NFL Betting: Pre-Season Previews
The second week of pre-season ball serves up a full schedule of games for bettors. Let’s look at a few of the games that have caught the sports betting public’s attention from this weekend’s NFL lineup.
With a tip of the hat to Dennis Green…”don’t crown their asses just yet”.
We speak of the Miami Heat of course, as fans, commentators and of course, the sports betting public have been weighing in with their thoughts on the 2010-11 NBA Championship since the Lebron decided to “take his talents” to South Beach. Joining him down there is, of course, Chris Bosh and with D-Wade re-signing Miami has become the center of the NBA universe for the time being.
The biggest sports betting event in the world is about to kick-off, as South Africa host the 2010 World Cup of football (or soccer, if you will). There has already been strong betting activity on the event amongst North American online sportsbooks, while for the European sportsbooks the betting action has been fast and furious as June 11th approaches.
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Ready to get down and wager on the most anticipated golf tournament in the last 100 years? The 2010 Masters Odds are live on the web, and the tournament everyone is waiting for is only 8 days away. (Really. Who cares about this week’s Houston Open right?
Kobe sits, the Lakers keep on winning…scaring the heck out of the rest of the league. Kobe Bryant has been out since February 5th (nursing a sprained ankle), but missing one of the best players in the world hasn’t tripped up the odds-on Championship favorites.
What’s the biggest betting event of the year in North America? Not so fast if you guessed the Super Bowl. While the Super Bowl lays claim to being the largest wagered on single event of the year, March Madness surpasses the NFL’s crown jewel in total wagering volume (albeit the tourney stretches over three weeks).
It will be a David vs. Goliath-like battle when the Final 2 from the AFC battle for the Lamar Hunt Trophy on Sunday.
The Indianapolis Colts, who are “supposed to be in the AFC title game,” will host the New York Jets, who “weren’t even supposed to make the playoffs” and on top of that, we’ll see the tried, tested and true QB Peyton Manning dueling with the rookie signal-caller Mark Sanchez.
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.
The college football season concluded on Thursday night but never fear football fans, there is still pigskin to wager on.
The NFL playoffs begin this weekend with the New York Jets vs. Cincinnati Bengals and the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday, followed by the Baltimore Ravens at the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Along with the holiday season comes NCAA bowl season, which kicks off this week and runs through to January 7th, when the BCS Championship game will crown a champion for the 2009 season.
The New Mexico Bowl gets the first taste of the Bowl spotlight with its date this Saturday night.
One month left in the NFL regular season and we still have two undefeated teams.
The Colts are one of two teams that are 12-0 (the New Orleans Saints are the other). Is this the weekend the mighty fall? Indy should have a battle on their hands as they host the 8-4 Denver Broncos. The sports betting community isn’t giving the Broncos much of a chance so far, as online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com is reporting a little over 70% of the betting volume on the Colts.
Youth vs. Experience will be on glorious display in this week’s UFC 105 event. Randy “The Natural” Couture is 46 years old, 14 years older than his opponent, Brandon “The Truth” Vera is 32.
So the first BCS standings of 2009 have been released and to no one’s surprise, the Florida Gators—+125 to win this season’s BCS championship at most online sportsbooks—are Kings of the college football hill followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide in the two-spot.
Strangely enough though, Florida dropped to No. 2, trumped by ‘Bama in the Associated Press poll but football fans in “The Swamp” probably don’t care, as their team is tops in the more prestigious poll.
Does any sports do “rivalry” games better than college football…the Red Sox and Yankees might have a say, and Duke-North Carolina in college hoops…but there is something magical about these big rivalry games in the fall that, to me, anyway, supersede the others.
A prime example is on display this weekend at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, when the 2009 edition of the Red River Rivalry kicks off.
