The Oakland Raiders and Chicago Bears are set to do battle Saturday night at Soldier Field in Chicago. Both teams are looking to improve on disappointing seasons last year. The silver and black made a significant upgrade at quarterback, adding Jason Campbell from Washington. Da Bears added defensive superstar Julius Peppers from Carolina, underrated running back Chester Taylor from Minnesota, and look forward to a healthy Brian Urlacher. 2010 promises to be a better season for both clubs.
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When we talk about college football betting virtually all of our attention is directed towards the BCS conferences. That’s where most of the glamour is, and for fans who aren’t hardcore there is more than enough to keep them interested. There is a lot of good football being played every week in the other five conference in the FBS, and I’m not just talking about Boise State and Utah, either. Here’s a look at how those five conferences stack up from best to worst from a college football betting perspective as we get ready for the start of this season:
Continue reading “College Football Mid Major Conference Rankings”
The start of NCAA football is less than a month away. With the week 1 college lines recently released, it is time to look at some of the big games that open up the season. For lines and totals on all of the week 1 games check out the college football odds page of Maddux Sports.
Continue reading “Week 1 College Football Odds: The Big Games”
With LeBron James taking his talents to South Beach this fall, the 2010-11 MVP race becomes wide open. The NBA pick handicappers at Maddux Sports have broken down and previewed the prop bet. Will King James win the award for the third consecutive season, or will someone else be taking home the trophy?
Another week in the books and we are one step closer to NFL preseason football. The hall of fame game is less than 3 weeks away and the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports are locked and loaded for another wallet stuffing NFL season. Here are a few of the stories we are talking about in our war room.
The arrests keep coming. After our last weekly recap featured several stories about arrests in the college football world, the theme seems to continue on into this week’s headlines. College Football weekly recap July 12 – 18
Continue reading “College Football Weekly Recap July 12th – July 18th”
The best part of college football is that no team can ever be complacent. No matter how good a player is or how well he fits with a team and a system he can’t play for more than four years. That means that good teams have to be on top of their game and their recruiting to stay good, and teams always have a chance to climb into the upper echelons when a new set of players arrives in town. That constant change can be extremely stressful for fans – especially when your starting quarterback is forced to move on. In some cases a departing quarterback can start a serious decline for a team – like when Chad Henne left Michigan. Other times, though, a new guy steps in and is able to maintain the level of play or even improve it. Here’s a look at four teams which are facing big quarterback changes this year that have a good chance of coming through it just fine:
Continue reading “Teams With College Football QB Changes Unlikely To Suffer”
The NBA Draft takes place on Thursday night from Madison Square Garden. Like virtually everything else in the world these days the draft is interesting at least in part because you can bet on it. Bodog and 5Dimes are both among several books that are offering a full range of NBA Draft props. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones:
Ladies and Gentleman, we have a Game 7. And here is the kicker: this will be the first for Phil Jackson to coach a Game 7 in an NBA Finals series. That’s right. The guy, who has won 10 NBA titles as a coach, never had to go to a Game 7 to win the Championship. In fact, he has never been part of a Finals Game 7 in his coaching or playing career.
Zig-zagging along. The Lakers and Celtics keep trading wins, and Boston’s latest victory came courtesy of “Big Baby”. Davis scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as the Celtics tied the series with a 96-89 win Thursday night in Boston.