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3-Unit Play. #844. Take Notre Dame -11 over Canisius (Sunday @ 5pm est).
Teams typically come together off a player going down. Usually contests such as that go over or the team that lost the key player does well. Take a look at the Heat for example over the Blazers yesterday. Heat win without Lebron. Game goes well over. Take a look at the Lakers in the first contest of the season without Kobe - winning on national television over the Clippers. Granted, as time goes on, they will taper off in their motivation and depth. But, the first few games after losing a key player, a team will likely come together. Notre Dame played great against Ohio State which indicates why the line was so low as they nearly beat the Buckeyes as it took a big rally from Ohio State near the end to win. Losing Grant for some time for academic reasons, Notre Dame looks to come together as a squad today as they face Canisius. Canisius is a good team but they have struggled on the road losing by 16 to St. Francis (outside the top 200), losing by 14 to Metro (not even a division 1 team), 15 to Rutgers (outside the top 200) and 22 to St. Bonanventure (outside the top 100). They face an Irish team who is in the top 100 and in the top 75 in most power rankings and with the Irish motivated off a loss, with Canisius coming off a win against Lamar, Canisius being outside the top 200 in 2 point field goals heavily relying on the 3 point shoot (which attributes to some of their blowouts this year when the shots don't fall), look for Notre Dame to likely come together as a team in their first series of games without Jerian Grant. The Golden Griffins are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games when facing a team with a straight up winning record and the Fighting Irish are 6-2-1 ATS coming off a straight up loss.
Indian Cowboy's Picks For NBA Basketball
3-Unit Play. #801. Take Over 202.5 Atlanta vs. Orlando (Sunday @ 6:05pm est).
In the college basketball write-up I discuss how teams come together following a loss to a key player. That's usually the case as the Heat for example come together after the loss of Lebron for a game to go on the road to beat Portland. By the way, how defeating for the Blazers right? The irony is I think the Blazers would have won the contest if Lebron played. The air was sucked out of them a bit with no Lebron and it was the Heat that were motivated to play the League's hottest team without Lebron as the other players stepped up. It's almost great psychology - on purpose or inadvertently - it's great psych. As per this contest, Hawks are without Horoford in their second game and they likely pick up their offense in this contest. Charlotte is a good defensive team and the Hawks were stifled a bit in their last contest but look for things to spread out a bit in this contest. You have a team that is a small underdog for a reason at +1.5 as the Hawks are expected to do well this game. With the Magic coming off a huge win over the Pistons, they likely let down defensively and the Hawks likely to continue to play well on the perimeter. Hawks lost to this team 109-92 on their home floor back in November so this is a big revenge game for this team to boot. With the Hawks being an active underdog, the Over being 5-0 for the team when facing a team with a winning percentage of sub .400% and the Over 9-3 for the Magic following a straight up win of 10 or more points, look for this contest to likely go over the posted total.
Indian Cowboy's Picks For NHL Hockey
2-Unit Play. #13. Take Vancouver Canucks -135 over Calgary Flames (Sunday @ 7:35pm est).
Vancouver beat this team 5-4 in overtime earlier this year and they have beat Calgary the last 3 times they have played them. The Canucks are 8-2 in their last 10 games and they come off a lackluster performance against Winnipeg winning 2-1 despite being a -190 favorite. The two games they lost this year they were a -120 favorite or +100 underdog but have done well in contests they were favored to win by this margin. This includes a 2-0 win over Carolina as -145 favorites or 3-1 win over Colorado as -160 favorites. The Canucks won the Northwest Division for the fifth time in six seasons, but that was attributable to the struggles of the other four teams as much as the Canucks' solid play. Former New York Rangers HC John Tortorella's black-and-blue, defense-first style has gone to the west coast as he now is at the lead of the Vancouver Canucks. All the key parts remain intact for the best regular season club in the league. John Tortorella arrived in New York four years ago and took over a team that lacked toughness and an identity. As he took his team to the playoffs for a third straight season, he had the Rangers playing a physical, defensively responsible brand of hockey. With Calgary coming off a tough 0-2 loss to Edmonton, things don't get much easier with Vancouver in town. The Canucks are 5-1in their last 6 contests coming off 2 goals or less in their previous game and the Flames are 1-7 in their last 8 contests when facing a team with a winning road record.
316 DAL 7.0 (-110) bodog vs 315 PHIAnalysis:3 Units (MAX BET) [316] DALLAS COWBOYS +7
We've heard it all ad nauseam. The Eagles just put up 54 points on the Bears. Tony Romo is out. Sean Lee is out. The Dallas defense is historically bad. The Cowboys have a cluster injury problem at linebacker. The Cowboys have blown these win-and-in games at the end of each of the last two seasons. As a result, the Eagles are a 7-point road favorite in this game. Are you kidding me? That SCREAMS value. Kyle Orton is a better-than-average backup QB. And I expect Dallas to do what they should've done all season -- hand off to Demarco Murray. LeSean McCoy gets all the press and deservedly so, but Murray has quietly been very effective when the Cowboys have utilized him. Murray's 5.4 yards per carry this season is second-best in the NFL behind only Andre Ellington, who only has 109 carries. Dallas is 11-0 when Murray gets at least 20 carries. I expect him to exceed 20 carries in this game. Dallas' defense, as horrible as it has looked for most of the season, did hold this Eagles offense to a field goal in a 17-3 win in Philadelphia. While I certainly don't see them holding the Eagles down like that again, I do expect the Cowboys to u¶se Murray & the ground game to keep the clock running & keep that Philly offense on the sidelines as much as possible. The whole world has given this game to the Eagles, which is why it won't surprise me if Dallas pulls the upset. They've been a much better dog than a favorite in recent years and I expect that to continue here. Major value on the Cowboys here at home in a game I honestly expect them to win. MAX BET on DALLAS.
It all comes down to this. The Philadelphia Eagles are on the road to face the Dallas Cowboys with everything on the line. The Eagles can win the division with win or tie, while the Cowboys can clinch the NFC East crown with a victory.
We talk to Mike Perry, an oddsmaker with Sportsbook.ag, about the action coming in on this important Sunday night game.
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys - Open: +3, Move: +7.5, Move: +7
The NFC East title will be decided in this matchup in yet another "win and you're in" Week 17 scenario. The news of Cowboys' QB Tony Romo's season-ending injury was devastating to the Cowboys, as Kyle Orton now becomes "the man" in Big D.
"Our biggest decision of the day will be for the Sunday night game that will determine the NFC East champ," Perry tells Covers. "We opened Philadelphia -3, then on Monday afternoon, when the shocking news that Tony Romo had a herniated disk and was expected to miss, the line jumped up to Philly -7.5. On Tuesday afternoon, we got a sharp bet on Dallas +7.5, so we moved game to the current number of seven."
Perry also states that 68 percent of the cash is on the Eagles to win and cover, with 73 percent of moneyline cash on Philadelphia at -250.
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