{"id":3128,"date":"2008-12-27T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/saturdays-betting\/"},"modified":"2008-12-27T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T14:25:00","slug":"saturdays-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/saturdays-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday’s Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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College football, college basketball, the NBA, and the NHL will all try to share the sporting scene on a busy Saturday. Here’s a look in your Daily Sports Roundup.<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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

The Meineke<\/span> Bowl kicks off Saturday’s college football schedule at <\/span><\/font>1:00pm ET<\/st1:time>, with West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (8-4 straight-up, 4-7 against-the-spread) taking on North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (8-4 SU, 6-5 ATS). Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (7-5 SU, 5-6 ATS) will then battle Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> (8-4 SU, 5-5 ATS) in the Champs Sports Bowl at 4:30<\/st1:time>, with Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (7-5 SU, 5-6 ATS) then taking on California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (8-4 SU, 9-3 ATS) in the Emerald Bowl at 8:00<\/st1:time>.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The biggest favorite in that trio of games is <\/span><\/font>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>; according to BetUs Sportsbook<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>they’re giving up 8 points in a near-home game against the Hurricanes. Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is favored by 6 points against Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while the Mountaineers are favored by 1.5 points versus the Tar Heels. As for the totals, the sportsbooks<\/a> say it’s 45.5 in the West Virginia\/North Carolina matchup, 52 in the Wisconsin\/Florida State game, and 50 in the Miami\/California capper; the ‘Canes and Golden Bears are a combined 14-9 versus the totals this season.<\/p>\n

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

The San Jose Sharks entered the Christmas break with a league-leading mark of <\/span><\/font>27-4-3<\/st1:date>, and they’ll be back in action on Saturday night with a road game in St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> against the Blues. The Sharks blanked the Vancouver Canucks 5-0 in their last game, while the Blues continued their sliding ways with a 4-1 loss to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

A busy Saturday night has 10 other games on the ice, including <\/span><\/font>Montreal<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at the Rangers. As well, it’s the Islanders at Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Columbus<\/st1:City>, Florida<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Ottawa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Calgary<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Ryan Getzlaf<\/span> and his Anaheim Ducks will head over to Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> for a road game versus the Stars.<\/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 Saturday night, including <\/span><\/font>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The Magic thumped New Orleans 88-68 in their Christmas Day matchup and now sit at 23-6 SU and a lucrative 19-9-1<\/st1:date> ATS on the season. As well, it’ll be Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:City>, Oklahoma<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> City at Washington<\/st1:City>, New Jersey<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while the evening’s marquee matchup will see Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> playing in Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

And there are four ranked teams in action in college hoops Saturday, including No. 15 Ohio State vs. <\/span><\/font>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The Buckeyes are coming off an easy 83-59 win over N.C. Asheville, and they’re 9-0 SU and 4-2 ATS. West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 9-2 SU and 4-4 ATS. No. 11 Michigan State will play against Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Saturday, while it’s also UAB<\/span> vs. No. 19 Louisville, and then SIU<\/span>-Edwardsville vs. No. 25 Missouri.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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

The NFL wraps up its regular season on Sunday, with many key games on the schedule. Current odds for the bigger matchups<\/span>: <\/span><\/font>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-1.5), the Giants at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (-7), Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-2.5), Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-3) at New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, St.<\/st1:place> Louis at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-14), Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-12.5), Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Jets (-2.5), New England<\/st1:place> (-6.5) at Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and finally Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (-8). <\/p>\n

With all the playoff scenarios effecting week 17 NFL picks, among the subplots is the future of Jets coach Eric Mangini<\/span>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Headlines<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Randy Johnson, the Big Unit, signs with the San Francisco Giants\u2026the LA Lakers have a light schedule following their big win over the Celtics\u2026.Forget about the media fearless predictions on the bowls, check out OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b> for all your winning needs. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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College football, college basketball, the NBA, and the NHL will all try to share the sporting scene on a busy Saturday. Here’s a look in your Daily Sports Roundup. The Gridiron Spotlight The Meineke Bowl kicks off Saturday’s college football schedule at 1:00pm ET, with West Virginia (8-4 straight-up, 4-7 against-the-spread) taking on North Carolina … Continue reading Saturday’s Betting<\/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-3128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128","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=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}