Monday Night Football – Vikings vs. Bears
This is the time of the season when handicapping the weather becomes a part of any successful NFL betting strategy.
Taking a look at Monday night’s battle between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, the game looks like a mismatch – on paper, at least. Thing is, when you consider the forecast, you have to account for a couple of interesting trends that work in the Bears’ favor.
Chicago Bears has won its last 10 home games when the temperature was at the freezing mark or colder.
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NFL Sunday Recap – Colts Bail on Perfection
It was an interesting Sunday in the NFL. The New Orleans Saints all but had a victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their pockets when Garrett Hartley lined up for a last second chip shot field goal.
Tied at 17 a piece, the Saints had blown a 17 to 0 lead but a fantastic two minute drive in the 4th quarter orchestrated by Drew Brees led to Hartley’s seemingly easy kick from inside the 40 yard line. Unfortunately, Hartley hooked it left and the game went into overtime.
What happened next was to be expected. A Saints’ defense riddled with injuries and looking every bit as awful as the 2008 version, allowed rookie Tampa QB Josh Freeman and RB Carnell Williams to march their way into Saints’ territory.
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College Bowl Game Odds: Canes vs Badgers
The Champs Sports Bowl features the Miami Hurricanes facing the 3 point underdog Wisconsin Badgers in a different style’s battle on December 29 at 8:00 PM ET at Florida Citrus Bowl stadium.
College Bowl Game Odds:
Wisconsin Badgers +3
Miami Florida Hurricanes -3
O/U 58
Miami ended with a 9-3 record in the ACC and Wisconsin also ended 9-3 in the Big Ten.
The Hurricanes will need to pick up their game up on defense as they face the 14 th rushing offense in the league averaging almost 207 yards per game.
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Football Bowl Picks – Georgia vs. Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl
2009 Independence Bowl
Georgia Bulldogs (7-5 SU, 4-7 ATS) vs.
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NFL Betting Insider – Week 16 Hot or Not
With just one week remaining in the 2009 NFL regular season, pro football betting enthusiasts have only one more week to cash in on a full slate of NFL action before the start of the annual postseason gets underway.
This look at the hottest and coldest ATS teams in the NFL will put devoted football gamblers on the road to making an abundance of winning wagers on all Week 17’s contests while providing some insight on which teams stand the best chance of cover the NFL point spread once the playoffs get underway in les than two weeks.
With a thrilling Monday night matchup getting underway tonight, let me get started.
Hot
These teams have covered the spread at a high rate over their last five games.
Cleveland 5-0 ATS
It may be hard to believe, but it’s true.
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NFL – Cowher to Coach in 2010
Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, Bill Cowher, has made it known that the greatest chin to grace the sidelines of the NFL is making a return in the 2010 NFL betting season. The news doesn’t come as a tremendous shock to the NFL community because Cowher has seemed uncomfortable and restless in the booth, just the opposite of Jon Gruden who seems revitalized by his spot with the Monday Night Football crew.
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NBA Betting Preview – LA Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns
The oddsmakers are banking on the Lakers and Suns going in to a scoring fiesta on the first day after the Christmas weekend. It hasn’t been a kind weekend for either team. The Lakers lost on Christmas as LeBron James powered the Cleveland Cavs past L.A. to the tune of 102-87. The next day, the Suns lost to the Golden State Warriors 127-132.
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NFL – Caldwell Costs Colts Perfection
The champagne was flowing for the 1972 Dolphins as Peyton Manning and the Colts finally lost in 2009. At 14-1 SU and 10-5 ATS the Colts have secured the number-one seed in the AFC and will have the privilege of home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. With perfection out of their grasp for the remainder of the 2009-10 betting season, how the Colts respond to the loss will be definitive for how they carry themselves through the playoffs.
I’ll be honest about coach Jim Caldwell.
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Monday Night Football Betting – Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears
A curious thing has happened to the Minnesota Vikings late in the season. Not only is there a sudden power struggle between Brett Favre and Brad Childress, the Vikings are being pressed by Arizona for the first-round bye in the playoffs.
Oddly enough, the New Orleans Saints have given them a shot at the number-one seed in the NFC after losing to the Bucs in overtime.
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College Hoops Week 8 Rankings – ACC Power Poll
The college basketball betting season is approaching conference play, and the teams in the ACC are already off to a hot start! Check out how the teams in one of the top conferences in the country stack up in this week’s BetUS college basketball power rankings…
1: Miami Hurricanes (5-1 ATS, 12-1 SU) (LW: 1) The Hurricanes had no trouble dispatching North Carolina A&T this week to stay atop the college basketball power rankings.
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