Grieb, SaberCats win third title in six years

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07/29/2007 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Grieb completed 24-of-29 passes for 218 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, leading the San Jose SaberCats to their third championship in six seasons with a 55-33 rout of the Columbus Destroyers in ArenaBowl XXI.

Grieb picked up Most Valuable Player honors for his efforts. James Roe had eight catches for 76 yards and two touchdowns, while Rodney Wright finished with 10 catches for 94 yards.

Columbus quarterback Matt Nagy finished the game 24-of-43 for 203 yards with four TDs and two costly interceptions. Damien Groce had 10 catches for 99 yards and a score, while Cole Magner added seven catches for 68 yards and a touchdown.

Columbus took the opening kick of the second half and closed the gap to 27-21 on a three-yard touchdown catch by Magner. The SaberCats marched right back down the field, though, with Ben Nelson's four-yard reception putting San Jose ahead by 13.

Columbus again pulled to within a score when Groce hauled in a 39-yard score to make it 34-27, but the SaberCats opened the fourth quarter with a one-yard scoring run by Phil Glover to push ahead 41-27. Roe's 20-yard touchdown catch later in the quarter salted the win away, putting San Jose ahead 48-27.

San Jose also won Arena Bowl titles in 2002 and 2004, and SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet improved his record to 3-0 all-time in ArenaBowl games.

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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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