Friday’s Water Cooler – NBA News
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk.
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk.
The New Orleans Saints may have started the season with 13 straight wins, but as the saying goes, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The Saints finished their regular season with three straight losses and headed into their bye week limping.

I’m a fan of the NBA, but it’s not a sport that I follow as closely as others, and I don’t handicap it very often. When there are sports that I’m not avidly following I find that I like to have little rules in my mind that I can use to quickly get a sense of how a team is performing – a snapshot of where they are at.
If the Clippers were an NFL betting option, they would be the longshot New York Jets, who pulled off an upset of Cincinnati last week. The Clippers had pulled out wins over teams like Portland, Miami and the Lakers before losing two straight on the road, but they get another shot at the ailing Lakers on Friday.
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The NFL Divisional Playoffs are set for Saturday and Sunday and betED.com is all set for the action with NFL Playoff Odds and some great NFL Playoff Props.
It gets going with the Arizona Cardinals battling the New Orleans Saints on Saturday at the Louisiana Superdome (4:30 pm ET, FOX).
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter topics…well, the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
Enjoy!

Syracuse Orange (5) at West Virginia Mountaineers (9) 12:00 PM ET
Easily the marquee matchup of the day, we get started early with a great matchup. Syracuse is 16-1 on the season including a perfect 5-0 away from home. It has played only two true road games on the season however and those came at Seton Hall and Rutgers so this will easily be the biggest road test thus far and mark the first road game against a ranked opponent.
The weather’s been pretty nasty across much of the United States, but it’ll be warm and toasty for all four of this weekend’s NFL Divisional Round games. Three of them will take place indoors; the fourth is in San Diego, where the football odds are very much on the side of the home team.
After a tame Wild Card weekend, the exception of course being that “wild” 51-45 OT affair between the Pack and Cards, the Divisional playoff round steps into the spotlight with four matchups. At first glance, the matchups this weekend should provide more entertainment.

As the playoffs begin, those who earned the top two seeds in each conference have a key edge, as they get a bye the first week while watching the others duke it out. Sitting at home this past weekend were the Saints, Vikings, Colts and Chargers. A year ago the favorites to win the 2010 Super Bowl were the Patriots at 6-to-1, the Steelers at 7-to-1, the Colts at 8-to-1 and the NY Giants at 8-to-1.
NFL Divisional Playoff Betting – Jets vs Chargers Preview & Pick
As the New York Giants showed us in 2007, the team with the greatest momentum, not necessarily the greatest record, often makes the most noise in the NFL playoffs. By that logic, the San Diego Chargers are sitting pretty entering their home matchup with the New York Jets this weekend.
The Indianapolis Colts have been rusty a few times coming off of bye weeks and heading into playoff games but this year might be different.
Head coach Jim Caldwell decided to start resting his players in Week 15 instead of aiming for a perfect regular season score and the difference should pay off in the first round of the playoffs.
This is probably the most anticipated Divisional Round game, and it has the best chance of producing an “upset”. It’s gonna be a good game folks – guaranteed. The results from our poll here at CappersPicks.com tell us that 56% of you think the Cowboys will get the W this weekend.
The NFC Divisional playoffs feature four teams that boast some of the best Quarterbacks in the NFL. All of the teams have incredible Offenses, well rounded and high scoring. This weekend promises some fireworks for sure, but who will emerge, and face each other for the chance to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl?
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Team records:
Nashville: 28-16-3
Calgary: 26-15-6
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Sportsbook odds: Predators +125, Flames -145