Rest OF The Season Helps Team Into Speech

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Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fresh off their first playoff appearance in 12 years, the Detroit Lions re-signed all three coordinators on Thursday. Scott Linehan (offense), Gunther Cunningham (defense) and Danny Crossman (special teams) all were re-signed following a 10-6 season that saw the team finish with a loss to New Orleans last Saturday in Detroit's first playoff appearance since 1999.

 

Overall, the team finished fifth in yards per game with 396.1 and fourth in scoring with 29.6 points per game.

 

Detroit kicker Jason Hanson booted 24 field goals on the season and also set an NFL record early in the season with the most games ever played by one player for the same organization.

 

Safety Brian Dawkins is doubtful with a neck injury. Dawkins did not practice this week and has played once in the team's last four games.

 

St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Fisher will be the next head coach of the St. Louis Rams. According to a report from the Post-Dispatch, Fisher decided to coach the Rams rather than the Miami Dolphins. Both teams sought the former long-time Titans head coach, who returns from a year away from the game. He and Tennessee parted ways following the 2010 season, ending his 17-year run with the team.

 

Fisher guided the Titans to a regular season record of 142-120, with four division titles and six postseason appearances during his tenure.

 

The club transitioned to Tennessee for the 1997 season and was re-named the Titans prior to 1999. Fisher led the team to the Super Bowl in its first season with the new name, though the Titans dropped a 23-16 decision to the Rams after coming up a yard short of the end zone on the game's final play.

 

The Titans continued to succeed under Fisher, and in 2008 went 13-3 while winning the AFC South title. But Tennessee lost to Baltimore in the divisional round of the playoffs, and regressed over the next two seasons -- 8-8 in 2009, and 6-10 in 2010.

 

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - By this point, it's really no secret. All the headlines, sports-talk blathering and desperate Rick Perry co-opts over the past few weeks have merely confirmed the obvious.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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