Cals first conference road win of the season and first conference road win in two years over a team not named Washington State improved the Bears bowl options, although were a long way from clarity.

The questions:

Will Washington win the Apple Cup?

With a victory, the Huskies would probably be ahead of Cal in the pecking order: Theyd have a better conference record by one game and the head-to-head victory.

(Note: The bowls dont have to take teams in order of conference finish, but they cannot jump one over another if the difference is more than one game in the standings.)

How many teams will the Pac-12 send to the Bowl Championship Series? Theres a scenario in which the conference only gets one berth and it goes to UCLA.

Will UCLA be bowl-eligible?

(At 6-5, the Bruins have clinched the Souths spot in the conference title game.

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The Arkansas Razorbacks are poised to play LSU in a big game, but they have to get by the pesky Mississippi State Bulldogs first.

For the latest college football betting odds and the best wagering action check out the top rated online sportsbook, BetPhoenix. The Arkansas Razorbacks are in the background of the college football landscape this season but they will get a chance to move to the forefront if they can win out this season. Tyler Wilson has put together a monster year at QB throwing for 2,850 yards with 18 touchdowns and five interceptions running Bobby Petrino’s offense. Dennis Johnson is averaging 6.6 yards per carry and Ron Wingo Jr. i Read more…

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Yesterday we covered the first half of this home-and-home series here and were able to escape with the shootout win by the Kings. Now the setting flips as the teams drive over to Anaheim to play on the pond where the Ducks would like to get the split. Anaheim looked very strong in the 3rd period and overtime yesterday and will need to have an effort like that for the full 60 minutes tonight if they want to get the W. They are still underdogs (though not at big as last night) and would like to get back to the dominance they had over the Kings a season ago.

This is one of those games where recent trends dont mean much because both met less than 24 hours ago and they just want to go out there and prove they are the better team.

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We have sought to improve reliability of the final list of winners for the Most Hits competition. The new standings will not be immediately visible to any tipster for the coming weeks but we are working on having this up in the foreseeable future. In the meantime here is the list of the top three for October: 1. Santos 2. greekbanker 3. horseman You will notice they do not match the current top three in the present table but they are the actual winners according to review of our internal data. Future winners will be announced in this manner and made aware of their status via e-mail.

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Paul Nicholls is undoubtedly one of the most successful National Hunt trainers of his generation but there’s a few prizes that still elude him. Alongside the Grand National and the Stan James Champions Hurdle, Nicholls identifies the Paddy Power Gold Cup as a major prize he is still yet to get his hands on. This year, his hopes are with favourite Mon Parrain (7/2 to win the PP Gold Cup).

Mon Parrain is young and well-handicapped carrying 10-8 which looks good against second favourite Wishful Thinking carrying 11-6 (6/1 to win the PP Gold Cup).

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