The big matchup on Monday will take place in Dallas,
where the Eagles and Cowboys will clash in the NFL’s primetime contest. Here’s
a peek in your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

The Eagles were the only NFC East team to miss the playoffs last season, but
they served notice about a resurgence when they
slapped the Rams 38-3 in Week 1. Philly, though, will get a much tougher test
on Monday night when they battle the Cowboys.

Dallas beat Cleveland
28-10 on the road in Week 1, and even though they flamed out in the playoffs
last season they’re still the favorites to win the NFC this year. And the
oddsmakers like the Cowboys’ chances of tagging the Eagles with a loss on
Monday night, as they’ve been listed as 6.5-point home favorites (with the
total at 46.5 points).

The Cowboys, though, will be specifically looking to avoid a repeat of last
year’s matchup with the Eagles in Dallas.
Tony Romo and company fell 10-6 to Philadelphia
in that game, despite the fact that they were listed as big 10-point home
favorites. Overall Dallas and Philadelphia
are tied with five ATS wins apiece over their last 10 meetings.

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Other Notable Events

If the Red Sox are going to overtake the Rays in the AL East race they’re
going to have to take advantage of the three-game series that the teams will
play starting on Monday night. Boston
will send Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.97 ERA) to the mound on the road in the
series opener on Monday, and he’ll face Tampa’s
Scott Kazmir (11-6, 2.99 ERA).

The Rest of the Schedule

There are four other games on the American League schedule for Monday: Minnesota
at Cleveland, the White Sox at the
Yankees, Detroit at Texas,
and Seattle at Kansas
City. Chicago
and Minnesota are jockeying for
position atop the AL Central standings.

Over in the National League on Monday it’s the Dodgers at Pittsburgh,
the Mets at Washington, San
Diego at Colorado,
San Francisco at Arizona,
and the Cubs vs. Houston. That
Cubs/Astros game will be played in Milwaukee,
thanks to Hurricane Ike.

Finally, the Monarchs and the Comets will play a WNBA
makeup game in Houston on Monday to close out the league’s regular season. The
playoffs will begin on Thursday.

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News from the Wire

Eagles WR Kevin Curtis (hernia) is listed as OUT
for Monday, while WR Reggie Brown (hamstring) is
QUESTIONABLE . . . Cowboys WR Sam Hurd
(ankle) is OUT for Monday, while RB Marion Barber
(rib) is PROBABLE . . . Phil Hughes will finally return to the Yankees’
rotation this week, as he’s scheduled to face Chicago
on Wednesday.

A Peek at the Future

Josh Beckett (12-9, 4.10 ERA) and Andy Sonnanstine
(13-7, 4.47 ERA) are scheduled to duel in Game 2 of the BoSox/Rays
series on Tuesday night . . . Team Europe is pegged as the -125 Vegas favorite
to win the Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club this week, with Team USA the +105
underdog . . . next week’s Monday Night Football primetime matchup features San
Diego hosting Brett Favre and the New York Jets.

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They say take the points and bet on San Francisco
49ers plus the seven against the Seattle Seahawks. Sportsbooks have the Niners getting seven points.

Seven is available most places, though some places you have to play a little
juice. At 6.5 or less, it’s a Major.

Seattle is banged up. The
position that has been hit the hardest is wide receiver, where the team
currently is operating without its top four pass catchers — Bobby Engram, Deion
Branch, Nate Burleson and Ben Obomanu.

With Engram (broken shoulder bone) and Branch (knee) widely expected to be
unavailable until after the Week Four bye week (although we hear Branch could
be a Week Three long shot), and both Burleson and Obomanu suffering
season-ending injuries, the team is trying to get by with a real hodgepodge,
consisting primarily of Courtney Taylor, Logan Payne and newcomers Billy
McMullen and Samie Parker.

At running back, meanwhile, team sources tell us Maurice Morris will miss at
least two games with a knee injury suffered in Week One, which means newcomer
Julius Jones will be the workhorse (“He’s the guy,” the insider said.
“Everybody else is purely situational.”).

If all this wasn’t bad enough, the Seahawks also have lost starting ORG Rob
Sims for the season with a torn pectoral muscle suffered against the Bills in
Week One.
Sims, who was getting overpowered by Bills DT Marcus Stroud before going down
for the count, will be replaced by Floyd “Pork Chop” Womack, who has had big
problems staying healthy throughout his eight-year career in Seattle.

And Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Trufant will face the 49ers with a cast on
his left hand because of a cracked bone.

Three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck looked rusty against the
Bills after missing most of the preseason with a back injury. He completed one
of his first eight passes and finished 17-for-41 for 190 yards.

Frank Gore dominates Seattle,
averaging 126.4 yards per game rushing in his last four to them.

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Giants-Rams

The Giants have won 10 straight road games. They have won
the last three in the series. Going back to last year, the Rams have lost five straight
games by an average of 21.8 points per game.

Saints-Redskins

The Skins were 5-3 straight up at home last year, but that
includes consecutive blowout wins. The Saints though will be without key WR Marques Colston. Jeremy
Shockey had six catches in his Saints debut.

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Bears-Panthers

The Bears could be in a letdown situation, playing their
second straight road game, but especially being off a big win at Indianapolis.
Of course, the Panthers are off a big upset themselves, stunning the San Diego
Chargers on the last play of the game.

The Panthers have lost four straight home openers and went
2-6 in North Carolina last year. Quietly
Chicago starting QB Kyle Orton is
13-6 in his career.

Raiders-Chiefs

Going back to last season, the Raiders have allowed 30 or
more points four times in five games. That includes last week’s abomination
losing to Denver 41-14. Although Oakland
was 2-6 on the highway last year, one of the wins was at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs have lost 10 consecutive games. They start
Damon Huard in place of injured Brodie
Croyle. He’s 9-9 all-time as a starter, but 2-0 to Oakland.

Colts-Vikings

The Colts loss last week snapped a 21-game winning streak straight
up on the first two months of the year. Minnesota
has lost three straight games with Tarvaris Jackson at QB, though they are a
respectable 5-2 at home with him.

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Titans-Bengals

Kerry Collins takes over for Vince Young at QB this week
for the Titans. Tennessee also is
dealing with distractions about rumors of Young’s depression. Bengals signal
caller Carson Palmer is trying to rebound from a game last week in which he
didn’t even throw for 100 yards.

Going back to last year, the Titans have won four straight
holding each foe to less than 17 points. Cincinnati
has won the last two in the series.

Packers-Lions

Green Bay is
facing a short week having won on Monday Night Football. Detroit
is off a disheartening 13-point loss to the Atlanta Falcons, considered by many
one of the worst teams in the NFL. They allowed 318 yards rushing most to
career backup Michael Turner.

Detroit has
actually won 4-of-5 home openers straight up.

Buffalo-Jaguars

A surprise to some, the Bills are off a win and the Jags
off a loss. Once considered mistake free, Jacksonville QB David Garrard was
picked off twice last week. He threw zero interceptions through his first game
last year, but now has been picked off five times in four games. Even worse for
him, both starting guards are out of the year. Vince Manuwai
and Mo Williams both were hurt in last week’s 17-10 loss to Tennessee.

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Wisconsin-Fresno State

This is the homecoming game for FSU and the first road
game for the Badgers. Intangibles handicappers will note this will be the
highest ranked team to ever play at Bulldog Stadium, matching 10^th
ranked Oregon State
in 2001.

Fresno is a
sensational 24-3 straight up in home openers at Bulldog Stadium including nine
straight winners. While Fresno is
already off a bye week, Wisconsin
is 2-0 averaging 44.5 points per game, while allowing just 72.5 rushing yards per
game and 2.8 yards per carry.

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Temple-Buffalo

The Owls entered the year with high hopes and are 1-1 with
the only loss in OT to Connecticut.
Buffalo is also 1-1 and entered the
year with high hopes returning 18 starters. Buffalo
is 11-1 all-time in the series.

Utah-Utah State

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a big letdown situation for Utah.
“In week 1 they picked up one of their biggest wins ever (at Michigan)
and last week played in front of their third largest home crowd ever,” warns
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However, it is a rivalry game for the big home underdogs.
The Utes have big injuries losing their starting nose tackles in consecutive
weeks Kenape Eliapo and Lei
Talamaivao.

Bowling Green-Boise State

Nobody can accuse Bowling Green
of taking it easy as the Falcons defeated then-ranked Pittsburgh,
but lost at Minnesota. Denny Mack
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Vegas punters look at deceptive scores and Minnesota’s
defeat of the Falcons was just that.

While the Golden Gophers won 42-17, it was 21-17 at the
start of the frame. Bowling Green
lost the yardage battle by just eight total yards. 

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UAB-Tennessee

For those looking for a moneyline upset, don’t expect to
beat the sportsbooks here. The
Volunteers are 46-2 all-time to current members of Conference USA.
None of the losses were at home.

Virginia-Connecticut

Virginia
quarterback Peter Lalich, who started the first two
games, is not making the trip because of underage drinking issues.

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Michigan-Notre Dame

While the Irish have won 3-of-4 straight up in the series,
the exception was last year when the Wolverines demolished the Irish 38-0.