Sports-Odds.com is issuing a Betting Lines Sports Odds Update for the Rose Bowl between Penn State vs USC. The opening betting lines in the 2009 Rose Bowl had the USC Trojans listed as 10 point favorites against the Penn State Nittany Lions. The current sports odds show USC listed as –8 point favorites at online sportsbook SBG Global.
“The USC Trojans are 5-2 in College Football Bowl Games under head coach Pete Carroll and are 3-1 under Carroll in the Rose Bowl.” stated Sports-Odds.com Publisher Thomas Jensen when asked to comment on the 2009 Rose Bowl Sports Odds. “Penn State feels they can compete with USC and have something to prove and with professional sports bettors moving the line two points from +10 to +8, I think bettors need to jump on the underdog and back Joe Paterno over Pete Carroll in this Pac 10 vs Big Ten classic Rose Bowl game.”
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"Pete said to me, 'If I see you on the sideline, we're going to throw it 50 times’. I think I'd be a distraction on the sideline," stated Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno. "Everybody will be worried about somebody bumping me. And the staff has been so good — all those guys know me, and they know how to operate without me. I'll be upstairs…It's really the players that we ought to be talking about, not where I'm going to be for crying out loud.”
"He's (Paterno) persevered so much," stated USC Trojan Head Coach Pete Carroll. "I've thought about it, and to me it's not all the games that he's won; it's how he's survived the pressure of all the big games that you lose over that many years. The losses are so difficult and so challenging," Carroll continued. "It's amazing that he's been able to keep the right attitude and stay on top of the game for so long. It's kind of an unnatural experience he's put together. And he's still full of the devil."
"They're definitely good. They're nothing like we've seen before," said USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, "I know they fly to the ball. They're something special in their own right. They'll be a fun challenge for us…The thing I get caught up in is not so much the outside stuff and what it could mean. I get caught up in how much fun I'm having out there on the field."
"They're very fast, one of the fastest defenses we've seen," Penn State wide receiver Deon Butler said. "It definitely could be (a low-scoring game) because both defenses are tremendous in their own right. Their offense is probably getting tired of hearing about their defense, like they don't exist."
Opening Betting Lines: USC –10
Best Current Betting Line Favorite: USC –8 at SBG Global
Opening Money Line Sports Odds: USC -405
Best Money Line Favorite: USC –320 at Superbook.com
Opening Betting Lines: Penn State +10
Best Current Betting Line Underdog: Penn State +10 at Bodog Sportsbook
Opening Money Line Sports Odds: Penn State +335
Best Money Line Underdog: Penn State +295 at Bookmaker.com
Opening TOTAL: 47.5 Points
Best OVER: 45 Points at Sportsbook.com
Best UNDER: 46 Points at BetUS.com
Kickoff for the 2009 Rose Bowl is on January 1st, 2009 at 4:30 PM. College Football Bowl Game bettors can watch Penn State vs USC live on ABC.
