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09/22/2007 - Dover, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denny Hamlin captured Saturday afternoon's RoadLoans.com 200 Busch Series race at the Dover International Speedway. The No.20 Chevrolet crossed the finish line 1.797 seconds ahead of Martin Truex Jr.
The victory was Hamlin's third of the season and fifth of his Busch career.
"The best medicine is a strong race car," said Hamlin. "Once we got our car out front our car was just dynamite."
Pole winner Greg Biffle brought the field to the green flag for 200 laps of racing over the cement "Monster Mile." But by lap four Hamlin, who was suffering from the flu, slid underneath Biffle for the first lead change.
With future teammate Kyle Busch waiting in the wings if Hamlin couldn't go the distance, the No.20 Chevy drove off to a two-second lead after just 33 laps.
Through a round of pit stops and Hamlin retained the lead of those who pitted. Four cars stayed out to lead the race headed by Mike Bliss. But on old tires, Bliss had no chance to hold off Hamlin, who quickly sliced his way through the field to retake the lead on lap 54.
Meanwhile, Biffle was penalized for leaving his pit box too soon, sending him to the back of the field. He didn't stay there long, cracking the top-10 by lap 78.
At the mid-point, Hamlin, who had a lead as big as four seconds before Robby Gordon spun out to bring out a caution flag, fell to third place behind Martin Truex Jr. and Carl Edwards.
Two laps later, it was Edwards dropping to the bottom of the track and passing Truex Jr. for the lead. Edwards, who already owned four wins on concrete tracks in 2007, quickly helped the top-four drivers pull away from the field.
With 86 laps remaining, Hamlin retook the lead from Edwards as Truex Jr. and Matt Kenseth couldn't keep up with the torrid pace and began to fade. Biffle was up to seventh, but a tire problem forced him onto pit road for a replacement and knocked him out of a chance to compete for the win.
Another caution flag slowed the race to a crawl and for the ninth time erased Hamlin's lead. A final pit stop and Hamlin's crew had a slight problem on the left-front tire and the No.20 was beaten off pit lane by Edwards.
The race would finally restart with 61 laps remaining after more caution flags. Fifty laps to go and it looked like a three-car race between Hamlin, Edwards and Truex Jr.
Ten laps later Hamlin built the lead to 2.544 seconds and now it was his race to lose.
Unfortunately, Donnie Neuenberger spun on lap 164 to bring out a season-record tying 12th caution flag and Hamlin's lead disappeared. The leader chose to get four fresh tires, dropping to eighth place, while Truex Jr. stayed out and inherited the lead.
"I was a little bit worried (being all the way back in eighth place), but I knew we just needed five or six laps to get our tires worked in," said Hamlin. "Once we did that I knew we were going to be good."
The race continued to be plagued by accidents and caution flags leaving Hamlin very little time to get back to the lead. But Hamlin didn't need much time taking third place from Mike Bliss with still 20 laps to go. Two laps later he slid underneath Kenseth for second place and was less than one second behind Truex Jr.
Hamlin got side-by-side with 16 laps to go, but couldn't complete the pass. Just one more lap and this time Hamlin swept under Truex Jr. to retake the lead. Once he got around Truex Jr. he checked out from the field and the race was over. Hamlin won by almost a full straightaway.
Kenseth, Bliss and Reed Sorenson completed the top-five.
The next race in the series is scheduled for Saturday, September 29th at the Kansas Speedway.
<< Flesch four clear at Turning Stone Resort Championship
Verona, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steve Flesch birdied four of his final five
holes Saturday en route to a six-under 66 and a commanding lead after three
rounds of the Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Flesch stands at 19-under-par 19
<< 17th-ranked Hokies manhandle William & Mary
Blacksburg, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Branden Ore scored a pair of touchdowns and
Tyrod Taylor threw for a score as 17th-ranked Virginia Tech hammered William &
Mary, 44-3.
Taylor finished 6-of-13 passing for 72 yards for Virginia Tech (3-1)
<< No. 25 Missouri cruises past Illinois State
Columbia, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes and
Jeremy Maclin returned a punt 64 yards for a score, helping No. 25 Missouri
solidify its first ranking of the 2007 season with a 38-17 victory over
Illinoi
<< Nebraska gets late score to down Ball State
Lincoln, NE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sam Keller completed 29-of-37 passes for a
school-record 438 yards with three touchdowns and an interception, and the
24th-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers survived a 41-40 win over non-conference foe
Ball St
Ohio State hammers Northwestern >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Boeckman threw four touchdown passes --
three of them to Brian Robiskie -- as the 8th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes
demolished Northwestern, 58-7, at Ohio Stadium.
Boeckman finished 11-of-14 for 179
Perez pitches Mets past Marlins >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oliver Perez threw eight strong innings, giving
the Mets' bullpen some much-needed rest, as New York defeated the Florida
Marlins, 7-2, at Dolphin Stadium.
Ramon Castro ended 2-for-4 with a three-run hom
Messi double leads Barca past Sevilla >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Argentina forward Lionel Messi led offensive
laden Barcelona to a 2-1 win over Sevilla at Nou camp Saturday afternoon.
Coming off an impressive performance in the team's 3-0 win over French Ligue 1
champions
Michigan continues its dominance of Penn St with 14-9 win >>
Ann Arbor, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Hart rushed 153 yards on a career-high
44 carries with a fourth-quarter touchdown, as the Michigan Wolverines
continued their dominance against Penn State with a 14-9 victory over the
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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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Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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