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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: Oregon tries to stay undefeated against Southern Cal, TCU looks to thump UNLV, and the World Series heads down to Texas for Game 3.
Colliding on the gridiron . . .
No. 1 Oregon hits the road to take on No. 24 Southern Cal on Saturday in one of three ranked matchups on the college football schedule. The Ducks (7-0 SU, 4-2 ATS) pounded UCLA 60-13 at home last time out, as Darron Thomas threw for 308 yards and three touchdowns. LaMichael James ran for 123 yards and a pair of scores for Oregon in that win. The Trojans (5-2 SU, 3-4 ATS) are coming off an easy 48-14 home win over California, as Matt Barkley threw for 352 yards and five touchdowns. Oddsmakers have Oregon listed as the 7-point favorite for Saturday’s contest, with the total pegged at 71.
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The other two ranked matchups on Saturday are No. 5 Michigan State at No. 18 Iowa (-6.5), and No. 7 Missouri at No. 14 Nebraska (-7.5). Rounding out the day’s Top-25 action: No. 22 Miami (-15) at Virginia, No. 20 Oklahoma State (-5) at Kansas State, Tennessee at No. 17 South Carolina (-18), No. 15 Arizona (-9) at UCLA, No. 3 Auburn (-7) at Mississippi, No. 25 Baylor at Texas (-7.5), No. 13 Stanford (-7) at Washington, Kentucky at No. 23 Mississippi State (-6), Vanderbilt at No. 19 Arkansas (-20.5), No. 8 Utah (-7) at Air Force, No. 10 Ohio State (-25.5) at Minnesota, Colorado at No. 11 Oklahoma (-23.5), and No. 4 TCU (-35) at UNLV in one of the day’s expected blowouts.
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As well, there’s one game on the Canadian Football League schedule for Saturday, with Winnipeg at Edmonton. The Blue Bombers (4-12 SU, 9-7 ATS) are listed as 7.5-point road underdogs against the Eskimos (6-10 SU, 7-9 ATS), with the night’s total set at 52.
Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The World Series shifts to Texas for Game 3 on Saturday night, with the Rangers’ Colby Lewis (2-0, 1.45 ERA in the playoffs) taking to the mound against the Giants’ Jonathan Sanchez (0-1, 2.93 ERA in the playoffs). Righthander Lewis beat the Yankees twice during the ALCS, holding them to a combined three runs on nine hits over his 13 2-3 innings of work. Lewis fanned 13 in those two starts. Lefthander Sanchez went 0-1 with a no-decision against the Phillies over his two NLCS outings, surrendering five runs (four earned) on eight hits in just eight innings. Sanchez struck out eight in those games.
Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
The NBA offers up nine games on Saturday, with Washington at Atlanta, Sacramento at Cleveland, Detroit at Chicago, Philadelphia at Indiana, Minnesota at Memphis, Denver at Houston, Charlotte at Milwaukee, New Orleans at San Antonio, and Portland at New York. The Trail Blazers sit at 2-0 both SU and ATS after knocking off the Suns 106-92 on Tuesday and the Clippers 98-88 on Wednesday. Brandon Roy led the way with 22 points and 10 rebounds for Portland in their win over Los Angeles, while LaMarcus Aldridge was good for 19 points and 10 rebounds. Andre Miller picked up seven assists.
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Taking a trip around the rink . . .
Finally, there are 14 games on the NHL’s schedule for Saturday, with the Islanders at Philadelphia, Nashville at Detroit, Pittsburgh at Carolina, Florida at Montreal, Boston at Ottawa, Atlanta at St. Louis, Chicago at Minnesota, Buffalo at Dallas, Columbus at Colorado, Tampa Bay at Phoenix, Washington at Calgary, Anaheim at San Jose, New Jersey at Los Angeles, and the Rangers at Toronto. The Maple Leafs will be playing the Rangers for the third time this month, beating them 4-3 in New York on October 15 and falling 2-1 at home on October 21. Ruslan Fedotenko and Artem Anisimov had the goals for the winning Rangers in that last matchup, while Colby Armstrong replied for Toronto.