09/04/2008 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montreal teammates Avon Cobourne and Damon Duval, and Saskatchewan linebacker Maurice Lloyd were honored as CFL Players of the Month for August.
Cobourne earned offensive honors for the Alouettes by rushing for more than 100 yards in each of his three games and adding two touchdowns. He leads the league in rushing yards with 815 and has 487 receiving yards. Cobourne's seven total touchdowns rank third in the CFL.
Lloyd came away with the defensive award after registering 19 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble in the month.
Duval picked up the special teams honor to round out the monthly accolades. He made 11 of 13 field goals, including a 52-yarder, and was a perfect 9-for-9 on converts. Duval's 47 points led all players in August.
<< Reds P Fogg leaves with groin strain
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-handed pitcher Josh Fogg left
Thursday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a strained right groin
suffered while running the base paths.
Fogg sustained the injury while running ho
<< Raymond, Stosur reach doubles final in New York
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 10th-seeded tandem of American
Lisa Raymond and Aussie Samantha Stosur secured a spot in the women's doubles
final at the 2008 U.S. Open.
Raymond-Stosur stopped a fourth-seeded pairing
<< Rain washes out Thursday action at BMW Championship
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Heavy rain washed out all first-round play
Thursday at the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club.
The original plan was for the start of play to be pushed back two hours, but
once it appeared clear
<< Daunte Culpepper retires
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Daunte Culpepper has announced his retirement from the NFL,
bringing an end to a nine-year career for the quarterback that started with
promise and finished with injury-filled disappointment.
The former Minnesota Viki
Newcastle coach Keegan quits >>
Newcastle, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Keegan has ended several days of
speculation over his future at Newcastle United by confirming his resignation
Thursday as the club's manager.
The 57-year-old had been locked in talks with the
Champions Tour changes eligibility for 2009 >>
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Champions Tour announced on
Thursday changes to eligibility rules starting in the 2009 season.
The top-five finishers at the 2008 National Qualifying Tournament, scheduled
for November 18
Angels' Weaver has start pushed back >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver had
his start on Friday pushed back to Monday after the right-hander sustained
cuts on the middle and ring fingers of his pitching hand.
The injury occurred whe
Kip Deville one to catch in Woodbine Mile >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kip Deville, winner of the 2007 Breeders' Cup
Mile, is the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Sunday's $1 million Woodbine Mile.
The race is one of the "Win and You're In" events that guarantees a spot for
the wi
Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.
A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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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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