Kafka's late TD pass boosts East over West
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01/23/2010 - Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Northwestern's Mike Kafka connected with Penn State's Andrew Quarless on a two-yard touchdown pass with six seconds remaining to give the East a 13-10 victory over the West in the 85th edition of the East-West Shrine Game.
Kafka completed 18-of-27 passes for 150 yards for the East, which snapped a three-game slide in the series with a 24-19 victory last year. Blair White of Michigan State hauled in seven passes for 93 yards. Ole Miss' Joshua Shene made a pair of field goals for the victors.
Max Hall of BYU connected on 7-of-12 passes for 119 yards, a touchdown, and an interception for the West, which had three turnovers in the game. BYU's Dennis Pitta led the receiving corps with four catches for 72 yards. Ryan Moya of UCLA had a TD catch in defeat.
Trailing 6-3 early in the fourth, the West put together a five-play, 78-yard scoring drive to go in front. Nathan Overbay and Pitta made catches of 41 and 17 yards, respectively, to move the ball to the East eight-yard line. Hall then found Moya in the end zone to give the West a 10-6 margin with seven minutes to play.
The East drove into the red zone on the ensuing possession, but couldn't convert on 4th-and-6.
Following a punt by the West, the East took over at its own 45 with 1:49 to go. Kafka and the East converted on three third downs during the 11-play game- winning drive.
Freddie Barnes of Bowling Green highlighted the march with three consecutive catches of 12, seven, and 10 yards. Faced with a 2nd-and-10 from the West 11, Kafka eluded a sack and scrambled for nine yards. The East called a timeout with 12 seconds left before Kafka found Quarless in the back of the end zone for the victory.
Following a scoreless first quarter, Texas' Hunter Lawrence got the West on the board by making a 47-yard field goal with 5:56 left.
Shene made a pair of field goals -- 44 and 40 yards -- in the final 2:15 of the half to give the East a 6-3 edge at the break.
Neither team scored in the third, setting up the exiting finish.
Game Notes
The West owns a 45-35-5 advantage in the all-time series...UConn's Andre Dixon led the East's rushing attack with 24 yards on seven carries...North Dakota State's Pat Paschall carried the ball seven times for 28 yards for the West...Romeo Crennel was the head coach of the East, while Marty Schottenheimer directed the West. Crennel, who just last week signed on to become the defensive coordinator for the Chiefs, spent four years (2005-08) as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, a position held at one time by Schottenheimer in the 1980s before the latter took the reins for KC between 1989-1998.
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”
“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”
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Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
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"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
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"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
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"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
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Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
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Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
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It's less than a month until the NHL hockey betting season opens at MySportsbook.com and preparations are underway for another battle in the race to hoist Lord Stanley's mug in 2007.
As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.
Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
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