2009 November at BetLM

Underdog Bills Stampede Dolphins

The under­dog Buf­falo Bills broke their three-game los­ing streak last night with a 31–14 win over the Miami Dol­phins who were –180 on the money line. Ter­rell Owens sealed the Bills vic­tory when he caught a 51-yard touch­down pass with 2:23 left and gave interim coach Perry Fewell his first win. Per­haps this result shows that Fewell’s appoint­ment should have come sooner, he seems to have brought a new found energy to the Bills. The game also saw a first for kicker Rian Lin­dell, who was good on a career-best 56-yard field goal with 3:35 left putting the Bills ahead for the... 

Bengals Oblige Bettors with First Division Sweep

The Ben­gals were a heavy favorite and a pop­u­lar bet­ting choice this Sun­day with nearly 65% of the bet­ting action on them to cover against Cleve­land. The Ben­gals obliged cov­er­ing the spread with their 16 – 7 win over the Browns. They also com­pleted their first divi­sion sweep through the AFC North for the first time in fran­chise history. New­comer Larry John­son led the Ben­gals to their vic­tory. John­son was given the ball 22 times and fin­ished with 107 yards. “I’m just glad they trust me to go in there, espe­cially with the divi­sion and the play­offs... 

Colts Perfect the Comeback

The Indi­anapo­lis Colts are mas­ter­ing the art of the per­fect come­back. Their 35 – 27 vic­tory against the Hous­ton Tex­ans has sealed the AFC South for them, and led them to their 20th straight reg­u­lar sea­son win. They need one more win to match the New Eng­land Patri­ots record 21-game run and that will be decided next week­end when they play Ten­nessee at home. It looked as though the Tex­ans would clinch the game with a 13-point lead at half­time, but Pey­ton Man­ning showed his MVP tal­ent throw­ing three touch­down passes and sav­ing the game. “We don’t... 

Yellow Jackets & Bettors Upset by Bulldogs

The bet­ting pub­lic, who put nearly 80% of the bet­ting vol­ume on Geor­gia Tech, were likely upset too. The Yel­low Jack­ets were heavy favorites at Lines­Maker. Sat­ur­day saw Geor­gia give Geor­gia Tech a run for their money. They rushed for 339 yards to upset the seventh-ranked Yel­low Jack­ets 30–24 and chang­ing the face of ACC cham­pi­onship game. Washaun Ealey rushed for 183 yards, while Caleb King ram­bled for 166 yards and two touch­downs. The Bull­dogs (7–5) after a ter­ri­ble year have reclaimed state brag­ging rights and gave the Yel­low Jack­ets (10–2)... 

Sooners Upset Cowboys

The 11th ranked Okla­homa State suf­fered an unex­pected loss against Okla­homa by a score of 27 – 0. The Soon­ers sea­son has been dread­ful but they have rec­ti­fied that by tak­ing Okla­homa State out of con­tention for it’s first appear­ance at the BSC. DeMarco Mur­ray ran for two touch­downs, Ryan Broyles returned a punt 88 yards for a score to take Okla­homa to their victory. The Cowboy’s (9–3, 6–2 Big 12) didn’t help them­selves with their worst offen­sive per­for­mance of the decade. Okla­homa State was shut out for the first time since 2005 by an Okla­homa... 

Penguin Earns NHL’s Top Weekly Honor

Last week saw Pitts­burgh cen­ter Sid­ney Crosby tak­ing home the NHL’s First Star of the Week honor. Fifth year star Crosby reg­is­tered his sec­ond hat trick of the sea­son for the Pen­guins against Rangers on Sat­ur­day. His three goals and two assists helped the Pen­guins net a 8 – 3 vic­tory over the New York Rangers. Crosby gained No. 1 star recog­ni­tion for games played Novem­ber 23 – 29. The sec­ond star went to New Jer­sey goal ten­der Mar­tin Brodeur who went 3–0 last week, allow­ing one goal in each game with a .963 save per­cent­age. Third star hon­ors... 

Cavaliers Prove Strength Against Tigers

The Clem­son Tigers were the home team favorites against Vir­ginia on Sat­ur­day. Lines­Maker bet­ting action saw about 70% of the bet­ting vol­ume on the Tigers to cover, but the Cav­a­liers were in fight­ing spirit giv­ing the Tigers a run for their, and their faith­ful bettor’s money. In a tough game for Clem­son they man­aged to beat Vir­ginia 34 — 21. Clem­son could not man­age to sus­tain dri­ves early in the game while Vir­ginia found a way to stay close. In the sec­ond half, nei­ther offense could find much suc­cess, giv­ing the Cav­a­liers a sur­pris­ing... 

Rutgers Squeezed by Orange

It seemed like a done deal for the Rut­gers Knights. Nearly 90% of the bet­ting action went with the Knights at Lines­Maker and we can guar­an­tee there were some very dis­ap­pointed bet­tors out there. The game saw the Knights dom­i­nated by Syra­cuse Orange from the onset. Orange went on to an amaz­ing 31–13 vic­tory. Syra­cuse racked up 424 yards of offense while Rut­gers had just 130.  

Neimi Seals it for Blackhawks

Two unlikely play­ers led the Chicago Black­hawks to their lat­est 1–0 vic­tory over the Vancouver’s Canucks. Bryan Bick­ell scored his first goal of the sea­son and Antii Niemi stopped 30 shots for the shutout. Black­hawks coach Joel Quen­nelville called Niemi’s play “Spec­tac­u­lar”. He kept the game score­less through two peri­ods until defense­man Brian Camp­bell set up the only goal early in the third. He lost the puck in a crowd in front but it squirted back for Bick­ell to tap-in a goal, his first since 2007, behind goalie Roberto Luongo. Niemi came up with sev­eral... 

Betting Backs Colts to Make History

Another vic­tory for the, yet to be defeated, Indi­anapo­lis Colts and their 19th straight win. It was a close game and host team Bal­ti­more was kept out of the end zone. The 17–15 win was secured on for­mer Ravens kicker Matt Stover’s go-ahead field goal giv­ing the 1.5 point favorites, Indi­anapo­lis, the vic­tory out­right and ATS. The Colts now own the second-longest streak in NFL his­tory. If they get another 2 straight games they could make his­tory by beat­ing the Patriot’s 21-game run (2006–08). The Colts also paid off big for the bet­ting pub­lic as nearly 80%...