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Canes celebrate to begin 2006-07 NHL slate; All-Star Game mid-weekHockey Betting Lines07/12/2006 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 2006-07 National Hockey League season will open on Wednesday, October 4 with the Stanley Cup-champion Carolina Hurricanes highlighting opening night action. The Canes take on the Buffalo Sabres at RBC Center in their season opener, and before the game will raise their championship banner to the rafters. Carolina defeated Buffalo in the Eastern Conference finals before toppling the Edmonton Oilers in the championship round. The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs will get together at Air Canada Centre on opening night, while the Dallas Stars visit the Colorado Avalanche to round out the action. A heavier crop of games will be featured on October 5, with 10 games on the docket. The NHL will continue to stress intra-conference and intra-division play in 2006-07. Each club will play four home games and four road games against its divisional opponents, and will skate twice at home and twice on the road against each of the 10 non-division clubs in its conference. The remaining 10 games will be outside the conference -- five at home against the clubs in a designated division and five on the road against a different designated division. For inter-conference play in 2006-07, Southeast Division teams visit the Northeast Division teams and play at home against the Pacific Division; the Pacific Division teams visit the Southeast Division and receive the Atlantic Division, and the Central Division teams visit the Atlantic Division and play at home against the Northeast Division. Starting March 23, teams will only play clubs in their own conference. The NHL's regular season will conclude on April 8, before Stanley Cup playoff action begins April 11. The NHL All-Star Game has returned to the schedule after taking a break because of the league's participation in the Olympics this year. The 2007 event will be played at AmericanAirlines Center in Dallas on Wednesday, January 24. This marks the first time that the All-Star break will take place mid-week since 1989. Among other key dates to watch are November 11, when the Maple Leafs host the Montreal Canadiens in the Hall of Fame Game, and December 6 when the Hurricanes visit the Oilers in a Stanley Cup Finals rematch.
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College Football Betting Tips From a ProWhile the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly. Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules. The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers. What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by. These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end. College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well. Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football. Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play. Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration. I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key. Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season. It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage. 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