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11/12/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Leading jockey Garrett Gomez concluded a record breaking weekend at Hollywood Park with an eye toward his first Eclipse Award. Gomez re-wrote the record book with his 71st stakes victory of the year breaking the mark held by Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey.
The 35-year-old Gomez is first this year in earnings with more than $21.5 million. He is better than $3.5 million ahead of Robby Albarado in the standings.
The regular rider of top three-year-old filly Rags to Riches, Gomez equaled Bailey's record of 70 stakes victories on Saturday with a win in the Audrey Skirball-Kenis Stakes with Hucking Hot at Hollywood Park. Bailey set the record in 2003.
Gomez set the new record for most stakes victories in a single season Sunday with his win aboard Spring Awakening in the $108,100 Moccasin Stakes at Hollywood Park.
"A lot of the credit goes to my agent," Gomez said of Ron Anderson, who had Bailey's book when he set the record. "He has put us in all the right places this year. At first when they kept telling me about it and telling me about it, I was just going like 'yeah, yeah, yeah.' But now that I'm there, it's a nice feeling to be able to put my name up there with a guy like that."
Gomez guided Rags to Riches to wins in the Santa Anita Oaks and Kentucky Oaks. His two Breeders Cup stakes victories, the Sprint with Midnight Lute and the Juvenile Fillies with Indian Blessing, garnered him his second Shoemaker Award as outstanding jockey in the World Championships.
"Until I tied it yesterday (Saturday), it really hadn't sunk in," Gomez said of the record. "This is the guy (pointing to agent Ron Anderson) that did it right here. I just pointed 'em in the right direction."
Meanwhile, veteran rider Mark Guidry concluded his career on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
"I think it is just time," Guidry said. "It is time for another chapter in my life and I am looking forward to it. I hope I can get a good job somewhere. I think I have a lot to offer. I have been through it all on the racetrack and hopefully, that will be my calling.
"I had a great career and I appreciate all the opportunities that were given to me all these years. That will be missed, but that is why a steward is a good thing for me, because I will be able to come see my peers and be a part of the game and give something back."
Guidry begins the six-day Racing Officials Accreditation Program on Wednesday at the University of Louisville.
He closes his riding career as the 21st winningest all-time North American rider with 5,043 victories. In a 33-year career Guidry earned $100,857,648.
"I have just been real fortunate," Guidry said. "I was luckier than some and not as lucky as others. I am grateful I am going out on my own terms and in one piece. I guess that's all you can ask."
Gomez and Guidry competed against each other at the Chicago racetracks in the late 1980's and early 1990's. In this year's Kentucky Derby, Guidry was fourth aboard Imawildandcrazyguy and Gomez finished eighth with Any Given Saturday. Five weeks later in the Belmont Stakes Gomez and Hard Spun finished fourth while Guidry and Imawildandcrazyguy were sixth.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Argentina manager Alfio Basile has
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Dayton remains unanimous in Sports Network Mid-Major poll >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dayton received all 32 votes to remain
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Jersey Nets swingman Vince Carter
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UCLA G Collison to miss two games >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - UCLA junior guard Darren Collison
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Northern Iowa increases lead at No. 1 >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Northern Iowa again increased its
stranglehold on the top spot of the Sportsbook Betting Lines's FCS Top-25 poll on
Monday.
The Panthers, who beat Indiana State 68-14 on Saturday to win the Gate
While the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly.
Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules.
The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers.
What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by.
These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end.
College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well.
Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football.
Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play.
Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration.
I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key.
Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season.
It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage.
As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital.
Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it.
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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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