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12/29/2006 - Baton Rouge, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Glen Davis scored a game-high 19 points and also had 13 rebounds as the 17th-ranked LSU Tigers rolled over Mississippi Valley State, 92-58, in the second day of the three-game, three-day Hispanic College Fund Classic at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Davis finished 7-of-11 from the field, recording his eighth double-double of the season. He also dished out four assists and had three steals in a complete effort.
Tasmin Mitchell added 17 points for LSU (9-3), which has won two straight. Dameon Mason contributed 13 points while Terry Martin and Darnell Lazare scored 10 apiece.
Larry Cox had nine points and eight rebounds for the Delta Devils (3-8), who had a modest two-game winning streak halted and didn't have a player in double figures on the night. Carl Lucas and Jefferey Price each donated seven points.
The Tigers made six of their first seven shots of the game, with three coming from beyond the arc, as they jumped out to an early 15-0 lead and never came close to trailing in the contest.
LSU led 47-21 at the break, and the only drama came with 12:16 remaining in the contest, as Tigers head coach John Brady was ejected after receiving two technical fouls.
The Tigers shot 56 percent from the floor in the contest, while Mississippi Valley State shot just 39 percent and turned the ball over 17 times, leading to 21 points for LSU.
Game Notes
The game was the first ever meeting between the schools...LSU outscored Wright State, 35-17, over the final 20 minutes and won its first-night game in the tournament on Wednesday...Mississippi Valley State fell to Samford, 64-59 in Wednesday's opening round...The attendance was 8,522.
<< Cowboys Look to Right Ship Against Dreadful Lions
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Don't expect the Dallas Cowboys to unfurl a "We're Back!"
banner after Sunday afternoon's tilt with the Detroit Lions.
The Cowboys are more than likely to beat the Lions at Texas Stadium in Week
17, and a decisive win appe
<< Bears Might Stand Between Pack, Postseason
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's official. This Roger Goodell guy is a genius.
But it's not because the league's new "flex scheduling" plan allowed him to
slot Brett Favre in the weekend's NBC spotlight for what could be the final
game of his career,
<< Chiefs-Jags Winner Likely Left Out of Playoffs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In the end, will it really matter?
That existential question faces the Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City
Chiefs on Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium, as the two AFC Wild Card
hopefuls will seek a win and some substa
<< Shaky Colts Need to Heat Up Against Dolphins
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indianapolis Colts will have one final chance to build
some sorely-needed momentum for the upcoming playoffs this Sunday, when
the reeling AFC South champions conclude their regular season by hosting the
Miami Dolphins.
Ravens Can Earn A Rest With Triumph over Bills >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Ravens are already division champions, but
have more to gain this Sunday when they close out their regular season against
the visiting Buffalo Bills.
The Ravens will head into the playoffs as winners of the A
Falcons Could Face End of an Era In Philly >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday afternoon's contest between the Philadelphia Eagles
and Atlanta Falcons could have postseason implications for one team, both
teams, or neither team. No matter the scenario, there will be some intriguing
storylines at
Nowitzki helps Mavs eclipse Suns >>
Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dirk Nowitzki drilled the game-winning jumper
with 1.3 seconds left in regulation and finished with 27 points to lift Dallas
over Phoenix, 101-99, at American Airlines Center.
Nowitzki, who took a pass in th
Can Cardinals Separate Chargers from No. 1 Seed? >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It has been 26 years since the San Diego Chargers entered
the AFC playoffs as the conference's top seed. The wait is about to end,
however, provided the high-powered club can defeat the Arizona Cardinals in
this Sunday's regu
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
Will Ohio State continue to run the table in College Football betting odds?
MySportsbook.com favors Buckeyes, Fighting Irish and Golden Bears in this weekend's big games.
NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 21 - My Sportsbook NCAA football fans: things are beginning to get really interesting on college football's national stage. Following last weekend's "Separation Saturday", which included five teams ranked in the top 15 dropping games, the BCS Championship picture is beginning to take shape - with Ohio State leading the charge. And, according to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, the number-one-ranked Buckeyes will continue their winning ways this weekend.
Revenge will be the name of the game in Columbus this Saturday, as Ohio State looks to even the score following last season's loss to Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions. Although Penn State are listed as 16.5 point underdogs, they are 11-10 all-time versus the Buckeyes. Paterno and the Lions, however, will have to shut down Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith who has thrown for 769 yards and seven touchdowns this season.
Speaking of revenge, Notre Dame will be out for some against Michigan State, following last year's 44 - 41 overtime loss to the Spartans in South Bend. The thirteenth-ranked Irish, listed as a 3-point favorite, will also be looking to avenge last Saturday's thrashing from the Michigan Wolverines. The Spartans, meanwhile, have won seven of the last nine match-ups against Notre Dame and are coming off an impressive 38-23 victory over Pittsburgh.
Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.
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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6
For complete NCAA football odds and World Series odds please visit MySportsbook.com
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