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Indian Cowboy's Picks For College Basketball

3-Unit Play. #837 Take Loyola Maryland -2.5 over Rider (Sunday @ 2pm est)

The Greyhounds won the first meeting of the season just a week ago and not much stands between a season sweep over the Broncs if you ask me. The Greyhounds are the class of the MAAC this season. A 4-1 start in league play has them confident as anyone in the conference, and it was just a one-point loss to Niagara as the lone setback Loyola has in league play. Stats, rankings and splits all look pretty similar but these teams aren't on the same level. Oddsmakers got it right when they installed the road team here as a slight favorite. They earned it not just from the first meeting's victory but also for the team's overall play this season. Three straight wins overall for Loyola coming into this match-up. Great road spot for them to bank another 'W' and stay atop the standings as they hunt for the NCAA Tournament.

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Big Al
Falcons
Pats over

Ohio st

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NSAwins William E. Stockton
20* NFL Atlanta -3
20* NFL Houston +10
20* NBA New York -6½
10* NFL Atlanta UNDER 46½
10* NFL Houston UNDER 49½
10* NCAAB Michigan St -18½

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Latewinners

# 835 Marist +8 2pm x

# 829 Penn State OVER 125 noon x

# 803 Toronto OVER 192 1pm x



# 817 Nebraska UNDER 118.5 6pm


# 827 Maryland UNDER 130 8pm


# 801 New York UNDER 192 noon x



# Miami Florida -6 8pm x



# 817 Nebraska + 19 6pm x



# 821 Michigan UNDER 140.5 130pm x



# 811 Okalahoma City OVER 199 9pm

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jimmy spats picks.

new york nick -6.5
nlf seattle
nba okc over.

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Mark Franco

Patriots

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Strike Points Sports NCAA
#837 Take Loyola MD (-2) over Rider (2 p.m., Sunday, January 13)

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JR Stevens:

ALL ARE TOP-RATED (5-STAR OR 5-UNIT)

NBA
(804) TORONTO -2
(810) DENVER -6

CBB
(821) MICHIGAN +2
(826) NORTHWESTERN OVER 131

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BIO Sports 1/13
SEA/ATL over 45.5

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Millionaires club
new england under

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Sports bank
houston

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James Jones
* NFL FOOTBALL *




3 Units: Atlanta Falcons -2.5 1:00 PM EST



3 Units: Houston Texans +10 1:00 PM EST





* NBA BASKETBALL *



2 Units Toronto Raptors -2 1:05 PM EST





* NCAA BASKETBALL *



2 Units: Michigan +2 1:30 PM EST

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The Delawarian 1/13


1/13:

CBB:
1* Michigan/Ohio St. UNDER 138

NBA:
2* Portland +4.5

NFL:
2* Texans +10
2* Falcons -2.5

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Bob Balfe free play
Matt Ryan has just as many playoff wins as Russell Wilson. Like I always say, I think teams need to hit their bumps in the road before they can advance deep in the NFL Playoffs. Seattle is a flashy team, but the truth is they were just an average road team and they were 0-2 on the road this year in domes. Atlanta has a ton of talent. This team is a lot like Houston this year, but they are playing at home and its just an extra advantage that they are used to this turf. Seattle has a few skilled players that are banged up and I just think their time to shine will come in a year or two. Atlanta has been the same team with the same players for years now and this is a huge game for them. Matt Ryan will bottom down with the Tony Romo’s of the league if he cannot win this game. Seattle has kicking issues and I just do not think they keep this game close. Take Atlanta.

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David Banks...For Sunday


January,13,,2013 ..... Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots

In a rematch of a regular season blowout played at the same venue, the New England Patriots again host the Houston Texans, except this time it is in the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA on Sunday at 4:30 ET on CBS. The Patriots won the regular season meeting 42-14 in the game that began the Texans' late-season swoon that saw them go from an 11-1 start to finishing as the three-seed and being forced to play on wild card weekend, where they were rather lackluster in a 19-13 victory over the sixth-seeded Cincinnati Bengals.

Now Houston did run the ball well last week, rushing for 158 yards with Arian Foster having 140 of those yards on 32 carries, and the Texans will undoubtedly try to establish the run early with Foster here this week. Houston failed to do so in the regular season meeting when Foster finished with only 46 rushing yards, and that contributed to the game getting out of hand. Foster is obviously one of the best running backs in football, but he does not figure to run right through the New England defense either as the Patriots actually finished eighth in the NFL in rushing defense this year allowing 102.1 yards per game, and they were sixth in rushing average allowed at 3.9 yards per carry. Still, the Texans will most likely keep force-feeding Foster even if he does not have immediate success, as besides being a threat to bust a long one at any time, a high dose of running plays would at the very least keep the New England offense on the sideline.

Of course, that game plan would go out the window as soon as the Patriots build a two-score or more lead, so the key for Houston still comes down to its defense doing a reasonable job of containing Tom Brady, and it failed miserably in the first go-around. Thanks to outstanding play by the New England offensive line vs. a physical Texans' front seven that dominated a lot of other teams it faced this season, Brady completed 21-of-35 passes for 296 yards and four touchdown passes with no interceptions in basically only three quarters of play. Furthermore, the line opened up some running lanes also as the Patriots rushed for 130 yards in that game, and when New England is running the ball well, it makes Brady virtually indefensible. Moreover, considering that the Patriots' offensive line has played well all year and that most of Houston's gaudy defensive numbers were accomplished vs. weak opponents while that defense struggled vs. New England and Green Bay, there is really non reason to believe that the Patriots will not score a lot of points again here, turning this into the shootout that Houston does not want.

The 'over' went 7-1 in this divisional round of the playoffs the last two seasons. The 'over' is also 4-0 in the last four head-to-head meetings between these teams, as well as a sparkling 42-19 in the last 61 New England games following an ATS win.

Pick: OVER 49