The New York Jets (4-12 SU, 6-9-1 ATS in 2007) are all of a sudden loaded with hope. On Sunday they will start the season with a game that brings quite a storyline with it, as they travel to south Florida to play the Miami Dolphins (1-5 SU, 5-9-2 ATS), who currently employ nor only the Jets’ former quarterback, but their former coach as well, in an NFL game that is set to kickoff at 1 PM ET at Dolphins Stadium (natural turf) in Miami.
The Arizona Cardinals, (8-8 SU, 9-7 ATS, 11-5 O/U) recorded a solid 8-8 record in 2007 in head coach Ken Whisenhunt’s first season at the helm and now have the look of a team that is bent on reaching the postseason after years of wallowing in mediocrity.
The Cincinnati Bengals (7-9 SU, 6-9-1 ATS in 2007) open their 2008 season with a banged-up QB and defensive questions as they visit the Baltimore Ravens (5-11 SU, 3-13 ATS in 2007) in an AFC North game that is set for kickoff on Sunday, September 7 at 1 PM ET at M&T Bank Stadium (artificial turf) in Baltimore.
BetUS NFL betting odds: New Orleans -3.5
NOTABLE STAT: Tampa Bay allowed 170 ypg passing last year (1st in NFL)
KEY NFL FOOTBALL BETTING TREND: New Orleans is 5-16 ATS last 21 as home favorite
BetUS NFL Betting Odds: Detroit -1
NOTABLE STAT: Detroit was last in NFL with 27.8 ppg allowed, 377.6 ypg allowed in ’07
KEY NFL FOOTBALL BETTING TREND: Detroit has covered four of its last 16 road games
A couple of high-powered offensive attacks will get together on Saturday out west as the Texas Tech Red Raiders (1-0 SU, 0-0 ATS) visit the Nevada Wolf Pack (1-0 SU, 0-0 ATS) in a potentially explosive NCAA college football encounter that is scheduled to kick off at 9:05 PM ET at Mackay Stadium (artificial turf) in Reno, NV.
The Florida Gators were sensational in their first game of the season. By whipping the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 56 to 10, the Gators signaled to college football betting fans that they are definitely a team to key football bets around this season.
NFL Betting
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers
By: KC – Sept 5th, 2008
BetUS NFL betting odds: PITTSBURGH -6, Total 42.5
NOTABLE STAT: Pittsburgh allowed 11.6 ppg at home in ’07
KEY NFL FOOTBALL BETTING TREND: Houston is 1-6 ATS in its last seven road games
The Washington Huskies (0-1 SU & ATS) move into what is another step in a back-breaking schedule as they play host to the Cougars of Brigham Young (1-0, 0-0 ATS) is NCAA football action that is set to get underway at 3 PM ET on Saturday at Husky Stadium (artificial turf) in Seattle.
NCAAF Betting Sept 5th, 2008 – RM
Beavers at Nittany Lions
The Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0 SU, 0-0 ATS), coming off a victory in which it did not break a sweat, will face a little bit more of a challenge on Saturday when they take on the Oregon State Beavers (0-1 SU & ATS) in an NCAA football contest that is set to get underway at 3:30 PM ET at Beaver Stadium (home of the Nittany Lions, not Oregon State) in State College, PA.
Sept 5th, 2008 – NFL
Dallas Cowboys vs. Cleveland Browns
Preview
The Dallas Cowboys are the hot favorite to win the NFC Championship this year. They literally have zero weak links in their personnel. From Marion Barber to Tony Romo to Terrell Owens and that ridiculous defensive roster, this team has the mark of a champion written all over it.
NCAA Free Play – SEC Shocker Cover for Saturday
Courtesy of Tony George Sports
Houston Nutt takes his road show to Ole Miss, after having vast success at Arkansas and winning some big games down there, before getting ran out of town on a railcar by boosters for reasons which still baffle me.
NCAAF Betting – RM
Rebels at Demon Deacons
Sept 5th, 2008
Two teams who looked good last week will take the field on Saturday afternoon, as ACC meets SEC. The Rebels of Mississippi (1-0 SU & ATS) meet up with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-0 SU & ATS) in an NCAA college football matchup that is scheduled to kick off at 3:30 PM ET at Groves Stadium (artificial turf) in Winston-Salem, N.C.
NCAAF Betting – QS
Thundering Herd at Badgers
Sept 5th, 2008
Two teams who blew out their opposition in the season opener will meet up this Saturday in Madison when the Wisconsin Badgers (1-0 SU, 0-1 ATS) play host to the Thundering Herd of Marshall (1-0 SU, 0-0 ATS) in NCAA action that is set to kick off at Noon ET at Camp Randall Stadium (artificial turf).
Back by popular demand – or maybe just demand – are the college football moneylines. Here we’ll make two big moneyline favorite picks and two underdog picks and hope to avoid the big land mines on the big favorites and hope to cash with the tasty underdogs.
The Aztecs of San Diego State (0-1 SU, 0-0 ATS) suffered an awful upset in their first game of the year, and on Saturday they will try to redeem themselves when they take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who, to say the least, start the 2008 season on a quest for redemption, in an NCAA college football matchup that is set for a 3:30 PM ET kickoff at Notre Dame Stadium (natural turf) in South Bend, IN.
