Lately another area standout will get his chance to shine on one of sports highest stages this fall. Atlantic City native Jack Corcoran was signed to a threeyear contract to play football for the San Francisco 49ers earlier this month. San Fran is Corcoran's third NFL team since he graduated from Rutgers University in 2009, as he signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2010, then joined the Tennessee Titans' practice squad after the Texans released him.In last week's column, I wrote about how only 10 games this season have had spreads in the double digits, which is down sharply from the season before. Thanks to parity, there have been fewer games where oddsmakers are predicting blowouts. The problem, it appears, is that doubledigit favorites don't have a winning record against the spread this year..

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