[BangTheBook]

THE WEEKENDER: 8/06 - 8/07

INTRO:

This ‘weekender’ sees some tricky trivia, the NFL tackle Tokyo, the always fun ‘Hall of fame game’ in Canton, Ohio, baseball is in full swing, odds to win the Heisman trophy and Mark. B joins the ‘Winner’s Circle’…..Read on!

TRIVIA:

Who played in the NFL’s first “American Bowl”? Hint this IS a trick question.

1. Vikings vs. Cardinals
2. Bears vs. Cowboys
3. Rams vs. Broncos
4. Dolphins vs. 49rs

*ANSWER AT BOTTOM

MLB:

SATURDAY:
BRAVES (62-45) 1:20 PM FOX
CARDINALS (67-39)
Two first place teams go at it in what could be a sneak peak at the NL championship series. This game also features perhaps the two best center fielders in the game today in Andruw Jones (32HR, 82RBI, .271) and the Cards Jim Edmonds (20HR, 65RBI, .270) who between them have 13 Gold Glove awards!!!

ORIOLES (51-55) 4:05 PM FOX
RANGERS (53-52)
Two teams that are folding like chairs at a wrestling match square off here with the intention of salvaging their seasons. The Orioles were in first place for nearly all the first half of the season and many wise bettors have made a bundle betting against them here in the second half of the season. The Rangers seem to have gone into a funk since Kenny Rogers forgot his prozac and flipped out on reporters last month.

SUNDAY:
CUBS (54-52) 8:05 PM ESPN
METS (54-52)
It’s hard to imagine that two teams with as much firepower as Derek Lee (32HR, 83, .360), Aramis Ramirez (27HR, 78RBI .301), Carlos Beltran (12HR, 56RBI, .263) and Mike Piazza (12HR, 47RBI, .262) could be 13 games out of first place and in last place in their divisions respectively but that were these two fan favorites find themselves. Well, there’s always the Wild Card boys!

NFL:

SATURDAY:
FALCONS 5:00 AM ESPN
COLTS
Peyton Manning and Michael Vick lead two of the most electrifying offenses in the NFL in the “American Bowl” in Tokyo Japan this Saturday. Don’t forget we are offering this game NO JUICE TILL GAME DAY!!!!

MONDAY:
BEARS 8:00 PM ABC
DOLPHINS
Brian Urlacher and Zach Thomas are two hard nosed linebackers who will try to help their teams turn it around after disappointing 2004 campaigns. There will be plenty of intrigue too as Ricky Williams returns to the Dolphins. Head Coach Nick Saban and high profile draft picks Ronnie Brown of the Dolphins and Cedric Benson of the Bears all make their debuts in Canton!

HOT PROPS:

With football just around the corner now’s the time to place your bets on the upcoming season. Who do you think will be the NCAA’s most valuable player and win the Heisman Trophy? Here’s what our odds makers think…

Odds to win the 2005 Heisman Trophy

Charlie Whitehurst (Clem) +6000
Sam Keller ( Ariz St) +5000
Brady Quinn (ND) +5000
Omar Jacobs (Bow Green) +4000
Brad Smith (Misso) +4000
Tyler Palko (Pitt) +3500
Brian Brohm (Louis) +3000
Reggie McNeal ( Tex A and M) +2800
Leon Washington (FSU) +2500
DeAngelo Williams (Memph) +2500
Laurence Maroney ( Minn) +2500
Michael Bush (Louis) +2500
Jared Zabransky ( Boise St) +1800
Drew Tate ( Iowa) +1500
Chad Henne ( Mich) +1500
Michael Hart ( Mich) +1500
Chris Leak (FL) +1200
Ted Ginn Jr ( Ohio St) +800
Vince Young ( Tex) +650
Reggie Bush (USC) +400
Adrian Peterson ( Okla) +400
Matt Leinhart (USC) +125

WINNERS CIRCLE:

Mark B. From Huntington W.V. nailed a royal flush in our casino for $4,000!!! Yes, our casino paid out huge again this week as Mark the night owl was playing “Jacks or better” video poker at 4:24am when he kept the ace & queen of spades and drew a king, ten, jack. At 800/1 Mark’s $5 paid a whopping $4,000! You da man Mark! Welcome to the ‘Winners circle’!

TRIVIA ANSWER:

B) Bears vs. Cowboys



The Vikings defeated the Cardinals 28-10 at Wembley Stadium in London in 1983 In what was the first NFL game played outside of the U.S. The name “American Bowl” however did not come into existence until the second game played outside the U.S. In 1986, when the Bears beat the Cowboys 17-6 on the same Wembley Stadium field.