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11/17/2007 - Homestead, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Ragan won the pole for Saturday afternoon's Ford 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The No.6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford circled the 1.5-mile oval in 31.129 seconds (176.472 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Ragan's second of the season and second of his Busch career. His first career pole was in April at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Starting alongside Ragan will be 2007 Busch Series champion Carl Edwards, who posted a time of 31.312 seconds.
The drivers championship has been locked up for a couple of months by Edwards and the No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford team and the owner's championship will be clinched by Richard Childress Racing and the No.29 Chevrolet team when the car starts the final race.
It was Edwards' first Busch Series championship and the fourth Busch owner's title for Richard Childress. It is the 11th overall title for RCR which includes six Nextel Cup wins and one Craftsman Truck Series championship. RCR drivers have won 12 times this season - six by Kevin Harvick, two from Clint Bowyer and four by Jeff Burton.
This is just the second time that the driver and owner titles have been split. In 2003 RCR with drivers Harvick and Johnny Sauter won the owner title while Brian Vickers won the driver's crown.
Dave Blaney (31.334) and Harvick (31.389) will make up row two as "Cup" drivers took the top-five positions.
Sam Hornish Jr. qualified sixth and was the only non-Nextel Cup driver in the first four rows.
The race is scheduled to drop the green flag at 4:30 p.m. (et).
<< Around the CFL: Jimenez can suit up for CFL playoffs
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - An arbitrator ruled Friday B.C. Lions offensive
lineman Jason Jimenez can play in the West Division final this weekend.
The CFL slapped Jimenez with a one-game suspension for delivering an illegal
hit on Calg
<< Cherundolo leads USA to win over South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The United States closed out the
year with a 1-0 win over South Africa on Saturday as Steve Cherundolo scored
in the 28th minute at Ellis Park.
The win closes out a successful year under first
<< Rolling Sens make a stop in Toronto
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Ottawa Senators will try to continue their early-season
dominance this evening, when they pay a visit to Air Canada Centre for a
battle with the rival Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Senators are off to an amazing 15-2-0 star
<< Sharks host Ducks in Pacific showdown
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A battle between the top two teams in the Pacific Division
is on the slate for tonight, as the front-running San Jose Sharks welcome the
second-place Anaheim Ducks to HP Pavilion.
The Sharks lead the standings with 24 poin
Panucci's late winner crushes Scottish dreams >>
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Christian Panucci scored in stoppage
time to give Italy a 2-1 win over Scotland at Hampden Park on Saturday in EURO
2008 qualifying.
The result puts Italy through to the next round along with F
Cardinal sin: Stanford stunned by Siena >>
Albany, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Duell led the way for Siena with 16 points,
as the Saints pulled away in the second half to upset 20th-ranked Stanford,
79-67.
Alex Franklin scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Kenny Hasbrou
Buckeyes dominate at the Big House to capture Big Ten crown >>
Ann Arbor, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Wells ran for a career-high 222 yards
and a pair of touchdowns, leading seventh-ranked Ohio State to a 14-3 victory
over No. 23 Michigan in the latest edition of the storied rivalry between the
Big Ten
Williams leads No. 20 Illinois past Northwestern >>
Champaign, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juice Williams threw a touchdown pass and ran
for a pair of scores to lead 20th-ranked Illinois to a 41-22 win over
Northwestern in a Big Ten matchup at Memorial Stadium.
Williams carried the ball
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.
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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