Brees named Offensive Player of the Year
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01/06/2009 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was honored on Tuesday as the Associated Press' Offensive Player of the Year.
He torched defensive backfields for a career-high and NFL-best 5,069 yards and also led the league in pass attempts (635), pass completions (413) and completions of 25 yards or more (35) this season. He beat out Indianapolis quarterback and 2008 MVP Peyton Manning and Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson for the offensive award.
Brees, who became just the second player to pass for 5,000 yards or more in a season, is the only Saint to throw for more than 4,000 yards in three consecutive seasons and his 34 touchdown passes in 2008 were a franchise best. Dan Marino passed for an NFL-record 5,084 yards in 1984.
The Purdue product tied an NFL mark with 10 300-yard passing games this season despite New Orleans finishing last in the NFC South with an 8-8 record. Brees has thrown for 26,258 yards and 168 TDs in eight years with San Diego and New Orleans.
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Quick: name the all-time leader in playoff victories for a Chargers head coach. If you're struggling to answer, you might find it easier to come up with a reply after San Diego's AFC Divisional Round tilt at the Pittsburgh
<< 2008 TSN All-America team highlighted by Edwards and Peach
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Walter Payton Award winner Armanti Edwards
and Buck Buchanan Award recipient Greg Peach head up the 2008 Sportsbook Betting Lines
All-America team released on Tuesday.
Edwards, the record-setting junior quarterback
<< AHL announces Canadian All-Star team roster
Springfield, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The American Hockey League announced the
Canadian All-Star team roster for the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic, to be played
on Jan. 25 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.
The team comprises 24 players born
<< Filatov, Legein assigned to Crunch
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets assigned forwards
Stefan Legein and Nikita Filatov to the NHL club's American Hockey League
affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, it was announced on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Legei
<< Nadal, Federer, Murray post wins in Doha
Doha, Qatar (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Three of the top-four players on the planet
-- world No. 1 Rafael Nadal, former top-ranked star Roger Federer and aspiring
No. 1 Andy Murray -- highlighted Tuesday's first-round winners at the ATP
World
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies made it official Tuesday, signing free-agent hurler Chan Ho Park to a one-year contract. Park, 35, spent last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and appeared
Anthony to miss close to a month with fractured hand >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denver Nuggets star forward Carmelo Anthony
will miss three-to-four weeks after Tuesday's visit with a hand specialist
confirmed the sixth-year player has a non-displaced third metacarpal fracture
on his
Indians sign RHP Pavano >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians will roll the dice on
Carl Pavano after signing the right-hander to a one-year deal Tuesday.
Financial terms of the contract were not released.
Pavano just completed an injury
Cubs ship Marquis to Colorado >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs traded right-handed pitcher
Jason Marquis and cash considerations to Colorado for reliever Luis Vizcaino
on Tuesday.
The move helps clear money for the Cubs, who signed volatile outfielder Mil
Deja Vu All Over Again for Ravens >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Giddy Baltimore Ravens fans are all too aware of the
parallels.
It was the 2000 postseason when the Ravens, a Wild Card upstart, went into
Nashville to play the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the AFC Divisional Round.
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MySportsbook.com: New College Football Clock Rules Examined
Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting.
"They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over."
Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.)
According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26.
As a result, teams combined to gain an average of about 100 fewer yards a game last weekend versus the 2005 openers. Scoring was also down by about 4.5 points (attention Las Vegas sports lines).
Of course, oddsmakers were able to adjust to the changes before the season started. Proof of that came as the over went a balanced 8-9 at My Sportsbook on Saturday.
Other angles to consider:A shorter game should theoretically result in shorter lines. Whereas Team A might have been a 14-point favorite in a 168-play game (last year), if there are 10 percent less snaps in 2007, the line should also be reduced by 10 percent (to 13 or 12.5). Of course, this is an over-simplification of the matter, but something to keep in mind.
Less possessions means a better chance the game will be decided by three or seven points. For example, what might have been a 20-10 final score in 2005 may end at
17-10 in 2007. Granted, a 24-17 game last year might end at 21-17 these days, but the former - a three- or seven-point advantage being preserved as opposed to created - is the most likely scenario.
*UPDATE* - Sept. 25, 2007
New Clock Rules Boon for online bookmakers
By adjusting the time-keeping rules to shorten the duration of college football games, the NCAA hoped to make its product more enjoyable for the fans. While the NCAA's success in this regard is still up for debate, bookmakers couldn't be happier with the results.
"We are seeing a massive jump in college football betting," noted the MySportsbook.com management team. "With all the early Saturday games (12 a.m. ET) ending before the second wave begins (3:30 p.m. ET) - something that didn't always happen before the changes - bettors are now able to re-invest their winnings from the morning session in the afternoon games."
While not all bettors will choose to roll over their winnings, it doesn't take much for an impact to be seen on the bottom line. "Not all of the millions of dollars in morning payouts get re-bet. In fact, it's probably only 10 to 20 percent," noted the sportsbook management team. "Still, the increased football betting lines window will create a ton of growth for us over the course of the season."
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