Barcelo moves in front at Q-School

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12/01/2006 - La Quinta, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rich Barcelo fired an eight-under 64 on Thursday to take the second-round lead of the finals of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He stands at nine-under-par 135 and is three clear of the field.

Play is split over the Stadium Course at PGA West and the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course. Players rotate among the two courses through all six rounds as this marathon determines a golfer's fate for the 2007 season.

Anyone in the top-30 plus ties after Monday's final round will receive their PGA Tour cards for next season. The next 50 will earn full privileges on the Nationwide Tour in 2007.

Australian Paul Gow posted a four-under 68 on Thursday and is alone in second place at minus-six.

Steven Bowditch (68), George McNeill (66), Cameron Beckman (64) and Brian Bateman (65) are knotted in third place at five-under-par 139.

Barcelo played the Nicklaus Tournament Course in Thursday's second round and parred his first three holes. He tallied birdies on both par-fives on the front side - at four and seven.

The 31-year-old Nevada resident flew out of the gate on the back nine. Barcelo birdied three in a row from the 10th, then picked up back-to-back birdies from the 14th.

He birdied the par-three 17th to post his eight-under-par 64 and grab the lead at Q-School.

Barcelo only played once on the PGA Tour in 2006, a missed cut at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. He teed it up eight times on the Nationwide Tour and only made half of the cuts.

Gow started on the back nine Thursday also at the Nicklaus Tournament Course and broke into red figures quickly with a birdie at the 11th. He added birdies at 13 and 14, but bogeyed No. 18.

The Australian record two straight birdies from the seventh to get into sole possession of second place.

Bob May, who lost to Tiger Woods in a playoff at the 2000 PGA Championship, shot a seven-under 65 and moved into a tie for seventh place with Steve Allan (71), John Mallinger (71), Bob Heintz (71) and Tom Johnson (68). The group finished at minus-four.

Overnight leader Scott Gutschewski struggled on Thursday. At the PGA West Stadium Course, he tallied two double-bogeys, three bogeys and three birdies for a four-over 76. He is tied for 21st.

Two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen carded an even-par 72 and is tied for 44th place at plus-one. Duffy Waldorf rebounded with a four-under 68 and is tied for 21st at one-under-par 143.

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Football Betting

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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.

Thursday, August 21

NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37

NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road

In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.

Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):

* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games

Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.

Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.

Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.

That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.

Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.

CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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