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01/18/2012 - Mobile, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Some might have considered quarterback Brandon Bridge to be a FBS-level talent when he played on the FCS level at Alcorn State.
The Canadian import will be getting an opportunity to play at the higher level.
Bridge, who left the Alcorn State program in October to pursue a transfer, will play for the University of South Alabama program, which is leaving the FCS for the FBS, first as an independent in 2012 and then as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
As a true freshman at Alcorn State in 2010, the Toronto, Ontario, native thrived against Southwestern Athletic Conference competition, completing 150- of-291 pass attempts for 2,086 yards, 19 touchdowns and 13 interceptions while rushing for 601 yards and eight touchdowns.
Bridge was benched by first-year Alcorn State head coach Melvin Spears Jr. this past season and he left the program after playing in five games. He was 49 of 98 for 632 yards, five touchdowns and four interceptions while rushing for 121 yards and two touchdowns.
Bridge also considered a transfer to Mississippi State or Northern Arizona.
<< Ilgauskas joins Cavaliers front office
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Zydrunas Ilgauskas is back with the
Cavaliers, who announced Wednesday that their former long-time center is
joining the front office as special assistant to the general manager.
Ilgauskas, 3
<< Lille defender Basa to undergo shoulder surgery
Lille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lille will be without defender Marko Basa for
the next three months after he undergoes a shoulder operation set for
Thursday.
Basa sustained the injury in last Wednesday's Coupe de la Ligue defeat to
<< Banks becomes DC at Illinois
Champaign, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Illinois has named Tim Banks its new
defensive coordinator.
Banks spent the last five seasons as a co-defensive coordinator -- three at
Central Michigan and the last two at Cincinnati.
Under h
<< Astros sign Jack Cust
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Astros have signed outfielder Jack Cust to
a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.
The deal is worth $600,000 and includes a club option for the 2013 season.
Cust, 33, spent last season with
Eastern Washington faces another tough start in 2012 >>
Cheney, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eastern Washington football refuses to ease into
a season.
After starting the 2011 season with four straight losses in September, the
Eagles will face another difficult schedule in the first month of the 2012
s
Pardo re-signs with Fire >>
Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Fire announced on Wednesday that
the club has re-signed midfielder Pavel Pardo.
The Mexico international joined the Fire last July and appeared in 14 matches
for the club, scoring one goal with
Sounders add forward Cato >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seattle Sounders FC signed forward Cordell Cato
on Wednesday. He will be officially added to the Sounders FC roster upon
receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Clearance (ITC).
Cato was a memb
Preds D Suter out for Thursday >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Suter
pronounced himself out for Thursday's contest in Columbus with an undisclosed
injury.
Suter made the announcement on Wednesday following a visit to league offic
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.
Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.
The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.
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