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10/21/2011 - Talladega, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Buescher earned his second career Camping World Truck Series pole by winning Friday's qualifying for the Coca- Cola 250 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Buescher, who is presently third in points, turned a lap at 177.676 mph around the 2.66-mile superspeedway. His first pole came in June at Texas. Buescher has yet to win a race in the series.
Nelson Piquet Jr.'s lap at 176.845 mph secured him the outside pole. Austin Dillon, the current points leader, qualified third and Ricky Carmichael took the fourth spot.
Kevin Harvick Inc. teammates Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Wallace will start fifth and sixth, respectively. Hornaday has won the last two truck races. Wallace is driving KHI's No.33 truck in Saturday's race.
Joey Coulter, Johanna Long, Parker Kligerman and Cole Whitt completed the top-10.
Kyle Busch, who is the only Sprint Cup Series regular competing in this event, qualified 17th. Busch has won the truck race at Talladega the past two years.
Dillon holds a just a five-point advantage over Johnny Sauter, who will start 20th. Buescher is seven points out of the lead.
Jennifer Jo Cobb, Norm Benning, Mike Harmon and Clay Greenfield failed to qualify.
The 250-mile race at Talladega is scheduled to start just after 4:00 p.m. (et).
<< Redskins' Atogwe questionable vs. Panthers
Ashburn, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Redskins starting safety Oshiomogho
Atogwe is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Carolina.
Atogwe suffered a knee injury during last weekend's 20-13 loss to
Philadelphia,
<< 3 surge as Donald falls down leaderboard
Lake Buena Vista, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After 18 holes, seven players shared
the lead at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic.
Following 18 more holes, seven players turned into three.
Justin Leonard, Bio Kim and Henrik Ste
<< Reports: Raiders likely to start Boller
Alameda, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With head coach Hue Jackson not giving much
information away, multiple reports indicated Kyle Boller will start for the
Raiders on Sunday instead of newly-acquired Carson Palmer.
The NFL Network report
<< Wondolowski seeks Golden Boot as S.J. hosts FC Dallas
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas and the San Jose Earthquakes
conclude their Major League Soccer regular seasons at Buck Shaw Stadium on
Saturday with much to play for.
Earthquakes striker Chris Wondolowski is one goa
Packers CB Shields doubtful with concussion >>
Green Bay, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields is
doubtful for Sunday's game at Minnesota because of a concussion.
Shields, who was injured during last week's win over St. Louis, is still
undergoing tests a
Jets DL DeVito questionable vs. Chargers >>
Florham Park, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Jets defensive lineman Mike
DeVito is questionable for Sunday's game against San Diego because of a knee
injury.
Jets head coach Rex Ryan said DeVito "kind of got caught up in a pile" dur
Coles among three leaders in Florida >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Four-time Nationwide Tour winner
Gavin Coles shot a six-under 64 on Friday to forge a three-way tie atop the
leaderboard at the Jacksonville Open.
Coles, whose victories range from 2002-08,
NHL fines Nashville's Weber >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber
has been fined $2,500 for an illegal hit during Thursday's 5-1 loss to the
Canucks.
Early in the third period, Weber was assessed a minor penalty for boar
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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