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08/27/2010 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo will not play on September 3 against the British Columbia Lions.
TSN of Canada and CFL.ca both reported on Friday that Calvillo ruled himself out for the game, with the latter revealing he did so after experiencing pain in his chest following practice.
Calvillo was removed from the Als' previous game, a 39-17 rout of Winnipeg at Molson Stadium with a bruised sternum, suffered when he fell on the football after Bombers linebacker Odell Willis leveled him with a crushing hit on a sack.
The veteran signal-caller was removed from the game on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital for examination and evaluation. He was kept an extra night due to the unexpected seriousness of the injury, but released to rest at home.
Kelly Leak is expected to get the start, with former University of New Hampshire standout Ricky Santos as the back-up.
<< BYU to use two starting QBs
Provo, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brigham Young University will have two starting
quarterbacks for the upcoming season.
Cougars head coach Bronco Mendenhall made the announcement on Friday that the
two-quarterback system will be used, feat
<< La. Tech football suspends four
Ruston, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Louisiana Tech head football coach Sonny Dykes
announced indefinite suspensions Friday for four players due to a violation of
team rules.
The four in question, wide receivers Tim Molton, R.P. Stuart and Cruz W
<< Mets bring up Hernandez, option Feliciano
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets selected the contract of
infielder Luis Hernandez from Triple-A Buffalo on Friday and optioned
outfielder Jesus Feliciano to Buffalo.
Hernandez last appeared in the majors in 2
<< An into semifinals at U.S. Amateur
University Place, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Byeong-Hun An
defeated Max Homa, 1-up on Friday to advance into the semifinals of the U.S.
Amateur Championship.
An's quarterfinal victory at Chambers Bay on Friday keeps h
Atletico downs Inter to claim UEFA Super Cup >>
Fontvieille, Monaco (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atletico Madrid captured the UEFA Super
Cup on Friday at the Stade Louis II with second-half goals from Jose Antonio
Reyes and Sergio Aguero in a 2-0 win over Inter Milan.
Reyes put the Europa Leagu
Diego leaves Juventus for Wolfsburg >>
Wolfsburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wolfsburg unveiled midfielder Diego on
Friday, one day after acquiring the former Werder Bremen start from Juventus.
Wolfsburg signed the 25-year-old to a four-year deal, with hopes he repeats
the i
San Jose travels to take on confident Red Bulls >>
Harrison, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Jose Earthquakes travel across the
country to take on Red Bull New York at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night in
Major League Soccer action.
The 'Quakes (8-6-5) are coming off a 1-0 win over
Schalke signs Romania winger Deac >>
Gelsenkirchen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Schalke signed Romania winger
Ciprian Deac from CFR Cluj to a three-year contract on Friday
Deac, 24, helped CFR Cluj win two Romanian titles and can play on the left and
right of midfield.
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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