time >>
Lille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tulio De Melo scored his second goal deep into
injury time as Lille rallied from a goal down in the closing minutes for a 3-2
win over Auxerre in France's Ligue 1 on Saturday.
De Melo, who opened the scoring
Commentator captures 66th MassCap >>
East Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Odds-on favorite Commentator easily out-
classed six other competitors to take Saturday's $500,000 Massachusetts
Handicap (MassCap) at Suffolk Downs. The MassCap is the second consecutive win
for Com
Cubs clinch NL Central title with win over Cardinals >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run single and the
Chicago Cubs held off the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4, to clinch the National
League Central division title for the second straight year.
Ted Lilly (16-9) gave
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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