{"id":1302,"date":"2007-08-31T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T00:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/saturday-college-football-betting-information\/"},"modified":"2007-08-31T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2007-09-01T00:47:35","slug":"saturday-college-football-betting-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/saturday-college-football-betting-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday College Football Betting Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Sports handicapping news and notes for college football<br \/>\nbetting comes directly from the private clipboard of <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><br \/>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Georgia Tech-Notre Dame<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Almost all reliable sources agree that Demetrius Jones<br \/>\nwill start at QB for Notre Dame or at least be the main signal caller. The<br \/>\nIrish, of course, must replace Brady Quinn, now with the Cleveland Browns. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Missouri-Illinois<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Cy McCormick of the MasterLockLine says that among sharp <st1:City><st1:place>Las<br \/>\nVegas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> sports bettors and online gamblers, the<br \/>\nconsensus \u201csurprise team\u201d among <span class=SpellE>BCS<\/span> conferences is <st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is a lot of pressure on <st1:State><st1:place>Missouri<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nin this game.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>I see serious upset<br \/>\npotential here.\u201d <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Florida<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> <\/span><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>International-Penn<\/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>Look for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><br \/>\ncoach Joe <span class=SpellE>Paterno<\/span> to use this game to experiment.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Although he has 15 starters back, only one<br \/>\noffensive lineman returns at his original position. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Houston-Oregon<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> must<br \/>\nreplace one of their best quarterbacks ever Kevin Kolb. They face a high<br \/>\npowered <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> team, trying to<br \/>\nmatch points with Blake Joseph and Case <span class=SpellE>Keenum<\/span><br \/>\nbattling for the No. 1 spot.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>They have<br \/>\nthrown eight passes between them at the college football level. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has<br \/>\nbeen experimenting with a new <st1:date Year=\"2005\" Day=\"2\" Month=\"4\">4-2-5<\/st1:date><br \/>\ndefense and will likely face some no-huddle against the Ducks as they break in<br \/>\nan unfamiliar alignment. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baylor-<span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Baylor wide receiver Thomas White admits his Bears are<br \/>\nfeeling disrespected over being <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=69\">21-point underdogs<\/a>.<br \/>\nLast year, the Bears led <span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span> 7-0 at halftime. Baylor<br \/>\ncoach Guy <span class=SpellE>Morriss<\/span> has said he watched the game films<br \/>\nfrom last year\u2019s matchup \u201cabout 600 times\u201d.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'><br \/>\n<\/span>Mike Godsey of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\">GodsTips.com<\/a>,<br \/>\ngenerally considered the top football handicapper in the nation said, \u201cThat<br \/>\nsounds like a circled game to me\u201d referring to term used by pointspread bettors<br \/>\nlooking for a betting edge in which one team may be more motivated for a<br \/>\nblowout or to keep a game close.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Colorado-Colorado<\/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>Which team gets the best sleep? The kickoff is at <st1:time\nMinute=\"0\" Hour=\"10\">10:00 a.m.<\/st1:time> local time. <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nwill be without a lot of projected starters. Michael <span class=SpellE>Sipili<\/span>,<br \/>\nthe probable starting middle linebacker, was suspended with two reserves for<br \/>\noffseason fighting incidents. Last year\u2019s starting quarterback Bernard Jackson<br \/>\nis out with personal issues.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>He was<br \/>\nsupposed to play more of a \u201cslash\u201d jack-of-all-trades position this year. True<br \/>\nfreshman Josh Smith, another likely starter, is out with a bruised kidney. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>For free sports betting picks, visit <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports handicapping news and notes for college football betting comes directly from the private clipboard of OffshoreInsiders.com Georgia Tech-Notre Dame Almost all reliable sources agree that Demetrius Jones will start at QB for Notre Dame or at least be the main signal caller. The Irish, of course, must replace Brady Quinn, now with the Cleveland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/saturday-college-football-betting-information\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday College Football Betting Information<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302","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=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}