Super Bowl XLIII? Forget that. The best NFL games of the year are usually the Conference Round matchups. Over the past decade, the AFC title game has been called the “real” Super Bowl. But the gulf between the two conferences has closed somewhat, giving us two high-quality games to handicap this Sunday.
The number 7th ranked UCLA Bruins host the Arizona Wildcats on Thursday night in a rivalry that has lost some of its intensity. At one time, the Wildcats and Bruins ruled the Pac-10. That’s not the case anymore. UCLA is still a Pac-10 juggernaut having gone to the final four in each of the past two seasons.
Game-day: 1/17/2009
Tip-off: 7:00 pm est.
The 16 and 0 and number one ranked Pittsburgh Panthers travel to Kentucky to take on the Louisville Cardinals with hopes of continuing to dominate in the Big East. The Big East is the toughest conference in college basketball but sports betting fans should have noticed by now that the Pittsburgh Panthers appear to be the best team in the Big East.
BetUS NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Odds: PICK’EM
Here are some of the NCAA basketball betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* ASU has won 10 of its last 11 games SU
* ASU has covered four of its last five games
BetUS NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Odds: GONZAGA -19.5
Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* SC has won seven of its last nine games SU
* SC is 2-5-1 ATS in its last eight games
Charles Barkley won’t be there. But you can bet he’ll be watching Thursday’s NBA on TNT doubleheader along with the rest of the basketball world.
Barkley has taken a leave of absence in the wake of his recent arrest on suspicion of drunk driving. That’ll reduce (or increase dramatically, depending on your point of view) the entertainment value of TNT’s flagship basketball program. But this remains the best NBA show on television, and hoops is about to take over the sports betting scene as football season winds down.
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Either the Cardinals or the Eagles are going to be your NFC Champions.
Joe Flacco is contending for the AFC Championship
Neither the defending Superbowl Champions, nor the best betting team in football are in the picture anymore.
At least Norv Turner isn’t challenging for the AFC Championship. That makes me feel slightly less nauseous about the events that transpired this weekend. Only slightly.
It feels as if UFC 92 was just held in Las Vegas yesterday, but MMA betting fans won’t be angry to know that UFC 93 is just around the corner!
On January 17th some of the best fighters in the world will descend onto one of the toughest cities in the world, Dublin, Ireland, to fight for UFC supremacy!
Rua vs. Coleman: The Rematch
The second biggest fight of the night pits Mauricio Rua (-400) against Mark Coleman (+250) in a re-match of their PRIDE fight that took place in Japan in 2006. It ended with the hall of fame Coleman pulling off a stunning upset by breaking Rua’s arm in the first round.
At the ripe old age of 44 and with his last fight taking place more than two years ago, it seems as if many of the experts aren’t giving Mark “The Hammer” Coleman any sort of chance against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 93 in Dublin, Ireland.
The former Ohio State wrestler and one of the pioneers of the wrestling-based “ground and pound” style enters the octagon against the 27-year old Rua as a decided underdog in the betus.com sports books. Rua is a +400 to -250 favorite over Coleman, who beat him by what some observers call a fluky arm break back in 2006.
No offense to Alan Belcher, but when he enters the octagon on January 17th at UFC 93 in Dublin, Ireland, most eyes in the building will be on his opponent, UFC newcomer Denis Kang.
Kang’s sometimes flashy fighting style and tantalizing athletic ability helped land him a four-fight contract with the UFC after fighting in tons of other organizations, and now the half-Korean, half-French middleweight challenger will have to justify it with a win over Belcher.
UFC 93 is just a few days away and sports betting fans have to be licking their fight betting chops in anticipation for the brawling that should ensue in Dublin, Ireland.
The online betting odds haven’t changed that much in the main event, Rich Franklin versus Dan Henderson, but in the prelim bout, some BetUS online sportsbook betting fans are calling it the co-main event, the online odds have changed somewhat.
The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers meet for the third time this season with a trip to the Super Bowl at stake. The Ravens will be trying to beat the Steelers for the first time this season while the Steelers will be trying to beat the Ravens for the third time this season.
The Michigan State Spartans (13-2 SU, 7-5 ATS, 4-8 O/U) have reeled off nine consecutive wins in the BetUS Sportsbook while going an impressive 3-1 against the spread in their last four games. The Penn State Nittany Lions (13-4 SU, 7-3 ATS, 4-6 O/U) are coming off an emphatic loss the last time they took the court and have dropped two of their last three overall.
Did you know that if you throw out the 1989-90 NBA Season where Larry Bird played just 6 games due to season ending surgery the Boston Celtics never had a losing month while he was on the team.
Did you know that Celtic great Bill Russell going back to his days at San Francisco University, the Olympics, and Celtics he went 21-0 in winner take all games.
