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Kyle Field has a Week 1 contest on tap for Saturday as the Arkansas State Indians and the Texas A&M Aggies play their season openers.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Aggies listed as 19-point favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Team records:
Texas A&M: 7-6 SU, 5-7 ATS Arkansas State most recently:
When playing in August are 0-5 When playing on grass are 2-8 After outgaining opponent are 4-6 When playing outside the conference are 4-6 Texas A&M most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arkansas State’s last 7 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arkansas State’s last 6 games Arkansas State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games Arkansas State is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas A&M’s last 5 games at home Texas A&M is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas A&M’s last 9 games Texas A&M is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games Next up:
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Northern Illinois Huskies-Minnesota Golden Gophers Pointspread Pointers
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The Northern Illinois Huskies and the Minnesota Golden Gophers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at The Metrodome.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Golden Gophers listed as 8-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game’s total is sitting at 58.
Team records:
Minnesota: 1-11 SU, Northern Illinois most recently:
When playing in August are 3-3 When playing on turf are 2-8 After being outgained are 3-7 When playing outside the conference are 3-7 Minnesota most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Northern Illinois’s last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Northern Illinois’s last 11 games on the road Northern Illinois is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road Northern Illinois is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games Minnesota is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home Minnesota is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games Next up:
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Betting Roundup For Saturday
It’ll be Red Sox/White Sox action on Saturday night as
Event of the day . . .
Josh Beckett was supposed to start the opener of the Sox/Sox series for
The White Sox will send veteran Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.86 ERA) to the mound on Saturday night.
Sports betting event of the day…
It’s tough to single game out one, as the world’s best handicappers have sundry sports picks. Sports bettors are checking out betting news and notes for Saturday (exclusive) computer against the spread trends (exclusive) and a free betting winner up.
Only Michael Phelps wins more than sports handicappers featured on MasterLockLine.com
Non-event of the day . . .
Hands up if you missed the WNBA during its Olympic break. Ok, hands up if you even knew the WNBA had an Olympic break. The summer’s afterthought-of-a-league has four games on its Saturday schedule, including
New hotties…
Thanks to those who have sent in nominations for the OffshoreInsiders.com top hottie. Recent accepted proposals including CBS correspondent Lara Logan (somebody come up with a good joke that her husband’s name is Jason Siemon), buxom bombshell Amy Sedaris, ageing but still attractive actress Tanya Roberts. As far as 40-plus women, even liberals can agree that Sarah Palin is one fine looking middle aged woman.
Also on the schedule . . .
Francisco Liriano (4-3, 3.83 ERA) will be looking to continue his impressive comeback when he pitches in
Over in the National League the top pitching matchup is in
Finally, college football stages its first Saturday of wall-to-wall action, with No. 1 Georgia playing
The top football handicapper in the world Joe Duffy has his first Wise Guy play on
The impending Hurricane Gustav has already affected the sports world as LSU has moved their game up to early Saturday to aid those who want to participate in their favorite event before fleeing the
News from the wire . . .
Outfielder Mark Kotsay made his debut for the Red Sox on Thursday, collecting one hit in four at-bats . . . the Blue Jays have sent veteran outfielder Matt Stairs to the Phillies and recalled top prospect Travis Snider . . . Tight end Todd Heap returned to action for the Ravens on Thursday . . . Colts head coach Tony Dungy fully expects quarterback Peyton Manning to be ready to play for the team in its season opener next week.
Peek at the future . . .
The Sunday night baseball game this week is Los Angeles at Arizona, with Derek Lowe (10-11, 3.81 ERA) facing Brandon Webb (19-5, 2.96 ERA) . . . Coverage of the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway begins at 7:00pm ET on Sunday . . . the Giants are listed as 3.5-point home favorites against the Redskins in next Thursday’s NFL kickoff game.
Saturday Betting Rundown
It’ll be Red Sox/White Sox action on Saturday night as
plays host to
in a key American League series. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .
Event of the day . . .
Josh Beckett was supposed to start the opener of the Sox/Sox series for
on Friday, but he was scratched and Daisuke Matsuzaka was moved up in the
rotation instead. That meant the Red Sox needed to find a pitcher for a spot
start against the White Sox on Saturday night – and they seem to have settled
on Michael Bowden for the job. Righthander Bowden
will be making his Major-League debut in that contest.
The White Sox will send veteran Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.86 ERA) to the mound
on Saturday night.
managed to pick up the win in each of the lefthander’s last four starts. That
includes an outing against the Red Sox back on August 8 when Buehrle gave up
just a single earned run on four hits over his seven innings pitched.
Sports betting event of the day…
It’s tough to single game out one, as the world’s best handicappers have
sundry sports
picks. Sports bettors are checking out betting
news and notes for Saturday (exclusive)
computer against
the spread trends (exclusive)
and a free betting winner up.
Only Michael Phelps wins more than sports handicappers featured on MasterLockLine.com
Non-event of the day . . .
Hands up if you missed the WNBA
during its Olympic break. Ok, hands up if you even knew the WNBA had an Olympic break. The summer’s
afterthought-of-a-league has four games on its Saturday schedule, including
Antonio
Also on the slate:
and
New hotties…
Thanks to those who have sent in nominations for the OffshoreInsiders.com
top hottie. Recent accepted proposals including CBS correspondent
Lara Logan (somebody come up with a good joke that her husband’s name is Jason Siemon), buxom bombshell Amy Sedaris, ageing but still
attractive actress Tanya Roberts. As far as 40-plus women, even liberals can
agree that Sarah Palin is one fine looking middle
aged woman.
Also on the schedule . . .
Francisco Liriano (4-3, 3.83 ERA) will be looking to continue his impressive
comeback when he pitches in
for the Twins on Saturday night. Also on the American League
schedule:
at
Over in the National League the top pitching matchup is in
where it’ll be the Dodgers’ Chad Billingsley (12-10, 3.15 ERA) vs. the D-Backs’
Dan Haren (14-6, 3.10 ERA). Rounding
out the NL slate:
Finally, college football stages its first Saturday of wall-to-wall action,
with No. 1 Georgia playing
Southern in an expected blowout. Other notable matchups
for the day include
No. 5 Florida (-34.5), No. 24 Alabama vs. No. 9 Clemson (-4.5), No. 20 Illinois
vs. No. 6 Missouri (-8.5), and No. 3 Southern California (-19.5) vs.
The top football handicapper in the world Joe Duffy has his first Wise Guy
play on
Will there be mutiny on the bounty for Rich Rodriquez, the new
head coach?
The impending Hurricane Gustav has already affected the sports world as LSU
has moved their game up to early Saturday to aid those who want to participate
in their favorite event before fleeing the
of Hurricane Katrina.
News from the wire . . .
Outfielder Mark Kotsay made his debut for the Red
Sox on Thursday, collecting one hit in four at-bats . . . the Blue Jays have
sent veteran outfielder Matt Stairs to the Phillies and recalled top prospect
Travis Snider . . . Tight end Todd Heap returned to action for the Ravens on
Thursday . . . Colts head coach Tony Dungy fully expects quarterback Peyton
Manning to be ready to play for the team in its season opener next week.
Peek at the future . . .
The Sunday night baseball game this week is Los Angeles at Arizona, with
Derek Lowe (10-11, 3.81 ERA) facing Brandon Webb (19-5, 2.96 ERA) . . .
Coverage of the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway begins at 7:00pm ET on Sunday .
. . the Giants are listed as 3.5-point home favorites against the Redskins in
next Thursday’s NFL kickoff game.