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11/23/2008 - Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eli Manning completed 26-of-33 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns as the New York Giants kept rolling with a 37-29 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
Kevin Boss, Amani Toomer and Madison Hedgecock were on the receiving end of TD passes from Manning for the Giants (10-1), who have won six consecutive games.
Derrick Ward added 69 yards and a score on 20 carries while kicker John Carney was perfect on four extra points and three field goals.
Kurt Warner threw for 351 yards, one touchdown and an interception on 32-of-52 completions for the Cardinals (7-4), whose three-game win streak was halted.
Tim Hightower scored two rushing TDs and Anquan Boldin caught 11 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown in defeat.
Manning connected with Boss on a 10-yard touchdown 45 seconds into the fourth which gave the Giants a 31-19 advantage, and Carney hit from 27 yards out with 6:17 remaining for a 15-point New York edge.
However, the Cards snuck back within 34-26 as Boldin hauled in a five-yard pass from Warner a little more than two minutes later.
The Giants recovered the onsides kick and Carney was good from 33 yards out right after the two-minute warning for a 37-26 game. Rackers countered from 44 yards to make it 37-29 after Arizona went 43 yards in eight plays.
New York made a clean recovery of Rackers' onside kick and Manning took a knee to run off the remaining seconds.
Arizona's first possession of the contest yielded a 34-yard field goal from Rackers. Warner went 6-for-7 during the 63-yard drive.
Ward's one-yard TD run put the Giants ahead 7-3 early in the second quarter, but the Cards went up 9-7 on the next drive after a failed conversion pass followed Hightower's four-yard run.
Hixon returned the kickoff 83 yards deep into Cardinals territory, and Carney ended New York's series with a 33-yard make.
The following Arizona drive stalled inside the five, and Rackers made a 20- yarder to put the home team up 12-10.
Hixon returned that kick 68 yards and Toomer's 12-yard catch for a score put the Giants up 17-12 with 1:08 left in the half.
Hedgecock's two-yard reception early in the third pushed the Big Blue lead to 24-12.
A pass interference penalty in the end zone aided Arizona's next scoring drive, as Hightower plunged in from the one with 49 seconds left in the third quarter.
Game Notes
Giants wideout Plaxico Burress aggravated hamstring injury in the second quarter and did not return...New York also played without running back Brandon Jacobs...Hixon racked up 200 total return yards...Arizona outgained New York 371-321...The Giants head to the nation's capital to face division rival Washington next Sunday, while the Cardinals travel to Philadelphia on Thanksgiving.
<< Giants WR Burress leaves game
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress
left Sunday's win against the Arizona Cardinals in the second quarter with a
hamstring injury.
Burress was a non-factor in the Giants' 37-29 triumph, and did not
<< Samuels helps Louisville cruise past South Alabama
Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Samardo Samuels scored 24 points as
third-ranked Louisville breezed past South Alabama, 81-54, at Freedom Hall.
Terrence Williams had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals (2-0).
Earl Cl
<< Campbell, Suisham help Redskins get by Seahawks
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Campbell threw for 206 yards and a
touchdown, and Shaun Suisham's 22-yard field goal in the fourth quarter proved
to be the deciding points, as the Washington Redskins escaped Qwest Field with
a 20-17
<< Harden carries 15th-ranked Sun Devils over Pepperdine
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Harden poured in 33 points and grabbed 12
rebounds to lead 15th-ranked Arizona State to a 61-40 victory over the
Pepperdine Waves.
Harden was 12-of-19 from the field and 8-of-9 from the foul line
Burris, stout defense lifts Calgary to Grey Cup title >>
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Henry Burris threw for 328 yards and a score
and Sandro DeAngelis hit all five of his field goal attempts, including two in
the fourth quarter, to help the Calgary Stampeders capture the 96th Grey Cup
champio
Turner scores four times to lead Falcons over Panthers >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Turner rushed for 117 yards and a
career-high four touchdowns, including three in the fourth quarter, as the
Atlanta Falcons upended the NFC South-leading Carolina Panthers, 45-28.
Matt Ryan
Thabeet, Huskies advance past Hurricanes >>
St. Thomas, VI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hasheem Thabeet finished with 19 points, 14
rebounds and seven blocks to lead second-ranked Connecticut to a 76-63 victory
over No. 17 Miami-Florida in a semifinal of the Paradise Jam tournament.
A.J. Pric
NCAA Division I Football Championship Field Announced >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Madison earned the No. 1 seed for the
first time as the 16-team field for the NCAA Division I Football Championships
was announced on Sunday evening.
The Dukes (10-1) were joined by three-time nation
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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