{"id":6457,"date":"2009-11-20T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/betting-notes-for-saturday\/"},"modified":"2009-11-20T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T04:17:00","slug":"betting-notes-for-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/betting-notes-for-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting Notes For Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=128\"><span class=SpellE>Mayweather<\/span> vs. Pacquiao odds<\/a> are already being bet at record rates, but we focus on the here and now and college football betting notes. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coaches are on the hot seat and teams are fighting for bowls. But some of the obvious motivation factors for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covers-experts.com\/\">football bettors<\/a> are not always the biggest intangibles. Here are some news and notes to beat the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=69\">college football odds<\/a> for games of Nov. 21. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><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'>San Diego<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:PlaceName><b  style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:  normal'> <\/span><\/b><st1:PlaceType><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span   style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>State<\/span><\/b><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Utah<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Utes will be without their leading tackler Derrick Shelby for the rest of the season. He suffered a torn ACL in their loss to <span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span> last week.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><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'>Minnesota<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Iowa<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It&#8217;s a large revenge game for the Gophers. Last year <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> handed <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> their biggest conference loss ever and second biggest overall when the Hawkeyes humiliated the Gophers 55-0 in the <span class=SpellE>Metrodome<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><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'>Purdue vs. <\/span><\/font><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><b   style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'>Indiana<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Hoosiers will also have plenty of motivation after losing 62-10 when the teams met last year. Purdue scored on their first ten possessions. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><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'>Colorado<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:PlaceName><b  style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:  normal'> <\/span><\/b><st1:PlaceType><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span   style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>State<\/span><\/b><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>New Mexico<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Something has to give. <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, off a bye week, has lost seven in row. <st1:State><st1:place>New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 0-10. Incredibly CSU started out 3-0 straight up. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><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'>UAB<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:place><b  style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:  normal'>East Carolina<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After a 2-5 straight up start, Alabama-Birmingham has won their last three games by a combined 125-83. If they win their remaining two games, they will play in the C-USA Championship Game. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><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'>Connecticut<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. Notre Dame<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If any team is clearly better than their record, it is the Huskies. Their five losses this year are by a combined 15 points. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place><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'>Rutgers<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:City><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Syracuse<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Syracuse<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has scored just 19 points in two games since star WR Mike Williams quit the team. He was considered perhaps the team&#8217;s best player at any position. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><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'>TCU<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><b   style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'>Wyoming<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wyoming<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>&#8216;s starting QB is a freshman <span class=SpellE>Austyn<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Carta<\/span>-Samuels. He has already gone up against the other three top teams in the conference: <span class=SpellE>BYU<\/span>, <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and Air Force. The problem is <st1:State><st1:place>Wyoming<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was outscored 84-10 in those games. <span class=SpellE>TCU<\/span> has beaten all three teams. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><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'>Kansas<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Texas<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Texas<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> head coach Mack Brown admitted he wants to see more balance on offense\u2014that is more running the ball. Cody Johnson is now the starter and redshirt freshman <span class=SpellE>Tre<\/span>&#8216; <st1:City><st1:place>Newton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> the backup. Look for a higher percentage of running plays from the Longhorns. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><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'>Kentucky<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Georgia<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WR Randall Cobb, the Wildcats top offensive player is questionable. He sat out the last game and has practiced on a limited basis with a sprained thumb. He has 11 touchdowns including as the Wildcat QB. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><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'>SMU<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> vs. <\/span><\/b><st1:City><st1:place><b   style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:   normal'>Marshall<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Thundering Herd&#8217;s leading rusher Darius Marshall is a game time decision. He is especially needed with TE Cody Slate lost for the season. With a win <span class=SpellE>SMU<\/span> can client first place in the C-USA West <span class=GramE>Division.<\/span> <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> needs to win their last two games for a bowl birth. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><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'>Top expert <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covers-experts.com\/\">spread picks<\/a>: <\/span><\/font><\/b>Make room for a large infusion in cash. Hide the women and children. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><font color=blue><span style='color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Great One<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b> Stevie Vincent last week nailed <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> outright over <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> as the Blue Ribbon GAME of the YEAR in pro football. Now it&#8217;s his collegiate football version. He also has a Level 5 O\/U winner. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Stevie costs more than anyone in the industry because you get what you pay for. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight: bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/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>Mayweather vs. Pacquiao odds are already being bet at record rates, but we focus on the here and now and college football betting notes. Coaches are on the hot seat and teams are fighting for bowls. But some of the obvious motivation factors for football bettors are not always the biggest intangibles. Here are some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/betting-notes-for-saturday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Betting Notes For Saturday<\/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-6457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457","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=6457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}