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Marc Lawrence
Three new coaches went camping for the first time with teams in the new-look AFC WEST DIVISION this summer. Not surprisingly, none of who are expected to produce winning seasons in 2009. Welcome to the mild, mild West.
By deduction, that leaves San Diego as the team to beat in the AFC West this season.
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Just in case you missed it last year… a geography refresher: Ranging in altitudes from 7 feet to 7,220 feet, the MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE looks to be growing to new heights.
Fantasy Football Draft Guide – Cheat Sheets & Player Rankings
Are you in the market for fantasy football draft info? Or 2009 Offensive Line Rankings + O-Line player rating cheat sheets for your 2009 fantasy draft?
Pre-season is nearly upon us, so for the next few weeks we encourage you to be checking out our fantasy football draft guide for all your rankings and analysis for the upcoming league drafts that your going to be participating in.
The start of NFL training camps is right around the corner with the NFL Pre-Season beginning in less than 3 weeks! While technically true that every team has a shot at the NFL Vince Lombardi Trophy in September the fact remains that some will just be entertaining pipe dreams.
The NFL for the most part has created extreme parity making it an interesting challenge in identifying what NFL teams are going to be able to navigate successfully through the season.
Are you ready for some football? The 2009-10 NFL season kicks off on Thursday night, Sept. 10 with the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Tennessee Titans and ends on Sunday night when Jay Cutler makes his Chicago Bears debut at the rival Green Bay Packers.
Friday’s “Need To Know”
A look at the hot and cold pitchers going on Friday. The information you need to know whether it is for fantasy baseball or wagering contests.
Probable Hot Starting Pitchers going on Friday:
Ricky Romero (Toronto Blue Jays)
Were you expecting to see probable pitchers here that are hot like Tim Lincecum and Felix Hernandez? I decided to give them a break from the list and mix it up a bit here today.
NCAA Football Futures Betting – LSU TIGERS: CAN THEY BE ROAD WARRIORS?
Today we take a look at the LSU Tigers, who won the national title two seasons ago but didn’t do much in terms of the follow-up last season:
Bettors are starting to take some notice of the upcoming NCAA football season, with betting action picking up in the future book for the college kids.
There are no surprises at the top of the food chain heading into the 2009 season, with the Gators, Trojans, Sooners and Longhorns firmly entrenched as the favorites to win BCS National Championship.
The MLB All Star game is on the history books as the American League extended it’s mastery over the National League with a 4-3 victory, improving its mark to 12-0-1 the last thirteen meetings in this event.
Interestingly, history reminds us that the first set of games immediately following the All Star break generally do not play to form.
Florida’s assumed dominance is going to make handicapping the SEC very difficult.
College Football Oddsmakers, fearing being pounded by public Gator action, will be forced to inflate lines. But it might not even matter.
With Superman Tim Tebow back at quarterback and all 11 starters back on defense, covering 30-point spreads might seem like child’s play to the defending champs.
Today we take a look at the Texas Longhorns, a team that dealt the only regular season loss to Oklahoma, but did not manage to get into the Big 12 title game:
2008 Record: 12-1 SU, 9-4 ATS
Three-Year record (’06-’08): 32-7 SU, 20-17-1 ATS
NFL Football Futures Betting – 2009 NFL PreSeason Analysis – Chargers Football Gambling
The San Diego Chargers almost screwed themselves until the final month of the season, losing eight of their first 12 games. At that point they had to win the rest of their games and get some help from Denver, and that’s exactly what happened.
NFL Football Futures Betting – 2009 NFL PreSeason Analysis – Vikings Football Gambling
The Vikings began the season losing three of their first four games, then started to pick up steam in the NFC North. They won seven of their last nine games, going 4-2 in the division, and defeated three playoff teams.
The 2009 NFL Season is quickly approaching and fans for every team are chomping at the bit for some NFL betting action. Nothing beats the thrill of betting on NFL live games and the upcoming NFL season should be no different. Fans of the Buffalo Bills are cautiously optimistic this year (almost like every year) that they’ll be a playoff contender again.
MMA betting players will move from UFC to Affliction on August 1st, as Affliction: Trilogy features a main event with the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter aiming to defend his crown.
Affliction Betting – Saturday, August 1, 9:00 PM ET
Fedor Emelianenko (30-1-1) is considered by some to be the best MMA fighter of all time, and certainly of the current era.
Non-divisional NL baseball betting action takes center stage at Bookmaker Sportsbook on Thursday night when the Houston Astros (44-44, +$87) invade Chavez Ravine to tango with the Los Angeles Dodgers (56-32, +$1937) in the first of four sport wagering match-ups from Dodgers Stadium. The Astros closed out their first half slate on a high winning three of four home games against the Washington Nationals to run their mark to 6-4 their L/10 games played (+$122).
