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Golf Training Programs For All Golfers
Golf training programs designed to help condition the body for better golf have really taken off in recent years. Male golfers have not been the only beneficiaries. Many women golfers have also taken full advantage of what must be the most...
Music's Outstanding Benefits to Your Health: Seven Reasons to Listen to Some Music Now
Copyright 2005 Linda Slater Dowling
It's no secret that college students love music. Whether on your
way to class, heading to the gym or hanging out with friends,
music just makes us feel good. And depending on the style you
choose, it can...
Running and Racing Your RC Car
Proper maintenance of your RC vehicle is the key to achieving the best possible results. While the car may still perform while not in its best form, you can be assured that keeping it up will make certain even better results. By keeping your car...
The History of Surfing
The history of surfing began in the South Sea Islands many thousands of years ago and was brought to Hawaii by the first settlers from that area where it was a favorite pastime of the Hawaiian men.
19th Century history of surfing
During...
The Miami Dolphins expect to be busy in the off-season:
The Miami Dolphins improved to 7-7 on the year with a 24-20 win
over the New York Jets on Sunday, and are looking to be
aggressive in added pieces in 2006 for a Super Bowl run.
They are said to be "very interested" in landing...
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Ness Notes (Jan 5)
Here's the simple strategy all sports bettors SHOULD have
employed over the recently completed 2005-06 bowl season. Rule
No. 1 was to take any underdog of six or more points. That would
have produced a record of 13-1 ATS, as only Louisville (at
plus-9 1/2) failed to cover in that pointspread range in the
Gator Bowl (lost 35-24 to Va Tech). That's a winning percentage
of 92.9 percent.
Also, one should have played each and every one of those 'dogs'
on the moneyline, as EIGHT of the 13 pointspread winners also
won their games SU. Lastly, all sports bettors should have
blindly played each bowl game 'over' the total, as 19 of the 28
games went over, for a winning percentage of 67.9 percent. See
how easy it SHOULD have been?
BIG conference or SMALL, the money is GREEN either way when you
WIN! I have two HUGE Conference Games of the Month on Thursday.
One in the Horizon League and the other in the Big-10. Get them
BOTH, right now. My free play for Thursday is Hofstra
minus-the-points hosting James Madison at 7:00 ET.
The national championship game turned into a "classic", after a
very slow start. Looking back, Reggie Bush is lucky the Heisman
voters voted prior to this game, as it's difficult to imagine
anyone NOT voting for Vince Young off his 467-yard performance
last night. After Bush's bone-headed lateral cost USC a chance
to go up 14-0 in the early second quarter, he was hardly a
factor in the game. Pete Carroll's decision to go for it on
4th-and-one at the Texas 17-yard line (up 7-0), was an early
momentum-changer as well.
Opponents of instant-replay have to be hiding their heads this
morning, as the system still has many flaws. "They" got it right
on the second-quarter interception of Leinart at the goal line
but never reviewed (why?) the play in which Young (whose knee
was CLEARLY DOWN around the 10!) had pitched back to a trailing
Selvin Young for a TD that put the Longhorns up 9-7. Then,
in
the most egregious error of the night, the "guys in the booth"
failed to rule that Texas' Jamaal Charles had caught the ball
(plus made a football move) and then fumbled. Rather, they
upheld the incomplete ruling on the field! At the time, USC led
31-23 (about 11 minutes left), and would have had the ball
around the Texas 40-yard line.
In the end though, USC saw it's 34-game winning streak snapped
plus lost its chance at an unprecedented third consecutive
national title, when it couldn't convert on a 4th-and-two play
from the Texas 45 with just over two minutes remaining. In four
previous second-half possessions, USC had TD drives of (7-62),
(9-74), (9-80) and (4-81).
In tonight's NBA, TNT features a doubleheader, but it's hardly
ready-for-primetime material. The Rockets are in Cleveland where
the Cavs are favored by 7 1/2 points and the total is 191 1/2.
In the nightcap, the Pacers visit Denver, where the Nuggets are
favored by eight with a total of 196.
College basketball's 46-game schedule is highlighted by ESPN2's
tripleheader of games, beginning at 7:00 ET. In the opener, it's
a Big East clash with 9-0 Villanova visiting 11-1 Louisville
('Cats are a three-point favorite with a total of 143 1/2). Next
up is the Big-10, where 12-2 Michigan St visits 14-0 Illinois
(Illini are favored by 6 1/2 with a total of 137). At 11:00 ET
(if you are still up), 12-1 Air Force hosts 8-3 BYU in a MWC
contest. The "Flyboys" are 6 1/2 -point favorites with a total
of 121.
An NFL season recap plus wild card coverage will be the major
focus of Friday's Saturday's and Sunday's Ness Notes. Ness Notes
are available by 1:00 ET Monday through Friday and 7:00 ET on
Saturday and Sunday.
About the author:
Larry Ness is a documented member of the Professional
Handicappers League. Read all of his articles at www.procappers.co
m/Larry_Ness.htm
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