{"id":1291,"date":"2007-08-27T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T21:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/big-news-and-notes-for-the-cfb-sports-gambler\/"},"modified":"2007-08-27T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2007-08-27T21:53:25","slug":"big-news-and-notes-for-the-cfb-sports-gambler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/big-news-and-notes-for-the-cfb-sports-gambler\/","title":{"rendered":"Big News and Notes For the CFB Sports Gambler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The premier sports handicapping experts of Covers-Experts.com<br \/>\ntake a look at some early betting news and notes for the first week of college<br \/>\nfootball. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tennessee-California<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>It\u2019s of course a huge revenge game for the Golden<br \/>\nBears.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Last year, the Volunteers crushed<br \/>\n<st1:State><st1:place>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in the season opener 35-18. <st1:State><st1:place>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nreturns 16 starters, eight on one of the top offenses in the country. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>UL Lafayette-South <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Carolina<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nfree safety Emanuel Cook, an All-SEC selection last year as a freshman, is<br \/>\nsuspended as is Gamecocks starting quarterback Blake Mitchell. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Washington State-Wisconsin<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>New Badgers quarterback Tyler Donovan has only two starts<br \/>\nunder his belt.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>However, he does have<br \/>\nproven playmakers returning to help with his transition: tight ends Travis <span\nclass=SpellE>Beckum<\/span> and Andy Crooks, tailback <span class=SpellE>P.J<\/span>.<br \/>\nHill and wideouts Paul Hubbard and Luke Swan. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Utah-Oregon<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> <\/span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Utes were to return 10 starters on offense. On the<br \/>\nother hand, offensive lineman Jason Boone was lost for the season. According to<br \/>\nStevie Vincent,<span style='color:black'> \u201cAll reports are that <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span\nstyle='color:black'>Utah<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='color:black'> is much more prepared for the season then they were last<br \/>\nyear.\u201d Vincent has replaced football handicapper Dr. Bob <span class=SpellE>Stohl<\/span><br \/>\nas the lead betting source for large betting syndicates. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas State-Auburn<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Moneyline bettors will want to note that <st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis 11-1 in home night games this century, including four wins to nationally<br \/>\nranked teams. They\u2019ve won 12-of-14 and 20 of their last 23 SU at home.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>However, note that <st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nmust replace <span class=SpellE>RB<\/span> Kenny Irons and their all-time<br \/>\nleading receiver Courtney Taylor.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Returning<br \/>\nplayers accounted for only 42.5 percent of their rushing yards last year and<br \/>\n55.6 percent of their receptions. Also four starters are gone from their<br \/>\noffensive line. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eastern Michigan-Pittsburgh<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>EMU was 1-11 last year and has lost 35 straight games<br \/>\nstraight up to <span class=SpellE>BCS<\/span> conference teams. <st1:place>Eastern<br \/>\nMichigan<\/st1:place> though has a more proven QB as their starter Andy Schmitt<br \/>\nstarted 7-of-12 games last year. <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nhas a virgin QB Bill Stull and a rebuilt <span class=SpellE>linebacking<\/span><br \/>\nunit. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Marshall-Miami<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Master college football handicapper Joe Duffy of GodsTips<br \/>\nreports that new <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> coach Randy<br \/>\nShannon plans on playing both true and redshirt freshman. \u201cThat backdoor could<br \/>\nbe wide open\u201d says Duffy of a potential pointspread cover for <st1:City><st1:place>Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>,<br \/>\nwhile the Hurricanes are breaking in the new talent. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Premium college football sports service plays are<br \/>\navailable from the nation\u2019s top ranked sports handicapping experts at <b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='color:blue'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The premier sports handicapping experts of Covers-Experts.com take a look at some early betting news and notes for the first week of college football. Tennessee-California It\u2019s of course a huge revenge game for the Golden Bears. Last year, the Volunteers crushed Cal in the season opener 35-18. Cal returns 16 starters, eight on one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/big-news-and-notes-for-the-cfb-sports-gambler\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big News and Notes For the CFB Sports Gambler<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,73,71,69,72,55],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_gambling_strategy_articles","tag-bet-on-sports","tag-bet-online","tag-online-sports-betting","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-betting-expert","tag-top-sports-handicappers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}