There are a pair of college
football games on the schedule for Thursday night, while the Phillies and Rays
play Game 2 of the World Series. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

West Virginia
will host Auburn in one of two
college football games on Thursday night (college football odds), and
neither of those teams have performed well for their supporters this season.
The Mountaineers beat Syracuse 17-6
last time out, but that margin wasn’t big enough to keep them from dropping to
1-4 against-the-spread on the season (they’re 4-2 straight-up). The Tigers are
even worse at 1-6 ATS (4-3 SU), and they lost 25-22 to Arkansas
in their last game. West Virginia
is pegged as a 3-point home favorite, with a total of 38.

In the other game it’s New Mexico
at Air Force in a battle between second-tier Mountain West teams. The Lobos
absolutely crushed San Diego State
70-7 last time out to improve to 4-4 (5-3 ATS) on the season. The Falcons are
coming off a slim 29-28 win over UNLV which pushed them to 5-2 (4-2 ATS). Air
Force is listed as a 5-point favorite.

The college board to us, means
who the sportsbooks posts odds on.
We don’t know SAT scores, check out collegeboard.com for that. We know scores
and odds at OffshoreInsiders.com so
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Other Notable Events

Stevie Vincent wins World Series Game 1 as he has the
Phillies. That’s not bad for a handicapper who is 16-3 in college football
betting.

It’ll be Brett Myers versus James Shields in Game 2 of the
World Series on Thursday (Purchase
MLB playoff tickets) night. Myers picked up a victory against the Dodgers
in the NLCS in his last outing, but it was an ugly performance – five earned runs
on six hits and four walks over just five innings of work. The righthander gave up just two runs in his NLDS win over Milwaukee.

Shields was tagged with the loss
twice in the ALCS against the Red Sox, although he
wasn’t pounded in either outing. The righthander
allowed two earned runs on six hits over 7 1-3 innings in his first start
against Boston, and then
surrendered three earned runs on nine hits in 5 2-3 innings. Tampa
only scored two runs over those two games.

The Rest of the Schedule

The puck will drop on seven games in the National Hockey
League on Thursday night, with the top matchup in Minnesota
where the Wild will host the Sabres. Those two teams
are a combined 9-0-1 so far this season. Also on the NHL’s
schedule: Toronto at Boston, Dallas at the Islanders, Calgary at Nashville, Carolina at Pittsburgh, and Edmonton at Colorado. As well, the Caps will hit the ice in Phoenix
to close the night.

There’s also a full slate of NBA preseason games on
Thursday, with Atlanta at Detroit,
Milwaukee at Minnesota,
Miami at New
Orleans, Indiana at Dallas,
Portland at Utah,
Oklahoma City at Phoenix,
and Houston at Sacramento.
As well, Charlotte will be in Los
Angeles to play the Lakers; Kobe Bryant left Tuesday
night’s game with a knee injury.

News from the Wire

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo
says he won’t play against Tampa Bay this weekend . . . the Chiefs added
quarterback Quinn Gray to their roster . . . Broncos linebacker Boss Bailey is
out for the season with a knee injury, while defensive back Champ Bailey will
miss at least a month with a groin injury . . . Browns tight end Kellen Winslow has been suspended by the team for one game,
and will sit out this week against the Jags.

A Peek at the Future

The World Series resumes Saturday in Philadelphia,
with the Rays’ Matt Garza battling the Phillies’ Jamie Moyer. Garza allowed
just two earned runs on eight hits over 13 innings in the ALCS
versus the Red Sox . . . the Chargers opened as 3-point favorites against the
Saints for their game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday,
with the total at 47 points . . . Carl Edwards is the 5/1 favorite to win this
week’s Sprint Cup race in Atlanta.