There’s no title on the line at UFC 119 this Saturday but the two main events have title implications in the heavyweight and especially the light heavyweight divisions. Let’s look at the main fights on the card and make a couple picks.
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The Super Bowl matchup is set, with Indianapolis and New Orleans getting two weeks to prepare for their championship showdown in Miami. Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have already weighed in on their thoughts, installing the Colts as 4-point opening line favorites. That number has since moved to 5.5-points, with Indy getting about 64% of the action according to the BETTING TRENDS page.
The Indianapolis Colts (10-4 SU, 6-7-1 ATS, 7-7O/U) have won seven consecutive games in the BetUS Sportsbook and look like they’re gearing up for an extended postseason run at this point. The Jacksonville Jaguars (5-9 SU, 4-10 ATS, 5-8-1 O/U) snapped their four-game losing streak the last time they took the field.
The Houston Texans take on the Indianapolis Colts in what almost assuredly should be a blow-out. The Texans start Sage Rosenfels again at quarterback. He just isn’t as good as Matt Schaub. Sports betting fans have to love how Rosenfels goes in there and then just gets absolutely pummeled by opposing defenses.
The Houston Texans (0-3 SU, 1-2 ATS) will, unbelievably, be playing their first home games of the season on Sunday when they play host to the Indianapolis Colts (1-2 SU & ATS) in an AFC South contest that is slated to kick off at 1 PM ET at Reliant Stadium (natural turf) in Houston.
The Houston Texans (0-3 SU, 1-2-0 ATS, 3-0-0 O/U), lost to Jacksonville 30-27 in overtime on Sunday but covered the spread as a 7-point underdog in a Week 4 matchup that went Over the posted O/U total of 42.5 total points.
NFL Week 1 SNF Picks / Preview
NFL: Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts Sep 07, 2008
The Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts will both be looking to go 1-0 on the season when they meet at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Colts listed as 10-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 43½.
I bet you didn’t know that the good folks at BetUS Sportsbook have some great propositions on the table in which you bet a head-to-head matchup between a college football team and an NFL club, usually falling within the same geographic region. We will endeavor to take a look at as many of these as we can, and today that means we examine a “matchup” between the Indianapolis Colts and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
