While Hurricane Earl’s path may wreck havoc in the opening weekend of NCAA Football Odds, Hurricane Matt Rivers has been destroying online bookmakers.

Your comp winner for Monday from Matt Rivers is on the NY Yankees -124 against Baltimore.

Joe Girardi’s boys already were missing Alex Rodriguez and just watched Mark Teixeira get injured yesterday. Losing those two All-Star superstars is not very conducive to winning ballgames but this is still the Yankees at home and at this cheap price even without those guys I’ll take my chances.

The A’s are all right and today’s pitcher in Trevor Cahill is in the midst of a breakthrough season. Cahill has allowed a whole four earned runs in his last six starts spanning a ton of innings. I can’t say anything negative at all about the guy because he has been total money. But today he is going to Yankee Stadium and even without their key cogs the New Yorkers are the better team and should prevail in the end.

Dustin Moseley has been successful in the starting role with the Pinstripers, no not 14-5 with a 2.43 era successful like Cahill, but he is good enough to minimize damage by this mediocre Oakland ballclub. Yes the A’s did just look pretty good in Arlington bashing the Rangers the last two nights but it’s still an average team with an average at best offense against the big bad 30 games over .500 Yankees, banged up or not.

Swisher, Jeter, Cano, Posada and the Yankees are still a great team and at home at this price with a competent enough hurler is enough to give them a go today.

Sports handicappers picks: NY Yankees -124.

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If it looks like a Duck and quacks like one, it will win the Pac-10 this year.

The Oregon Ducks are a 5/2 favorite to win the Pac-10. Not only that, Oregon is expected to contend for a national championship (35/1 BCS odds). The Ducks are next in today’s college football preview.

LaMichael James will lead the offense. The sophomore running back is more explosive than a father catching his 16-year-old daughter and her boyfriend getting busy on the couch. Jackson racked up six 150-yard efforts last season. Quarterback is a question mark after Jeremiah Masoli was dismissed from the team; either fifth-year senior Nate Costa or sophomore Darron Thomas will take over under center.

The Ducks’ defense has very few holes. Tackle is a little thin but, besides that, everything looks rosy. End Kenny Rowe will lead the pass rush after notching 11.5 sacks a year ago. The linebackers are very deep—so deep, in fact, that Ricky Heimuli was moved to safety after starting last year.

Get your NCAA Football Odds in the Bodog Sportsbook! Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy’s expert take: Even if USC were eligible, Oregon is still the most talented team in the Pac-10. Bet on them to win it. Most projections have them second at worst.

All football bettors know that the Southeastern Conference is the top in all of college football. Now the top sportsbook previews and the world’s best college football betting service predicts the outcome.

The defending champion Alabama Crimson Tide are heavy favorites on NCAA football odds to win the SEC. Is a repeat on the horizon? This is your SEC Conference overview.

Alabama has 1/1 odds to win the SEC. It won’t necessarily be easy, however. This conference is always loaded with tough squads, and the Tide must rebuild a once-dominant defense. If that comes through, look out.

Florida is next with 5/2 odds. The Gators are, as always, one of the most talented teams in the nation. They might be too green to overtake Alabama this season, though, and are probably at least a year away from competing for a BCS Championship.

Auburn has 8/1 odds to win the SEC crown. LSU is next at 10/1, while Arkansas and Georgia have 13/2 and 15/2 odds, respectively. It looks like another extremely competitive year in the SEC, with the winner moving on to the national championship game.

Get your NCAA Football Odds in the Bodog Sportsbook! Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy’s expert take: I’m going to go way out on a limb. Yes, way out. It’s Florida and Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. The Gators get washed ashore by the high Tide.

It’s the start of the US Open tennis, the Big Bang Theory shows that sports handicapping has evolved to new levels never before approached.

David Nalbandian, Andy Murray, and Andy Roddick top favorites in men’s tennis.

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Jays hit the road for a series against the Rays, the Phillies send their ace to the mound against the Dodgers, and the U.S. Open begins.

Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The American League schedule for Monday offers up the White Sox at Cleveland, Oakland at the Yankees, Texas at Kansas City, the Angels at Seattle, and Toronto at Tampa Bay. Brett Cecil (11-6, 3.80 ERA) will take on Wade Davis (10-9, 4.41 ERA) in that Jays/Rays matchup. Lefthander Cecil beat Tampa Bay back on August 6, giving up just one run on four hits over his seven innings of work and fanning nine. Righthander Davis is coming off a win over the Angels in which he surrendered two runs on six hits in his 5 1-3 innings of work and struck out five. Tampa is 6-1 in Davis’ last seven starts.

Over in the National League on Monday it’s then Washington at Florida, Milwaukee at Cincinnati, the Mets at Atlanta, Pittsburgh at the Cubs, St. Louis at Houston, San Diego at Arizona, Colorado at San Francisco, and Philadelphia at the Dodgers. Roy Halladay (16-9, 2.22 ERA) is slated to get the ball for the Phillies in that last contest, while Los Angeles counters with Hiroki Kuroda (9-11, 3.56 ERA). Righthander Halladay was tagged with a loss by the Astros last time out, giving up three runs on six hits over seven innings to stop his six-game winning streak. Righthander Kuroda is coming off a win over the Brewers in which he allowed four runs on seven hits over his seven innings.

Top expert picks on today’s card…

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Rounding out the Roundup . . .

As well, the U.S. Open tennis tournament gets underway on Monday, with Roger Federer (11/5) and Rafael Nadal (5/2) the oddsmakers’ top choices on the men’s side of the draw. Andy Murray is just back of those two on the list at 7/2 odds, with Novak Djokovic at 14/1, Robin Soderling at 18/1, and Tomas Berdych at 20/1. Andy Roddick is pegged at 22/1 odds to win. On the women’s side it’s Kim Clijsters listed as the 3/1 favorite, followed by Maria Sharapova at 9/2, and Carolina Wozniacki at 7/1. Victoria Azarenka (8/1) and Venus Williams (10/1) round out the Top 5 on the women’s odds list.

Here are the US Open tennis odds.