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By Kelso Sturgeon

            The countdown to the 2009 National Football League season is underway, with training camps set to open their doors for business in less than four weeks. The first pre-season game is scheduled for Sunday, August 9, when the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans meet on national television in the Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio.

            New England remains the 9-2 favorite to win this season’s Super Bowl, while defending champion Pittsburgh is the second choice at a generous 9-1. The San Diego Chargers, New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles are all co-third picks at 10-1.

            The 120 NCAA I-A college football teams will report to their respective schools no later than August 1 and defending national champion Florida has been bet down to 9-5 in Las Vegas to win its second straight title. Oklahoma—the team the Gators beat in the BCS championship game to win it all last season—is the second choice at 7-2.

            Rounding out the top ten, with their odds, are Texas at 6-1, Southern California, and Ohio State at 8-1, Alabama at 15-1, LSU and Oregon at 18-1 and Virginia Tech and Penn State at 25-1. The suckers can get 40-1 on Notre Dame.

            With the season drawing close, not a day passes that one does not pick up some tidbit of information from either the NFL or the colleges and at the top of today’s list is the opinion of many pro scouts and insiders that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders will be the two worst teams in the NFL this season.

            Scouts say the Oakland Raiders are in total chaos, with their fourth coach (Tom Cable) in five years and with a quarterback who has no chance to make it big in the NFL. The quarterback, of course, is former first-round draft pick JaMarcus Russell, a man already well-known for his lack of work ethic, his inability to lead and little ability to read the complex offenses he faces each week.

            As for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, this is a team with no quarterback—a rather essential factor and requirement for success. Listed first on the depth chart at this writing is Luke McCown, and he was the third string quarterback there last year. Backing him up is rookie Josh Freeman who most say is a work in progress.

            Now factor in new head coach Raheem Morris, a 32-year-old who coached the Bucs defensive backs the past two seasons. A complete unknown, he was chosen on the basis of his “enthusiasm”.

            Do not slay the messenger. These are not necessarily my opinions but come directly from those who work in the NFL.

NFC WEST SPREAD NOTES

ARIZONA CARDINALS -

Last year's fabulous run to Super Bowl XLIII was jam-packed with great pointspread wins including four consecutive post-season covers in as many games (against Atlanta, at Carolina, Philadelphia and then versus Pittsburgh in the SB). Overall, the '08 Redbirds finished 13-7 ATS (against the spread) and that included a sizzling 8-2 spread log as betting favorites and a 7-3 ATS home mark.

Note that Arizona's recent spread history includes a solid 18-13 ATS mark when in the underdog role the past three years and the Cards are 17-11 versus the vig overall against non-NFC West while dating back to late in the 2006 campaign.

In terms of head-to-head rivalries, note that Arizona has covered eight of its last 11 games against the St. Louis Rams and that includes a clean sweep last year when the Cards won 34-13 at three-point underdog St. Loo and then followed that up with a resounding 34-10 triumph as 14½-point home favorites.

ST. LOUIS RAMS -

It's certainly no surprise that the Rams have suffered through four double-digit losing spread seasons in the past five years and that includes last year's 6-10 ATS mark.

Add 'em all up and since the start of the 2004 the Rams are a collective 32-50 versus the vig (a .390 winning rate) and it's worth noting that St. Louis has experienced spread losing streaks of four-or-more games in a row some six times since the start of the '05 season with last year's season-opening four-game ATS losing skid getting matched later in the year (Week 9-through-12).
When it comes to head-to-head rivalries, the Rams have been toasted spreadwise in recent years by the San Francisco 49ers that have notched spread wins in seven of the last nine matchups. Note that St. Louis is a really rotten 1-7-1 against the Las Vegas prices in season-opening tilts dating back to the 2000 season with the lone Week 1 spread win during this time occurring in 2006 with an 18-10 win against 3½-point road favorite Denver.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS -

Last year's late-season "gold rush" (5-2-1 ATS following the Week 9 bye) enabled the Niners to at least get close to the .500 mark spreadwise for the year as San Fran finished 7-8-1 against the odds.

Note that marked the sixth time in the past seven years that the 49ers finished at or below the break-even mark and overall San Francisco is 47-64-3 ATS (a .423 winning rate) since the start of the 2002 season.

The Bay Area bunch is a brutal 11-21-1 spreadwise when placed in the favorite's role since the start of '02 - last year the Niners were 2-2-1 ATS as chalk sides - and SF is just 11-18-1 against the odds when playing non-divisional opponents the past three years but it may interest you to know that the 49ers went 3-1-1 ATS in non-NFC West affairs following the Oct. 21 head coach hire of Mike Singletary.

The Niners have not experienced a spread winning streak of more than three-in-a-row since the 2006 season when the then-Mike Nolan coached club notched four spread "W's" and note all four of those spread wins occurred as underdog sides.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS -

Last year's club wasn't quite as toxic spreadwise (7-8-1) as it was straightup (4-12) and optimists will be quick to point out that Seattle covered three of its final four games in 2008 including a Week 16 outright win against the 3½-point favored New York Jets.

In all, Seattle is 36-33-2 ATS the past four years but dig a little bit deeper here and you see that the Seahawks are a sub-par 13-22 versus the vig in all away games since the start of the 2005 season but the flip side says the 'Hawks have covered eight of their last 12 divisional games dating back to the start of the 2007 season.

Seattle - as was the case above with St. Louis - is not exactly a great bet coming out of the starting gate as the Seahawks have failed to cover seven of their last 10 Week 1 affairs but might that be different now that Mike Holmgren is gone as the team's head coach? P.S., in the three seasons where Jim Mora - Seattle's new head coach - was the boss-man of the Atlanta Falcons (2004-06) that team covered two of its three season lid-lifters.

NFL TRAINING CAMPS

American Football Conference
(First date is for the rookies to report)

BALTIMORE RAVENS--McDaniel College, Westminster, Md., July 27; July 29.

BUFFALO BILLS--St. John Fisher College, Pittsford, N.Y., both July 25.

CINCINNATI BENGAL--Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., both July 30.

CLEVELAND BROWNS--Browns Training Facility, Berea, Ohio, July 24; July 31.

DENVER BRONCOS--Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Centre, Englewood, Colo., both July 30.

HOUSTON TEXANS--Methodist Training Center, Houston, July 26; July 31.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Rose-Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, Ind., both Aug. 2.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS--Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla., both Aug. 2.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS--Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, Wis., both July 31.

MIAMI DOLPHINS--Dolphins Training Center, Davie, Fla., both Aug. 1.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass., July 26; July 29.

NEW YORK JETS--Cortland State, Cortland, N.Y., July 27; July 30.

OAKLAND RAIDERS--Napa Valley Marriott, Napa, Calif., both July 29.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS--Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., both July 31.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS--Chargers Park, San Diego, July 26; July 31.

TENNESSEE TITANS--Baptist Sports Park, Nashville, Tenn., both July 30.

National Football Conference

ARIZONA CARDINALS--Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz., both July 29.

ATLANTA FALCONS--Falcons Training Facility, Flowery Branch, Ga., both July 31.

CAROLINA PANTHERS--Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., both Aug 2.

CHICAGO BEARS--Olivet Nazarene College, Bourbonnais, Ill., both July 31.

DALLAS COWBOYS--Alamodome, San Antonio, both July 29.

DETROIT LIONS--Lions Training Facility, Allen Park, Mich., both July 31.

GREEN BAY PACKERS--St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wis., both July 31.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Minnesota State-Mankato, both July 30.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS--New Orleans Saints Training Facility, Metairie, La., both July 30.

NEW YORK GIANTS--University of Albany, N.Y., both Aug. 3.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES--Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., July 26; July 29.

ST. LOUIS RAMS--Russell Training Center, Earth City, Mo., July 30; July 31.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Marie P. DeBartolo Sports Center, Santa Clara, Calif., July 28; July 30.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Virginia Mason Athletic Center, Renton, Wash., July 30; July 31.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS--One Buccaneer Place, Tampa, Fla., both July 31.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., both July 29.

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