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02/19/2012 - Regina, SK (The Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach and Hall of Fame member Cal Murphy passed away at the age of 79 on Saturday night.
He passed away in a hopsital in Regina after being admitted there earlier in February when he suffered broken ribs from a fall.
Murphy was a part of nine Grey Cup championship teams over his 24 years as a head coach, assistant coach and general manager in the Canadian Football League.
He was an assistant under Marv Levy in Montreal when that team won the Grey Cup in 1977 and was also an assistant with Edmonton when that team won five consecutive championships from 1978-82.
Murphy then went to Winnipeg to again become a head coach in 1983 and won the Grey Cup with the Bombers in 1984. He was general manager at Winnipeg when the team won the Cup in 1988 and 1990.
"Everyone in both the immediate, and extended, Blue Bomber family is deeply saddened by this news," said Winnipeg president Garth Buchko. "Cal was a great ambassador for our game and for Canadian football in Winnipeg and Manitoba."
He finished his coaching career in the CFL with Saskatchewan in 1999 and went on to coach teams in NFL Europe and the XFL.
Elected to the CFL Hall of Fame in 2004, he was serving as a scout for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts when he passed away.
"Cal Murphy lived and breathed and loved football -- and our league was so much better for it," said CFL commissioner Mark Cohon. "He was a fierce competitor, with a keen eye for talent, and an ability to mold great teams."
<< Schalke thumps Wolfsburg behind Huntelaar brace
Gelsenkirchen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored a brace
to grab a share of the Bundesliga scoring lead, as Schalke beat Wolfsburg 4-0
on Sunday to solidify its place in the top four.
Huntelaar scored in the 14th and 7
<< PSV, AZ suffer shock defeats
Groningen, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top of the Eredivisie table
remained unchanged following league play on Sunday as PSV and AZ Alkmaar both
suffered shock 3-0 defeats to Groningen and Utrecht, respectively.
Groningen edged
<< Celtic continues to roll with win over Hibs
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Celtic continues to pick up points at a
blistering pace in the Scottish Premier League as it earned a resounding 5-0
win over Hibernian at Easter Road on Sunday.
The Bhoys have now won an astonishing
<< Bekker wins Dimension Data Pro-Am
George, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oliver Bekker shot a two-under 70 on
Sunday to secure a two-stroke victory at the Dimension Data Pro-Am on the
South African Tour.
Bekker finished the tournament at 13-under-par 276, two shots
Almagro beats Volandri for another Brasil Open title >>
Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seed and defending champion Nicolas
Almagro outlasted Italian veteran Filippo Volandri in Sunday's final at the
$475,300 Brasil Open.
The Spanish Almagro needed two hours to emerge with a 6-3,
Sabres rout Penguins to end skid >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derek Roy tallied twice to go with an assist
while Jason Pominville lit the lamp and dished out two assists as the Buffalo
Sabres snapped a four-game losing skid with a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh
Penguin
Kendall pulls out victory in Colombia >>
Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Skip Kendall, playing in the final
threesome to tee off, birdied his last hole Sunday to earn the one-shot win at
the Colombia Championship.
The shot concluded his round of even-par 71 and put K
Bolland lifts Blackhawks over Blues >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dave Bolland scored late in the third period to
give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
Duncan Keith also scored in the third period and Marian Hossa added an empty-
netter f
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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