The Catalans updates Howie Mandel are also howie carr imparts favourites to win La Liga – with the bookmakers making La Blaugrana 8-13 to retain the title.  The Catalans won the last meeting between the two giants 6-2, at the Santiago Bernabeu, but williamhill believes there is little chance of that score line being repeated, and they offer odds of 150-1 for Barca to win by the same score. Real Madrid, who will be looking to avenge that defeat, are 300-1 to win 6-2 at the Camp Nou.  williamhill have priced up 180 markets for Sunday’s game, but the most intriguing out of them all is the first goal scorer market. Both sides are littered with global superstars and punters will have to decide which one of them will hit the back of the net first.  The on-line firm make Zlatan Ibrahimovic their 5-1 favourite to score the first goal.

However, they have reported strong support for the World player of the year – Cristiano Ronaldo – who is 11-2 to score the first goal for Los Blancos. williamhill spokesman David Hood said “The early money has come for La Blaugrana and we’ve also had some very optimistic Barca fans backing their side for a repeat of last season’s 6-2 success.” He continued “The timely return of Cristiano Ronaldo is a massive boost for Los Blancos, and there’s no doubt that Madrid would have been a bigger price to win the game – if he wasn’t in their squad.”  williamhill ‘El Clasico’ betting Match prices: 3-4 Barcelona, 13-5 Draw, 13-5 Real Madrid Draw No Bet: 4-11 Barcelona, 2-1 Real Madrid Handicap: Real Madrid + 1 Goal: 15-8 Barcelona, 3-1 Handicap Draw, 19-20 Real Madrid First Goalscorer:Barcelona: 5-1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 6-1 Lionel Messi, 6-1 Thierry Henry, 7-1 Bojan, 15-2 Pedro, 11-1 Seydou Keita, 12-1 Andres Iniesta, 14-1 Jeffren, 14-1 Xavi, 16-1 Daniel Alves, 20-1 Jonathan Dos Santos, 25-1 Gerard Pique, 25-1 Yaya Toure – others on requestReal Madrid: 11-2 Cristiano Ronaldo, 7-1 Gonzalo Higuain, 15-2 Karim Benzema, 8-1 Ruud Van Nistelrooy, 8-1 Raul, 10-1 Kaka, 14-1 Rafael Van Der Vaart, 14-1 Esteban Granero, 20-1 Guti, 20-1 Xabi Alonso, 20-1 Marcelo, 25-1 Sergio Ramos, 33-1 Roysten Drenthe, 33-1 Mahamadou Diarra, 33-1 Lassana Diarra  – others on requestNumber Of Goals: 14-1 None, 11-2  One,  3-1  Two,  11-4 Three, 15-4 Four,  13-2  Five,  7-1  Six Or More   To win La Liga: 8-13 Barcelona, 11-8 Real Madrid, 12-1 Sevilla, 20-1 Valencia, 66-1 Deportivo – Win Only      howie mandell . If Texas, Florida, or Alabama lose this week, then they will most likely be thrown from the BCS title race mandel . While some people stomp for a large, 16-team playoff; the truth is that under that format each of these teams might lose but would still ascend into such an expansive playoff, right…right? Thanksgiving weekend is, for all intents and purposes, rivalry weekend howie mandrel . You have the Civil War, The Holy War, The Bedlam Series, the riveting Egg Bowl, and Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate howie mendel . The last thing these rivalry games need is one team resting their starters for the playoffs. This year, the Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State would havetremendous playoffimplications.

The winner would gain a spot in essentially a play-in round, while the loser would have to settle for the Holiday Bowl, or worse howie mandel germs . Perhaps all games on rivalry weekend should be elimination games howie mondel . Imagine, if Florida loses to Florida State then the Gators would be eliminated Sure, they may fall only to No howie . 6 in the BCS, but they would beineligible for an at large spot in the playoff and would take the back-seat in the SEC tie-breaker to ‘Bama because of their loss. The Playoff So what would the race to a 16-team playoff look like this weekend? We will assume that every team’s final regular season game will be played this week and that next week Conference Championship Games will be replaced by the first round of the playoffs steven mandel . To replace the Conference Championship Games, four regional tournaments (West, South, East, and North) of four teams will be held on campuses the first two weeks of December; the winners of which will ascend into two of the five BCS Games on Jan 1.

Eleven conference champions and five at large teams will go into the playoff howie mandel germaphobe . Rivalry Week losses will trump head-to-head in breaking conference ties and no team which loses on rivalry week will beeligible for an at large bid howie mandal . A maximum of three teams from each conference will be put in one of the regional tournaments so as not to monopolize the region howie mandel and marshall faulk . Here are the potential brackets:(note: 30 teams are listed as hopeful; a full, extra playoff round with Georgia Tech already assured a playoff spot) The West Regional Contenders No howie mandel son . 3 Texas The Longhorns have traversed their schedule unscathed and with the top seed in the West; but they face a tough rival in Texas A&M. A loss to the Aggies and an Oklahoma State victory over Oklahoma would force a tie for the Big 12 Championship, which the Longhorns would lose and be eliminated by virtue of their Rivalry Loss. No.

6 Boise St The Broncos have also gone undefeated through the season, except against an arguablyweaker schedule and currently hold on to a first round home game . This week’s elimination game against Nevada will decide which team will represent the WAC in the playoff. No howie danzik . 8 Oregon The Ducks lead the Pac-10 but face elimination against Oregon State who can snatch the conference title away from them bobby mandel . If both Oregon and Boise State make the playoffs, the two teams would not be paired in the first round .