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The University of North Carolina used a 21 yard field goal on the final play of the game to pull a big college football upset over #13 Virginia Tech on Thursday night, winning by a final score of 20-17. The Tar Heels’ #8 ranked defense proved as tenacious as their high national status would suggest, and gave the Hokies fits throughout. North Carolina led for most of the game, but withstood a late game Virginia Tech comeback bid to take the win. It was North Carolina’s first ACC Conference win of the season.

College football betting enthusiasts who took North Carolina as +16′ road underdogs were never in serious doubt about the eventual payday they’d receive as the Tar Heels never trailed by more than three points. The Tar Heels improved to 3-4 against the college football pointspread, while the Hokies dropped to 3-5 versus the money. The 37 combined points scored went UNDER the posted total of 43′.

Tar Heels’ QB T.J. Yates was in a state of disbelief after the narrow road victory:

“I’ve never really had this feeling before. Kicking it at the last second? It just sends chills down your spine.”

Running back Shaun Draughn spoke of the team’s priority to bounce back quickly after they blew a big lead in a loss to Florida State last week:

“We knew we had to get back to the drawing board. To come back and play the way we did definitely speaks volumes about our team.”

In the Hokies’ locker room, linebacker Cody Grimm spoke of his team’s need to regain their focus:

“I think the motivation is to come out here so you don’t feel like this again. Ten wins is one thing, but I don’t want to feel like this any more and the only way to do that is to win.”

Running back Ryan Williams felt doubly bad about the loss, as his late game fumble cemented the victory for North Carolina:

“As of right now, there probably isn’t really anything they can say to lift me up because regardless of what anybody says, personally I feel like I kind of took the game away from us today. It was on the line, it was in my hands and I fumbled.”

The Hokies will play against next Thursday night, heading to Greenville, NC to face the Skip Holtz coached East Carolina Pirates. They’ll play at Maryland on Saturday, November 15 before returning home a week later to host North Carolina State. North Carolina plays their next two at home, starting a week from Saturday against Duke. Miami will come in the following week before the Tar Heels hit the road to play at Boston College on November 21.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and respected authority on World Cup betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

The Atlanta Falcons are off to a fast start this season, and on Sunday used a potent offensive attack to top the Carolina Panthers 28-20 at the Georgia Dome. QB Matt Ryan threw a career high three touchdown passes, including one to his new favorite receiver Tony Gonzalez. The attack was well balanced, thanks in large part to running back Michael Turner who ran for 105 yards and a touchdown.

NFL football betting devotees who invested in the Falcons as -6 home favorites were rewarded with the pointspread cover. The Falcons have won and covered both games this season for a 2-0 record both straight up and against the spread. The Panthers, meanwhile, have dropped both of their 2009 contests straight up and to the number.

The offseason acquisition of Gonzalez has worked to a benefit of both so far. In his first two games in a Falcons uniform the future Hall of Famer has 12 catches for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Gonzalez wanted out of Kansas City to play for a contender, and hes found himself on a talented young Falcons team with a QB that already appears destined for superstardom.

Afterwards, Gonzalez admitted that he couldn’t be happier with how things have gone so far:

“Not a bad start at all. It’s just great to be part of a team like this.”

Quarterback Matt Ryan was full of compliments for his tight end in his postgame comments:

“He’s one of the greatest tight ends of all time. That was a huge pickup for us. He makes big plays for us in different situations when we need him. I’ve enjoyed playing with him thus far.”

Despite the loss, Carolinas Jake Delhomme was relieved to put the horrible performance of the opening week behind him. This week only he gave up one interception during a late game rally attempt:

“It couldn’t be any worse than last week. I felt good out there today. Last week, I put too much pressure on myself. This week, I got back to being just plain Jake.”

The Panthers will head to Dallas for a game against the Cowboys next Monday night. Carolina is a +9 road underdog in that contest with the total set at 46. Theyll enjoy a bye week before returning to action at home against the Washington Redskins on October 11th. Atlanta has a pair of tough road games on the docket, beginning this weekend against the New England Patriots at Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Falcons have been installed as +4 road underdogs with the total set at 44. Theyll have a week off before a game that doesnt look quite so easy any more, heading cross country to play the resurgent San Francisco 49ers on October 11th.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and respected authority on soccer betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

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Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Jake Delhomme is having a season he’d like to forget, and things got even worse on Sunday at home against the Buffalo Bills. Despite dominating the Bills on the stat sheet, Delhomme threw three interceptions that allowed Buffalo to take a 20-9 victory over the struggling Panthers. Delhomme threw for 325 yards, though without any touchdowns. His three picks pushed his total for the year to- which leads the NFL.

Buffalo rewarded NFL pointspread players with the outright victory as +7 road underdogs. The Bills have covered four of their seven games this season, while the Panthers have an awful record against the spread-they’ve only covered once this season for a 1-5 ATS mark. The 29 combined points went UNDER the posted total of 37. Buffalo has gone UNDER in 4 of 7 games this season while Carolina evened their NFL totals mark at 3-3.

The Bills’ Terrell Owens was again a non-factor, but gave credit to the defense for earning the victory:

“You can’t really complain about a win. Defensively, those guys are keeping us in ballgames.”

Buffalo defensive end Chris Kelsay commended his team’s performance on the road:

“Never once on the sidelines was there any doubt that we were going to win the game. Regardless if it’s an ugly win over not, it’s hard to win in this league.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick started at QB for Buffalo in place of the injured Trent Edwards and was solid, if not spectacular. Coach Dick Jauron observed:

“He made the plays when we had to make them.”

Panthers’ coach John Fox has said he’s going to’re-evaluate’ whether the struggling Delhomme should continue to start, and even the quarterback himself couldn’t make an emphatic case that he should keep his job:

“In my heart, yeah, but I mean let’s be honest, I don’t think I’m a dummy. When you’re not playing well offensively, you always have to look at the quarterback.”

The Panthers’ schedule doesn’t get easier this week as they head west for a game against the improving Arizona Cardinals. Carolina is a +9 road underdog with the total set at 43′. They’ll head south the following week to face the red hot New Orleans Saints before returning home on November 15 to take on the Atlanta Falcons. Buffalo will host the Houston Texans this weekend, with the game currently off the board due to injuries on both teams. They’ll have their bye week after that and will return to action on November 15 against the Tennessee Titans.

Ross Everett is a widely published freelance writer and respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

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If all things happen for a reason, what reason is there for breaking your leg? I guess if you are Doyle Brunson, it could be so that you will go on to be a poker superstar. Brunson, who was born in 1933 in Texas, has had a 50+ year career playing cards and his name has become synonymous with poker.

Brunson had drawn the attention of the NBA, in particular the Minneapolis Lakers. His basketball career was cut short after an accident at a factory, where his leg was fractured in two spots by falling sheetrock. Though he spent two years in a cast and had to give up his athletics, he still finished his college education, earning his B. A. And his M. A. He then started his life of poker by joining up with the Texas Rounders.

This group was basically a group of men who made the circuit of high stakes poker games throughout Texas. In the 1950s and 1960s, this band of players became famous (or some would say infamous.) In fact, one TV documentary states of them that they “cleaned Texas dry.”

Moving on from the scene of smoky backroom tables, Brunson headed to none other than Las Vegas. Here, his skills in poker lead to millions of dollars worth of winnings and several championships. He won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 1975, which came with a cash prize of $230,00. Since then, he has won 9 more bracelets, most recently in 2005.

In addition to his earnings from professional poker playing, Brunson has leveraged his fame and expertise into highly profitable book sales with his book on Texas Hold ‘Em. First available in 1978, the book stills sells over thirteen thousand copies a month.

Doyle Brunson, who is now over 67 years old, is still actively playing poker. Recently, both his son and daughter have been playing in the same tournaments, often outlasting him. In 2005, his son Todd took home the WSOP bracelet in an Omaha Hi-Lo event.

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Any addiction is very difficult to shift when it takes hold of you. You get totally drawn into it and then feel compelled to continue doing the same thing, even if you know it is bad for you. It is the instant pleasure that it gives that keeps you addicted and this can be a very hard habit to bust. However, there are ways in which you can get help with any addition that you have. In this article we are going to examine some of the steps that you can take in order to quit gambling.

The first thing that you should do is to give your bank cards and credit cards to someone you really trust. This might be very hard but if you keep hold of your own money you can not be trusted not to use all of this on your habits. Instead you should get your friend to get up a budget for an allowance that you need to get each week or month.

If you do this you will be so desperate to regain control of your own finances that you will be far more likely to quit as the incentive will always be there. You will not have the money in your pocket to be able to walk into a casino of betting shop and so you will be able to gently remove the problem from your life.

Another good idea is to join in with a support group. It is all well and good turning to family and friends for support if you need it but they will not be able to understand like a support group will.

If ever you feel like you are being a bit weak and the urge to do any gambling is coming on then call someone in the group up. This will be a lot better than calling up, say, your friends and family because they will not be able to understand the things you are feeling. Someone in a group, however, will be in a position to know exactly what you are going through and they can help guide you towards the light.

You also have to make sure that you avoid anywhere where there might be any sort of gambling taking place that you might usually take part in until you are completely over it all. If, for example, you are addicted to playing poker, then make sure that you avoid any casino and never let yourself go online to any poker room on the internet. Shut down your accounts of put blocks up that cannot be unlocked to ensure that you cannot use them.

You should also try to avoid any people who you would usually gamble with or at least not see them at all when they are doing any gambling. If they are proper friends of yours then this should not be a problem and they should understand the issue.

If you follow these step you should be able to beat the addiction.

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