David Malinsky
4* Washington
4* USC
Lee Kostroski
5* OAK-SD UNDER
David Chan
4* LOUISVILLE-RUTGERS OVER
DOC
3 Unit Play.Take Under in Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
The Chargers have not been scoring many points of late and their season is all but over as they will not be able to catch Denver in the AFC West. San Diego has not scored over 20 points in their last four games and thus this play sets up perfectly for the under. Oakland has one of the worst offenses in the league and they have not went over this posted total since week 4 of the season. We will not worry if the Bolts can cover this big number and just collect with the under. San Diego 24, Oakland 14.
5 Unit Play.Take Phoenix -130 over Toronto Game of the Week
The Coyotes will be riding a ride hot goalie in Mikael Tellqvist, as he is allowing just over two goals per game this season. The Coyotes have been a solid play at Jobing.com Arena this season scoring points in eight of 12 games. Phoenix has won its last two versus Toronto, including a 5-1 home win last year. We expect a similar performance this evening, as we collect big in the process as well.
Bob Akmens
Football
10 star: San Diego -9 over Oakland
10 star: Rutgers -11 over Louisville
NHL
10 star: Philadelphia/New Jersey over 5.5
10 star: Montreal/NY Rangers over 5.5
10 star: Carolina -130 over Pittsburgh
10 star: Nashville/Colorado over 5.5
Baskets
10 star: Eastern Kentucky -1.5 over Murray St
International Sports Brokers
10 units Rutgers -10.5
5 units Texas -6.5
EZ Winners
NFL
1 star: Chargers -9 over Raiders
NBA
5 star: San Antonio +4 over Denver
2 star: San Antonio +155 over Denver
NCAA
3 star: UCLA +6.5 over Texas
1 star: Oklahoma -8.5 over USC
1 star: Buffalo +16 over UConn
BeatYourBookie
100* Play Rutgers (-10.5) over Louisville
Louisville is 1-5 ATS as a road underdog of 10.5 to 14 points
Louisville is 1-6 ATS in road games when the total is between 49.5 and 56 points
Louisville is 1-5 ATS vs. conference opponents this season
Louisville is 1-7 SU coming off 3 or more consecutive losses100* Play San Diego (-9) over Oakland
San Diego is 9-1 SU & ATS as a home favorite of 7.5 to 10 points
San Diego is 8-0 SU when playing in the last 4 weeks of the regular season
San Diego is 2-0 SU & ATS coming off 2 or more home losses by 7 points or less
Bonus Hoops & Hockey Plays
50* Play UCLA (+5) over Texas (NCAA)
50* Play Boston (-150) over Tampa Bay (NHL)
Northcoast
Top Opinion Louisiville/Rutgers OVER
Sports Firm
Chargers -10
Raiders/Chargers Under 42
Spurs/Nuggets 194
Washington -5
The Hoops Guru Guaranteed Selections
COLLEGE HOOPS TRIPLE PLAY WINNER
Cleveland St -2.5
Trace Adams
1500* - Rutgers
500* - San Diego Chargers
500* - Oklahoma Sooners
The mix of Steve Kragthorpe, and Louisville has been as compatible as oil-and-water, as Louisville comes into North Jersey mired in a 4-game skid both straight up, and against the spread. It hasn't helped that the 'Ville sports 14, count 'em 14 turnovers in those last 4 games!!!!
Even with double-digits, I am not going with the Cardinals who need a win to become bowl-eligible, as things are going too well right now for Greg Schiano's team.
Rutgers has turned around a 1-5 start with 5 straight wins, and 4 straight covers, and this is the final home game of senior QB Mike Teel's career in New Brunswick. Teel has been bombing away during the Scarlet Knights surge, as the kid has tossed 13 TD passes in his last 4 games. Couple that with the fact the Knights defense has stepped up, allowing 17 points or less in 5 of their last 6 games, and this one has "blowout" written all over it!
Louisville won last season's meeting, 41-38 as the 2 1/2-point favorite in Kentucky, tonight's game seems like a million years removed from last year's battle.
All Rutgers, all night!
1500♦ - Rutgers Scarlet Knights
J. Gauthier Sports Guaranteed Selections
BOSTON -150
Boston 16-4-4 at Tampa Bay 6-8-10 St. Pete's Times Forum How can this game be only -150? If Detroit it would be -225 and Boston is better than Detroit right now. Bruins 11-1-1 51 goals for 24 against in November, if it weren't for San Jose they would be headlines in every newspaper, just beat the mighty Wings 4-1. Tampa on the other hand is 1-6-4 last 11 games. Bruins top line of M. Savard, P. Kessel, and M. Lucic as good as they come, Tim Thomas has been amazing in net and should be back tonight along with F M.Sturm. Boston -150 for a rare 8 unit play
Indiancowboy
Oakland Raiders (POD) +10
The line has gone both ways since the opening, Oakland opened up as a +9 point dog and it has gone down in some books to +8.5 and up in some books to +9.5 and even 10. The total has gone down roughly 0.5 points to 42.5 in most books. San Diego comes off losing to my Falcons at home, they beat this team 28-18 on the road earlier this year so Oakland does have revenge, the public favors the Chargers to a tune of 60% here, but Oakland has played well of late. Yes, I know they lost to the Chiefs at home, but many saw that coming given how much the Chiefs have improved over the last few weeks in covering games, and heck, Oakland beat Denver on the road outright by 3 touchdowns, lost 15-17 to the Dolphins and Russell has now thrown for more than 1700 yards. We keep waiting for San Diego to show up, but this team is 1-5 of their last 6. You want to know something intersting? When San Diego wins, they cover. When San Diego does not cover, they lose the game outright - they have done that at least the last 10 games. I think Oakland can hang tough here as San Diego just has not been overly impressive of late. Look, the bottom line is this, Oakland has revenge, they have been playing better, they come off a tough loss to the Chiefs at home, had covered back to back dog lines on the road of 10 against Denver (winning outright) and 9 at Miami, losing by 2, this game is on national television and San Diego hasn't overly impressed over the last 1.5 months as they are 1-5 ATS over their last 6. I'll take the points.
Kent State +2 or +1 over St. Mary's.
Look the bottom line in this game is that Kent state is the more dynamic team in particular at home. I understand that SM is 4-1 but I promise you that winning percentage is going to come down. KS is the same team that lost to Kansas by 20 plus points and lost to TA&M by just a few points not to mention took Illinois to overtime. Heck this team beat St. louis ok the road and Nc Wilmington while SM could barely get passed scrub teams and not to mention lost outright to UTEP as 9 point chalk at home. Let's take the team with the better Nin conference coming off a tough road trip with the far more dynamic offense to pound this SM team outright and in fact by DD here.
Heisman Club
10* Oakland/SD Under