Two perennial powerhouses that have most recently challenged for BCS Titles square off in the BCS betting Fiesta Bowl Monday night when the Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2 SU, 5-6 ATS) two-step with the Texas Longhorns (11-1 SU, 9-3 ATS) in the desert. This will be Ohio State’s sixth BCS game in the last seven years (more than any other team over that span) and although the Buckeyes have been blown out in their two BCS Title game appearances, they boast a perfect 3-0 NCAA bowl betting record in the Fiesta Bowl. Meanwhile, after a fantastic regular season campaign, the Longhorns might be disappointed to not be playing in Miami but HC Mack Brown admits that his squad focused and will be ready to play this game.

Super-recruit freshman QB Terrelle Pryor has had some ups and downs since replacing Todd Boeckman as the team’s starter after Ohio State’s embarrassing 35-3 college football wagering loss against than #1 ranked USC. Pryor’s numbers weren’t particularly impressive, and his key fumble against Penn State cost the Buckeyes a chance at yet another outright Big 10 outright, but his dual-threat ability seemed to foreshadow future greatness. RB Chris ‘Beanie’ Wells had a solid season despite missing three games with injury and carried the load for the offense. During the season, Wells carried the ball 191 times for 1091 yards and eight touchdowns.

While Pryor was adjusting to the offense, Ohio State struggled, failing to cover for Ohio State bettors in six of its first eight games. However, as the season progressed and Pryor became more comfortable within the offense, the Buckeyes covered three straight against the NCAA odds to close out the year.

If not for a last second Michael Crabtree touchdown catch in Lubbock, the Longhorns would be in Miami preparing for the BCS Title game instead of preparing for the Buckeyes in the desert. The Longhorns are led by QB Colt McCoy, who finished second in the Heisman voting. McCoy not only got it done through the air (291-375 for 3445 yards with 32 touchdowns and seven interceptions), but was also the team’s leading rusher with 576 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground this season. Longhorn bettors also saw McCoy’s two favorite targets in the WR corps, Quan Cosby and Jordan Shipley, have outstanding seasons.

Texas put together one of the best records against the college football betting line this season by covering its first seven games for college football bettors. It then went on to lose its next three against the college football betting line, but ended the season on a high note with back-to-back covers.

Betting trends for gamblers to know before placing a wager on this game include: Ohio State went 0-2 ATS when listed as an underdog per the college football wagering odds this season, Texas went a $$$-making 8-3 ATS in the role of the favorite this season, and Texas has won its last four bowl games SU.

Bookmaker’s lines currently have the Longhorns set as an eight point favorite in this game with a ‘total’ of 51 points.

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The Baltimore Ravens (11-5, 12-3-1 ATS) will look to keep its Super Bowl dreams intact as it visits sunny Miami for the second time this season to do battle with fiery head coach Tony Sparano’s Dolphins (11-5, 8-8 ATS); kick-off is slated for 1:00 ET and the NFL Playoff betting affair can be seen nationally on NBC. The Ravens were one of the best money-makers on the road this season after cashing ATS in 6 of their 8 games, while Miami struggled to cover the pointspread at home going a very poor 2-6 ATS.

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With Pittsburgh clinching the AFC North division at Baltimore in Week 15, all the Ravens had to do last week was beat the Jacksonville Jaguars to go to the playoffs. They didn’t hesitate in getting after the Jags and beat them into a bloody pulp while covering the lofty 10-point spread to improve its mark to a phenomenal 6-1-1 ATS at home. This Ravens squad has been going at it for 15 consecutive weeks after they were forced to take their “Bye” in Week 2 after a nasty hurricane damaged Reliant Stadiums roof. That hasn’t stopped Ray Lewis and company from destroying its opponents on a weekly basis. Though a large number of notable players are on IR, the Ravens made no excuses and went about their business every Sunday.

Miami is the AFC’s “feel good story” for 2008. They went from being a 1-15 team a year ago to going 11-5 in ’08 and winning the AFC East. Bill Parcells made a huge impact in the front office, Tony Sparano turned out to be a heck of a hire as head coach, and Chad Pennington fell into their laps after he was exiled form NY after Favre came over from Green Bay. Those three things helped the Dolphins franchise parlay what looked to be the doormat of the AFC East into a breath of fresh air that will allow the sunny shores of Miami to take in some post-season pigskin.

Like Indy & San Diego, these two teams hooked up during the regular season back in Week 7. Baltimore proved triumphant that day and escaped South Beach with a dominating 27-13 outright win as three-point underdogs. In fact, the underdog has cashed in each of these teams last four meetings. Miami is 6-1 ATS the L/7 times it was installed the decided underdog, but it’s a very poor 1-7-1 ATS the L/9 times it was installed a home underdog of as many as three points. Baltimore found itself in the road favorite position once this year, and passed the test with flying colors by pummeling Cincinnati 34-3 as seven-point choices. That said; that lone win was their first in eight tries in that role (1-8 ATS L/9).

Baltimore currently sits as 3-point road favorites with a game ‘total’ of 37.5 points at Bookmaker.com.

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Not many forecasted this to be a Wild Card match-up at the beginning of the NFL betting season. However, the Atlanta Falcons (11-5, 9-7 ATS) will look to continue its unbelievable single season turnaround when it takes a trip to the desert to square off against the Arizona Cardinals (9-7, 9-7 ATS); kick-off is slated for 4:30 ET and the game can be seen nationally on NBC. The Falcons broke even for NFL bettors on the road this season by compiling a 4-4 ATS mark while Arizona produced a decent return posting a 5-3 home ATS record.

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Atlanta clinched a playoff birth back in Week 16 with a win at Minnesota, and could have earned the #2 slot and a “Bye” if Carolina tripped up last week at New Orleans. Carolina narrowly escaped in “The Big Easy”, so first year head coach Mike Smith and the Falcons must now head west for this wild card match-up.

Arizona tripped and stumbled its way to a 9-7 SU overall mark to get back to the post-season for the first time in 10 years. The Cardinals hope they can finally take their name off the list of teams that have never reached the Super Bowl this time around, but they’ll need to play a much better brand of football against stout competition in order to do so.

These clubs last met way back in Week 16 of the 2007 season in a game that saw the Cardinals escape with a three-point overtime win (30-27). That was just another cover for the Falcons in this series as they’ve been pointspread gold for football bettors against Arizona compiling a 4-1 ATS mark throughout the L/5 meetings. Atlanta’s also a perfect 4-0 ATS as road favorites of 0-3 points the L/4 times, and won in that role at Oakland 24-0 earlier this season. The Cardinals have been dreadful as an underdog of late going 2-7 ATS the L/9 times; they split in that role twice at home this season winning outright in overtime against the Cowboys and losing SU & ATS to the Giants.

This has also been a high scoring series with the over cashing for ‘total’ bettors in 6 of the L/7 meetings; it’s also a perfect 4-0 the L/4 times these teams have squared off in the desert.

Bookmaker.com currently has the visiting Falcons sitting as 2-point road favorites with a game ‘total’ of 51.

Will the Falcons continue its remarkable season and move onto the divisional round, or will the Cardinals build off of last weeks confidence building win over Seattle and advance?

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A “David vs. Goliath” BCS Bowl betting match-up takes place in New Orleans Friday evening when the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1 SU, 9-4 ATS) play the undefeated Utah Utes (12-0 SU, 7-4 ATS) in SEC territory. Alabama might still be reeling after a its 31-20 NCAA CFB betting defeat at the hands of the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship game that cost them a chance at participating in the BCS Championship Game. Meanwhile, the Utes are looking to prove they can hang with the big boys much like Boise State did against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl a couple years back.

The current Bookmaker NCAAF betting line finds the Crimson Tide installed as 9-point favorites with a game ‘total’ of 45.5 points.

Utes bettors will be placing their money in the hands of HC Kyle Whittingham and MWC MVP QB Brian Johnson. Johnson has dazzled opponents this season, completing 68.3% of his passes for 2636 yards with 24 touchdowns to just nine interceptions. The dual threat rushing attack of Matt Asiata and Darrell Mack made contributions as well, combining to tote the rock 252 times for 1201 yards with 14 touchdowns this season.

In the last half of the season, NCAA bettors watched as Utah became a covering machine, finishing ahead of the number in five of their last six games. The Utes were also money printing presses for over bettors with their high-octane offense pushing nine of their 11 games against FBS opponents over the ‘total’.

Nick Saban has announced that Alabama is back to reclaim their place in the college football hierarchy after only his second season on the job. Saban’s old-school philosophy of winning with a bruising rushing attack and a stifling defense has fattened Tide bettors wallets along with bringing respectability back to Tuscaloosa. Spearheading the Crimson Tide’s rushing attack is the SEC’s leading rusher Glen Coffee who compiled 220 carries for 1347 yards and 10 touchdowns. Super freshman WR Julio Jones has also been a contributor in his first season in the crimson and white, leading the team with 51 catches for 847 yards and four touchdown snags.

Alabama’s defense has been lights out this season allowing just 256.9 YPG, which equates to the third ranked stop unit in the nation. Their 13.0 PPG allowed is also one of the lowest numbers allowed ranking them sixth among all 119 FBS teams. Alabama’s defense has come on strong late this season, as seven of their last eight games have gone under the ‘total’ per the closing college football betting odds.

NCAAF betting trends to know for this game are as follows: Utah is 40-19 ATS as an underdog over its past 59 games, Alabama is 7-3 ATS as a favorite this season, and the ‘under’ is 7-3 in games where Alabama was installed the decided favorite.

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The afternoon slate of Week 17’s NFL betting action finds us in sunny San Diego, CA at Qualcomm Stadium for a crucial sports betting affair between the Denver Broncos (8-7, 4-10-1 ATS) and San Diego Chargers (7-8, 6-8-1 ATS); kick-off is slated for 8:15 ET and can be seen nationally on NBC. This is a do or die game for both teams as Denver holds a one-game lead over the Chargers in the AFC West heading into what’s certain to be an intense match-up.
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Denver had its ducks all lined up in a row in last Sunday afternoon’s match-up at Invesco Field. Their fans packed the stadium knowing a playoff bid was theirs for the taking if the Broncos could win their final home game against the visiting Buffalo Bills. The game set up as a perfect opportunity for head coach Mike Shanahan’s club, but they failed to make the most of it. Denver got off to a 13-0 lead in the 2nd quarter but their playoff ship sprung leaks the rest of the way, and the Broncos fell to the Bills by a 30-23 final count as six-point home favorites. The Broncos dominated the stat sheet offensively outgaining the Bills 532-275, but costly turnovers and a 2/6 effort in the red zone severely cost the Broncos and their pointspread backers. They lost the turnover battle 2:0 and six penalties to the tune of 60+ yards allowed the inept Bills offense to match the Broncos score for score. Denver dropped its fourth home game of the season when the dust cleared, and now they have to win tonight’s game in order to keep their Super Bowl XLIII hopes alive.
After pulling off an improbable win at Kansas City two weeks ago, the Chargers went into Raymond James Stadium in Week 16 action and handed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers their first home loss of the season. SD dominated the first half of play and accumulated a 20-10 halftime lead for their efforts. That lead was quickly wiped away in the 3rd quarter after Tampa scored a pair of unanswered touchdowns, but the Chargers didn’t collapse and scored the next 21-points of the game to pull out the impressive 41-24 road win and cover as 3.5-point underdogs. The victory was the defending AFC West champs third in a row, and they now have a shot of pulling off quite a feat. They were three games back with four to go at the beginning of December, but can now slip past the Broncos in the standings with a win on Sunday night.
San Diego had owned the Broncos up until their Week 2 meeting earlier this season when Denver was the beneficiary of a blown call that helped them preserve the 39-38 home victory. Before that game, the Chargers had taken four straight from the Broncos and covered all four games. Offshore oddsmakers have done a fine job setting the line on this AFC West rivalry with 4 of the L/10 games landing exactly on the closing betting line. Most recently, Denver pushed as a one-point favorite in the aforementioned Week 2 match-up. This series has been of the higher scoring variety as well with 4 of the L/5 meetings combining to go over the ‘total’ per the closing NFL betting line.
The Chargers currently sit as eight-point home favorites with a game ‘total’ of 50.5 at Bookmaker.com.
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Week 17 of the NFL football betting season continues Sunday afternoon in a huge NFC East NFL betting showdown when the Dallas Cowboys (9-6, 7-8 ATS) invade Lincoln Financial Field to match wits with the Philadelphia Eagles (8-6-1, 9-6 ATS); kick-off is slated for 4:15 ET and the game can be seen nationally on FOX.Future players take note: the Dallas Cowboys currently sit as +1600 choices to hoist the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the season, while Philadelphia chimes in with an attractive +8000 return to get the job done. Bookmaker Sportsbook offers Super Bowl XLIII betting for every team still alive in the current regular season.

It’s do or die for both the Cowboys and Eagles in this spot. If Dallas wins, they’re in. If not, they’ll be sent home with their tails in between their legs with only the opening of their brand new stadium to look forward to next season. If Philadelphia loses, they’re done. If they manage to secure the win, they’ll also need both Chicago to lose at Houston and for Oakland to go into Tampa Bay and pick up just their third road victory of the season. A tall order indeed, but anything is possible come Week 17.

The Cowboys looked primed and ready to secure their bid to the second season last Saturday night at home against the Baltimore Ravens. That said; the football gambling gods held a different idea of what was to occur in the final game played at historic Texas Stadium. The Cowboys got out to a quick 7-0 lead at the start of the 1st quarter, but it was all downhill form there. Baltimore grabbed a 9-7 lead right before the break, and Dallas was never able to overcome the two-point lead. They cut the lead back to two on a pair of occasions in the 4th quarter, but the Ravens answered with a pair of lengthy TD runs to pull away and secure the road win and cover. The loss dropped the Cowboys to 9-6 SU and 7-8 ATS coming into this week’s battle with the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles took the field in Washington knowing a win would greatly improve its chances of securing a spot in the upcoming post-season. However, knowing a win would help and actually going out and getting it became two different entities after the Eagles fell by a 10-3 final count as 4.5-point road favorites. Now the Eagles find themselves in do or die mode and have nobody to blame but themselves. The Eagles were outstatted in all the important categories, which included red zone efficiency where Donovan McNabb and the Eagles failed to score any points on two occasions. They also lost the turnover battle fumbling the ball once and forcing zero Washington turnovers. The Eagles need a ton of help from other teams just to advance this weekend, but their 5-2 SU and ATS mark at home should have them confident at the very least in winning this game.

These NFC East rivals have alternated SU wins the L/4 times they’ve met, but the Eagles have covered ATS in each of the L/2 meetings. They last met back in Week 2 in a crazy Monday Night NFL betting affair that saw the Cowboys outscore the Eagles 41-37. The Eagles managed to stay within the seven-point spread, and the 78 combined points easily surpassed the 47-point closing ‘total’. The underdog has been rabid in this series cashing NFL bettors tickets’ in 7 of the L/8 overall meetings.

Bookmaker.com currently has the Cowboys sitting as (-1.5) road favorites with a game ‘total’ of 42.5.

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It’s the “Granddaddy of Them All” in Pasadena, California, and Bookmaker Sportsbook customers will have another chance to boost their bowl betting bankroll in the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl between the Penn State Nittany Lions (11-1, 7-3-1 ATS) and the Southern California Trojans (11-1, 6-6 ATS). This will be the 95th installment of the grand game in Pasadena, CA.

This will be the fourth straight season that has ended in a Rose Bowl appearance for the Pac-10 champs. They are 3-1 SU and ATS in those four games, and have outscored their opponents by an average of 19.8 points per game. Penn State will be playing in its first Rose Bowl since 1995, when they beat Oregon 38-20. These two teams have only met once before in a Rose Bowl, which came way back in 1923. The two teams last met in Happy Valley back in 2000 where the Trojans beat Penn State outright 29-5 as 1.5-point underdogs.

Though Penn State was better known for its defense this season, the team scored 45 or more points in seven games this season. QB Daryll Clark paced a unit which ranked 15th in the NCAA at 452.2 yards per game and 11th in points at 40.2 per game. The defense was also outstanding, ranking 5th in total yards allowed (263.9) and 4th in points per game (12.4). The unit ranked in the Top-25 in almost every major defensive category. It should come as no surprise that sports betting fans of the Nittany Lions had a fantastic 7-3-1 season. PSU was a perfect 4-0 SU and 3-0 ATS out of conference this season, and outscored its four foes by an average of 40.2 whopping points per game.

If the Nittany Lion defense was fantastic in 2008, the USC defense was as close to perfect as you could ask for. The unit ranks in the Top-5 in the land in every major category, including 1st in yards (206.1), 1st in pass defense (122.8), 5th in rush defense (83.2), and 1st in points per game (7.8). Only Stanford and Oregon State scored more than 10 points on the unit, and it pitched a total of three shutouts.

QB Mark Sanchez threw for 2,794 yards and 30 touchdowns in his junior season. RBs Joe McKnight, Stafon Johnson, and CJ Gable combined to rush for 1,891 yards and 19 scores overall. USC bettors had a tremendous season outside of Pac-10 play, going 3-0 SU and ATS against its three non-conference foes, outscoring them by an average of 37.3 points per game. As less than three-touchdown favorites this season, the Trojans went 2-1 ATS.

USC currently sits as nine-point favorites per the current football betting lines at Bookmaker.com. With these two fantastic defenses, it should come as no surprise that CFB bettors bought the opening ‘total’ of 46.5 down to where it currently resides at 45.

Southern Cal’s betting trends point towards another low scoring affair, as USC is 21-7-1 for ‘under’ bettors in its L/29 games.

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The annual Las Vegas Bowl presents us with a solid bowl betting match-up between the

Arizona Wildcats (7-5 SU, 7-5 ATS) and the BYU Cougars (10-2 SU, 3-8 ATS). Although a loss to Utah kept the Cougars from claiming a share of the MWC title, BYU still had one of their most successful seasons in school history despite killing its betting backers after churning out a very poor 3-8 ATS mark against the college football betting lines. Arizona will be playing its first bowl game in 10 years, and will be putting its decent 7-5 ATS mark on the line against a very tough Mountain West Conference opponent for the second time this season.

QB Max Hall had an amazing year in charge of the Cougars high-octane offense earning him All-MWC Second Team honors. He pulled off the feat by completing 69.6% of his passes for 3629 yards with 34 touchdown passes against just 13 interceptions. His favorite target, WR Austin Collie, also put together one of the best seasons in school history, hauling in 95 passes for 1419 yards and 15 touchdowns for BYU bettors to garner himself All-MWC First Team honors.

In his last regular season game, Hall had one of his worst days ever as a BYU quarterback in the 48-24 NCAAF betting loss to the Utes. He threw five picks on the day, a career high, to disallow the Cougars of ending the Utes BCS hopes. BYU comes into the game losers in seven of their last eight games ATS according to the closing NCAAF odds. That said; they’ve been a cash cow for ‘total’ bettors that wager on NCAA football games to go over the ‘total’ with four of their last five games surpassing the 60-point plateau.

Gutsy QB Willie Tuitama leads Arizona’s offensive attack. He completed 64.6% of his passes for 2763 yards with a TD/INT ratio of 21/8 on the year. Tuitama came up big in the Wildcats’ impressive 31-10 CFB betting win over archrival Arizona State, completing 25 of 37 balls for 284 yards while throwing two touchdowns and one interception. His performance in the game was matched by the Wildcats’ stout defense that held QB Rudy Carpenter and the ASU offense to just 162 total yards and 12 first downs on the day. The 21-point victory allowed Arizona bettors to cruise to the betting window to cash an easy pointspread victory.

The Wildcats come into this game hot against the Vegas lines, beating the NCAA gambling odds in 11 of their last 16 overall games played.

These teams squared off against one another in each of their last two regular season campaigns. Arizona upended the Cougars 16-13 back in 2006, but the Cougars walked away with the ATS money by covering as 6.5-point road underdogs. BYU got revenge the following season by taking out the Wildcats 20-7 at home as 3.5-point choices.

BYU is 6-2 ATS their L/8 after a SU loss, but they’re a poor 1-4 ATS the L/4 times they were installed as the underdog. Arizona is 11-5 ATS its L/16 overall lined games, but they’re a poor 0-4 ATS the L/4 times they’ve taken on an opponent from the Mountain West Conference.

Arizona currently sits as (-3) –105 neutral site favorites with a game ‘total’ of 61.5 points.

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The afternoon schedule of Week 16’s NFL betting slate finds us in Minneapolis, MN at the HHH Metrodome for a fantastic sports betting affair between the Atlanta Falcons (9-5, 8-6 ATS) and Minnesota Vikings (9-5, 6-8 ATS); kick-off is slated for 4:15 ET and can be seen nationally on FOX. Atlanta currently holds the sixth and final playoff spot, while Minnesota holds a one-game lead over the Chicago Bears for the top spot in the NFC North.

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Atlanta got off to a quick 10-0 start at home last Sunday afternoon against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but had to hold on in the closing minute of the 4th quarter just to extend the game to overtime. Tampa failed to make good on its first possession of the extra session, but Atlanta succeeded on its opportunity and picked up its 9th win of the season when K Jason Elam’s attempt from 34 yards out rang true.

Though head coach Mike Smith and his staff were thrilled to pick up the victory, NFL bettors came away displeased with the final results after the Falcons were bought up from a three-point favorite at the open to a 5.5-point chalk at the close. Turnovers immensely cost Falcon backers as the Buccaneers won the turnover battle 3:1 allowing them to come away with the pointspread victory. QB Matt Ryan struggled, but RB Michael Turner had a monster of a game chewing up 152 yards to go along with one TD on 32 overall carries.

Minnesota struggled mightily to put the hapless Detroit Lions away in Week 14, but had no problem disposing of the NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals last weekend. Before the Phoenix Stadium crowd could get comfortable in their seats, the Vikings had already put a score on the board after WR Bernard Berrian galloped 82 yards for a punt return TD less than four minutes into the game. The deficit quickly ballooned to 14 after Berrian scored his second TD of the day after hauling in a 41-yard pass from QB Tarvaris Jackson. The Vikings cruised to the easy outright road victory from there on out. They led 28-0 at the break, and left the desert 35-14 winners both SU and ATS.

QB Tarvaris Jackson had his best outing as a pro completing 11 of 17 passes for 163 yards and 4 TDs, and RB Adrian “All Day” Peterson gouged the Cardinals run defense for 165 yards on 28 overall carries.

These teams last met a year ago to kick off each clubs respective 2007 regular season campaigns. Minnesota came away with the 24-3 home win and cover as three-point home favorites, but Atlanta had no direction and was still suffering the sting of the hole Michael Vick debacle.

The favorite has dominated this series winning all five recent meetings both SU and ATS. Atlanta has gone 2-6 SU its L/8 trips to the Metrodome, and is 4-12 SU its L/16 road games. Minnesota has won five of its six home games this season by an average of eight points per game, which is why they’ve juiced out for NFL bettors with a 3-3 ATS mark.

Bookmaker.com currently has the Vikings sitting as (-3) –120 home favorites with a game ‘total’ of 44.

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Week 16 of the NFL betting season offers up a fantastic AFC/NFC clash of wildcard contenders when the AFC North representative Baltimore Ravens (9-5, 8-6 ATS) invade Texas Stadium to lock horns with the NFC East rep Dallas Cowboys (9-5, 7-7 ATS); kick-off is slated for 8:15 ET and the game can be seen nationally on the NFL Network.
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The Ravens enter tonight’s battle rather meek after dropping the second of two meetings against the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday afternoon. The loss snapped the Ravens three game winning streak both SU and ATS. After thoroughly dominating the Washington Redskins the week before on NBC’s Sunday night telecast, it looked as if they were going to cruise to yet another comfy home win and cover through three quarters of play. That said; the never say die Steelers rallied for 10 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to pull off the impressive road win and cover. The major media outlets are still second guessing the catch WR Santonio Holmes hauled in for the go ahead score in the closing moments, but the final has been etched in the record books forever and Baltimore must move on.
With the loss, all Baltimore can settle for now is a wildcard spot.
As for Dallas, it came up with a huge win on Sunday night over NFC East leading New York to hold onto its wildcard positioning. QB Tony Romo bounced back from his frustrating outing at Pittsburgh with a fabulous effort against the Giants. He ended up completing 20 of 30 passes for 244 yards with a pair of TD strikes. RB Tashard Choice had another big game filling in for the injured Marion Barber who battled his injury all game long. Choice has now gained a total of 309 yards combined the last two weeks, and he scored his first TD at this level after busting a 38-yard run to seal the deal against the Giants.
Since head coach Wade Phillips took over the playcalling for the defense, it’s responded very nicely. The stop unit was in QB Eli Manning’s face all game long sacking him a total of eight times while forcing a pair of interceptions. When the dust cleared, NY gained a total of 218 overall yards and converted just 3 of 13 3rd down opportunities.
Dallas controls its own destiny right now for a wildcard slot.
It’s been 4+ years since these teams have met. The Kyle Boller (remember him?) led Ravens defeated the Cowboys by a 30-10 final count as 7.5-point home favorites that day. Baltimore enters this Week 16 NFL betting tilt 7-2 SU & ATS its L/9 overall games, but it’s a poor 5-10 ATS the L/15 times its played the role of visitor. Dallas has won 6 of its 7 home games this season, and enters tonight’s battle winners of four in a row ATS.

The ‘under’ has cashed in each of the Ravens last two games played, but the ‘over’ has cashed in six of their L/9 road games. As for Dallas, ‘total’ bettors have banked lately backing the ‘under’ as it’s garnered winning tickets in four of Dallas’ L/5 games played, and it’s gone 2-1 ATS in the Cowboys L/3 home games.
The Cowboys currently sit as 4-point home favorites with a game ‘total’ of 39.5 at Bookmaker.com.
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