{"id":5502,"date":"2009-09-06T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/vegas-odds-us-open-deutsche-bank-championship-and-college-football-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-09-06T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T14:38:00","slug":"vegas-odds-us-open-deutsche-bank-championship-and-college-football-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/vegas-odds-us-open-deutsche-bank-championship-and-college-football-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Odds: US Open, Deutsche Bank Championship, and College Football Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US Open odds<\/a> are updated following Maria Sharapova<\/span> getting shocked by teenage prodigy Melanie Oudin<\/span>. Rafael Nadal<\/span> is 6\/1, Andy Roddic<\/span> 11\/1, well behind Roger Federer at even money. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The golf odds<\/a> are updated for the Deutsche Bank Championship with Tiger Woods at 5\/1 on the morning line Sunday. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rebels and Tigers meet on the gridiron, the Red Sox play the White Sox, and the Padres try to grab a win in <\/span><\/font>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/p>\n

Colliding on the gridiron . . .<\/font><\/b><\/strong>

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The LSU vs. <\/span><\/font>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> game ended with the Huskies covering, VA Tech football comes up short against Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as does Maryland<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> football against California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The best college football handicappers<\/a> continue to roll. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


The college football slate provides two contests on Sunday, with <\/span><\/font>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and No. 8 Mississippi at Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The oddsmakers like the Buffaloes in that first contest, pegging them as 10-point home favorites (with a total of 51.5 points). Meanwhile, the ranked Rebels are big 17-point favorites in their matchup with the Tigers on Sunday afternoon. That total sits at 54.5 points.<\/p>\n

As well, there’s a single Canadian Football League game on the schedule for Sunday, with Winnipeg<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Saskatchewan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The Roughriders sit at 4-4 straight-up and 5-3 against-the-spread on the season, and they’re 7-point home favorites for Sunday (with a total of 51). The Bombers are 3-5 SU and 5-3 ATS on the season.<\/p>\n

Meeting up on the diamond . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jon Lester (11-7, 3.58 ERA) will take on John Danks<\/span> (12-8, 3.82 ERA) on Sunday afternoon as the Red Sox continue their series in Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Lefthander Lester beat the Rays in his last outing, giving up just two earned runs over six innings of work; Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-0 in Lester’s last four starts. Lefthander Danks<\/span> fell to the Twins in his last outing, surrendering three earned runs over seven innings. Danks<\/span> beat the Red Sox back on August 27, allowing two runs over six innings.<\/p>\n

Also on the American League schedule for Sunday: Minnesota at Cleveland, the Yankees at Toronto, Texas at Baltimore, the Angels at Kansas City, Seattle at Oakland, and Detroit at Tampa Bay. Edwin Jackson (11-6, 3.09 ERA) will get the ball for the Tigers against his former team; righthander<\/span> Jackson beat the Indians last time out and has won three of his last four starts. The Rays will counter with righthander<\/span> Wade Davis, who will be making his Major League debut on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Over in the National League, the Sunday night matchup has San Diego at Los Angeles, with Tim Stauffer (3-6, 3.76 ERA) taking on Hiroki Kuroda (5-5, 4.08 ERA). Righthander<\/span> Stauffer is coming off back-to-back wins over the Nationals and Braves, surrendering just four earned runs over 11 2-3 innings in those outings. Righthander<\/span> Kuroda is slated to return from the DL for Sunday’s start; Kuroda last pitched August 15 vs. the D-Backs, allowing one run in five innings.<\/p>\n

Rounding out Sunday’s NL slate: the Cubs at the Mets, <\/span>St. Louis<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Florida<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at <\/span>Washington<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, <\/span>Philadelphia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Houston<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <\/span>San Francisco<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Milwaukee<\/span><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Arizona<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at <\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and <\/span>Cincinnati<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Atlanta<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/span> The Reds’ Johnny Cueto<\/span> (9-10, 4.51 ERA) takes on the Braves’ Tim Hudson (1-0, 3.38 ERA) in that matchup. Righthander<\/span> Cueto<\/span> beat the Pirates in his last start (one run over five innings), while righthander<\/span> Hudson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> beat the Marlins last time out in his ’09 season debut.

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

There are two WNBA<\/span> games on the schedule for Sunday, with Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The East-leading Fever were beaten 70-63 by Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Friday night, with guard Katie Douglas missing the game with a sprained ankle. The Mystics fell<\/span> 92-86 to Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in their Friday contest. The Fever and Mystics last met in Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> back on August 2, with the Fever pulling out an 87-79 road win. Douglas<\/st1:place> poured in a game-high 24 points in that victory.<\/p>\n

Roaring around the track . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series return to the track on Sunday night in the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson, who won a pair of Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> races in 2007, is pegged as the 5\/1 Vegas favorite to take the checkered flag on Sunday. Kyle Busch is next on that list at 7\/1 odds, with Mark Martin sitting at 15\/2, and points leader Tony Stewart at 8\/1. Kurt Busch (12\/1) won the Kobalt<\/span> Tools 500 at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> back in March. Carl Edwards (10\/1) is the defending champion. The 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup begins in two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The US Open odds are updated following Maria Sharapova getting shocked by teenage prodigy Melanie Oudin. Rafael Nadal is 6\/1, Andy Roddic 11\/1, well behind Roger Federer at even money. The golf odds are updated for the Deutsche Bank Championship with Tiger Woods at 5\/1 on the morning line Sunday. Today in the Daily Sports … Continue reading Vegas Odds: US Open, Deutsche Bank Championship, and College Football Picks<\/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-5502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502","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=5502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}