Matt Fargo
10* Minnesota Vikings
9* New York Jets
10* Duke
KBHoops
5* Duke -15 *POD*
4* Georgetown +5
4* Michigan +1
4* Vikings -2.5
3* Chargers -7
THE BOOOJ
25 units on Dallas (+2.5) over Minnesota
100 units on San Diego (-7) over NY Jets
50 units on Connecticut over Michigan
STEVE BUDIN
25 DIME - MINNESOTA VIKINGS
Nelly's LTS
1* Minnesota
1* San Diego/N Y Jets Over
PPP
4% Minnesota
3% NY Jets
Marc Lawrence
Indiana +11
When the Hoosiers host the Gophers in a BIg 10 clash in Bloomington they will do so knowing they are 12-4 SU on this court in this series, having been favored in 13 of those contests. The only time they took points, they won the money. They are also 8-0 ATS as home dogs with revenge when playing off a spread loss of more than three points. With Minnesota in off big battles against Ohio State and Michigan State and just 5-10 SU and ATS away in games after facing the Spartans, including 0-4 ATS of a loss, we'll grab the points with the Hoosiers here today. We recommend a 3-unit play on Indiana.
Tony George
San Diego -7
Smoke and Mirrors. The Jets caught Cincy asleep at the wheel last week, and got 2 breaks the previous 2 weeks from Cincy and the Colts who rested everybody. The Chargers in my opinion right now are the best team in the AFC, the hottest team in the AFC and have the better QB here by a long shot. Remember, the Jets are starting a rookie. While the Jets defense and running game are highly ranked, they have been coasting for 3 weeks, and the Chargers finished strong and are damn near unbeatable at home. The Jets cannot trade punches here and although I am sure the Jets defense will be good, with a ton of 3 and outs, it will not take then long to tire in warm weather on the road against a deeply talented team who can score quick when needed.Play 1.5 Units on the Chargers.
Nick "BookieKiller" Parsons
Jets / San Diego Over 42
For a number of different reasons I believe the value in this matchup is on the "over":
The Jets have the best rushing attack in the game, and with Mark Sanchez prone to make mistakes, I expect the Chargers defense to also put some points on the board in this one.
Keep in mind that the total has gone "over" the posted number in four of New York's last five vs. San Diego overall.
On the other side of the field: San Diego (13-3) is the NFL’s hottest team, riding a streak that gave it a fourth straight AFC West title and the conference’s No. 2 seed. With Philip Rivers firmly established as one of the league’s top quarterbacks, the Chargers have a good opportunity to return to the Super Bowl for the first time in 15 seasons.
It comes as no surprise to learn then that the Chargers have seen the total go "over" the posted number in five of their last six overall and in five of their last six in front of the home town crowd.
Bottom line: San Diego has also seen the total go "over" the posted number in eight of their last eleven when playing the roll of favorite; when taking all of these strong O/U trends into consideration, and the rest of these factors, the sharp money in this one is on the OVER!
6* OVER
Red Dog Sports
5* College Basketball First-Half Total
Duke vs. Wake Forest
Play Over 69
These two played a 51-40 game last year that saw 91 points scored. Duke played Boston College in their last home game and 73 points were scored in the 38-35 first half. Wake Forest has a good point guard in Ish Smith and should be able to put up points vs. Duke. Look for a game in the low to mid 70's that goes over 69. Play over in the first half.
Tom Stryker
5* NFL Playoff Game of the Year
SAN DIEGO (-) over NY Jets
Respect is given to New York's top-ranked defense and running game. However, after hitting the playoff road and knocking off the Bengals at Cincinnati, traveling to San Diego to tackle the red hot Chargers will be an extremely tough encore for the Jets.
San Diego comes into this post season battle on a roll off 11 consecutive wins. Quietly, the Bolts have put together one of the best records in the NFL lately too notching a tremendous 69-31 SU and 60-36-4 ATS record in their last 100 battles including a juicy 57-27-4 ATS in this role priced as an underdog or a favorite of -11 or less! With those two parameters applied and head coach Norv Turner's men playing at home, this team trend zips to a profitable 28-10-2 ATS!
There is a solid playoff system that goes against the Jets on Sunday afternoon as well. According to my NFL database, NFL playoff road underdogs priced at +8' or less are a dismal 12-23 SU and ATS provided they won straight up as a post season underdog in their last game. If our "play against" pooch carries a won/loss percentage of .650 or less, this situation crashes to a dismal 1-12 SU and ATS! Two teams apply to this system this weekend: New York on Sunday and Baltimore on Saturday!
When the Jets defeated the Bengals last weekend, New York quarterback Mark Sanchez became just the fourth rookie quarterback to win a playoff game since 1970! That was an impressive performance by Sanchez. However, Chargers Pro Bowl QB Philip Rivers has been to this stage of the game many times before and his post season experience will help key this victory. Take San Diego.
Larry Ness
8* St. John's -13
St John’s 1-3 mark in Big East action so far this season is certainly not much better than the ugly 0-4 mark that DePaul has thus far. However, there are big differences here and it’s not just the fact that the Red Storm is 11-5 on the season and the Blue Demons are 7-9. The differences and the key to the value, even in laying big points in a spot like this, is that DePaul is simply a ‘mixed up bunch’ right now. With coach Jerry Wainwright out, former assistant Tracy Webster is in as the interim head coach. Webster’s coaching debut did not go well as the Blue Demons lost by 17 points to Providence and more of the same can be expected here. What make this spot particularly tough for DePaul is that they’re take their ‘struggling show’ on the road for this one. After getting blasted at home by 17 points by the Friars on Thursday, the Blue Demons now visit a St John’s team that can, essentially, ‘name the score’ on Sunday afternoon. After a 5-1 start to the season, DePaul has gone 2-8 since. What makes that even worse though is that the eight losses have included six defeats by a margin of at least 13 points. The only two defeats that didn’t come by this big of a margin were tight losses against American and Florida Gulf Coast. However, when you’re DePaul, you shouldn’t be losing to either one of those programs! That shows just how far this program has sunk as it’s only gotten worse now with the loss of Mac Koshwal to injury for a few weeks. The Blue Demons were expecting much more from senior guard Will Walker but his shot selection has been awful and that’s why his shooting percentage on the season has dropped all the way down to 35%. The Blue Demons are averaging just 60.7 points per game and some of that is coming in garbage time too when the scoring comes a little more easily. This is just a reflection of how limited this Blue Demons offense is, and with Koshwal out and Walker struggling, things have quickly gone from bad to worse for DePaul. St John’s is off of a two point win against Cincinnati after having lost three straight. So the Red Storm would love a nice comfortable blowout win at home here. The Red Storm have fared well in recent seasons when facing weaker foes as they are 9-4 ATS when facing a team with a losing record. DePaul has not shown the ability to bounce back from a losing streak in recent seasons. In fact, the Blue Demons are 10-18 ATS when they’re playing with a losing streak of at least three games in progress. Look for the Red Storm to add to DePaul’s woes here.
Executive
500 Vikings
Sportsbetsnow
2 Units Minnesota -2.5
Seabass
400* Minn
100* NYJ
50* NYJ Under