{"id":2617,"date":"2008-11-09T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/betting-line\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T14:13:00","slug":"betting-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/betting-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting Line"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Titans will be gunning for their ninth straight victory on Sunday afternoon, while the Giants will have a tough test in <\/span><\/font>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. There is no question who<\/span> will cover the spread<\/a> in several games today according to the documented world champion handicappers. \u00a0<\/span>Here’s a look in your Daily Sports Roundup.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Gridiron Spotlight<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Titans aren’t getting as much press as the perfect Patriots were at this point last season, but 8-0 <\/span><\/font>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> will be looking to stay unbeaten when they play on the road against the 5-3 Bears at 1:00pm ET<\/st1:time> on Sunday. The oddsmakers have the Titans pegged as 3-point road favorites in this contest, with the total at 38.5 points. Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 7-0-1 ATS on the season, while Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-3-1<\/st1:date> versus the line through eight games.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Packers and Vikings will play an all-NFC North matchup on Sunday at the Metrodome<\/span>, with 4-4 (3-5 ATS) <\/span><\/font>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> the 2.5-point home favorite against 4-4 (4-3-1<\/st1:date> ATS) Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. As well, in an AFC East battle the 5-3 (4-4 ATS) Bills will be trying to upset the 5-3 (4-4 ATS) Pats at Gillette Stadium. New England<\/st1:place> is favored by 3.5 points.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The rest of the NFL action: <\/span><\/font>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-1), Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-6.5) at Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-8), St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Jets (-9), Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (pick’em<\/span>), Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-9.5) at Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-15.5). As well, the Eagles will play host to the Giants on Sunday night as a 3-point home favorite. Get all the NFL betting odds<\/a>. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Other Notable Events<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

There’s an opening for Carl Edwards to win the 2008 Sprint Cup, but he’ll need to come up huge in the final two races of the season. The first event is Sunday, with the drivers of NASCAR hitting Phoenix International Raceway for the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. Edwards sits 106 points back of Jimmie Johnson in the driver standings, and he’s listed at 5\/1 to win in <\/span><\/font>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Johnson, who has won the last two Sprint Cup races held at Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, is next at 6\/1 odds. Greg Biffle<\/span> is third on the odds chart; he’s pegged at 8\/1.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Rest of the Schedule<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

There are eight games in the NBA on Sunday, including a trio of matinees: <\/span><\/font>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Charlotte<\/st1:City>, Utah<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and Dallas at the Clippers. As well, there are a pair<\/span> of big conference battles on tap with Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Lakers. Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> fill out the slate.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Ryan Getzlaf<\/span> will lead his Ducks onto the ice at home against the Panthers in NHL action on Sunday, while Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks<\/span> will play host to the Flames. <\/span><\/font>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will renew hostilities in a divisional battle at 3:00pm ET<\/st1:time>, while it’ll be Edmonton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and San Jose<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to round out the Sunday lineup.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

A Peek at the Future<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Monday Night Football matchup sees San Francisco at Arizona, with the Cardinals listed as big 9.5-point home favorites (and the total at 46) . . . there are five games on the NBA’s schedule for Monday, including Toronto at Boston and New Jersey at Miami . . . the 2008 Sprint Cup season will come to an end next Sunday at the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway; Johnson is hoping to have wrapped up the title by then. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Titans will be gunning for their ninth straight victory on Sunday afternoon, while the Giants will have a tough test in Philadelphia. There is no question who will cover the spread in several games today according to the documented world champion handicappers. \u00a0Here’s a look in your Daily Sports Roundup. The Gridiron Spotlight The … Continue reading Betting Line<\/span> →<\/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-2617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617","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=2617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}