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Winless Eskimos pay visit to undefeated RoughridersFootball Betting Lines07/13/2010 - Regina, SK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The highest scoring team in the CFL takes the field at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday afternoon, as the Saskatchewan Roughriders attempt to move to a perfect 3-0 when they clash with the winless Edmonton Eskimos in a Western Division showdown. The Roughriders opened the 2010 regular season in style when they slipped by Montreal in overtime, 54-51. Living up to the expectations after that momentous victory might be difficult, yet Saskatchewan followed with a 37-18 triumph versus British Columbia on the road last Saturday, making it one of only two teams to begin the season a perfect 2-0. While the Roughriders defense knocked out BC starting quarterback Casey Printers, the offense for the visitors produced a balanced attack that generated 188 yards on the ground and 252 yards through the air. Quarterback Darian Durant not only converted 18-of-29 passes and hit on a TD toss to Prechae Rodriguez, he also gained 33 yards on four carries and scored once on the ground, keeping the BC defense guessing. Wes Cates posted a game-high 93 yards and scored once on 16 rushing attempts. Kicker Luca Congi contributed with three field goals. Brent Hawkins returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown late in the meeting for the Roughriders, while the Lions continued to defeat themselves by being flagged 16 times for a loss of 116 yards and had control of the ball for just over 25 minutes. As for the Eskimos, they started off well enough against the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday night, but then saw their offense drop off and their defense get exploited by Als quarterback Anthony Calvillo. Edmonton was able to come up with 443 yards of total offense in the meeting and controlled the ball for more than 36 minutes, but that just goes to show how little stats can mean to the final outcome. Quarterback Ricky Ray made good on 23-of-39 passes for 340 yards and a score, but he was also sacked once and intercepted twice, one of which was returned by Jerald Brown 40 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as part of the Montreal comeback bid. Fred Stamps caught six balls for 119 yards and a TD, while Kelly Campbell turned his nine receptions into a game-high 170 yards. Running back Arkee Whitlock posted a game-high 99 rushing yards on 15 attempts. If not for kicker Derek Schiavone, who knocked through five of his six field goal attempts and added a single, the Eskimos would never have been in contention in the first place. It was the first game of the season for Schiavone, who was on the sidelines for the opener and watched as Noel Prefontaine handled the kicking duties. The success of the Eskimos comes down to the play of Ray under center. As someone who threw for more than 10,000 yards and had 48 TDs through the air in the two previous seasons, Ray's efforts help to open up the rest of the offense for guys like Whitlock. However, Ray has seen just one of his 50 completions in the first two games this year reach the end zone. As someone who showed an ability to break out of the pocket and pick up some meaningful yards on the ground the last few years, leading to a total of 11 touchdowns, Ray so far has been credited with just two rushing attempts and has already fumbled the ball twice according to the stats. Whitlock was huge for Edmonton in his first year when he averaged better than six yards per carry and hit the end zone 12 times. He is off to a similar start in 2010 with close to seven yards per attempt and has already carried the ball 31 times in two games. Durant is off to a fast start for the Roughriders this season, thanks in large part to his effort against Montreal in the opener when he threw for a career- high 478 yards and five touchdowns, on his way to being named the CFL Offensive Player of the Week. His numbers dropped off considerably in week two, yet the outcome was still the same for Saskatchewan. Durant, who threw 24 touchdowns a year ago but was also picked off 21 times, already has six TDs this season and has yet to see one of his attempts head the other way and that has his quarterback rating at a staggering 125.0 at the moment. The same goes for Durant on the ground thus far, with him having averaged 9.4 yards per attempt and made his way into the end zone twice, compared to just three scores all of last season. Perhaps Durant's burst in the rushing department will take some of the pressure off Wes Cates who is already averaging better than seven yards per carry and has a pair of TDs on the ground as well. Last season, Edmonton took two of the three meetings between the clubs, but it was the Roughriders who recorded a 23-20 win in the most recent contest in late September. Nevertheless, the Eskimos still maintain a healthy 106-75-2 regular-season series advantage coming into 2010. Even though the Eskimos have Ray to lean on, the team had far too many drives stopped prematurely last week, and if Saskatchewan has anything to say about it the same will happen again this time as well.
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SPORTS BETTING: NFL Football Sportsbook BettingNFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal. A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon." It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed. The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha. So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games." Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your Sportsbook accepts MasterCard needs.
2007 NFL Football Betting Preview“You play to win the game!” Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy. The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line. The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2. Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway? Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year. Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years. Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant. Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success. The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones. Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings. Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record. This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots. First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!” The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason. Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your football wagering needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards. |
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