Quarterbacks have by far and away won the Super Bowl MVP award more than any other position so it’s no surprise to find New England QB Tom Brady (7/5) and his New York Giants counterpart Eli Manning (9/4) as the two betting favorites on Bovada’s Super Bowl props to win the Super Bowl XLVI MVP award this Sunday night in Indianapolis.
 
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Virginia starting center Assane Sene will miss as many as six weeks of action because of a broken ankle that required surgery. Sene is a 7'0" senior averaging 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds in 21 minutes per game. He started every game for the Cavaliers and they went 15-2 SU over their first 17 games. Since Sene’s injury, Virginia has gone 2-1 SU but just 1-2 ATS with their ...  read more

One of the hundreds of prop bets available on Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI is on the margin of victory between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. And if history is any indication, it should be close.
 
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One of the great props unveiled for the Super Bowl is the chance to bet on how one of the SB players fares in a cross-sport competition against a player who is competing in another sport on Super Bowl Sunday. There are a handful of these for Super Bowl XLVI between New England and the New York Giants on Bovada’s NFL football odds.
 
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Wes Welker? Rob Gronkowski? Tom Brady himself? Which member of the New England Patriots is going to score the first touchdown for their team in the Super Bowl on Sunday? That's the subject of another prop bet opportunity on the read more

Even when it come to Super Bowl props Eli Manning gets overshadowed by his big brother. The Bovada Sportsbook has its share of standard props that come attached to the biggest sports event of the year, but it also has its share of wacky props that a ...  read more

Will the New England Patriots' first scoring play of the Super Bowl on Sunday be a passing touchdown? A field goal? Something else? That's the subject of yet another NFL prop betting opportunity on the read more

Think the New England Patriots will win Super Bowl XLVI over the New York Giants on Sunday night and then the Boston Red Sox will win the World Series this fall? That’s one of a handful of futures specials on Bovada’s Super Bowl odds that players can bet on.
 
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Tom Brady has plenty of weapons down the field, and most of them are the subject of Super Bowl betting prop opportunities heading into Sunday's championship matchup between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.
 
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We continue our look at some cross-sport Super Bowl prop options at Bovada’s NFL football odds for Super Bowl XLVI between the Patriots and Giants with a few comparing members of the two teams against players from Sunday afternoon’s Michigan-Michigan State Big Ten college basketball game.
 
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There have been a couple of constants over the past decade at the Super Bowl – underwhelming halftime show performances, and the NFC winning the coin toss.
 
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The Miami Heat haven't covered a spread against New Orleans since 2005, but with those teams headed in completely different directions this season are LeBron James and company ready to pay off on the NBA betting lines against the Hornets on Monday night?
 
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It’s easily the worst all-star game of the four major American sports leagues, but for those bettors who are having withdrawal symptoms from pro football action, the annual AFC-NFC Pro Bowl is Sunday night on NBC from Honolulu, with the NFC as a 4-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL football odds.
 
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North Carolina has lost starting guard Dexter Strickland for the season after he tore his ACL in his right knee in the Tar Heels last game at Virginia Tech. Strickland was only averaging 8 points per game, but he was the catalyst for North Carolina’s transition game and he actually led the team while shooting 57% from the floor. Strickland’s biggest impact came on the defe ...  read more

The Boston Celtics trounced the Orlando Magic when the teams met in Beantown on Monday night, so Dwight Howard and company will be looking to turn the tables when the squads stage a rematch in the Sunshine State on Thursday.
 
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While form held in the AFC side of the NFL playoff bracket, both the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers pulled upsets last week to set up an NFC Championship Game matchup that few anticipated. San Francisco opened as a 3-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL odds and there will be live betting available.
 
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Of the many props available on Bovada’s NFL odds for Sunday’s AFC and NFC Championship Games, one is which receiver on the four teams will have the most yards. Your favorite? The New York Giants’ Hakeem Nicks at 7/2.
 
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Thanks to an upset loss by the Green Bay Packers last weekend, the New England Patriots are now the odds-on favorites at 6/5 on Bovada’s NFL odds to win the Super Bowl. But are the Pats good or overrated? After all, New England has not beaten a team yet this season that finished with a winning record. And during the regular season, the Pats faced just three clubs that reached the post ...  read more

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Virginia Tech got some good news this week as their leading scorer, point guard Erick Green, is expected to return to the lineup. Green is averaging 16.1 points, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game this season. But he has missed game time because of a sprained left knee he suffered in practice. The Hokies have really missed Green’s presence on the court as they turned the ...  read more

Alex Smith averaged 196.5 passing yards per game during the regular season, but he managed to throw for 299 yards against the Saints last weekend. If he comes close to that number this week he'll pay off on his OVER/UNDER for passing yards on the prop board.
 
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Eli Manning out-duelled Aaron Rodgers last weekend with a 330-yard passing performance. If he can turn in a similar effort against San Francisco on Sunday he'll pay off for OVER bettors on his passing yards prop wager.
 
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When Bovada opened its preseason NBA championship odds, the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on that list. And neither team has done much to change things as they meet tonight on national television (TNT, 8 p.m. ET) in one of the season’s most anticipated games. The Heat are 5.5-point home favorites on Bovada’s NBA odds.
 
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Tonight is the third night of a back-to-back-to-back for the no-doubt weary Los Angeles Clippers and they figure to be very shorthanded again as the host the Dallas Mavericks in the marquee matchup of the night in the NBA. The Mavericks opened as 2.5-point favorites on Bovada’s NBA basketball odds.
 
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Apparently defense does still win championships.

San Francisco will host New York at 4:30 p.m. EST on Sunday for the NFC Championship Game. The winner advances to the Super Bowl (you may have heard of that) to face either Baltimore or New England.

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The Miami Heat will not have star guard Dwyane Wade in the lineup tonight when they host the San Antonio Spurs looking to end a three-game losing streak. The Heat are 7-point favorites on Bovada’s NBA betting odds.
 
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It’s arguably the biggest regular season college basketball matchup between rivals Michigan State and Michigan since the 1997-98 season as the No. 9 Spartans and No. 19 Wolverines meet as ranked for the first time since that season. MSU opened as a 2-point road favorite on Bovada’s NCAA basketball betting odds. In fact, this is only the seventh time ever the two have met as ranked foe ...  read more

Probably the most anticipated game of the NFL’s divisional round weekend is the final one of the four when the suddenly surging New York Giants appear very capable of ending the Green Bay Packers’ dreams of repeating as Super Bowl champions. However, the Pack are 9-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL playoffs lines with live play-by-play betting available.
 
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As good as the Baltimore Ravens have been since head coach John Harbaugh took over, the team has yet to play a home playoff game under him. That all changes on Sunday when the AFC North champs host Houston in the early game of the day. Baltimore is a 9-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL playoffs lines with live play-by-play betting available.
 
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Aaron Rodgers and the Packers will be looking to put on an air show on Sunday afternoon this week as they play host to the New York Giants to highlight the NFL props action at Bovada's online sportsbook.
 
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There is only one game of the four NFL divisional round postseason matchups this weekend that isn’t a rematch from the regular season and it’s Saturday afternoon’s meeting between NFC South champion New Orleans (13-3) and West champion San Francisco (13-3). The Saints are 4-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL football lines, the only road favorite of the weekend (all four home teams won a ...  read more

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Miami (Fla) is finally starting to resemble the team that had high expectations coming into this season. The Hurricanes had to play their first nine games of this season without their best player, Reggie Johnson, who was recovering from knee surgery. Miami was also without DeQuan Jones for their first eleven games as he was suspended indefinitely on accusations of receiving i ...  read more

The NBA on TNT Thursday doubleheader tonight opens with a suddenly surging New York Knicks team visiting a Memphis club that looks a bit lost and has been a big disappointment thus far. New York is a 4.5-point favorite on Bovada’s NBA basketball odds and there will be live play-by-play betting available.
 
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No. 17 Virginia (14-1) has been one of the nation’s top surprises so far this season and is off to its best start in 30 years, but easily the toughest test for the Cavaliers so far comes tonight in an ACC matchup at No. 6 Duke (13-2). The Blue Devils are 10-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA basketball odds for the 9 p.m. ET ESPN tip.
 
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The 2011-12 college football season isn’t even 24 hours old but it’s already time to look toward next season. Of course Alabama beat LSU on Monday night at the Superdome for the SEC’s sixth straight national championship and that conference is the favorite to add another next year with the Tigers as 4/1 favorites on Bovada to finish the job next Jan. 7 in Miami. Alabama is the second-f ...  read more

What will LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson throw first in the BCS Championship Game on Monday night – a touchdown pass, or an interception? That's just one of the props available right now on the college football betting board at Bovada's online sportsbook.
 
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The Alabama Crimson Tide will be looking for a big game from Trent Richardson on Monday night as they take on the rival LSU Tigers in their college football betting matchup at Bovada's online sportsbook.
 
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The 2011 college football season concludes tonight at the Superdome in New Orleans when No. 1 LSU faces No. 2 Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game. And history will be made on a few fronts. This game is a pick’em on Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds.
  
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Wake Forest is missing their best player as guard C.J. Harris is out with a groin injury. Harris ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 18.7 points per game. “We are sideways offensively,” said Demon Deacons head coach Jeff Bzdelik. Even opposing head coaches are sympathizing over the absence of Harris. After Wake Forest lost at home 56-52 to Wofford, their head coach Mike ...  read more

A pair of untested quarterbacks will be squarely in the playoff spotlight on Saturday afternoon as the Houston Texans play host to the Cincinnati Bengals in an NFL betting matchup at Bovada's online sportsbook.
 
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While both Kansas State and Arkansas certainly would have preferred to play in a BCS bowl, the Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium outside Dallas is ecstatic to have two Top-10 teams in No. 8 Kansas State (10-2) and No. 6 Arkansas (10-2) – this matchup appears better on paper than both the Orange and Sugar Bowls. The Hogs are 8.5-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds for Fr ...  read more

The final BCS bowl game of the season before the national championship is the Jan. 4 Orange Bowl in Miami, featuring ACC champion Clemson against Big East champion West Virginia with the Tigers as 3-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA football odds with live betting available.
 
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The Sugar Bowl drew some major scorn around college football when it chose Michigan and Virginia Tech to face off the night of Jan. 3 in New Orleans. There were a few reasons for this criticism: Michigan didn’t even win its own division in the Big Ten, while Virginia Tech was crushed in the ACC title game and didn’t beat a team that is currently ranked. Plus two other available teams, K ...  read more

Perhaps the most anticipated bowl game of the season outside of the national championship game is the Jan. 2 Rose Bowl, a titanic showdown between No. 5 Oregon, the Pac-12 champion, and No. 8 Wisconsin, the Big Ten winner. The Ducks are 6-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA football odds.
 
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Both South Carolina and Nebraska are making their fourth straight bowl appearance this season but it’s the first visit for both schools to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando as the Gamecocks and Cornhuskers play for the first time since 1987 and first-ever time in the postseason. South Carolina is a 3-point favorite on Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds.
 
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The busy Jan. 2 day of bowls concludes in Glendale, Ariz., with perhaps the best bowl matchup of the year: No. 4 Stanford (11-1) vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State (11-1), with the Cowboys as 4-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds.
 
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NFL Oddities

Drew Brees broke Dan Marino’s 27-year-old NFL passing record of 5,084 yards. Brees has thrown for 5,087 yards in 15 games. Tom Brady can also do it this week; he has 4,897 yards and needs just 187 yards to eclipse Marino’s mark. The Steelers have lost 8 regular season games since 2010. In their next game, their defense has allowed an average of just 8.9 points pe ...  read more

There’s just one game on the schedule on the NFL’s final Sunday of the regular season that features two teams with a playoff or bust situation: the Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants. It’s a do-or-die for the NFC East title and fourth seed in the NFC and because of the enormity was flexed to the Sunday night NBC prime-time game. New York, which would take the division also with a tie, ...  read more

The Oakland Raiders won’t make their first playoff appearance since 2002 solely with a win Sunday over the San Diego Chargers on the regular season’s final day, but one thing is for sure: Oakland is out with a loss. The host Raiders are 3-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL football betting odds.
 
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A pair of 6-6 teams will hit the field at Houston's Reliant Stadium on Saturday afternoon as Texas A&M takes on Northwestern in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas.
 
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With all due respect to the Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, but neither Houston nor Penn State probably is that thrilled with playing in the game. The Cougars opened as 6-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds.
 
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The 6-6 Iowa State Cyclones were barely bowl eligible this season, but they'll be gunning for a postseason win nonetheless on Friday afternoon as they take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
 
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane are listed as a slight 1-point favorite against the Brigham Young Cougars in college football betting action on Friday afternoon as the Armed Forces Bowl hits the field at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
 
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The Oklahoma Sooners are listed as huge 14-point favorites against the Iowa Hawkeyes in college football betting action on Friday night in the Insight Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
 
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs are favored by a touchdown as they prepare to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in college football betting action, Tune in to the the Music City Bowl at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee this Friday.
 
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Virginia has lost two players to transfer. KT Harrell and James Johnson have decided to leave the Cavaliers after they were both relegated to the bench. Head coach Tony Bennett plays a very slow, half-court game and that style didn’t fit the player’s strengths. “I think we’re getting a better handle on what will work here and what we’re trying to get and filling holes,” Be ...  read more

A recent discussion in A Sports Betting Forum prompted a reply from about these wagers. While anything short of a straight up is considered a exotic wager by many, NFL teasers are value bets in my opinion. I have a video on the homepage of my site where this is explained. Here is my respone from that forum discussion....

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The Indianapolis Colts finally found a way to win over the last couple of weeks; will that trend continue on Sunday as they close out their season on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars in an NFL betting matchup at Bovada's online sportsbook?
 
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Norm Chow has been an assistant coach for 39 years. Currently the offensive coordinator at Utah, Chow has been named the head coach of Hawaii. Perfect place for Chow to get his first head coaching job as he was born in Honolulu and started his career at Waialua High School on the North Shore of Oahu way back in 1970. Former Patriots and Steelers linebacker Mik ...  read more

The Missouri Tigers are set to tangle with the North Carolina Tar Heels in an intriguing college football betting matchup on Monday night as the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana hits the spotlight on Boxing Day.
 
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The high-scoring Southern Miss Golden Eagles will be looking to heat up the field at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Saturday night against the underdog Nevada Wolf Pack as the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl is set for kickoff in college football betting action on Christmas Eve.
 
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The Patriots ran their winning streak to six games over the weekend by stomping on Tim Tebow and the Broncos. They'll look to make it seven in a row on Saturday as they host the Dolphins in an NFL betting matchup at Bovada's online sportsbook.
 
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Miami (Fla) finally got one of their best players back on the court as center Reggie Johnson returned to game action after having knee surgery over the summer. Johnson is a key cog in the paint for the Hurricanes, and his return will be a major boost. “You don’t know how many times I’ve wanted to choke my doctor to get him to let me play,” said Johnson. “My knee didn’t bot ...  read more

The Boise State Broncos will be gunning for a win in the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl for the second consecutive year on Thursday night as college football betting action between the Broncos and the 14.5-point underdogs from Arizona State lights up Sam Boyd Stadium in Sin City.
 
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Florida International will be carrying Sun Belt pride on its shoulders as the Golden Panthers face the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA in college football betting action on Tuesday night with the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
 
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As Christmas approaches, the college bowl season is gaining momentum and we make our way through the myriad of bowl games. The college football post-season is truly different from the regular season and must be treated accordingly.

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It’s the second meeting all-time between the Western Athletic Conference’s Utah State Aggies and the Mid-American Conference’s Ohio Bobcats when they face off Saturday afternoon in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on the blue turf in Boise. USU opened as a 2-point favorite on Bovada’s < ...  read more

The first day of the college football bowl season concludes on Saturday night from the Superdome with a New Orleans Bowl matchup of San Diego State and Louisiana-Lafayette, with the Aztecs opening as 5-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds.< ...  read more

The NFL stages its first Saturday night game of the season this week and it’s the home finale for the Tampa Bay Bucs, who probably can’t wait for the season to end. The Buccaneers look to end a seven-game losing streak when they host Dallas, with the Cowboys as 7-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL football odds. There will be live betting available.
 
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I already wrote a Los Angeles Clippers preview for the upcoming season, but a new one is certainly needed now that L.A. added arguably the NBA’s best point guard – well, at least the best in the Western Conference – in Chris Paul.
 
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As things stand entering Week 15, the Atlanta Falcons (8-5) control their playoff destiny as they lead the race for the two NFC wild-card spots. But there is a crowded field breathing right down the Falcons’ next so they can’t afford to be upset at home Thursday night by a battered Jacksonville team. Atlanta is an 11.5-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL football odds.
 
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The National Football League continues to demonstrate that it's the toughest game to beat in Las Vegas, as many teams that held comfortable fourth-quarter leads fell by the wayside.

Underdogs tallied a 10-5 against-the-spread mark heading into Monday night's contest between the St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks, giving them a 101-98-8 ATS record for the entire season.

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Thanks to winning their past two games and three of four, the Tennessee Titans are smack in the middle of the AFC playoff race, but on Sunday the Titans face the toughest test remaining on their schedule in the New Orleans Saints, who are 3.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL football betting odds.
 
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As the NFL standings looked entering Week 14, this Sunday’s Houston-Cincinnati matchup would be a wild-card weekend game come January, with the Texans as the AFC South champ and No. 3 seed and Cincinnati as the final wild-card club. The Bengals opened as 3-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL football odds.
 
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The Colts are the sixth team to start 0-12 since 1978. Only one of the previous five teams went winless. The Packers have won 18 consecutive games. The Dolphins have out-scored their last five opponents 139-54. Kansas City ran just 2 plays on the Chicago side of the field in the first half, yet they led 7-3 at the half thanks to a Hail Mary touchdown pass caught ...  read more

Is the championship window for Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers closed? All those years may finally be wearing down Bryant, as L.A. was shockingly swept out of last season’s Western Conference semifinals by the eventual NBA champion Dallas Mavericks. However, L.A. has opened as the second-favorite on Bodog’s NBA basketball odds at 5/1 to win the 2012 NBA champio ...  read more

College football’s 35 bowls kick off on Dec. 17 and conclude on Jan. 9 with the BCS National Championship Game between LSU and Alabama, a rematch of the Tigers’ 9-6 overtime win on No. 5 in Tuscaloosa. Here is a look at every bowl matchup (can you find the one team with a losing record among the 70?):
 
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Tim Tebow has won 83% (5-1) of his starts this season; the second highest of any QB with multiple starts this year – Aaron Rodgers 100% (11-0). Arizona rookie Patrick Peterson has 4 punt returns for touchdowns. Raiders’ kicker Sebastian Janikowski accounted for 19 of Oakland’s 25 points (6 FG’s and 1 extra point) versus Chicago. Arizona’s RB Beanie Wells ran for 2 ...  read more

It’s one of the most important Bedlam Series matchups in the heated history of this rivalry when No. 10 Oklahoma travels to Stillwater to face No. 3 Oklahoma State, which still has national championship aspirations. The Pokes opened as 3.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds.
 
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The Michigan State Spartans have already beaten Wisconsin once this season and are the only team in the Big Ten with only one conference loss. Yet Sparty is getting no respect from oddsmaker as they are 10-point underdogs on Bodog’s NCAA football odds for Saturday night’s inaugural Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
 
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Can a team lose its conference title game and just a few hours later get a spot in the BCS National Championship Game? We may find that answer out this weekend if red-hot Georgia can upset LSU in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. However, the top-ranked Tigers are 13.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football betting odds, with live betting available.
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Is 6-6 UCLA the worst conference finalist in the history of the major conference title games? The Bruins might be and they would appear to have zero chance on Friday night’s inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game at Oregon, with the Ducks as 31.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds.
 
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Baylor star quarterback Robert Griffin III gets one more game to add to his Heisman Trophy resume as the red-hot Bears host Texas on Saturday afternoon. Baylor is a 2-point favorite on Bodog’s NCAA football odds.
 
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The Clemson Tigers went into Blacksburg, Va., and thumped Virginia Tech 23-3 earlier this season, yet it’s the Hokies who are 7-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds for Saturday night’s ACC Championship Game rematch in Charlotte. So what gives?
 
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The No. 6 Houston Cougars can all but punch a ticket to a BCS bowl – probably the Sugar Bowl – with a win over Southern Miss on Saturday afternoon in the Conference USA Championship Game. Houston, which hosts this game, is a 13.5-point favorite on Bodog’s NCAA football odds.
 
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It will be the end of one era and possibly two on the blue turf in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday evening when Boise State closes its regular-season schedule in what should be a blowout of New Mexico, arguably the worst program right now in the FBS. The Broncos, who still hope for a BCS bowl bid that’s probably not coming, are 48.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds.
 
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It’s the final Thursday night game of college football’s regular season tonight when No. 23 West Virginia, the only ranked team in the Big East, faces South Florida in Tampa. The Mountaineers are 1.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds and live betting is available.
 
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It’s rather fitting that Ohio University and Northern Illinois are playing in the 2011 Mid-American Conference Championship Game both have played for the MAC championship the last two years and both lost: Ohio to Central Michigan in 2009 and Northern Illinois to Miami (Ohio) last year. The Huskies are 4-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds for the first conference championship ...  read more

An NFL odds matchup at the Bodog Sportsbook between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts is usually one of the biggest games of the season. This year, though, it could end up being one of the ugliest contests on the schedule.
 
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The Oakland Raiders will continue their drive for the AFC West division title on Sunday afternoon when they hit the gridiron down in Miami for an NFL betting matchup with the Dolphins.
 
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As November gives way to December, the college football regular season is closing in on the finish line and the chill in the air may not be weather related as the BCS Standings leave several one-loss teams out in the cold while it warms to two teams from the same conference.

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The red-hot Chicago Bears won their fifth game in a row last week and currently hold the final wild-card spot in the NFC, but the Bears suffered a crushing injury in Sunday’s victory over the Chargers as quarterback Jay Cutler broke his right thumb and likely will miss the rest of the regular season. So now it’s back to the drawing board for Chicago starting Sunday in ...  read more

The Cardinals have one win on the road this season, while the Rams have one win at home. One of those anaemic records will get a slight boost on Sunday as St. Louis hosts Arizona in NFL betting action.

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Can you fire a coach who leads his team to a conference championship game? That might be  a question officials at UCLA may have to answer as Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel is considered squarely on the hot seat despite the fact that UCLA will play in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game with a victory Saturday night at crosstown rival USC. However, the Trojans opene ...  read more

It’s a long shot, but the Stanford Cardinal still could play in the BCS National Championship Game if the Cardinal can beat Notre Dame on Saturday night and get plenty of help around the country over the next few weeks. Stanford is a 7-point favorite over the visiting Irish in the regular-season finale for both.
 
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It’s all on the line Saturday in Madison as Penn State visits Wisconsin, with the winner set to play Michigan State in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 3 in Indianapolis. The Badgers, the preseason favorites in the Legends Division, opened as 15-point favorites on Bodog’s NCAA football odds.
 
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As is usually the case, the Big East Conference is a jumbled mess heading into the season’s final few weeks and, also as is usually the case, the Backyard Brawl between Pittsburgh and West Virginia will have an impact on who represents the conference in a BCS bowl game. WVU has opened as a 7-point favorite on Bodog’s NCAA football odds for Friday night’s game, with live betting availa ...  read more