FSU upends Clemson in battle of ranked ACC foes

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02/28/2009 - Tallahassee, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toney Douglas scored a game-high 23 points as 23rd-ranked Florida State held on to edge No. 12 Clemson, 73-66, in ACC action at Donald L. Tucker Center.

Derwin Kitchen and Chris Singleton each donated 10 points apiece for Florida State (22-7, 9-5 ACC), which recovered after dropping a 72-67 decision to Boston College on Tuesday. The Seminoles have won six of eight overall.

Ryan Reid and Deividas Dulkys chipped in with eight and seven points, respectively, for the Seminoles, who shot 46.4 percent from the field, including 7-of-17 from three-point range.

K.C. Rivers lead Clemson (22-6, 8-6) with 17 points and five rebounds, while Terrence Oglesby registered 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc. The Tigers have dropped two straight, including an 80-77 setback at home to Virginia Tech on Wednesday. Clemson has split their last four contests.

Raymond Sykes had 10 points and Trevor Booker had a game-high 13 rebounds to go along with eight points for the Tigers.

In the second half, the Seminoles continued to have their way with things and following a pair at the line from Singleton, held a 58-44 advantage near the midway point of the stanza.

The hosts held the double-digit lead for the next three minutes, but Clemson would come back with a vengeance.

Trailing by a 63-51 margin with just under six minutes to play, Rivers hit a jumper to spark a 9-0 Tigers run. After a Sykes fastbreak layup made it a 63-60 game with 3 1/2 minutes to go, FSU would regain control of things.

Douglas made a pair from the stripe that spurred a 7-0 surge and put the Seminoles ahead by double-figures at 70-60 with 41 ticks remaining.

Clemson would get a pair of desperation three-pointers in the final seconds, but it wouldn't be enough.

Dulkys' three-pointer started a string of three straight triples as Florida State used a 14-0 run to grab a 25-13 lead near the 7 1/2-minute mark of the first half.

Clemson wouldn't be able to put a dent into its deficit and the Seminoles took a 12-point edge, 39-27 into the break.

Game Notes

After Tuesday's home game against Virginia, Clemson travels to Wake Forest in the Tigers' regular-season finale on March 8, while Florida State hosts Virginia Tech the same day after visiting Duke on Tuesday...Florida State now holds a 29-24 advantage in the all-time series and swept the regular-season series for the first time since the 2000-01 campaign.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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