Prop Betting with the Dolphins vs. the Hurricanes Head-to-Head

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Who Will Have the Most Regular Season Wins

MIAMI DOLPHINS +2.5 wins -165

MIAMI HURRICANES -2.5 wins +125

Things change a little for the Dolphins with the acquisition of quarterback Chad Pennington, who became available when the Jets picked up Brett Favre. One must assume that Pennington is going to wind up the starter, with either Josh McCown or John Beck out the door. I'm wondering how much Pennington really means to their offense. No question he'll be a steady veteran hand, for as long as he is healthy. And considering the contract he signed, that will lessen the chance of Chad Henne getting an indoctrination sooner. This is a team that should be able to run the ball to aid Pennington and his comparatively weak arm, but is extra thin in personnel just the same.

There is, of course, the issue of how long Pennington can stay upright. He has a history of going down with injury, and if that happens here, this team is back to the drawing board. Not that there isn't a big enough drawing board that already exists. When this team traded Jason Taylor, it sent a signal that this team is in a rebuilding phase. The Pennington may just mean this is a team looking to keep the seat warm until someone can take over a year or two down the line, and that person would presumably be Henne.

When you look at the Dolphin schedule, this is a team who will lose about five division games, as well as road games at Seattle, at the very least, should beat them at home. Somewhere along the way they are going to lose a game or two that one may think they could win, as is often the case with bad teams. Yes, Bill Parcells has often been a quick turnaround artist, but Tony Sparano is not a known quantity in that regard. So my expectations are that if the Dolphins won more than four games this season, it would be a surprise.

There is no question that the Miami Hurricanes have lost their swagger. It's something that has been eroding since after Larry Coker's first year, when the holdovers from Butch Davis' squad romped over Nebraska in the BCS title game. Coker lost control of the program and was replaced by Randy Shannon for the 2007 season.

Miami had a 5-7 record last year, and will be using freshmen at the quarterback position this season. The freshman who has the lead in that race is Robert Marve, who is not any ordinary freshman but one who broke the Florida state passing records of Tim Tebow while playing at Tampa Plant High School, tossing 48 TD passes as a senior. He is a redshirt, having injured his hand and wrist in a car accident before last season, but he should be ready and have an impact this season.

Marve will only have three returnees on offense to work with, although one of them, running back Javarris James, has some real possibilities, and he will combine with Greg Cooper to give this team a real running game. On defense, Miami brings back five starters, but none of them are going to pop off anyone's charts. There should be better talent on board, considering Miami has been ranked with one of the top 20 recruiting classes each of the last four years.