{"id":6121,"date":"2009-10-23T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/betonline-com-ncaa-football-tcu-byu-tough-to-call-if-youre-making-a-bet-on-sports\/"},"modified":"2009-10-23T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T21:13:00","slug":"betonline-com-ncaa-football-tcu-byu-tough-to-call-if-youre-making-a-bet-on-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/betonline-com-ncaa-football-tcu-byu-tough-to-call-if-youre-making-a-bet-on-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"BetOnline.com NCAA Football &#8211; TCU-BYU Tough To Call If You&#8217;re Making A Bet On Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>TCU&#8217;s<\/span><\/font><\/span> odds at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/pressRelease\/idUS131224+08-May-2009+PRN20090508\" title=BetOnline.com>BetOnline.com<\/a> for their showdown at <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> have them as a road favorite against their bitter rivals, and this is such a heated clash that <span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span> is alleged to have a <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> helmet on a tackling dummy in their training room. Can <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> hand out some <span class=SpellE>Gambino<\/span>-style revenge on the team that ruined its BCS chances last year?<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>TCU<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> odds &#8211; Saturday, October 24, 7:30 PM ET<\/span><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The No.8 Horned Frogs (6-0, 2-0) romped to a 44-6 beating of <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in a whipping that was almost criminal. <span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span> had 499 yards to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>&#8216;s 182, and they racked up an insane 275 yards on the ground. Andy Dalton was 15-of-23 for 211 yards and a pair of scores, and the Horned Frogs&#8217; fourth-ranked defense handled their business. The Horned Frogs&#8217; BCS chances are about as good as <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/baseball\/mlb\/world-series-odds\" title=\"World Series odds\">World Series odds<\/a>&nbsp;will be next year, but as long as they keep winning, they&#8217;ll be in the picture.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The No.16 Cougars (6-1, 3-0) went off in a 38-28 win over <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>San Diego<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, gaining 512 yards of offense, and they held the ball for over 38 minutes. Max Hall was 27-of-39 for 346 yards and three touchdowns, but the defense allowing 28 points when they were only on the field with over 21 minutes? It&#8217;s an organized crime gambling ring rounded up the <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> secondary and forced them to stop playing defense last week, and they&#8217;ll need to be much, much better this weekend.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>TCU<\/span><\/font><\/span> is a 2.5-point favorite in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gambling911.com\/entertainment\/oscars-vegas-odds-%E2%80%93-you-will-need-bet-online-022009.html\" title=BetOnline.com>BetOnline.com<\/a>&nbsp;sportsbook at <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span>, who have won four of their six meetings with the Horned Frogs. However, <span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span> thumped the Cougars 32-7 at home last year to end <span class=SpellE>BYU&#8217;s<\/span> unbeaten season, and they put the <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> offense in a prison with four forced turnovers. The Cougars are coming off two straight road games, and they surely don&#8217;t want to lose another game at home after their meltdown against <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. Payback is a dish best served cold, and the Horned Frogs will get all they asked for and more this Saturday. Go with <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span> in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\" title=\"online betting\">online betting<\/a>&nbsp;upset. <\/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>TCU&#8217;s odds at BetOnline.com for their showdown at BYU have them as a road favorite against their bitter rivals, and this is such a heated clash that TCU is alleged to have a BYU helmet on a tackling dummy in their training room. Can BYU hand out some Gambino-style revenge on the team that ruined &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/betonline-com-ncaa-football-tcu-byu-tough-to-call-if-youre-making-a-bet-on-sports\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BetOnline.com NCAA Football &#8211; TCU-BYU Tough To Call If You&#8217;re Making A Bet On Sports<\/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-6121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6121","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=6121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}