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Las Vegas - Of course it's a little early, but you can bet on the College Football Championship game. Naturally, everyone assumes it's gonna be Alabama vs. Georgia, and naturally, after the beatdown in the SEC title game, everyone assumes that 'Bama will be the favorite. Well, if you looked at the opening number from the Circa sportsbook here in Vegas, SURPRISE! They have the Dawgs -1 point over the Tide with an Over/Under total of 53.5.

Bouncing over to the NBA tonight and gonna try the Rockets plus maybe six or seven points over the Nets. Yea, I know, you wanna check my brainwaves, picking the 7-16 Houston team against the 16-7 (not including last night) Brooklyn squad. As always, we have reasons. The Rockets might be stuck down near the bottom of the standings, but since the end of November, they've been rocking the party, and, the bank account. The Rocks have won six in a row, and covered five. Sure the Nets are winning their share of games, but for the wallet, it's very close to a disaster. They've covered only, are you sitting, ONE of the last NINE (11%), and will be coming into this game off a tough night against the Mavericks. Not ready to buy Houston on the money line for the outright upset, but gotta think the Rockets will have enough fuel after three days rest to keep the final margin under five points.

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