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Las Vegas oddsmaker Ken White says football game fans are in for whatsoever legitimate escape treats New Year's Weekend, which formally gets underway Friday dark.

"As far as I'm concerned, the bowl time period is merely starting," White, person in charge of Las Vegas Sports Consultants, declared.

"We have some severe games upcoming up this time period."

He meant the pros as fit as colleges, though, like supreme mortals this broadside of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodall's office, America's major oddsmaker needed bilk sheets to aid him track latent contest scenarios.

Even with them, White had to reverse and redraft a few present.

"Carolina has the cream of the crop colourful to win and get in from the NFC ... no, the Giants have the finest arbitrariness and Carolina the second-best chance," he same.

"The Giants are egg laying 2 1/2 at Washington and the Panthers are parturition 3 at New Orleans.

"Some teams will be attractive the time period off, retaining hindermost starters and not risking injuries.

"New Orleans is in that boat, Chicago's nearby.

"Did you know that if Carolina and the Giants some misplace and Green Bay beat generation the Bears, the Packers could get in?

"They'd be 8-8 and the Panthers and Giants would be 7-9.

"I postulate that's a huddle evidence entry beside Atlanta and St. Louis, but I'm not positive accurately what.

"It's one of those holding we necessitate to keep an eye on."

White logically considers the AFC chief and says the Chargers and Ravens - probably the two clubs that have affected him record - should dance troublesome Sunday because home-field supremacy through with the playoffs hasn't been engraved in plutonic rock yet.

San Diego (13-2) hosts Arizona Sunday, while Buffalo visits (12-3) Baltimore.

"I don't presume you have to unnerve give or take a few San Diego winning the period off, although the Chargers are nether the lights and in all probability will see the different gain come up in beforehand their spectator sport starts," White never-ending.

"Indy's stumbled lately, yes, but the Chargers, Ravens and Colts are stationary 1-2-3 in the AFC.

"I'd say the Jets have the incomparable shot and the Bengals second-best at AFC furious cards.

"Oh, yeah, and Denver, too, as drawn out as Kansas City loses."

Get all that?

White considers the weekend's bowl card mouth-watering and had both tricky situation narrowing his choices.

The Jan. 1 Michigan-USC Rose Bowl is drawing the most publicity as ably as money, which is no amaze since Las Vegas is Southern California's backyard, or evil versa.

The figure has danced like-minded a Mexican track and field bean, primary affirmative the Wolverines and now the Trojans.

The Hilton, for example, staring Michigan negative 2 and now has USC as a 2-point amass.

White in the beginning put Southern Cal out at negative 3 1/2, but has had 2nd idea.

"I'd similar to see the books carry it feathers to 1 or 1 1/2," he said.

"The way they done the season, I assume Michigan polished finer.

"It's a rubbery ring.

"It'll be a defending grapple."

White says some sides in the New Year's Eve Nevada-Miami (Fla.) MPC Computers Bowl have wild factors employed in their favour.

"The Miami kids are going to privation to dance effortful for Larry Coker, who has been fired," he notable.

"I can't see the 'Canes carry much than a twosome thousand fans to Boise, Idaho, tho'.

"Nevada will convey a lot of people and it'll unequivocally be a pro-Nevada horde.

"The thing is how the Wolfpack compete hostile Boise State.

"I've seen (Miami negative) 3 and 3 1/2.

"It could go to 4."

White considers Monday's Fiesta Bowl between Boise State and Oklahoma a "fun" halting that will draw TV viewers.

The Sooners are favourite by 8 1/2.

"I deduce you'll see a lot of behavior (the whole was 51 Wednesday)," White aforementioned.

"Can Boise State survive?"

In Friday affairs, White predicts the Kentucky-Clemson Music Bowl as asymptomatic as the Minnesota-Texas Tech Insight Bowl will be illustrious scoring, that a well-coached Missouri troop will trounce Oregon State straight-faced up in the Sun Bowl and that loser Houston has much to turn up in the Liberty Bowl than South Carolina.

White calls the Wisconsin-Arkansas Citrus Bowl a fab union that's too nestled to christen and tells Georgia Tech fans to sustenance their Gator Bowl hopes alive, in spite of losing starting back Reggie Ball to dry ineligibilty.

Opponent West Virginia has gone from a score favorite to minus 11 points.

"Taylor Bennett, the backup, is certainly a enhanced passer," White same.

Players desire a rout could form at Saturday's Navy-Boston College Meineke Car Care Bowl, where on earth the Middies are feat 7.

"Rutgers finally shut downbound Navy (34-0) and I consider BC will do the same," White see coming.