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03/13/2008 - Oldsmar, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner War Pass will be the overwhelming favorite for Saturday's $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby. The 2007 champion two-year-old will face six challengers in the 1 1/16 mile race.
War Pass will attempt to become the second consecutive two-year-old champ to win the Tampa Bay Derby. Street Sense won last year's race on his way to becoming the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to capture the Kentucky Derby.
Trained by Nick Zito, War Pass will break from post three with regular rider Cornelio Velasquez aboard. The colt opened his 2008 season with a dominating win in an allowance race last month at Gulfstream Park.
War Pass is undefeated in five lifetime starts for owner Robert LaPenta with earnings of better than $1.4 million.
"I think this one will be a little bit more of a race for him," said LaPenta. "It'll be 1 1/16 miles, it'll be over a new track, and we're just looking for him to continue to move forward."
Kentucky Derby winning trainer Barclay Tagg will saddle Big Truck on Saturday. Big Truck was second in Tampa Bay Downs' Sam F. Davis Stakes in February. The three-year-old will be ridden by Eibar Coa from post six.
Owned by Eric Fein, Big Truck has won two of six starts for $156,880. He was fifth in the Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park in January and fourth in the Remsen Stakes last November.
Atoned, second in the Remsen Stakes, has drawn the far outside post with former champion jockey John Velazquez riding. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Atoned is owned by Dogwood Stable.
The colt has finished second in his last three starts after winning the Continental Mile at Monmouth Park in August. He has earned $136,757 in seven starts with two wins and four second-place results.
Here is the complete field for the Tampa Bay Derby in post position order: Cigar Man, Ron Allen; Gentleman James, David Amiss; War Pass, Cornelio Velasquez; Make Me Zach, Jose Rivera II; Dynamic Wayne, Pablo Morales; Big Truck, Eibar Coa and Atoned, John Velazquez.
The race has a scheduled post-time of 5:50 p.m. (et).
<< Giants sign LB Danny Clark
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Super Bowl champion New York Giants
have signed linebacker Danny Clark to an undisclosed contract.
Clark has played with Jacksonville, Oakland, New Orleans and Houston during
his eight-year NFL
<< D.C., Houston settle for ties in Champions' Cup
Kingston, Jamaica (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United's Devon McTavish scored just
before the end of the first half, but Harbour View FC battled for a 1-1 draw
Wednesday with a late goal from Lovel Palmer in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
McTavi
<< Kesler, Canucks skate past Kings
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Kesler scored the tying goal late in
regulation and netted the winner 46 seconds into overtime, as Vancouver
continued its push for a playoff spot with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles
Kings.
<< Iginla sets Calgary goal mark in win over Blues
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jarome Iginla became Calgary's all-time
leading goal scorer, posting marker No. 365 to guide the Flames past St.
Louis, 7-3, at the Pengrowth Saddledome.
Iginla passed Theo Fleury with his 41st
Man City loans goalie Schmeichel to Coventry >>
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coventry City signed goalkeeper Kasper
Schmeichel on loan from Manchester City on Wednesday.
The 21 year-old shot-stopper has joined the relegation-plagued Sky Blues on
loan until the end of the sea
Henry denies he's unhappy at Barcelona >>
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thierry Henry has denied reports that he
is unhappy in Barcelona, but has conceded that matters off the pitch have led
to a troubled start to life in Spain.
The France international was rumored to be
Balanced attack lifts Xavier past Dayton in A-10 quarters >>
Atlantic City, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Duncan led five Xavier players in
double-digits with 16 points, as the 10th-ranked Musketeers downed Dayton,
74-65, in quarterfinal action at the Atlantic-10 Tournament.
C.J. Anderson finish
Lions release Jones, Edwards >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Lions released running back Kevin
Jones and defensive end Kalimba Edwards on Thursday.
Jones gained 581 yards with a career-best eight rushing TDs for Detroit last
season, before a knee injury s
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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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