{"id":2460,"date":"2008-10-26T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/sunday-rundown\/"},"modified":"2008-10-26T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T12:29:00","slug":"sunday-rundown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/sunday-rundown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Rundown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brett Favre and the Jets are the biggest favorite on the board for Week 8 of the National Football League season. Bettors already found out who to bet on<\/font><\/a> to rip the Vegas spread in the NFL. Here’s a look at the matchups<\/span> in your Daily Sports Roundup.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

The Gridiron Spotlight<\/strong><\/o:P><\/p>\n

The Jets have had a middling start to the 2008 campaign – they’re just 3-3 both straight-up and against-the-spread. Still, that’s good enough to have them pegged as 13.5-point home favorites against the sputtering Chiefs on Sunday afternoon. Kansas City<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> is just 1-5 (2-4 ATS) on the season, and they’ll have to make due without their top two quarterbacks and running back Larry Johnson on Sunday. The total is listed at 39 points.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

The other big favorites on Sunday are the Texans, who are favored by 9.5 points at home against Cincinnati<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY>, and the Eagles, who are favored by 9 points at home against Atlanta<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY>. As well, the Chargers are pegged as 3-point favorites in their game against the Saints in London<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY>, and the Cowboys are favored by just 2.5 over the visiting Buccaneers.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

Rounding out the NFL’s Sunday schedule: Washington<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:STATE> (-7.5) at Detroit<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY>, Buffalo<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> (-1.5) at Miami<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY>, St.<\/st1:PLACE> Louis at New England<\/st1:PLACE> (-7), Oakland<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> at Baltimore<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> (-7), Arizona<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:STATE> at Carolina<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> (-4), Cleveland<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> at Jacksonville<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> (-7), and the Giants at Pittsburgh<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> (-3). Also, the Niners<\/span> and their new head coach are listed as 5-point home favorites against the fading Seahawks.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

Other Notable Events<\/strong><\/o:P><\/p>\n

It’s Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night, as the Rays and Phillies play the second of their three games in Philadelphia<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY>. Tampa<\/st1:PLACENAME> Bay<\/st1:PLACETYPE><\/st1:PLACE> is slated to go with Andy Sonnanstine<\/span> in this one; the righthander<\/span> held the Red Sox to three earned runs over 7 1-3 innings in his ALCS<\/span> outing. Penciled in for the Phillies is Joe Blanton, who allowed three earned runs on seven hits over five innings in his NLCS start against the Dodgers.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

The Rest of the Schedule<\/strong><\/o:P><\/p>\n

There’s a single college football game on the Sunday schedule, with Central Florida<\/st1:PLACE> at No. 22 Tulsa. The 7-0 (5-1 ATS) Golden Hurricane are coming off a 77-35 pounding of UTEP<\/span>, and they’re listed as big 23.5-point favorites against Central Florida<\/st1:PLACE> at the sportsbooks<\/a>. The Knights (2-4, 2-2-1<\/st1:DATE> ATS) fell 20-14 to Miami<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> last time out, and have lost four of their past five.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

The Sprint Cup Series will stage the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon, with standings leader Jimmie Johnson pegged at 7\/1 odds to take the checkered flag. Johnson leads Greg Biffle<\/span> (8\/1 this weekend) by 149 points in the standings, and Jeff Burton (18\/1) by 152 points. Carl Edwards, who is now 198 points back of first place, is pegged as the 5\/1 favorite to get the victory in Atlanta<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> on Sunday.<\/o:P><\/p>\n

Finally, the Canadian Football League wraps up Week 18 of its schedule with Winnipeg<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> at Montreal<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> on Sunday afternoon. The Alouettes<\/span> (11-5, 10-6 ATS) are listed as big 9.5-point home favorites in this Eastern matchup against the Bombers (6-10, 5-10-1<\/st1:DATE> ATS).<\/o:P><\/p>\n

A Peek at the Future<\/strong><\/o:P><\/p>\n

It’ll be Indianapolis<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> at Tennessee<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:STATE> in tomorrow’s Monday Night Football matchup, with the Titans listed as 4-point home favorites. Tennessee is 6-0 both straight-up and against-the-spread on the season, while Indianapolis is 3-3 and 2-4 ATS heading into this divisional battle . . . the World Series continues on Monday night with the Rays playing Game 5 in Philadelphia. The set would then shift back to Tampa<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> for Game 6.<\/p>\n

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