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Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw is looking for a double helping of victory against Georgia this weekend as he aims to serve up a successful Six Nations campaign.The Dark Blues round off their autumn Test fixtures when they take on the eastern Europeans at Kilmarnocks Rugby Park on Saturday.Australia mugged Vern Cotters side of a win in their series opener at Murrayfield but the Scots made amends by pinching victory from Argentina three days ago.Now Laidlaw - who kicked a stoppage-time penalty to see off the Pumas -- has targeted another win as he looks ahead to their up-coming Six Nations schedule.Scotland kick off the 2017 campaign with a clash at home to Ireland on February 4 and the captain wants to march into that battle with a squad high on confidence.The Gloucester scrum-half said: If you can win games back to back, it builds confidence and it builds momentum.The next time this group comes together after this game will be for the Six Nations so if we can win again after Saturday, it will be huge for us.It makes such a big difference. It means the boys have confidence in each other and everything we are trying to do out on the field.To be honest, even though we fell short against Australia, we can still take confidence from the type of performance we put in.If we can get a performance and a result this weekend well be in a great spot.But Laidlaw knows his sides physicality will be tested to the limit by the heavy-weight Georgian line-up.The Lelos edged out Samoa on Saturday 20-16 largely thanks to their muscular forwards, who were rewarded for their heavy labour with a penalty try and another push-over surge.But having seen his side battered about by both the Wallabies and Argentina, Laidlaw is confident Scotland can handle what the visitors will have to offer.Georgia are developing into a good side, said the Scotland skipper. They have had a lot of positive results this year and Im sure they will be confident in their own right.They are big on their scrummaging and their forward play. Coming off the back of a big win they will be coming here to cause an upset.We will have to be right up for it.We need to play an aggressive game because they are an aggressive team themselves who like the contact side of the game.But so do we and we have shown that these last two weeks.We enjoyed winning on Saturday so its very important we finish off this series with another win.The two games so far have been pretty brutal and thats part of the challenge. It wont drop off and we as players have go to drive that part of our performance forward.We understand what this game will be about and its up to us to put in a performance at the weekend. We need to get our own stuff right, though. We cant be too worried about Georgia.If we can get our skill sets right and get our dangerous players with ball in hand and space to run in, then I think we can cause them some problems.Meanwhile, Laidlaw admits he has sympathy for his understudy Ali Price.The Glasgow half-back was handed his first call-up ahead of the Aussies duel but has so far been left to kick his heels on the bench while Cotter left the captain to play all 160 minutes of this months Murrayfield double header.Laidlaw should start again this weekend but he reckons he will make way at some point to finally hand Price his debut cap.Im sure Ali will be frustrated, Ive been there myself, said Laidlaw. He is level-headed and his attitude has been second to none since he came in.He has trained brilliantly, got his head down and worked hard. Thats credit to him.Hes been selected for a reason and thats because hes been playing well. He just needs to keep his head down and his chance will come. He will have a big career when he gets his break. Zapatillas Salomon Baratas . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery. Zapatillas Salomon Baratas España . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. http://www.baratassalomon.es/ . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. Zapatillas Salomon España . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Salomon Baratas Chinas . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. Three NFL underdogs pulled off outright upsets in Sundays late games, turning another ho-hum winning day into a monster day for Las Vegas sportsbooks.The Atlanta Falcons beating the Oakland Raiders 35-28 and the St. Louis Rams upending the Seattle Seahawks locked up a winning day for several sportsbooks. The Minnesota Vikings added to the books haul with a 17-14 upset of the Green Bay Packers in the prime-time game.Jason Simbal, vice president of race and sports for CG Technology, said the Falcons win over the Raiders produced his books biggest win, heading into the night game. CG Technology took a mid-to-high five-figure money-line bet on the Raiders to beat the Falcons straight-up and another five-figure bet in the same range on Oakland -4.Were looking at a winning day no matter what, Simbal said right before kickoff of the prime-time game. But itll be a huge day if the Vikings get there.Caesars Palace, MGM Resorts, Stations Casino and the Westgate SuperBook also said their days hinged on the late game. And they all needed the Vikings.MGM reported taking a six-figure money-line bet on the Packers. Caesars Palace had six times as many bets on Green Bay as Minnesota leading up to kickoff. And at the Westgate, nearly four times as much money had been bet on the Packers than the Vikings.Saturday was good, not great, William Hill director of trader Nick Bogdanovich told ESPN. Sunday was very good, close to great. All in all, a very good start for the books. Knock on wood.Patriots home underdogsThe New England Patriots, the consensus Super Bowl LI favorites, are underdogs for the second time in three weeks.The Patriots opened as 2.5-point home underdogs against the Houston Texans on Thursday in a battle of 2-0 teams at Gillette Stadium. Its the third time New England been a home underdog since 2006.With quarterback Tom Brady suspended and backup Jimmy Garoppolo injured, rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett could start against the Texans. New England had been listed as a 3.5-point favorites over Houston prior to Garoppolos injury, but now begin the week as underdogs.Dating back to Bradys first start in 2001, the Patriots have won seven of their past nine games outright as home underdogs. They are 8-1 against the spread in those games.Garoppolo injured his right throwing shoulder in the second quarter of Sundays home win over the Miami Dolphins. According to ESPN sources and multiple media reports, Garoppolo suffered a sprained AC joint and will be assessed on Monday. ?Brissett replaced Garoppolo against Miami and completed 6 of 9 passes for 92 yards in the Patriots 31-24 victory.Garoppolo has been impressive in his two starts tthis season.dddddddddddd He threw three touchdown passes without an interception in two and half quarters against the Dolphins, before being injured.Westgate SuperBook football oddsmaker Ed Salmons said the difference between Brady and Garroppolo to the point spread could be as low as 3-4 points.Canelo delivers blow to MGMCanelo Alvarez won his WBO light-middleweight title fight Saturday with a ninth-round TKO of the United Kingdoms Liam Smith at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Alvarez also delivered a couple of body shots to MGMs sportsbook along the way.Alvarez closed as high as a -1,600 favorite and attracted some large bets. Rood said his book took a loss on Alvarezs victory and saw lighter-than-normal handle overall on what has historically been a busy holiday weekend featuring a big fight.It was Mexican Independence Day, and if [Alvarez] would have been here, that would have been a huge weekend for us, Rood said. The fight being held in Texas instead of in Las Vegas reduced the handle on the bout at MGM sportsbooks by as much as 20 times, Rood said.It also limited the amount of money bet on the underdog.We lost, because anytime you have that scenario where you have a really strong favorite, youll have a couple of guys who bet the favorite big, Rood explained. And you dont have any offsetting square money on the dog. Thats the bad part of it. You get a lot of that dog money that walks up to the gate.$179,940 parlay hitsA bettor won $179,940 Saturday, when his three identical $20, 12-leg parlays hit. The bets -- each featuring the same dozen college football teams -- were placed at the Buffalo Bills Resort and Casino, in Primm, Nevada, near the California state line.The bettor took Western Michigan -3.5 (vs. Illinois), Colorado +20.5 (vs. Michigan), Toledo -20.5 (vs. Fresno State), Virginia Tech -5.5 (vs. Boston College), South Florida -14.5 (vs. Syracuse), San Diego State -10.5 (vs. Northern Illinois), Oklahoma State -5.5 (vs. Pittsburgh), Ohio State -1.5 (vs. Oklahoma), Navy -5.5 (vs. Tulane), California +7.5 (vs. Texas), Nevada -10.5 (vs. Buffalo) and Utah -13.5 (vs. San Jose State).The bettor asked to remain anonymous, but did tell the William Hill marketing department that he plays a 12-leg parlay every week during football season and had never hit one before Saturday. William Hill operates the sportsbook at Buffalo Bills. William Hill director of marketing Michael Grodsky said around a dozen 12-team parlays hit last football season at the companys 108 Nevada sportsbooks. 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