Streaking Ducks host Cardinal

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01/18/2007 - Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The ninth-ranked Oregon Ducks are an explosive scoring team, and they will attempt to cruise past the Stanford Cardinal in Pac-10 Conference action.

Three straight victories have enabled the Cardinal to improve to 11-4 overall and 3-2 in Pac-10 play. On Saturday, Stanford exhibited a great deal of toughness in a 71-68 overtime victory over Washington State. The Cardinal is 3-1 in true road games thus far, so don't expect the squad to be intimidated by the Eugene faithful.

Oregon which is 10-1 at home and 16-1 overall, has posted three consecutive wins since suffering its only loss of the season to USC. The three wins during the current run have all come over league opponents by five or fewer points, including a 79-77 decision over Arizona on the road on Sunday.

Keep in mind that Stanford holds a commanding 83-41 lead in the all-time series with Oregon, including seven straight wins over the Ducks.

The Cardinal is averaging 70.2 ppg this season while allowing 66.1 ppg to opponents, and the differential of 4.1 ppg is not very large for a team that owns an 11-4 overall record. The last three wins have been decided by a total of five points, proof that Stanford is more than capable of winning close games. Lawrence Hill leads the team with 15.1 ppg on 54.0 percent shooting from the field, and Anthony Goods checks in with 13.5 ppg. Robin Lopez rounds out the double-digit scorers with 10.8 ppg, and he is pulling down a team-high 6.7 rpg as well. Also impressive is the fact that the seven-foot freshman center has blocked 35 shots, accounting for more than half of the team's total of 68 rejections. Goods was the hero in the win over Washington State, as he nailed a long three-pointer with just over three seconds remaining in overtime that proved to be the difference. He finished that contest with a career-high 30 points.

Five players are averaging double figures in scoring for Oregon, which is netting 80.4 ppg while limiting opponents to 64.0 ppg. The Ducks have forced 301 turnovers in 17 games, an obvious key to their success. Aaron Brooks leads the team with 18.2 ppg, 77 assists and 29 steals, while Bryce Taylor adds 16.2 ppg on 53.1 percent shooting from the floor, including 42.6 percent from three-point range. Malik Hairston adds 14.0 ppg to the mix, and Tajuan Porter brings 12.7 ppg to the court. As for Maarty Leunen, who rounds out the group with 11.9 ppg, he is tops on the boards with 10.2 rpg. Brooks and Taylor both scored 21 points in the thrilling win over Arizona last time out. Hairston managed 18 points and eight rebounds against the Wildcats, and Leunen finished with 14 points and 14 boards. The Ducks compiled 17 assists against nine turnovers and nailed 13-of-26 three-pointers, two obvious keys to victory.

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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.

As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.

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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.

Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).

But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.

Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.

Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1

Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2

New York Giants - 9 - 2

Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).

Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.

So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.

And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.

They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.

Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.

But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.

Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.

Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.

Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.

Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?

Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.

In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.

Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.

Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.

The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.

The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.

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