{"id":2516,"date":"2008-11-01T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/saturday-betting-report\/"},"modified":"2008-11-01T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T13:18:00","slug":"saturday-betting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/saturday-betting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Betting Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The big event on Saturday takes place down in <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, where the No. 1 Longhorns will try to grab a victory against the No. 6 Red Raiders. Here&#8217;s your Daily Sports Roundup and most importantly, don&#8217;t forget the roundup of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=3578\">top sports picks for today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Gridiron Spotlight<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Texas Tech can get some consideration for the top spot in the college football rankings if they can knock off No. 1 Texas. The Red Raiders are listed as 3.5-point home underdogs in this contest, while the battle of potent offenses has a posted total of 74 points. The Longhorns are 8-0 straight-up and 7-1 against-the-spread on the season, while the Red Raiders are also 8-0 <span class=GramE>SU but a less lucrative <\/span><\/span><\/font><st1:date Month=\"3\" Day=\"2\" Year=\"2001\"><span class=GramE>3-2-1<\/span><\/st1:date><span class=GramE> versus the posted line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>No. 2 Alabama will host <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arkansas<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Saturday afternoon as a big 23.5-point favorite, while No. 4 Oklahoma will get a visit from <st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and try to cover the 21.5-point spread. No. 5 Florida will be in tough against No. 8 Georgia; the Gators are 6.5-point favorites. The real <span class=SpellE>Ironman<\/span> <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is the World&#8217;s Largest Cocktail Party. <\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at No. 7 USC (-46) and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Iowa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at No. 9 Oklahoma State (-30.5) in a pair of mismatches, and No. 10 Utah (-7.5) at <st1:State><st1:place>New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Also the FSU gang takes on GA Tech. <\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>GodsTips has among the winners, some of the biggest games you will be watching: Texas-Texas Tech (a Wise Guy), Georgia-Florida (Major). Undefeated this week with football picks, GodsTips has had winning weeks 10-of-13. Get the Non-Conference and Pac 10 Games of the Year. The entire card is $17. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><font size=3   face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dubai<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE> dynasty?<\/span> Grandmaster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy is handicapping&#8217;s only dynasty. <\/p>\n<p><strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other Notable Events<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As daylight savings time approaches, the Los Angeles Lakers are back in action Saturday, as they&#8217;ll travel to <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to play the Nuggets. Kobe Bryant and company haven&#8217;t had any trouble with their opponents so far, beating Portland 96-76 in their opener, and then bouncing the Clippers 117-79. <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> dropped their opener 98-94 to <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and played the Clippers late on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other games on the NBA&#8217;s schedule for Saturday: Philadelphia at Atlanta, Sacramento at Orlando, Miami at Charlotte, Boston at Indiana, Washington at Detroit, Golden State at New Jersey, Dallas at Minnesota, Cleveland at New Orleans, Memphis at Chicago, Oklahoma City at Houston, Toronto at Milwaukee, and the Clippers at Utah. As well, the Blazers will move on without Greg <span class=SpellE>Oden<\/span> when they play on the road against the Suns.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Rest of the Schedule<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There&#8217;ll be 24 teams hitting the ice in NHL action on Saturday, including the league-leading New York Rangers on the road in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The rest of the schedule: Edmonton at Carolina, Dallas at Boston, Chicago at Columbus, Montreal at the Islanders, Atlanta at New Jersey, Washington at Buffalo, Ottawa at Tampa Bay, Florida at Nashville, Pittsburgh at St. Louis, Calgary at Los Angeles, and then finally Minnesota at Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As well, the Canadian Football League ends their regular season with a pair of games on Saturday. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are pegged as 7-point home favorites in the early game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with the total at 51.5 points. The Calgary <span class=SpellE>Stampeders<\/span> will then host the B.C. Lions later in the day, with no line yet at press time.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A Peek at the Future<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Top NFL <span class=SpellE>matchups<\/span> for Sunday include Baltimore at Cleveland (-1.5), Green Bay at Tennessee (-4.5), and Dallas at the Giants (-9), while it&#8217;ll be New England at Indianapolis (-6) on Sunday Night Football . . . the only two NBA games on Sunday are Milwaukee at New York (6:00pm ET) and Minnesota at Oklahoma City (7:00pm ET) . . . <span class=SpellE>UCF<\/span> will host East Carolina in college football action on Sunday as 3.5-point underdogs.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>McCain-Obama<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The latest <span class=SpellE>Zogby<\/span> poll suggests that perhaps there will be some suspense election night. That&#8217;s why the electorate and bettors need to go to the ultimate source for tracking who wins state-by-state with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=97\">political betting odds<\/a>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big event on Saturday takes place down in Texas, where the No. 1 Longhorns will try to grab a victory against the No. 6 Red Raiders. Here&#8217;s your Daily Sports Roundup and most importantly, don&#8217;t forget the roundup of the top sports picks for today. The Gridiron Spotlight Texas Tech can get some consideration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/saturday-betting-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday Betting Report<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}