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Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 | 5:30 p.m.
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The cries deriding Thursday Night Football as an unnecessary part of the NFL’s schedule project to decline this week.
Although research proves the theory incorrect, football fans have faddishly pronounced midweek games sloppy and questioned whether they should continue in the past couple years.
No one’s going to protest this Thursday, however, when two of the top six teams in Super Bowl future odds meet. The Denver Broncos, the Super Bowl favorite at 7-to-2 odds according to the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, host the San Diego Chargers, 10-to-1 to win the Super Bowl, at 5:20 Thursday.
Denver posted as a 6.5-point favorite Sunday evening at CG Technologies, the first sports books to open betting on the full slate of college and NFL games for the next week.
San Diego, which fell to 5-2 on the season with a 23-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs as 3.5-point favorites Sunday, were the only team to defeat Denver at Sports Authority Field last year. The linchpin of the Chargers’ late push into the 2013-2014 playoffs came in week 15 when they upset the Broncos 27-20 as 10-point underdogs on the road.
Denver earned revenge with a 24-17 victory as 8-point favorites in the divisional round of the postseason. But, for the third straight meeting between the teams, the point spread decreases Thursday.
It’s uncommon for the biggest game of the week to land on Thursday, but that might be the case with the two AFC West rivals in week 8 of the NFL. The other candidate is a clash between 5-1 teams with the Philadelphia Eagles traveling to take on the Arizona Cardinals.
CG Technologies installed the betting line as Philadelphia plus-2 for the afternoon tilt next Sunday.
Check below for the full list of football betting odds from CG Technologies sports books.
Tuesday Oct. 21
Arkansas State minus-2.5 at Louisiana-Lafayette
Thursday Oct. 23
Connecticut plus-27 at East Carolina
Miami plus-1.5 at Virginia Tech
San Diego Chargers plus-6 at Denver Broncos
Friday Oct. 24
Troy plus-12 at South Alabama
South Florida plus-11 at Cincinnati
BYU plus-6.5 at Boise State
Oregon minus-17 at California
Saturday Oct. 25
South Carolina plus-17 at Auburn
Northern Illinois minus-20.5 at Eastern Michigan
Mississippi State minus-13.5 at Kentucky
Syracuse plus-15 at Clemson
Minnesota minus-6 at Illinois
Akron minus-2 at Ball State
Central Michigan minus-3.5 at Buffalo
Ohio plus-9.5 at Western Michigan
Boston College minus-12 at Wake Forest
Temple plus-11 at Central Florida
North Carolina plus-6.5 at Virginia
Georgia Tech plus-3.5 at Pittsburgh
Maryland plus-10.5 at Wisconsin
Vanderbilt plus-21.5 at Missouri
San Jose State plus-8.5 at Navy
UNLV plus-18 at Utah State
Massachusetts plus-14.5 at Toledo
UCLA minus-13.5 at Colorado
Rutgers plus-17 at Nebraska
Kent State plus-6 at Miami (Ohio)
UAB plus-22 at Arkansas
Texas Tech plus-20.5 at TCU
Memphis minus-23 at SMU
Oregon State plus-14 at Stanford
Alabama minus-16.5 at Tennessee
Michigan plus-17 at Michigan State
Wyoming plus-19 at Colorado State
Ole Miss minus-3 at LSU
Arizona minus-3 at Washington State
USC pick’em at Utah
Georgia Southern minus-16 at Georgia State
North Texas plus-14 at Rive
Louisiana Tech minus-10 at Southern Miss
UTEP plus-10.5 at UTSA
Florida Atlantic plus-27.5 at Marshall
Texas State plus-2.5 at Louisiana-Monroe
Old Dominion plus-11.5 at Western Kentucky
West Virginia plus-2.5 at Oklahoma State
Texas plus-10 at Kansas State
Ohio State minus-13.5 at Penn State
Arizona State minus-2.5 at Washington
UNR minus-4 at Hawaii
Sunday Oct. 25
Detroit Lions minus-3.5 at Atlanta Falcons
Minnesota Vikings plus-2.5 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Chicago Bears plus-7 at New England Patriots
Saint Louis Rams plus-6 at Kansas City Chiefs
Seattle Seahawks minus-3 at Carolina Panthers
Buffalo Bills plus-2.5 at New York Jets
Miami Dolphins minus-4 at Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston Texans minus-2 at Tennessee Titans
Baltimore Ravens plus-3 at Cincinnati Bengals
Philadelphia Eagles plus-2.5 at Arizona Cardinals
Indianapolis Colts minus-1 at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders plus-7 at Cleveland Browns
Green Bay Packers plus-1.5 at New Orleans Saints
Washington Redskins plus-7 at Dallas Cowboys
Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.
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