Sports betting

Sitting with a 7-0 record SU and a 6-1 record ATS, the New Orleans Saints are big 13-point home faves for their game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

While the high-powered Saints are the toast of the NFL, they could be on track for loss No. 1 based on history.

New Orleans is currently in the midst of both an 0-7 home slump SU and an 0-8 home losing streak ATS against the Panthers.

The Saints are also 3-10 ATS in its last 13 games when favored by more than 8-points.

The Total is set at 52 but in the last nine games overall between the two, the Under has dominated seven times.

Miami Dolphins LB Joey Porter has taken the first shot at the New England Patriots even though the game is two days away.

Porter is quoted as saying essentially that the refs favor Pats QB Tom Brady and he also said that the “Spygate” incident doesn’t sit well with him.

Porter and the Dolphins are 10.5-point road ‘dogs and they will have their work cut out for them if they hope to cover Sunday as defensive signal-caller and ILB Channing Crowder (shoulder) and DT Jason Ferguson (elbow) both are doubtful according to the AP.

New England is 6-3 SU and ATS in its last nine times hosting Miami.  

One of only two remaining undefeated teams in the NFL, the Indianapolis Colts face the Houston Texans this week, listed as 8.5-point home favorites with an Over/Under of 48.5.

However, the Colts’ infirmary is pretty full right now.

Defensive backs Bob Sanders, Marlin Jackson and Kelvin Hayden are all licking wounds with Sanders (torn biceps tendon) and Jackson (torn ACL) gone for the season, according to ESPN.

Hayden has a knee injury and will be out a month and WR Anthony Gonzalez had a setback in his recovery from a knee injury and could miss an additional three weeks.

The Colts are riding a hot home streak against the Texans, going 7-0 SU lifetime.

Updated November 6, 2009 

Both chasing the No. 4-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes for top spot in the Big Ten standings, the No. 11 Penn State Nittany Lions will play the No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes in Happy Valley.

Penn State is a 5-point home favorite with an Over/Under of 38.5 and in the Nittany Lions’ last 11 games against conference rivals, they are 9-2 straight up and 8-3 against the spread.

In the Buckeyes’ last 12 against fellow Big Ten teams, they are 10-2 SU and 9-3 ATS.

Already with two losses under its belt, Ohio State is a longshot to win this year’s national championship at +500,000 while Penn State is seeing much more favorable odds at +2000.

After missing a game, Philadelphia Eagles RB Brian Westbrook is expected to play against the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday according to ESPN–Philly is a 3-point home fave.

Westbrook suffered a concussion in a game against the Washington Redskins two Monday nights ago and missed this past Sunday’s 40-17 victory over the New York Giants, where the Eagles covered as 2.5-point ‘dogs.

In Philly’s last 10 home contests against the Dallas Cowboys, it has slightly better straight up numbers than against the spread, going 8-2 SU while going 6-3-1 ATS.

The Total has been established at 48 and in the Eagles’ last eight home games against the Cowboys, the Over has dominated 7 times.

Following their 47-20 loss to Oregon, the USC Trojans are prepping for a game against Arizona State on Saturday.

In the week leading up, the 10-point road fave USC is resting its two top running backs, Joe McKnight and Allen Bradford, who are suffering from respective ankle and knee injuries.

According to the AP, both only took part in light workouts yesterday at practice but both are hoping to take part in Sunday’s game.

In the Trojans’ last nine games against ASU, they are 9-0 SU and 7-2 ATS.

The NCAA basketball season is on the horizon and USA Today and ESPN just released their preseason rankings.

The Kansas Jayhawks are the kings of the college basketball hill entering the season ranked No. 1 and listed at +300 to win the national championship.

The Michigan State Spartans are close behind at No. 2 and are +1200 to win the March Madness tournament in 2010.

Just like their football brothers’ rank in the BCS rankings last week, the Texas Longhorns basketball team is ranked No. 3 and just like Michigan St. are +1200 to win it all.

The defending NCAA men’s hoops champion North Carolina Tar Heels come in at No. 4 and are +700 to repeat.

The Kentucky Wildcats round out the Top 5 and are +500 to win the college basketball national title this season.

Updated November 6, 2009 

Ranked No. 5 in the BCS standings going into the weekend, the USC Trojans’ chances of a national championship were dealt a blow courtesy of the No. 10 Oregon Ducks.

The Ducks more than covered as 3.5-point home ‘dogs, hammering USC by a final of 47-20 on Saturday night.

The win allowed Oregon to shoot up two spots to No. 8 in this week’s BCS standings while the Trojans dropped all the way down to the 12-spot.

The Ducks face more Pac-10 opposition this week as they play the Stanford Cardinal and the line opened with Oregon as 5.5-point road favorites and it currently sits at -6.5.

Oregon is listed at +600 to take the BCS championship in January.

Listed as -205 home favorites for Game 6 of the World Series and -215 in series price betting, the New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 last night to take the club’s 27th World Series title.

Andy Pettitte got the Game 6 win, the Yankees won the series 4-2 and Hideki Matsui was named World Series MVP on the strength of six RBIs last night, tied for a World Series best.

Only two games on the NBA sked tonight, one of them seeing the Chicago Bulls in Cleveland to play the Cavaliers.

The Cavs are double-digit faves, listed at -11.5 and with home records of 9-2 SU and ATS against the Bulls it’s easy to see why.

Tonight’s Over/Under is set at 192 and in Chicago’s last 10 games as an underdog of more than 8-points, it has taken the Over 10 times in a row.