Miller leads in Tennessee; Daly one back

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08/26/2010 - Farragut, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Zack Miller posted a six-under 66 on Thursday to take the opening-round lead of the Knoxville Sentinel Open, but a multiple major champion lurks close behind.

John Daly, the 1991 PGA Champion and 1995 British Open winner, shot a five- under 67 and is tied for second place with former PGA Tour player Kirk Triplett, David Hearn, William McGirt, Justin Peters, Skip Kendall, Andrew Svoboda and Robert Damron.

Daly began on the 10th tee Thursday and rattled off three straight birdies. He finished off his first nine with two more birdies and a bogey to make the turn at four-under.

Daly eagled the par-five first, but back-to-back bogeys at five and six momentarily derailed his round. He birdied the seventh to get to five-under and stayed there with two closing pars.

Miller is a tour rookie and in his Nationwide Tour bio, he said he'd round out his dream foursome with Charles Barkley, John McEnroe and Daly.

Miller also got off to a big start on Thursday. He eagled the first hole, but only managed one other birdie the rest of his front nine.

Miller kicked off the second nine with two consecutive birdies from the 10th. He parred the par-four 12th, but birdied the par-three 13th to get to six- under par.

He parred his last five to secure the first-round lead.

Miller has two top-10s in his rookie campaign, including a tie for 10th at his first event, the Bogota Open, and a shared third at the Fort Smith Classic. He fired a 62 in the first round of the Wayne Gretzky Classic, but a second-round 73 led to a tie for 17th.

Chris Kirk, who is fourth on the Nationwide Tour money list, headlines a group of players tied for 10th at four-under 68. Tag Ridings and John Riegger, both in the top 20 on the money list, are also part of the group two shots off the lead.

NOTES: Daly isn't the only former major champion in the field this week. Rich Beem, the 2002 PGA Champion, carded a two-under 70 and is tied for 34th place...Leading money winner Jamie Lovemark is not in the field...Last year's winner Kevin Johnson is also not on hand this week.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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