Keep talking! Woods wins by eight at Firestone
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08/05/2007 - Akron, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rory Sabbatini said earlier this year at the Wachovia Championship that he wanted Tiger Woods in the final round.
He got what he asked for then and Tiger gave him more of the same on Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Sunday on the South Course at Firestone Country Club, Woods showed Sabbatini and the field why he is the best player in golf.
Woods closed with a bogey-free, five-under 65 to roll to an eight-stroke win. He completed his second three-peat at this event at eight-under-par 272. He is the only player in this events' nine-year history to come from behind and win. Woods did that in 2001 and again Sunday.
Woods' record in World Golf Championship events continues to get even more impressive. He has now won 14 times in 25 World Golf Championship starts.
Sabbatini, the 54-hole leader, is actually the last player to own the 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour and go on to win the tournament. That happened at Colonial in late May.
The 31-year-old Sabbatini closed with a four-over 74 to end at even-par 280. He was joined in second place by Justin Rose, who posted a two-under 68 on Sunday.
Peter Lonard (68) and Chris DiMarco (70) shared fourth place at plus-one. Davis Love III and Tim Clark each shot 69 Sunday to finish alongside Andres Romero at two-over-par 282.
Woods birdied four of the first six holes to jump to seven-under. He cruised home from there with 11 pars and a birdie on the par-three 12th.
Sabbatini, meanwhile, birdied the first to keep his lead, but it was all down hill from there. His next birdie was on the 18th. Sabbatini bogeyed four and five to fall three behind. He later double-bogeyed the ninth, then bogeyed 10 to drop seven back.
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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.
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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