by Big Al Staff

Tuesday, Oct 08, 2024
The Tuesday sports card features NCAAF, MLB, and NHL action.

Week 7 in NCAAF college football starts with one game between FBS opponents. Liberty hosts Florida International on the CBS Sports Network at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Flames have won four games in a row to begin their season with their 35-24 victory against East Carolina as a 7.5-point favorite on September 21st. The Golden Panthers ended a two-game losing streak with a 17-10 upset victory at home against Louisiana Tech as a 2.5-point underdog on September 28th. Liberty is a 7.5-point favorite with the total set at 53.5 (all odds from DraftKings).

Major League Baseball continues the best-of-five divisional round of the playoffs with the third games in the National League playoffs on FS1. The Philadelphia Phillies travel to New York to play the Mets at 5:08 p.m. ET. The Phillies evened this series at 1-1 with their 7-6 victory at home on Sunday. The Mets had won two games in a row before that loss. Philadelphia sends out Aaron Nola to pitch against New York’s Sean Manaea. The Phillies are a -112 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 7. 

The San Diego Padres play at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers at 9:08 p.m. ET. The Padres evened this series at 1-1 with a 10-2 victory on the road in Los Angeles. San Diego taps Michael King to face the Dodgers’ Walker Buehler. The Padres are a -155 money-line favorite with a total of 7.5.  

The National Hockey League has three games on its slate all on ESPN. The Seattle Kraken is at home against the St. Louis Blues at 4:40 p.m. ET. The Kraken come off 34-48-13 record last season where they missed the playoffs with 81 points. The Blues had a 43-39-6 record last year with 92 points which also had them miss the playoffs. Seattle is a -142 money-line favorite with an over/under of 5.5. 

The Florida Panthers host the Boston Bruins at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Panthers won the Stanley Cup championship with their 2-1 victory against Edmonton in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. They had a 64-35-8 record in the regular season with 136 points. The Bruins lost to Florida in six games in the second round of playoffs last May.  They had a 53-42-15 record in the regular season with 121 points. The Panthers are a -155 money-line favorite with a total of 5.5.

The Utah Hockey Club plays at home against the Chicago Blackhawks at 10:10 p.m. ET. The former Arizona Coyotes had a 36-41-5 record with 77 points last season. The Blackhawks had a 23-59-6 record with 52 points last year. The Utah Hockey Club is a -170 money-line favorite with an over/under of 6.

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