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"All eyes will be on the highly anticipated Rose Bowl game, but there are
a lot of great schools playing in the other three games. "Everybody bets on
college football and we're happy to end the year off by continuing to offer
the latest and most up-to-date odds for our fans.com has been offering odds on a potential USC versus Texas
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Sportsbook.com favors USC over Texas in Rose Bowl

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overwhelming consensus that Texas will cover the spread and that the game will
be decided by less than a touchdown. I think this game might actually
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John Hancock All-Star FanFest, an interactive baseball theme park and the
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to launch the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Week.0 point favourite against Florida State in the
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In the other games , number 23 ranked Florida State, playing at Miami, and
eighth ranked Georgia, playing in Atlanta , will have the crowd support behind
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Despite the fact that the Fiesta is considered the least prestigious of the
four Bowl games, and though both teams had to rely on at-large invitations,
this match-up pits the two highest seeds to face each other in this year's BCS
Series, excluding the Rose Bowl between number one USC and number two Texas.
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