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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 this season. 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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The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said he has not had contact with LSU?and his focus is on upcoming opponent North Carolina.LSU fired Les Miles on Sunday, and Fisher is expected to be one of LSUs targets. He was rumored to be a priority target for LSU last season when Miles status was in limbo late in the year.Im not talking about LSU. No I havent [had contact] and Im not talking about it, Fisher said, Were talking about North Carolina.An LSU assistant beginning in 2000 with Nick Saban, Fisher won a national championship as the Tigers offensive coordinator in 2003. When Miles followed Saban in 2005, Fisher remained on staff before leaving to become the offensive coordinator and head-coach-in-waiting at Florida State in 2007.Fisher won a national championship at Florida State in 2013 and has 71-15 career record with three ACC titles. The No. 12 Seminoles are 3-1 this season.As an assistant and head coach, he has tutored four first-round quarterbacks, a position the Tigers struggled to develop under Miles once Fisher left.Fisher, in his seventh season at Florida State, said his focus is on coaching, and he isnt interested in listening to overtures from other schools.Im coaching football, said Fisher, who added he doesnt tell his representation how to handle interest from other schools but not to accept anything, dont talk anything, dont do anything.Houston?coach Tom Herman, also considered an early LSU target, told the Houston Chronicle nobody has contacted me.In addition, when asked about the LSU job by reporters, Louisville?coach Bobby Petrino said he isnt interested going anywhere.Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said on Tuesday that he had not been contacted by LSU. Im going to be the coach at Ohio State, he said.Les is a legend, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said Tuesday at his news conference. He has helped make the SEC what it is currently. Hes one of those guys.dddddddddddd?Hes a great coach. Hes a great person. Hes a guy coming into the SEC that I looked up to. He always treated me great.After several high-profile programs dismissed head and assistant coaches Sunday, Fisher said its a shame college football is getting to that now.I think its the first sign of the [College Football] Playoff, he said. Theyre trying to turn it into pro football. If you start turning it into pro football, you better be careful what you ask for. Are you saying the season is over if a team doesnt go to the playoff? If I cant get in the playoff, a team tanks? You guys write the season is over if a team doesnt go to the playoffs.... Im talking about the big picture of this game. Theres a lot of things we all want, but at the end were not looking at the big picture and how it affects the game itself and the integrity of the game besides winning a championship, which we all want and Im as competitive as any human being out there. But think about the big picture of what you want to do -- not next year but five, 10, 15, 20 years down the road.Alabama coach Nick Saban agreed with Fisher.This is very similar to Georgia firing Mark Richt when he averages 10 wins a season, Saban said. I guess this is the time that we live in. Everybody needs to know that. But it doesnt minimize to any degree the amount of respect that we have for the job that Les Miles did at LSU and the great competitive teams that hes had there for a long, long time and the amount of success that hes had.You look at our league, and weve lost some legends in the last year with Mark Richt, Steve Spurrier, now Les Miles, Malzahn said Tuesday. Its unfortunate. Hes one of the best in the business.ESPNs Andrea Adelson and Greg Ostendorf contributed to this report. ' ' '