Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com takes a look at early week sports betting news and notes for this week’s games.

Tennessee-Florida

Florida will be without their most experienced playmaker as senior receiver Andre Caldwell is out. Caldwell was a first-team preseason All-SEC selection. Sophomore Riley Cooper gets the start.

Duke-Northwestern

The betting line will be affected based on the injury updates on Northwestern star running back Tyrell Sutton. Sutton was icing his ankle after injuring it Saturday against Nevada. He did return briefly after the injury, but then sat out the remainder of the game.

Pittsburgh-Michigan State

Pittsburgh lost starting defensive tackle Gus Mustakas to a torn ACL. He joins the following players lost since the beginning of training camp: All-Big East receiver Derek Kinder as well as tailback Kevin Collier, offensive lineman Chris Jacobson, and quarterback Bill Stull.

A great run stopper, Mustakas will be missed as MSU has 335 yards rushing to the Panthers last season. Two redshirt sophomores Tommie Duhart and Mick Williams will take his place.

Ohio-Virginia Tech

Not only did Tech look sluggish in a season opening win at home to East Carolina, but they were humiliated Saturday on national television losing to LSU 48-7. Sources close to Mike Godsey, Senior Sports Handicapper of GodsTips, say that Hokies quarterback Sean Glennon is completely unnerved. The starter from last year who led V Tech to 10 wins was pulled midway through the second quarter against LSU.

Head coach Frank Beamer has declined to name a quarterback starter for Saturday. Freshman blue chipper Tyrod Taylor started out slowly but played well against the vaunted Bayou Bengals defense.

Notre Dame-Michigan

For sports gamblers who handicap “bulletin board material”, note that Michigan tailback Mike Hart guaranteed victory in this battle of 0-2 fallen giants.

Hart is playing through a thigh bruise and quarterback Chad Henne is doubtful. Michigan is 0-4 straight up since legendary coach Bo Schembechler died last November.

Miami Florida-Florida International

With such a huge pointspread, Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine.com reminds us last year’s infamous brawl may have Miami bending over backwards to not run up the score. UM coach Randy Shannon has not named a starter behind center as each part of their two-headed quarterback rotation of Kyle Wright and Kirby Freeman is struggling.

Joe Duffy’s sports betting selections are at www.GodsTips.com He is former General Manager of the Freescoreboard scorephone network and CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com, the premier hub of world-class handicappers.