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08/27/2010 - Farragut, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gary Woodland fired a seven-under 65 Friday to grab a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the Knoxville Sentinel Open.
Woodland, who split time between the Nationwide and PGA Tours this year, completed 36 holes at 11-under-par 133.
Brady Schnell also carded a 65 to move into second place at minus-nine. He was joined there by PGA Tour veteran Kirk Triplett (68), William McGirt (68) and Brian Stuard (67).
John Daly, who entered round two tied for second, struggled to a one-over 73 to slide into a share of 32nd at minus-four.
Woodland did little on the front nine after opening with a birdie. He parred seven consecutive holes from the second before stumbling to a bogey on the ninth at Fox Den Country Club.
"I hit it close all day, but didn't make anything on the front side," said Woodland, who Monday-qualified to earn a spot in the field. "I kept telling myself that if you knock on the door long enough, it will open."
And he was right.
After making the turn in even-par for his round, Woodland poured in three straight birdie efforts from the 10th to jump to minus-seven. He parred the 13th, then dropped in back-to-back birdie tries from the 14th.
Woodland moved to the top of the leaderboard with birdies on 17 and 18.
"It's been frustrating because I feel like I've been playing pretty good this year, but I haven't scored very well," Woodland admitted. "We looked at my stats from this year to last year and all of the numbers were better, but the scores weren't there. Finally, we got a score to go low Monday and now everything is going the right way."
First-round leader Zack Miller posted a two-under 70 and dropped into a tie for sixth at eight-under-par 136. He stands alongside Ken Duke (66), Andrew Svoboda (69), Jim Herman (67) and Skip Kendall (69).
NOTES: This is the first time Woodland has led after any round on either the PGA or Nationwide Tour. In fact, he had never been in the top-10 after any round before this week...The cut line fell at three-under-par 141 with 66 players moving on to the weekend...Among those that missed the cut were 2002 PGA Champion Rich Beem, last week's winner Hunter Haas, Martin Piller, Bobby Gates, Tag Ridings and D.J. Brigman.
<< Twins acquire reliever Fuentes from Angels
SEATTLE (AP) -The twins have acquired left-handed reliever Brian Fuentes from the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named later.Twins manager Ron Gardenhire says the Twins will use the former Angels closer as a set-up reliever for closer Matt Ca
<< Kane Hanson moves in front at Canadian Tour Championship
St. Catharines, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American Kane Hanson posted a six-under
64 on Friday to move in front at the halfway point of the Canadian Tour
Championship.
Hanson finished 36 holes at St. Catharines Golf & Country Club at
<< Rockies shuffle roster with four moves
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rockies re-tooled their roster
Friday, making four separate moves that included disabling right-hander Manuel
Corpas and calling up lefty Franklin Morales from Triple-A Colorado Springs.
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<< SMU signs Jones to extension
Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - SMU head football coach June Jones has
signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the school
through the 2014 season.
The Mustangs finished 8-5 under Jones last year and e
Wie still three clear in Canada >>
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michelle Wie posted a three-under 69 Friday to
maintain her three-stroke lead after two rounds of the Canadian Women's Open.
Wie completed 36 holes at 10-under-par 134. She is looking to pick up her
secon
Bruce's three-homer, five-RBI night leads Reds past Cubs >>
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jay Bruce slammed a career-best three home
runs and Chris Valaika also homered to back eight innings of one-run ball from
Johnny Cueto as Cincinnati crushed Chicago, 7-1, to open a three-game set at
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Pelfrey pitches Mets past streaking Astros >>
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Pelfrey worked eight scoreless frames as
the New York Mets took a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros in the opener of a
three-game set.
Pelfrey (13-7) gave up just six hits and two walks while striking o
Price fires 63 to lead Boeing Classic >>
Snoqualmie, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nick Price had two scoring bursts Friday en
route to a nine-under 63 and the first-round lead of the Boeing Classic.
Price, who has already won twice this season, posted his low round of the
year.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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