NFL picks, the Cowboys vs. Cardinals is the big game from a handicapping standpoint, but the top sports handicappers have many a gift from Santa Claus for day action.

Matt Rivers has a Christmas Day winner for Saturday is on da Chicago Bulls +2 at the NY Knicks.

Reasoning: Mike D’Antoni has done a great job thus far with the Knicks as Amare Stoudemire is playing like a total MVP. Add in Ray Felton and Wilson Chandler and a few others including surprising rookie Landry Fields and the Knickerbockers are somewhat back to relevance.

With the above said though New York is still not in the class of today’s opponent as Derrick Rose is phenomenal and an MVP candidate himself and Carlos Boozer is a star as well. The loss of Joakim Noah with that thumb injury wasn’t great but Tom Thibodeaux’s team continues to plug along and win game after game. Chicago has been victorious on the court in 9 out of their last 10 games and have cashed in six of their last seven. The schedule hasn’t exactly been overwhelming with the weaker teams from the East being the fodder but the Bulls are still 18-9 and starting to run away with their division.

Chicago’s defense has been off the charts of late as opponents are consistently shooting around 35% and scoring in the low 80’s. No doubt the Knicks are going to look to run and get out on the break but these Bulls with Rose and Boozer can play at that pace if necessary and should be just fine in doing so.

The Knicks are coming off big games with the Heat, Celtics and Thunder and I’m hard pressed to believe they are going to be able to keep the focus and intensity once more in a small period of time. Plus the distraction of being at home on Christmas day in the bright lights of New York City could turn out to be a negative and especially so in this early noon tip.

Da Bulls will get the job done in da end.

Top expert pick on this game: Chicago +2

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It’s Tulsa vs. Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl.  The offshore and Las Vegas point spread has Hawaii -10 with a total now up to 73.  Tulsa is 9-3 straight up, 8-4 against the spread. Hawaii is 10-3 straight up and 11-3 to the bookmakers. They have covered all seven home games this season.

Tulsa gets 5.2 yards per rush teams that normally allow 4.6, 7.8 yards per pass to 7.3, and 6.4 yards per play to 5.9.

Defensively, they allow 4.0 yards per rush to teams normally getting that same 4.0. However, their pass defense is abysmal allowing 8.1 yards per pass to teams that usually get 7.0 and 6.2 yards per play to 5.5.

Hawaii gets 5.0 yards per rush to defenses that allow an average of 4.7, and outstanding 9.0 yards per pass to 7.8 and 7.7 yards per play to 6.0, all extremely impressive ratings.

On the other side of the ball, Hawaii allows just 3.5 yards per rush versus squads that earn 4.1, 6.7 yards per pass to 7.0 and 4.9 yards per play to 5.4.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): The Golden Hurricanes are on an 8-1 run overall, but are 6-13 as a road underdog of 3.5-10.0. The Warriors are on an 8-0 tear as a chalk, 13-3 overall and 21-8 after allowing less than 100 yards rushing in their previous game.

Over/under trends: Tulsa has gone under 10-2 after accumulating more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game and under 20-7 after accumulating more than 450 total yards in their previous game.

Hawaii over 8-2 outside the conference.

Top expert pick on this game: ScoresOddsPicks went only 2-1 last night—the second worst performance this month, only making .9 units. That makes them 28-8 the last 36, but this included Miami Ohio +775 on the moneyline in the MAC Championship, Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship as the Best Bet of the Year, and Oakland December 5 as the Underdog Best Bet of the Year, December 19, the Jets as the Oddsmaker Overreaction Best Bet of the Year, and the Bears December 20 as the Monday Night Best Bet of the Postseason. You can see why the bookmakers fear it’s likely the last loser until sometime in 2011.

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It’s Navy vs. San Diego State in the Poinsettia Bowl. San Diego State is a three-point favorite with a total of 57. There is a flood warning in San Diego as the rains have been falling on the field.

Now to the official betting preview. Navy is 9-3 straight up and 7-5 to the number. San Diego State is 8-4 straight up and 7-4 against the spread. Navy is 7-3 their last 10.

Navy averages 5.4 yards per rush to defenses that permit 4.2 and a stunning 10.0 yards per pass to defenses that permit just 7.3. Overall they gets 6.2 yards per play to 5.5.

However, Navy permits 4.4 yards per rush to teams normally getting 4.1, 6.6 passing yards per attempt to 6.8 and 5.4 yards per play to 5.3.

San Diego State averages 4.6 yards per rush on offense to teams that normally allow 4.6, 8.8 yards per pass to 7.6 and 6.7 yards per play to 5.9.

They are extremely stout on defense allowing 3.6 yards per rush teams normally getting 4.1, just 6.1 passing yards per attempt to 6.6 and 4.8 yards per play to 5.1.

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Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Navy 7-0 to teams with a winning record, 14-2 to Mountain West and 3-7 after allowing less than 20 points in their previous game.

San Diego State is 0-4 off spread win.

Over/under trends: Midshipmen have gone under 6-1 on grass. The Aztecs have gone under 17-2 after accumulating more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.

Week 16 NFL betting begins tonight on the NFL Network.

It’s the football betting examination in collating key success indicators form a betting point of view on the matchup between the Panthers vs. Steelers.

The Vegas odds on this game are posted at Pittsburgh anywhere from a 14 to 15.5 point favorite with a total of 37 to 37.5.

Commencing with the yards per carry data, the higher rated offense is neither team as they are in a surprising dead heat.

On the same side of the line of scrimmage, yards per reception gives the upper hand to the Pittsburgh Steelers by a prohibitive 2.7 margin.

Sharp football bettors exploit yards per point. The more productive unit with the ball in their hands is Pittsburgh by 5.0.

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In stopping rushing attacks, the higher ranked defense according to rushing yards per attempt is the Steelers by a full yard per rush.

The stingier defense in terms of yards per pass catch would be the Steelers also by .5.

The more disruptive defense making use of yards per point enlightenment is that of Pittsburgh by 5.4.

On the better side of turnover ratio are the Steelers by a humungous 20.

Yards per point is determined by diving total yards by number of points. Offensively a lower number is considered more efficient. On defense, a higher number is better.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Carolina is 5-1 after allowing less than 90 yards rushing in their previous game, but 3-7 on grass, 0-5 to teams with a winning record.

Pittsburgh 4-11 as a home favorite of 10.5 or greater.

Over/under trends: Carolina under 6-1 off straight up win. Pittsburgh over 50-24 home favorites.

This week’s NFL betting injury report comes a bit late but not too late; Week 16’s games don’t start until Thursday!

Don’t worry about: David Garrard (fingers), Drew Stanton (hand), Mark Sanchez (shoulder), Maurice Jones-Drew (knee), Jamaal Charles (cramps)

Brett Favre, Vikings: CONCUSSION

We’ll give No. 4 the Concussion of the Week Award since Austin Collie has been hogging it. Favre won’t practice all week and the early rumor is that the Vikings will start Joe Webb in Week 16, especially since Minnesota has a short week after playing on Monday.

Arian Foster, Texans: ANKLE

This injury means little to the Texans’ lost season but plenty to sports betting sharps and especially to fantasy football players, as he’s the top-rated runner this season. He claims he could’ve tried to play after his ankle injury knocked him out of Sunday’s loss to Tennessee, so that makes his prognosis reasonably positive.

Knowshon Moreno, Broncos: RIBS

The Broncos’ starter is getting treatment on his ribs but is reportedly still in a fair amount of pain. He’s questionable for Sunday’s matchup against Oakland. The Broncos are out of it so they have little reason to hurry Moreno back.

Arian Peterson, Vikings: THIGH, KNEE

Adrian Peterson already missed the Monday nighter against Chicago with his thigh and knee injuries and coach Leslie Frazier says he’s still “very, very sore.” That doesn’t sound too promising for this Sunday, does it? Betting against Minnesota looks like a smart move.

Terrell Owens, Bengals: KNEE

Terrell Owens really showed that he has something left in the tank this season, catching 72 balls for 983 yards and nine scores in 14 games, but he’s finished for 2010. He had surgery this week to repair torn cartilage in his left knee. The Bengals will probably let him walk but some team will surely take a chance on him once he’s healed.

Austin Collie, Colts: CONCUSSION

His first game back after struggling to get over his last concussion, and what happens? Collie gets cold-cocked again. It was a disturbing sight, leaving his teammates visibly shaken. The Colts won’t take any more chances with Collie this season: they’ve shut him down until 2011.

Utah vs. Boise State play in one of the best games of the bowl season from a sports betting standpoint. OffshoreInsiders.com previews the game using key success indicators as defined by the world’s professional sports gamblers

The Las Vegas odds has the Broncos from a 16.5 to 17-point favorite with a total of 57.5-58.

Boise State has the more ample numbers in terms of yards per rush on offense by a margin of .6.

Boise also produces more advantageous computations in terms of passing yards per completion by1.7.

The yards per point measurement is one of the most effective against Vegas scores and odds. The more suitable numbers are the property of the Boise State Broncos, but by just .3.

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Now to the defensive side of the ball utilizing the same tallies.

Boise State reigns supreme in stopping the run allowing .1 yards per rush less.

Boise also has the better decimals on defense in the passing yards per completion realm by 2.3.

A major facet of Performance Gap Analysis is yards per point. The more rock-solid on the defensive side of the ball in that grouping is Boise State by 3.0.

Yards per point is determined by diving total yards by number of points. Offensively a lower number is considered more efficient. On defense, a higher number is better.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Utah is 7-1 in their last 8 bowl games, 27-8 as underdog. Boise State is 40-16 after accumulating more than 450 total yards in their previous game.

Over/under trends: Utah has gone over 13-3 outside the conference.

Matt Rivers has an NBA free pick winner Wednesday is on the Philadelphia 76ers +9.5 to Boston.

Boston probably is the best team in the NBA right now and Philadelphia was just drilled by 45 points last night but I’ll still grab the 76ers and this number.

Doug Collins’ team has been playing much better ball the last few weeks, save last night obviously. I’m not too sure what happened in Chicago yesterday in the beatdown but when NBA players get embarassed like that more times than not they are able to respond the next game. Back-to-backs aren’t easy and especially not against Pierce, Allen and Garnett but Rajon Rondo is still out and the C’s have to come back down to Earth at some point, don’t they?

Doc’s boys are playing inspired basketball and are the better and fresher team on the court tonight in Beantown, I admit all that. I just can’t pass up this number with a team that has won 8 of 12 and has covered an amazing 11 of 13, including last night. Obviously this pace can’t be kept up with the mediocre 6ers and there is potential for another blowout loss but I’ll take my chances with Iguodala, Brand, Holliday and a decent enough Philadelphia team.

If there is ever a time that a team doesn’t mind playing for a second straight night this is it. Last night was a debacle of epic proportions and the boys from the City of Brotherly Love will want to erase that and atone as soon as possible. This is that “possible”.

The pick: Philadelphia +9.5.

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Matt Rivers winner for NBA betting Tuesday is, just like Monday, on the Dallas Mavericks +2.5 Orlando.

Reasoning: Orlando has been absolutely horrendous over the past few weeks and after making all of the trades recently are not going to all of a sudden just be great again. Things are not good for Stan Van Gundy’s troops. About three weeks ago the team started to go south right before the west coast trip and not much has improved since. In fact some are even saying how the wheeling and dealing was done in a bit of a panic mode and I’m not sure if that isn’t accurate.

Vince Carter and Rashard Lewis are gone and it’s going to take some time to gel with the new guys. We saw just that yesterday in Hotlanta where as the Hawks came out and won easily for the second time in the last few weeks against Dwight Howard and the Magic. Orlando has now dropped seven of their last eight both on the court and at the window. The lone victory came on the road in Los Angeles against the Clippers.

Orlando at some point will right the ship as they are too good not to but it’s not going to be easy and it’s not going to be quick. Sure Howard is the beast of all beasts and Jameer Nelson is a quality point guard but with all of the new pieces it’s going to take some time for adjustments to be made and today just ain’t that time.

On the opposite extreme we have a Dallas team that continues to be great in the regular season as they have now won 15 of the last 16 games. Last night they prevailed as the solid dog in Miami. They may be on the extremely difficult back-to-back with travel but Orlando obviously is in the same spot so it’s not a disadvantage for Dirk and his mates. The bottom line here is that Nowitzki, Terry, Kidd, Butler, Chandler and the rest of the Mavs are without a doubt the far better team right now and even if on the road I will back them and expect the visitors to win the game.

The pick: Dallas

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The St. Petersburg Bowl features Louisville vs. Southern Mississippi. Louisville is -2.5 with a total of 57.

The best sports picks experts use different key handicapping numbers than the square player. Here is a preview of that game from a handicapping standpoint.

The Cardinals are 6-6 both straight up and against the spread, while Southern Miss is 8-4 straight up, but 6-6 to the number. The Eagles have gone over 8-of-11 this season.

Louisville averages an impressive 4.9 yards per rush squads usually permitting 4.0, but they get a pedestrian 7.1 yards per pass to teams that normally allow 7.2. Overall, the Cards get 5.8 yards per play to 5.4.

On defense, Louisville allows 4.0 yards per rush to teams normally getting 3.9. However, they permit a stingy 6.3 yards per pass to teams that usually get 6.9 and just 4.9 yards per play to 5.2.

Southern Miss gets 4.7 yards per rush to squads usually permitting 4.5, but just 7.0 yards per pass to 7.6 and 5.8 yards per play to 5.9.

The Eagles are tough against the run allowing 3.6 yards per rush to teams that usually get 4.0, but not so impressive against the pass at 7.5 to 6.9, allowing 5.6 yards per play squads that normally accumulate just 5.4.

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Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Louisville is 12-1 to Conference USA, 30-11 in nonconference, and 24-11 games after accumulating more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game. However, they are 3-8 off a spread win. Louisville is also 5-0 in the series.

Southern Miss is 2-9 after accumulating more than 280 yards passing in their previous game.

Over/under trends: Southern Miss has gone over 7-1 their last eight.

One of the best live football scores for bettors to exploit this week in football is the conflict between the Vikings vs. Bears on ESPN Monday Night Football.

The most excellent football betting service skilled practitioners bring into play distinct key handicapping numbers than the losing bettor. Here is an analysis of that game from a wagering perspective.

To contrast yards per rush on offense, the pre-eminence from an arithmetical angle goes to Minnesota by .6.

Passing yards per completion is another yardstick consumed by sports investors. The lead is owned by Chicago by .4.

Perhaps the most made use of number by certified gamblers is yards per point. From the offensive examination the better integers are is in the column of Chicago by 3.e

Insofar as the key records on the defensive side of the ball. The yards per rush guide says the healthier run defense is Chicago Bears by .2.

The better-quality passing yards per completion data on defense give the upper hand to Chicago by .4.

In terms of yards per point, the transcendent defense is Chicago by 3.2

Yards per point is determined by diving total yards by number of points. Offensively a lower number is considered more efficient. On defense, a higher number is better.

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Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Chicago is 3-10 after allowing more than 250 yards passing in their previous game. Minnesota is 0-7 as an underdog.  The home team is 13-3 in the series.

Over/under trends: Chicago under 10-1 after accumulating less than 90 yards rushing in their previous game, under 16-5 off spread loss. Minnesota over 22-8 after accumulating less than 250 total yards in their previous game.

The free pick Monday is from Matt Rivers. It is to invest on the Dallas Mavericks +7 to Miami.

Why not? Dirk and the Mavs are perennially a great regular season team and nothing at all has changed this season at 21-5. Of course Dallas is up against the best and hottest team in the NBA right now as Lebron and the fellas are flat out rolling and awesome but to get half a dozen or so anywhere and against anybody with this Dallas squad can never be deemed a terrible play.

Erik Spoelstra’s boys were crushing all comers until that last game where they had to come back as the 11 point chalk in order to just beat the poor John Wall-less Wizards. I’m not going to take too much from that down game because the Heat are phenomenal and loaded but it was not a great showing and I don’t see it being out of the realm for an outright here, even on the road down in South Beach.

Nowitzki is an instant mismatch against anybody, Jason Kidd still has a little left in the tank, Jason Terry is a quality ballplayer who can fill it up and Tyson Chandler has been solid enough. Throw in a few more experienced players that are alright in Caron Butler and Shawn Marion and the Mavs are once again a very good and veteran basketball team with the potential of being great in a regular season spot such as this.

The Heat have won 12 in a row but the Mavs have won 14 of 15 and are pretty darn awesome themselves. To get a handsome price back with Dallas today is more than enough for me and worth a small play.

The pick: Dallas

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