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2012 Heisman Trophy Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 1/18/2012

A few of the books put out early 2012 Heisman Trophy odds, and the one thing they seem to agree on is that Southern Cal quarterback Matt Barkley is the favorite (7/2 on Bovada, for example). Barkley surprised many by choosing to return to Troy because he ended last season playing the best football of his career. He was a lock Top-10 pick in the 2012 draft had he come out.
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2013 College Football BCS National Championship Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 1/10/2012

Come on, you knew this story was coming! With the curtain closed on the 2011-12 college football season thanks to Alabama’s boring (and low-rated) but dominant win over LSU on Monday night at the Superdome, it’s already time to start looking ahead to next year’s title odds – the BCS National Championship Game shifts to the Orange Bowl (i.e. Miami’s Sun Life Stadium) on Jan. 7, 2013.
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2012 BCS Championship Game Predictions: LSU vs. Alabama Odds and Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 12/26/2011

All hail the SEC. Again. No. 1 LSU (13-0) will take on No. 2 Alabama (11-1) at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9 at the Superdome in New Orleans. The winner will claim the sixth straight National Championship for the SEC and will be allowed another smug offseason of braggadocio for their rabid Southern fan base.
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2012 Fiesta Bowl Predictions: Stanford vs. Oklahoma State Odds and Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 12/26/2011

The Cowboys, the champions of the Big 12, were left out of the BCS National Championship Game as voters elected to go with a rematch between LSU-Alabama in the title clash. Oklahoma State was passed over despite the fact that Alabama didn’t win its own division in the SEC, much less a conference title, and the fact that Oklahoma State has performed better against a more difficult schedule this season.
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2012 TicketCity Bowl Predictions: Penn State vs. Houston Odds and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/26/2011

The busy day of bowl action on Jan. 2 kicks off with the TicketCity bowl at noon Eastern from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas when No. 17 Houston (12-1) faces off against No. 23 Penn State (9-3). It will be curious to see how motivated the Cougars are for this one. Houston was unbeaten and in line for its first-ever BCS bowl before running into a pretty good Southern Miss team in the Conference USA Championship Game and falling, 49-28 (that was the only ranked team Houston played this season).
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2012 Rose Bowl Predictions: Wisconsin vs. Oregon Odds and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/24/2011

The “Granddaddy of Them All” highlights the bowl action on Jan. 2 when No. 10 Wisconsin and No. 5 Oregon face off in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. While most would consider the Rose Bowl the top non-title bowl game, both UW and Oregon had National Championship hopes this year. The Badgers (11-2) were about 20 game seconds from playing in that game, falling in the final seconds in back-to-back weeks to Michigan State and Ohio State in midseason.
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2012 Gator Bowl Predictions: Florida vs. Ohio State Odds and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/21/2011

If you had told Gator Bowl organizers back in the summer that they would be matching Florida and Ohio State, they probably would have wet themselves. Alas, this matchup of previous superpowers doesn’t hold quite the cache as expected because both enter off hugely disappointing seasons and at 6-6 each for the Jan. 2 game in Jacksonville.
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2011 Insight Bowl Predictions: Iowa vs. Oklahoma Betting Odds
by Nolan Sinclair – Strike Point Sports - 12/21/2011

No. 19 Oklahoma will square off with Iowa in the 2011 Insight Bowl. The game will kick off at 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. The spread on this game opened at 16.5, which was the highest of any bowl spread released in Las Vegas this winter.
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2012 Orange Bowl Predictions: West Virginia vs. Clemson Odds
by Nolan Sinclair – Strike Point Sports - 12/20/2011

As the calendar turns to 2012 college football fans will be treated to a week of outstanding football. And while random teams from conferences across the country are thrown together, somewhat haphazardly, into odd bowl games, the Orange Bowl promises to be a rare game that has both national and regional significance.
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2011 Holiday Bowl Predictions: Cal vs. Texas Odds and Betting Picks
by Dave Schwab - 12/19/2011

The California Golden Bears and the Texas Longhorns will be at Qualcomm Stadium on Wednesday, Dec.28, to square-off in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl in San Diego. This Pac-12 /Big 12 clash is slated to get underway at 8 p.m. (EST) and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
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2011 Champs Sports Bowl Predictions: Notre Dame vs. Florida State Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 12/16/2011

The Champs Sports Bowl is overrated. No. 25 Florida State will take on Notre Dame in the 2011 Champs Sports Bowl. The game kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29 in the Florida Citrus Bowl and features perhaps the two most overrated programs in college football over the last 10 years.
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2011 Poinsettia Bowl Predictions: TCU vs. Louisiana Tech Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 12/16/2011

The Horned Frogs played their final season in the Mountain West this year, winning the conference championship and positioning themselves to once again crash the BCS party and to play in a post-New Year’s bowl game. Instead, they get to take on fledgling Louisiana Tech in a pre-Christmas, mid-week matchup that is about as anticipated as holiday fruitcake.
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2011 Alamo Bowl Predictions: Washington vs. Baylor Odds and Picks
by Aaron Smith - 12/16/2011

The Alamo Bowl is generally one of the better early-season bowl matchups, and I would say this year is no different. Robert Griffin III won the Heisman Trophy early this month, and he’ll lead his Baylor Bears up against the Washington Huskies in this one. The man they call RG3 is making the rounds in the media after picking up the coveted trophy. Can his Bears reach double figures in wins in front of a friendly crowd in San Antonio?
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2012 Cotton Bowl Predictions: Arkansas vs. Kansas State Odds and Picks
by Darin Zank - 12/16/2011

The Cotton Bowl has kind of fallen off the big bowl radar in recent years, which is too bad considering it's got a lot more tradition than most other bowls. For Instance, Alabama's Tommy Lewis stepping off the bench to lay out Rice's Dicky Moegle in the 1954 game; all those great Southwestern Conference teams; Joe Montana leading Notre Dame back vs. Houston in '79; those early New Year's Day kickoffs, to go along with your favorite hair of the dog. All good stuff.
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2012 Outback Bowl Predictions: Michigan State vs. Georgia Odds
by Taylor Jordan – Strike Point Sports - 12/15/2011

Are they focused and ready? How about interested in this game? Those are some of the most important questions for this year’s Outback Bowl when No. 13 Michigan State and No. 18 Georgia get together on Jan.2. Both Michigan State and Georgia played in their respective conference title games with each given more than a fair chance to go BCS bowling with a potential win.
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2012 Sugar Bowl Predictions: Michigan vs. Virginia Tech Odds
by Taylor Jordan – Strike Point Sports - 12/15/2011

Don’t look now, but the Maize and Blue are back in the BCS. It may not be the Rose Bowl, but things appear very good in Ann Arbor in Brady Hoke’s first season with his Michigan Wolverines. But then again, his opponent in the 2011 Sugar Bowl is Virginia Tech, and neither this program nor head coach Frank Beamer is a stranger to this game or the big stage.
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2011 Independence Bowl Predictions: North Carolina vs. Missouri Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 12/14/2011

Many believe the real bowl season doesn’t begin until after Christmas Day. If you subscribe to that theory, the Independence Bowl will kick off this year’s bowl season on Dec. 26. North Carolina and Missouri both finished the regular season with a 7-5 record. The Tar Heels dropped four of their last six games, while the Tigers won their last three contests. This may not be a marquee bowl, but I believe it has the potential to be a quality game.
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College Bowl Game Betting Advice: Heisman Trophy Winners
by Trevor Whenham - 12/14/2011

On Dec. 29 the wildly impressive Robert Griffin III will bring his newly-won Heisman Trophy to San Antonio to lead his Baylor Bears in the Alamo Bowl against the Washington Huskies. While Griffin’s Heisman win was unexpected — at least at the start of the season — he was certainly deserving despite the three losses his team suffered.
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2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl Predictions: Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/13/2011

Ah, the pageantry that is the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Just so we are clear here, I am referring to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas that is at noon on Dec. 31 in Houston. NOT to the former Meineke Car Care Bowl that used to be in Charlotte and is now called the Belk Bowl.
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2011 New Orleans Bowl Predictions: San Diego State vs. UL Lafayette Odds
by Dave Schwab - 12/13/2011

The San Diego State Aztecs head into the Superdome this Saturday night as a road favorite in a neutral-site game when they take-on the hometown UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns in this year’s New Orleans Bowl. The kickoff for this Mountain West verses Sun Belt clash is set for 9 p.m. (EST) and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.
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2011 Beef ‘O’ Brady Bowl Predictions: Florida International vs. Marshall Odds
by Dave Schwab - 12/13/2011

This upcoming Tuesday, the Florida International Golden Panthers, out of the Sun Belt Conference will look to keep their season-ending winning streak alive when they tangle with the Conference-USA’s Marshall Thundering Herd in this year’s Beef ‘O’ Brady Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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College Bowl Game Handicapping: Coaching Changes
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/13/2011

There are 12 college football teams heading to their bowl games with some sort of coaching dilemma one-way or the other. There are the coaches who have already been fired but are permitted to coach in the bowl game, coordinators who have been elevated to interim coaches to replace a fired or departed coach, there are the teams with coaches looking for better jobs but stuck there for the time being, and then there are coaches who have already left for another school but will come back to coach in the bowl game.
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College Bowl Game Handicapping: Motivation Key Factor
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/12/2011

Aside from the BCS National Championship Game and most of the BCS bowl games, motivation can be questioned for many of the bowl participants each college bowl season. Of course, there are a few teams who enter bowl season with a chip on their shoulder, but more often than not there are more teams exhibiting a lack of motivation in their bowl games.
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How to Bet on College Football Bowl Games
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/10/2011

The College Football bowl season provides a number of challenges and opportunities for sports bettors but also unique factors for college football handicappers to consider. The long layoff, potential suspension of players, differing motivation, neutral fields, warmer weather, coaching rumors, live movements, and traveling fan bases, among other things, are all factors that need to be taken in equation that generally do not come up during the college football regular season.
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College Football Handicapping: Conference Domination in Bowl Games
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/9/2011

With the structure of the current bowl system college football fans are given a clear indication of how conferences truly stack up to one another. Bowl games are tied into deals with conferences. It has been this way for years and luckily for bettors this may be the easiest way in all of sports betting to track trends.
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Ranking all the College Bowl Games
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/8/2011

Throw out the implications. Negate the BCS or non-BCS factor. When it comes right down to it, what are the most intriguing, watchable, entertaining games on the 35-game college bowl game schedule for this holiday season? Here is how I see them breaking down with my 2011-12 bowl game rankings from the best to the worst of what to watch for the next month.
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2011 Heisman Trophy Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/7/2011

It’s all over but the ceremony for the Heisman Trophy this year. The lobbying is finished, the votes are cast, and no games are left. In a lot of years this is a very good time to make a Heisman bet or two. We have a decent sense of how things are going to turn out and we know nothing else will change, but there is still enough uncertainty to offer a solid price.
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College Football Handicapping: Ranking the BCS Bowls
by Trevor Whenham - 12/7/2011

This isn’t rocket science. In fact, the title should really explain it — this is the order I would rank the five BCS games this year in terms of overall quality and excitement - both from a betting perspective and as a fan. (all college football odds are from 5Dimes):
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College Bowl Betting: Best and Worst Bowl Games
by Trevor Whenham - 12/6/2011

It’s bowl season — one of my favorite times of year. While the college bowl game schedule is fresh in our minds it seems like a very good time to pick out the ones that jump out as the best and the worst of the games from the perspective of both a fan and a bettor. Here are five that really stand out as potentially great ones, and four that are almost certain to be terrible.
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BCS Championship Game Odds: LSU vs. Alabama Point Spread and Line Movement
by Trevor Whenham - 12/5/2011

The odds have been set for the BCS Championship Game — the divisional rematch between the LSU Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide — and oddsmakers see this one as close. In fact, they couldn’t find it closer — 5Dimes is one of many books that has posted the game at or near ‘pick‘em’ in early action. The early totals line is listed at 39.5.
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College Football Picks: Army vs. Navy Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/5/2011

It might not be the most-heated rivalry in college football, but many would make the argument that it’s the most storied when Army and Navy collide – it’s a game so important it gets the entire college weekend to itself. This year’s 112th meeting is at FedEx Field outside of Washington, D.C., the first time Army-Navy has been held in the Capital Beltway.
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Updated College Bowl Game Projections and BCS Predictions
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/29/2011

Barring voter revolt, the SEC rematch between LSU and Alabama is set. Even if LSU loses to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game the Tigers will remain in the top two of the BCS standings based on their wins over No. 2 Alabama, No. 8 Arkansas and No. 9 Oregon.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 13
by Aaron Smith - 11/25/2011

It’s time for the final installment of the mid-major betting report. This report focuses on the Rice Owls, who were picked at random before the season began. All season long I’ve been following Rice beat writers, staff members on Twitter, and news from all the team’s press conferences.
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Handicapping Tips and Advice: College Football Rivalry Week
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/23/2011

It might be feast week in college basketball, but it is also the second to last week of the college football regular season, also known as rivalry week. Some of the traditional college football rivalry games mean more than usual while some mean less than usual, but try telling the players and fan bases involved that some of these games do not matter in the grand scheme of things.
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College Football Predictions: Arkansas at LSU Odds and Betting Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 11/22/2011

It’s yet another game of the century in this crazy college football season. This one has so many things riding on the outcome, with the BCS Championship Game at the top of that list. If LSU wins then they are just one win over Georgia in the SEC Championship away from their shot at the national title.
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2011-12 College Bowl Projections and BCS Predictions
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/22/2011

Nearly all the dominoes have fallen into place and an SEC rematch is becoming more certain each day. LSU only needs to get past Arkansas at home and then win the SEC Championship against Georgia. Alabama visits Auburn in the Iron Bowl, which is far from a layup. If Arkansas can win in Death Valley the door opens for the Razorbacks to play for a title.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 12
by Aaron Smith - 11/17/2011

The regular season is slowly winding down, but the mid-major betting report is back for the second to last edition. This report focuses on the Rice Owls, who were picked at random before the season started. All year I’ll be following the Rice beat writers, staff members on Twitter, as well as all the team’s press conferences. The information collected from these sources will be used to help me become very knowledgeable about the Rice Owls.
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College Football BCS National Championship Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 11/17/2011

Every year it’s always the same in college football. Late in October it seems like everything is a total mess — so many undefeated teams that it seems certain that the BCS Championship will result in chaos and heartbreak.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 11
by Aaron Smith - 11/10/2011

It’s the second week of November, and it’s already Week 11 of the college football season. It’s time for another edition of the mid-major report. This report focuses on the Rice Owls, who were picked at random before the season began.
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College Football Handicapping: Ranking the Conferences
by Trevor Whenham - 11/10/2011

We are more than halfway through conference play in college football. That means that we know a fair bit about what each conference is capable of, and what problems and limitations they face. That means it is a good time to make a reasonably accurate ranking of the strength of the major conferences for help with college football handicapping.
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College Football Picks: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/8/2011

It’s another all-ACC matchup on ESPN’s Thursday night NCAA football game this week, and it’s a good one from Atlanta when No. 20 Georgia Tech hosts No. 10 Virginia Tech with the winner likely to represent the Coastal Division in the ACC Championship Game against Clemson (the Tigers haven’t clinched yet but can with a home win over Wake Forest on Saturday).
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College Football Handicapping: Best and Worst Against the Spread
by Trevor Whenham - 11/8/2011

As we head into the home stretch of the college football season it’s a good time to look at the teams that have been very kind to bettors, and those that have burned bettors’ money at an alarming pace. Here’s a look at the studs and duds of this season against the spread to help with your college football handicapping:
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 11
by Dave Schwab - 11/8/2011

With the regular season winding down, teams continue to jockey for position for the upcoming bowl season. Some teams like LSU are trying to secure a spot in the BCS title game, while others are just trying to win enough game to become bowl eligible. A good number of the teams in that latter group reside in the mid-major conferences, where each week there are always some solid plays on a few of these ‘under the radar’ games.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 10
by Aaron Smith - 11/3/2011

We’re back with the Week 10 edition of the mid-major betting report. This report focuses on the Rice Owls, who were selected at random before the beginning of the season. All year I’ll be following Rice beat writers, Twitter feeds of players and staff, and team press conferences to get every nugget of information out there about this Rice football team.
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/1/2011

Don’t look now, but Ohio State is playing the best football in the Big Ten. And things are about to get a whole lot easier for the Buckeyes. They are riding a two-game winning streak and a 10-game November winning streak dating back to 2007.
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 10
by Dave Schwab - 10/31/2011

This week, all eyes are sure to be focused on the biggest game of the year when No.1 LSU takes on No.2 Alabama this Saturday night in Tuscaloosa. This is easily the most anticipated major conference matchup this week, but there are a couple of conference matchups in the mid-majors as well that bear watching as well.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 9
by Aaron Smith - 10/26/2011

We’re all the way to Week 9, and it is time for another edition of the mid-major betting report. This report comes a little earlier than normal this week, because the Rice Owls have a game on Thursday night this week. Before the season, Rice was picked at random as the team I’ll be following all season long. I’ll follow Twitter feeds, beat writers, and team press conferences to get every little bit of information possible about this team. This series is designed to show bettors that specialization can be profitable.
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/25/2011

The rollercoaster ride of a game that saw Michigan State trail by 14 in the first quarter, lead by 14 in the fourth quarter and wind up tied 31-31 with seconds left on the clock ended, appropriately enough, with an unconventional Hail Mary. With 76,405 in attendance anticipating overtime, Spartan quarterback Kirk Cousins launched up a prayer.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 8
by Aaron Smith - 10/20/2011

The mid-major betting report is back for the Week 8 edition. This is a report that focuses on the Rice Owls, who were selected at random before the beginning of the season. Throughout the entire season I’ll be following the team’s press conferences, beat writers, and Rice Owls Twitter feeds to find every little bit of information about this team. The goal of this series is to help show bettors that specialization can be profitable. At the end of each report, I’ll make a selection on this week’s Rice Owls game. We will be using Doc’s Sports Unit Betting System for every pick, which will help readers follow along and track the results of these college football picks.
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College Football Odds: West Virginia at Syracuse Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/19/2011

Syracuse will be facing new West Virginia Head Coach Dana Holgorsen for the first time on Friday night. In a twisted way it’s at least partly their fault that Bill Stewart is gone and Holgorsen is in charge. Last year when these Big East rivals met West Virginia was ranked 20th and was strongly favored to win the Big East.
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Ramblings From A College Football Betting Junkie
by Taylor Jordan – Strike Point Sports - 10/18/2011

This past Saturday certainly did the first edition of the 2011-12 BCS standings some justice. Prior to last weekend there were a slew of undefeated teams. Already you could hear grumblings in the background about how the number of potential perfect records at the end of the season might be disastrous for a potential title game, but equally ideal to push for a playoff.
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/18/2011

The Spartans made a number of statements on Saturday in East Lansing. They proved they can beat Michigan without the help of Rich Rodriguez. They proved their defense is legit and they vaulted to pole position in the Legends Division all via their 28-14 win over rival Michigan. The win means that the Spartan seniors went 4-0 against the Wolverines.
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College Football Picks: UCLA at Arizona Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 10/18/2011

It’s the third week in a row the Pac-12 is featured on ESPN’s Thursday night telecast when unranked foes UCLA and Arizona meet in Tucson, the Cats’ first home game in almost a month. This will also be the first time Arizona takes the field since Head Coach Mark Stoops was fired.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 7
by Aaron Smith - 10/14/2011

College football’s regular season is just about halfway complete. It’s time for another edition of the mid-major betting report. This report focuses on the Rice Owls, who were selected at random before the season started. Doc’s Sports is all about finding that little extra edge on the books. I’ll be following the team’s press conferences, following players on Twitter, and reading reports from beat writers to find every little nugget of information about this team.
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College Football Handicapping: Most Overrated Team In Each Conference
by Trevor Whenham - 10/13/2011

Last week I looked at the most overrated college football teams in the country. I was happy with my choices, though some other people clearly weren’t. This week I want to go a step further and look at the most overrated team in each of the six major conferences:
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Ramblings From A College Football Betting Junkie
by Taylor Jordan – Strike Point Sports - 10/12/2011

Were six weeks into the college football season and one of the most important questions in college football betting is still widely up for debate: Which team is the No. 1 squad in all the land? There are 13 teams that are still undefeated, but in my book just five are in discussion for that top spot.
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/11/2011

Ohio State somehow found a way to be that loser despite holding a 27-6 lead in the second half. Quarterback Braxton Miller injured his ankle in the third quarter and was replaced by Joe Bauserman, who could do no right. Bauserman completed one pass to his team and one pass to Nebraska. His other eight passes fell incomplete. He threw for only 13 yards and helped Nebraska get back into the game.
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College Football Picks: Michigan at Michigan State Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/10/2011

It’s time for the annual battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. After six straight wins by the Wolverines in this series, the Spartans are riding a three-game winning streak. New Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke faces a challenge here in overcoming history — the last five Michigan head coaches all lost the first game they played against Michigan State.
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2011 Heisman Trophy Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 10/10/2011

We are about halfway through the college football season. While we still don’t have a strong sense of who will win the Heisman Trophy, we have certainly learned a lot about who isn’t going to win the award. At this point it’s a good time to make some more Heisman Trophy predictions. Here, in order of likelihood, are the most likely Heisman winners in my eyes:
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 7
by Dave Schwab - 10/10/2011

Most college teams have already played five or six games this season so the oddsmakers now have been able to compile more than enough information to really fine-tune the college football odds for the upcoming games. Fortunately, there is always value to be found in the spreads, especially when it comes to matchups in the mid-major conferences. These lines tend to stay true as these games are much less influenced by the betting public than the marquee contests in the major conferences.
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College Football Handicapping: Teams With Betting Value
by Trevor Whenham - 10/7/2011

Earlier in the week I took a look at college football teams that are getting more respect than they have earned so far. Today let’s look at the opposite. Here are four teams that have been better than either their ranking or their record would indicate so far this year. Knowing when a team is better than most people think they are is a very valuable thing for college football handicappers. Without further ado:
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 6
by Aaron Smith - 10/6/2011

The college football season has already reached Week 6. The mid-major report is back once again with another look at the Rice Owls. Rice was selected at random as the team I would follow this year as part of this mid-major report special series. Through the year I will closely follow the Owls in hopes of gaining an edge on the books.
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Oklahoma at Texas Predictions and Red River Rivalry Odds and Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/5/2011

Before we get into the preview, I have to say one thing — it is a total travesty that Oklahoma does not come into this game as the top-ranked team in the AP poll. Oklahoma has done everything asked of them — including taking care of business in impressive fashion in Tallahassee.
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College Football Predictions: Boise State at Fresno State Odds and Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/5/2011

For the last decade this was a conference game in the WAC. Starting next year it will be a conference game in the Mountain West. Thanks to the seemingly endless conference shuffles, though, this year it will be a nonconference game — just one of the strange quirks in the Boise State Broncos football schedule this year.
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 6
by Dave Schwab - 10/5/2011

As the 2011 college football regular season reaches the halfway point, teams are now in the heart of their conference play. This familiarity between teams offers some tremendous value in the college football lines as it provides ample information to better handicap the games. This is especially helpful for matchups in the mid-major conferences that do not receive the anywhere near the level of attention from the betting public that the marquee games on the college football schedule do.
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College Football Handicapping: Five Overrated Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 10/5/2011

We’re nearly halfway through the college football season already. As there is every season there are some teams that are getting more attention, more love in the rankings, and more hype than their play has justified. Here’s a look at five over-rated teams at this point in the college football season. This list can help you with your college football handicapping and to help spot weak college football odds.
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College Football Picks: Cal at Oregon Betting Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 10/4/2011

If you want a reason other than for betting purposes to watch Thursday’s ESPN college football game, do it for the Oregon uniforms. The Ducks will unveil yet another new ensemble, and I’ve seen them. They are quite awesome. At least in a “retro there’s what looks like Donald Duck on the shoulder pads kind of way.”
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/4/2011

After the first week of Big Ten conference play, the Big Ten Leaders division is doing just that, leading. In cross-divisional games, teams from the Leaders Division, Illinois and Wisconsin picked up wins over Legends Northwestern and Nebraska while Michigan State of the Legends defeated Ohio State of the Leaders.
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College Football Odds: Potential Trap Games Week 5
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/29/2011

Two teams are coming off an emotionally charged atmosphere in Week 4 and two teams are prepared to enter an emotionally charged atmosphere in Week 6. What happens in Week 5 is called a trap game both for LSU and West Virginia, who faced off in Week 4, Saturday night in front of a national television audience and for Texas and Oklahoma, two teams who will face off in Week 6 in front of a national television audience.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 5
by Aaron Smith - 9/29/2011

We’re back with another installment of the mid-major report. Before the season, the Rice Owls were picked at a random to be the mid-major team of choice that I will follow all season long. I’ll be analyzing all the numbers from every game, following players and staff members on Twitter, and using reports from Rice beat writers to help gain an edge on the books.
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 5
by Dave Schwab - 9/28/2011

After four weeks of action in this year’s college football season, there are only two schools from the mid-major conferences in the AP’s top 25; Boise State at No.4 and TCU at No.20. This lack of notoriety sometimes causes the betting public to forget about the hidden value that exists in some of the matchups between all the other quality teams from these conferences.
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Nebraska at Wisconsin Predictions and College Football Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 9/27/2011

When was the last time that the Big Ten had a major game with national implications and attention that didn’t involve Michigan or Ohio State? It happens occasionally, but it’s certainly the exception. That’s what we have here, though, when No. 8 Nebraska travels to Madison to face No. 7 Wisconsin in the first meeting between the historic programs since 1974. Of course, it’s also the first time that Nebraska has ever played a Big Ten contest, and that’s another thing that is tough to wrap your mind around.
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College Football Predictions: Utah State vs. BYU Odds and Betting Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 9/27/2011

The Aggies and the Cougars meet on national TV on Friday night in the second most important in-state contest for each team. That’s not saying much since there are only three FBS teams in Utah, but the stakes are still high here. Both of these teams already have two losses, so neither can really afford another if they want to keep hopes of a decent bowl berth and a solid season alive.
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College Football Picks: South Florida at Pitt Predictions and Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 9/27/2011

Is there any doubt that the Big East Conference is the weakest of all the BCS conferences? For one thing, there’s only one Big East team remaining without a loss and that is No. 16 South Florida as the Bulls open conference play on Thursday night’s ESPN national TV game at Pittsburgh. And secondly, USF is the only team in the conference with a win over a ranked team so far this year – coming in the season opener over Notre Dame, which isn’t ranked any longer.
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Trevor Whenham - 9/27/2011

Nebraska vs. Wisconsin showdown - When was the last time that a mega-battle with serious national implications was played in the Big Ten and didn’t feature Michigan or Ohio State? It happens occasionally, but almost never with stakes this high.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 4
by Aaron Smith - 9/22/2011

The weekly mid-major report focuses on the Rice Owls. The goal of this report is to help the average bettor realize that specialization can be a profitable strategy. Rice was picked at random at the start of the season as the team that I will follow all year long. I’ll be pouring through statistics from every game, reading reports from Rice beat writers, following the players on Twitter, and using information gathering method I can to learn more about this year’s version of the Rice Owls.
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 4
by Dave Schwab - 9/21/2011

As the college football season starts to heat up with marquee matchups in the major conferences, the betting public sometimes forgets to tap into the tremendous value that exists in some of the games in the mid-majors. Each week we crunch the numbers in these ‘under the radar’ contests in an effort to mine this value out of the college football odds.
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College Football Predictions: NC State at Cincinnati Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 9/20/2011

It’s a bit of a downer for this week’s Thursday night ESPN national TV game as, after getting ranked foes LSU and Mississippi State last week. This week it’s unranked North Carolina State and Cincinnati on the docket for this one. I can guarantee you one thing: There will be a ton more points scored by the Wolfpack and Bearcats than the 25 Tigers and Bulldogs managed.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pitt Panthers Predictions and College Football Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 9/20/2011

This is a very different preview than I would have written for this game just a week ago. Going into last week’s contest the Irish were reeling. They had lost two in a row, they had collapsed in horrifying fashion against Michigan, and they had problems all over the field. It was like the ghost of Charlie Weis was coaching them still. While they didn’t answer all of the questions surrounding them last time out, their decisive win over Michigan State certainly eased the panic felt by fans and analysts at least a little bit.
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Doc's Sports Weekly Big Ten Football Betting Report
by Trevor Whenham - 9/20/2011

Michigan’s new coach faces the worst nightmare for coaches this week - facing the team he just left -- when San Diego State travels to Michigan on Saturday. The Aztecs are a very solid team featuring a strong QB in Ryan Lindley and the No. 2 rusher in the country.
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College Football Picks: Central Florida at BYU Odds and Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 9/20/2011

This is not how the dream was supposed to play out for either team. The BYU Cougars boldly went independent this season. They have a talented, well-coached team and they thought they could, if everything went perfectly, knock on the BCS door in their newly free state. They set up a schedule that would have people taking notice if they won. Unfortunately, they haven’t.
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College Football Odds: Biggest Line Moves from Preseason Spreads
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/15/2011

Plenty of attention gets paid to line moves during football season. Opening college football lines are often adjusted from the beginning of the week until kickoff based on public action, among other things. This gives bettors a chance sometimes to get a better line or possibly middle a game.
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 3
by Dave Schwab - 9/14/2011

The betting public is often so infatuated with the marquee matchups on the college football schedule they often overlook the tremendous value that can be found in some of the games that may be ‘under the radar’ week after week. Each week we search for these ‘diamonds in the rough’ and after a rocky 1-2 start in Week 1, all three of our football picks last week were right on the money.
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College Football Predictions: LSU at Mississippi State Betting Picks and Odds
by Alan Matthews - 9/13/2011

One would think that the quick turnaround for Thursday night’s game between No. 3 LSU and No. 25 Mississippi State would more benefit the Bulldogs considering they are the home team and this is their home opener (and LSU’s first true road game). As Lee Corso would say: “Not so fast my friends.”
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College Football Picks: Oklahoma at Florida State Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 9/13/2011

This past week Oklahoma became the first ever team to be ranked No. 1 in the country 100 different weeks. That’s an impossibly impressive streak, but one that the Seminoles -- no strangers to the top spot themselves -- would very much like to bring to an end. For the first time in far too long Florida State is actually in a position to be nationally relevant at the highest levels, and everyone associated with the program is desperate to get there. They’ll also be hungry to wash the taste of the humiliating 47-17 loss to Oklahoma in the second game of the season last year from their mouths.
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College Football Handicapping: Any Betting Value on Notre Dame?
by Trevor Whenham - 9/13/2011

Many people had the Fighting Irish picked as a BCS team as they looked to shake of years and years of frustration. It’s not even the middle of September, though, and those BCS dreams are — at best — on life support. When a team that is this public and well liked (and hated) by fans it’s especially important to have a sense of what they are capable of and what to expect from them. Here’s a look at six factors that have contributed to where this team is at, and will have a continued impact on where they might go this year.
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College Football Odds: Boise State at Toledo Predictions and Betting Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 9/12/2011

Need proof that, despite all of their success and praise, Boise State still isn’t on par with the big boys? You need look no further than Friday’s game. That’s when the Broncos travel to Toledo to play the Rockets. What are the chances that an elite program from a major conference would ever travel to Toledo? Almost none.
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Weekly Big Ten Betting Report
by Trevor Whenham - 9/12/2011

The Wolverines are 2-0 and they just won the most exciting game of the season. Fans are giddy. There’s a problem, though -- the team really is pretty terrible. The offense is wildly inconsistent and only Denard Robinson’s magic and some horrible secondary play by Notre Dame got them the win.
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College Football Odds: Most Interesting Matchups for Week 3
by Trevor Whenham - 9/12/2011

We are heading into the third week of what has already been a thrilling, surprising, and satisfying college football season. Some things we were sure we knew have been proven false, and some things that seemed impossible have happened. This coming weekend promises to be just as exciting as the ones that have come before it. Here are 10 games that stand out as interesting from a betting perspective, with college football odds included:
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College Football Handicapping: Teams Better Than Expected
by Trevor Whenham - 9/12/2011

We are just two weeks into the college football season, but already a whole lot of what we thought we knew has changed. There are teams that we thought were very good that are having trouble living up to those expectations — Georgia, Notre Dame, and Oregon leap to mind. Then there are the teams that are showing even more than we anticipated.
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College Football Handicapping: The Experience Factor
by Darin Zank - 9/9/2011

We all know, or at least we should know, that three key factors go into handicapping college football games: talent, coaching and experience. Talent and coaching can go a long way toward a team's success, both in winning games and covering pointspreads. But there's also something to be said about experience, and handicappers should take this intangible into account. Phil Steele certainly does.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 2
by Aaron Smith - 9/8/2011

The weekly mid-major betting report is all about helping the average bettor realize that specialization can be profitable. The Rice Owls were picked at random as a team I’ll be following on a weekly basis from the beginning of the year right through their final contest of the season. I’ll be getting my hands on every bit of information I can about this team.
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 9/7/2011

As the college football season progresses, the oddsmakers will only get better and better at sharpening their pencils to tighten up the spreads on the games. Despite this, there is always value to be found in the lines, especially when it comes to the mid-major conferences.The following is a look at a couple of games that fall into that very category, and have been deemed our ‘best bets’ for Week 2 for college football picks.
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College Football Predictions: Arizona at Oklahoma State Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 9/6/2011

Not a great first week of predictions in college football unfortunately, as the Oregon Ducks laid an egg against LSU and Miami (Fla.) looked like a team missing seven starters in losing to a Maryland squad that featured uniforms I can’t even begin to explain (but the word ‘vomit’ would be used in some form). We’ll do better this week.
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Notre Dame at Michigan Predictions with Betting Odds and College Football Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 9/5/2011

There have been a whole lot of games played in the Big House over the years, but this Notre Dame vs. Michigan one will be the first one that has been played at night. That will create some extra buzz around a rivalry that certainly doesn’t need anything to fuel it up. These two programs really don’t like each other, and for very different reasons the stakes couldn’t be higher for either team.
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Doc’s Weekly Big Ten Betting Report
by Doc - 9/5/2011

The Big Ten got off to a rousing start last week with all 12 teams in action. Most were against weak mid-majors in an obvious effort to fatten the record and make sure that the conference can get as many bowl bids as humanly possible. In all, the teams did what they were expected to do as 10 of the 12 Big Ten squads won.
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College Football Picks: Miami at Maryland Betting Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 9/2/2011

College football’s opening week concludes on Labor Day night with, as far as I can tell, the only conference game involving BCS teams when ACC foes Miami (Fla.) and Maryland meet in College Park. It’s also the rare game to involve new head coaches on both sidelines. Former Temple Coach Al Golden takes over for Randy Shannon at Miami after the Hurricanes went a vastly disappointing 7-6 last year when they were preseason ACC favorites.
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Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Rice Owls Week 1
by Aaron Smith - 9/2/2011

Doc’s Sports is all about helping the average bettor find new ways to get ahead of the books. Wagering your hard earned money is not something to take lightly, and every possible way to get an edge should always be fully utilized. We firmly believe that specialization is a great way to earn a profit in the world of sports betting. This season I’m going to be following the Rice Owls, a team we basically picked at random.
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NCAA Football Odds and Predictions: Pac-12 Player Props
by Alan Matthews - 9/2/2011

What a novel concept: To have a name and logo that accurately represent how many schools you have in your conference. With a swipe at the Big 12 and Big Ten, I give you the new Pac-12 Conference, which welcomes Utah from the Mountain West and Colorado from the Big 12 this season (the Utes opened on Thursday night against Montana State).
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Michigan State Spartans Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 9/1/2011

The Michigan State Spartans have been the one team I can never seem to get a handle on when predicting what their record will be in the Big Ten. Over the course of the past 40 years, this team always seems to play to the levels of their opponent and not to the talent that they have on the team. This is probably the strongest team that Coach Mark Dantonio has had since his arrival in East Lansing, but I would be shocked if they would be able to match last season’s 11-2 record. Michigan State has tough road games this year against Ohio State,
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College Football Handicapping: Top 10 Strengths and Weaknesses
by Trevor Whenham - 9/1/2011

With the college football season finally starting tonight it’s a very good time to take a closer look at the top-ranked teams. This is a fascinating time to look at the highest-ranked teams because there will be so much change from now to the end of the year. Last year two of the Top 5 preseason teams wound up unranked, and Auburn was only ranked 22nd before the season started. Given the questions virtually every team in the country has surrounding them this year it’s almost certain that there will be that kind of disarray this year as well.
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NCAA Football Odds and Predictions: Big Ten Player Props
by Alan Matthews - 9/1/2011

We continue our look at some NCAA football conference player props offered by Bodog with the Big Ten today – which is now a conference of 12 teams, but for some reason refused to change its name (why start now, it didn’t for nearly 20 years with 11 teams), but it did add two silly division names in Legends and Leaders (and a rather ridiculous new conference logo) with the addition of Nebraska.
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College Fantasy Football Advice and Tips
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/1/2011

With a nation of sports fans fully engrossed with NFL Fantasy Football, could another craze soon be on the way? With participation in NFL Fantasy Football growing in the tens of millions, lesser-known but equally addicting College Fantasy Football leagues are sprouting up more and more each year growing into the thousands.
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Oregon vs. LSU Predictions and College Football Picks
by Alan Matthews - 8/31/2011

With all due respect to Boise State and Georgia – which unfortunately is on television at the same time so get those picture-in-picture directions back out or head to your local watering hole – the game of college football’s opening weekend is Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium outside Dallas when No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 LSU face off in what could conceivably be a National Championship preview. It’s the first time that two preseason Top-5 teams have opened against each other in a nonconference game since 1984.
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Free College Football Picks: UNLV at Wisconsin Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/31/2011

It might not be recognized by the U.S. government or anything, but in my mind Thursday should be declared a national holiday because college football is finally back. It’s not a great opening night in terms of good teams as only two ranked clubs will play and both are huge favorites: No. 11 Wisconsin vs. UNLV and No. 20 Mississippi State at Memphis. Let’s take a look at that Rebels-Badgers game, which is the second year in a row the two teams have faced off. The game is on ESPN.
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College Football Predictions: Most Interesting Week 1 Games
by Trevor Whenham - 8/31/2011

I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t be more excited about the start of the college football season. The offseason always seems long, but this one has seemed particularly endless. The season always gets better as it progresses and games start to mean more, but there are a lot of meaty games this week to choose from. Here are 12 that stand out in my eyes (all odds are from 5Dimes):
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College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 8/31/2011

The 2011 college football season kicks-off this Thursday night with the majority of both Division IA and IAA teams in action over the extended Labor Day weekend. This is your first crack at wagering on some meaningful football action since last year’s Super Bowl, but before you devote all your handicapping efforts on the marquee matchups on this week’s college football schedule, it is worth taking a moment to scour the current lines for a few games that may not be the center of attention. Often, there is value to be found in games such as this, but you have to take the time (and do your homework) to actually find it.
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/30/2011

The Huskers will be playing in the Big Ten this season, and a conference title is certainly within their grasp. Experience will be a key factor and Nebraska should be able to quickly acclimate to the Big Ten since they have had to take on the big boys from the Big 12 in the past. Foes such as Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas A& M will lay the groundwork for success in the Big Ten under Bo Pelini.
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Michigan Wolverines Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/30/2011

The Wolves will feature a new coach this season in Brady Hoke. Even more important will be the job that the new defensive coordinator has in trying to turn around this program. That task will fall to Greg Mattison, who has coached this position for the Baltimore Ravens and Florida Gators in recent years. It was imperative for Michigan to hire the right man for this job as they were one of the worst defensive teams in the country under Rich Rodriquez the last three years.
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Doc’s Sports Northwestern Wildcats Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/30/2011

I really like this Wildcat team and have them rated higher than most experts do. The big key to their success will be the play and health of QB Dan Persa. He played outstanding last year before going down with an ACL injury, and there are still lingering questions going into this season about how healthy he actually is. Their road schedule is brutal this year as they must face Illinois, Nebraska, and Iowa away from Evanston.
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NCAA Football Odds and Predictions: Big 12 Player Props
by Alan Matthews - 8/30/2011

We continue our look at some NCAA football conference player props offered by Bodog with the Big 12 today – a conference of 10 teams (at least for one more year until Texas A&M bolts to the SEC) and now without a regular-season ending title game. Actually, that fact probably helps the elite of the Big 12 because three times a team has been booted from national title contention because of an upset loss in the Big 12 title game.
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College Football Mid-Major Conference Betting Preview
by Dave Schwab - 8/30/2011

The 2011 college football season gets underway this Thursday night and while much of the interest with the betting public is concentrated on the teams that comprise the six major conferences, there is a wealth of value and opportunity to be found in the mid-majors as well.
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Doc’s Weekly Big Ten Betting Report
by Doc - 8/29/2011

The Big Ten Conference has a new look this season with the addition of Nebraska, and it is now split into two divisions, the Leaders and the Legends. With this addition the conference now has 12 teams and it will be able to offer a Big Ten Championship Game in December with the winner of this game getting an automatic BCS bowl game appearance. I will be offering my insights on the conference with this weekly article throughout the 2011-12 season.
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College Football Handicapping: Conference Size Changes
by Trevor Whenham - 8/26/2011

It’s time for some pretty big changes in college football, which is something you are likely aware of by now. In a move that could only make sense in the brilliantly illogical world of college football, the Big 12 will have 10 teams this year (and fewer next year, it seems), while the Big Ten has 12 teams. The Pac-10 has also become the Pac-12.
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NCAA Football Betting Tips: Specialize
by Dave Schwab - 8/26/2011

A new college football season is right around the corner, so it’s time to formulate a betting strategy that will help to ensure a positive return on your investment this season. College football makes up a substantial amount of the action a typical sportsbook handles in a given year, so there is tremendous opportunity to profit from the sport if you follow a few simple guidelines when engaging in college football handicapping.
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NCAA Football Odds and Predictions: ACC Player Props
by Alan Matthews - 8/25/2011

Bodog has released literally hundreds of NCAA football player props for the upcoming season, and I will take a look at each BCS conference’s options here at Doc’s Sports. Let’s go alphabetically and start today with the options offered in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which has been in the news for mostly the wrong reasons this offseason with the issues/at Miami (which threatens to change the ACC for years), North Carolina and Georgia Tech. Of those three, really only UM had a realistic shot at winning the conference title in 2011.
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2011 Indiana Hoosiers Predictions and Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/24/2011

New Coach Kevin Wilson is set to take over at Indiana and the former offensive coordinator at Oklahoma will have his hands full as he tries to get this program back to respectability. As was proven during the Bill Mallory era, wins are hard to come by for this program during conference play. It would no surprise me if this program wins three or four games in 2011, but winning a Big Ten game seems very doubtful.
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/23/2011

This year’s Ohio State team may be the most difficult team in the Big Ten to handicap. Some of their talent is suspended for the first five games of the season because of the big scandal involving NCAA infractions, and that does not include QB Terrelle Pryor, who left school for the NFL. The biggest fallout from this scandal, however, is that Coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign since he withheld information about his players instead of reporting it to authorities. Ohio State recently had their hearing in front of the NCAA and they may add additional penalties in a couple of months.
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Betting Impact of Terrelle Pryor Draft Pick for Raiders
by Trevor Whenham - 8/23/2011

After a tumultuous offseason and a several stops and starts along the way, Terrelle Pryor is an NFL player. Given his attitude and behavioral issues it seems very fitting that he has landed in Oakland — the refuge for guys like him for years. The Raiders turned some heads when they offered a third-round pick for him in Monday’s Supplemental Draft, but they obviously felt that he was a player they needed and that they weren’t alone in their admiration of him.
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/22/2011

Coach Joe Paterno is returning for his 47th year, and that means he started just one year after I graduated high school! Does that ever put things into perspective. The Lions have 14 starters back and should once again field a very talented team. A September home game against Alabama will certainly test their talent, as Alabama beat Penn State, 24-3, last year in a game that Alabama could have won by 40 if they desired. Penn State will have a much better chance in this game and I look for it to go down to the wire.
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College Football Predictions: Overrated Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 8/22/2011

I don’t know about you, but I am dying for the college football season to start. I can’t wait. We won’t really know how good teams are and what we can really expect until we have seen teams play a few games, but that shouldn’t stop us from speculating. When I look at the first of the preseason polls there are five teams that stand out as being obviously, and in most cases significantly, overrated. Here’s a look:
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Five Betting Tips for Handicapping SEC Football
by Taylor Jordan - Strike Point Sports - 8/19/2011

The SEC takes the mantle as the toughest, deepest conference in the nation and represents the last five BCS National Champions. But from a gambling standpoint it might be the toughest cookie to crack for bettors. Because there is so much talent the disparity from the best team to the eighth-best team is as slim as any league in the nation. With all of these closely-grouped schools to sort through someone not well versed in how to bet college football could very easily get lost in the woods of the Deep South.
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Purdue Boilermakers Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/18/2011

This is the third year under Coach Danny Hope, and as I see it, this will be his best Purdue squad by a wide margin. The Boilermakers return 16 starters, and I expect this experience to pay dividends. Last year Purdue was hit hard by injuries, including losing their top three quarterbacks early in the season. Freshman QB Rob Henry was forced into action and he did play better as the season progressed, but as a team they finished last in the Big Ten in passing statistics. Look for a major improvement in 2011, especially at the quarterback position, and expect a bowl bid come December.
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Five Betting Tips For Handicapping Big Ten Football
by Taylor Jordan - Strike Point Sports - 8/18/2011

For as much criticism as the Big Ten seems to have received for their play in big games in recent years, the league is still a proven commodity. It has grit and its own personal swagger. But more than anything it has tradition – just don’t cite the newly and pretentiously coined ‘Legends’ and ‘Leaders’ division names as proof of that.
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Five Betting Tips for Handicapping Pac-12 Football
by Taylor Jordan - Strike Point Sports - 8/18/2011

You can thank the money-hungry power suits for this new mishmash conference, where location means nothing for a league and greenbacks overrule logic. For Colorado and Utah, the dollar bills shipped into a mix of Pacific Coast universities and resulted in the North and South divisions the league now boasts. But while those odd divisions create a new look for this league, having a league championship game will end up being the biggest thing to come out of this realignment.
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College Football Predictions: the Impact of True Freshmen
by Trevor Whenham - 8/18/2011

With fall practices underway we are getting a better sense of which true freshmen in college football are fitting in well and are going to get a chance to contribute from the start, and which ones are likely to take a while to find their place. Here are my college football predictions for six guys who have a chance to be a big factor for their teams -- and therefore for bettors -- right out of the gate:
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/18/2011

As the 2010 season came winding down for Illinois, few football experts felt Coach Ron Zook would be around for the 2011 season. There’s no question that the Illini’s bowl victory over Baylor, 38-14, kept Zook on the sidelines. That big win could also give this team a boast for the upcoming season. The talent is certainly there. But the question still remains can Coach Zook and his staff make a move up the Big Ten ladder? Few experts would believe that he could, but I feel that this is going to be the year of the Illini.
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NCAA Football Odds: Fallout from Miami Hurricanes Scandal
by Alan Matthews - 8/18/2011

By now you know the name Nevin Shapiro. He is in federal prison on a 20-year sentence for fraud charges for his part in a $930 million Ponzi scheme. He is also the guy who may deliver the death penalty to the University of Miami football program even though the NCAA has basically said it was unlikely to ever take that drastic action again after pulling the plug on the SMU program in the mid-1980s.
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Doc’s Sports 2011 Wisconsin Badgers Football Betting Preview
by Doc - 8/16/2011

The Badgers will enter this season as the defending Big Ten Champions, and on paper they look to be in great shape to defend their title. Through spring practice and most of the summer the big question surrounding this team was who would be the quarterback? Two-year starter Scott Tolzein now plays for the San Diego Chargers and he had an effective and underappreciated career at Wisconsin. The Badger quarterbacks who played in the Spring Game did not look very promising, and this was going to be a major concern until the arrival of Russell Wilson from NC State in July.
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2011 Florida State Seminoles Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 8/16/2011

You may not find a more chic pick for a program set to join – or in this case rejoin – the elite of college football than with Florida State. With all due respect to the legendary Bobby Bowden, it appears the best thing FSU officials did was to gently push Bowden aside following the 2009 season. Last year, under Jimbo Fisher, the Noles won 10 games for the first time since the 2003 season. They played in only their second ACC title game, pretty well getting thumped by Virginia Tech, but then solidly beat SEC East champion South Carolina in the Chick-fil-A-Bowl.
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2011 Miami Hurricanes Football Predictions and ACC Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 8/16/2011

Despite being in the most fertile recruiting area in the country, the University of Miami somehow hasn’t been in a BCS bowl since beating Florida State in the Orange Bowl after the 2003 season and hasn’t even won its division in the ACC since arriving in that conference in 2004. Last season the Hurricanes were the preseason ACC favorites thanks largely to having the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class in 2008 under Randy Shannon.
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2011 MAC Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 8/16/2011

The 13-team Mid-American Conference may provide nonconference fodder for some of the bigger boys around college football, but it has also been the home recently to some pretty good league races and crazy conference championship games. A great example is last year when the previously downtrodden Miami Redhawks, who went went 1-7 in the MAC the previous season, rebounded to go 7-1 and win the East Division, then, as 18-point underdogs, they scored a touchdown with 30 seconds left to upset Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship Game.
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Doc’s Weekly Big Ten Predictions Report: Season Preview
by Doc - 8/16/2011

The Big Ten has a new look in 2011 with the addition of the Nebraska Cornhuskers into the Conference. This was a big addition to the Big Ten, as Nebraska has a huge national following and this will tune more people into the Big Ten Network. It will also allow the 12 teams to be divided equally into two six-team divisions and the two winners will be able to battle one another in Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the BCS.
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2011 Big Ten Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/12/2011

It’s the dawn of a new day in the Big Ten. The new 12-team conference will welcome in a new, division-based structure and will have the conference’s inaugural championship game to look forward to. However, given the disastrous offseason at Ohio State and the continued rebuilding at Michigan there is a power vacuum at the top of the Big Ten that we haven’t seen in ages.
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College Football Handicapping: Studs and Duds Against the Spread
by Trevor Whenham - 8/12/2011

College football is just around the corner, and I for one can’t wait. As we get close to the season I can’t help but look back at what happened last year to see what it can teach us about the coming season and help with our college football handicapping. One good place to look is at performance against the spread. Can the best ATS teams last year continue to shine this year? Are the teams that were the cruelest to bettors last year going to continue to burn money this year? Here’s a look at the best and worst of last year:
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2011 Pac-12 Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/10/2011

Maybe now the Left Coast will get some love. The Pac-10 is no more, choosing instead to swell its ranks to 12 teams, institute a new divisional system, and implement a championship game that should keep this conference in the news well into December. It is a pretty heady time in the Pac-12. And with new promise and potential comes new expectations.
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2011 South Florida Bulls Football Predictions and Big East Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 8/10/2011

The South Florida football program is a bit maddening. For the past handful of years, the Bulls have always been considered a Big East contender, but something always seems to get in their way – usually themselves. This is one of those programs that wins a game or two each year that it probably shouldn’t (at Miami last year, FSU the year before) and loses one it shouldn’t (Syracuse at home last year). Thus, USF usually ends up in some second-tier bowl because its fans don’t travel well. It will probably be more of the same this year as the Big East media picked USF to finish third in the conference.
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2011 SEC Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2011

It’s rare to ever describe a college football conference as a dynasty. But after five straight BCS National Championships (and six of eight titles) the SEC has established itself as a monolith on the NCAA football landscape. This year the SEC will again attempt to impose its will on the rest of the country.
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2011 ACC Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2011

Where have all the quarterbacks gone in the ACC? Last season the likes of Christian Ponder, Ty Taylor and Russell Wilson led a group of ACC signal callers that rivaled any conference in the country. But thanks to graduation and defection the ACC is now staring one of the most inexperienced crops of quarterbacks in the nation.
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2011 Big East Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/3/2011

The Big East is the best conference in college football. And not only is it the best, but it has been the best over the course of the last decade. Granted, they are also the nation’s smallest conference. This year, once again, they don’t have any true 2011 national title contenders. They don’t even come close to the championship bling of the SEC. They can’t match the reverential hype of the Big Ten.
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2011 WAC Football Predictions and Western Athletic Conference Odds
by Darin Zank - 8/3/2011

The Western Athletic Conference fought off its reputation as the Boise State-and-the-rest conference to place two teams in the top 11 in the final BCS rankings last year. Unfortunately for WAC fans, this conference is going through some changes, which makes that feat highly unlikely this season. Perennial power Boise State has left for the Mountain West, and three of its better programs have announced they will leave the conference after this season. So as this season approaches the long-term future of the WAC is uncertain.
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2011 Big 12 Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/2/2011

Victims of the Great College Football Realignment of 2010, the Big 12 will begin this season looking like a college student making a Walk of Shame across the quad after a Friday night of debauchery. The conference was ravaged by the Pac-10 (now the Pac-12) and will play without Nebraska and Colorado. And as a result the entire makeup of the Big 12 has changed.
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College Football Odds: Top Games of the Season
by Trevor Whenham - 8/2/2011

Sportsbooks are releasing lines for college football games earlier and earlier these days. 5Dimes already has lines listed for key games to be played on every weekend of the upcoming season — even though the start of the season is still a month away. There are all sorts of dangers in these college football odds for bettors who are more emotional than analytical given all of the unknowns involved in the bets. For astute college football handicappers,
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College Football Predictions: Head-to-Head Props
by Trevor Whenham - 8/2/2011

Some of the more interesting college football props or future bets that are available right now — and there are plenty to choose from at all the different sportsbooks — are the head-to-head matchups available at 5Dimes. The winner of each of the matchups will be the team that ends the season with the most points in the final USA Today poll of the season. It’s a very interesting way to look at how different teams stack up, and there is some intriguing value to be found. There are about 20 different matchups available. Here are six of the most interesting:
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College Football: Hardest Teams To Get a Handle On
by Trevor Whenham - 8/2/2011

When you look forward to the upcoming college football season at this point in the summer, the teams in major conferences fall into a couple of categories. There are those that are easy to predict — you feel like you know what they are capable of and what to expect from them. They could be good or they could be bad, but they aren’t likely to be very surprising.
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2011 Texas Longhorns Football Predictions and Big 12 Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/29/2011

“What the hell just happened?” That had to about sum up the feeling around the 2010 Texas Longhorns. I’m sure that is exactly the phrase that was uttered when they were beaten by 22 at home – as 15-point favorites – to a terrible UCLA team last September. And when they lost by a touchdown at home – as 20-point favorites – to Iowa State.
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2011 Michigan State Spartans Football Predictions and Big Ten Odds
by Alan Matthews - 7/29/2011

It’s hard to know whether Michigan State has climbed into the elite of the Big Ten or whether last year was partly smoke and mirrors. The Spartans finished in a three-way tie for the conference title, but they were bumped from a BCS bowl because they were lower in the BCS standings than both Wisconsin and Ohio State. Therefore, MSU got sent to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando.
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2011 Syracuse Orange Football Predictions and Big East Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/29/2011

It wasn’t long ago that eight wins and a bowl win over a BCS school were the standard fare for Syracuse fans. But after four long, cold years at the depths of the college football outhouse, last year’s 8-5 mark and Pinstripe Bowl win over Kansas State felt like order was being restored for one of the proudest, most accomplished college programs in the Northeast.
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College Football Preseason Awards
by Trevor Whenham - 7/29/2011

It’s the time of year when journalists and experts compile their lists of the best teams, players, and coaches in the major conferences of college football. It’s a great way for avid college football fans to pass some time and get into some arguments while anxiously awaiting the start of the season. It seems like a good way to pass the time, so here’s my shot at it:
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2011 Oklahoma Sooners Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/29/2011

You’ve heard it a million times: “offense gets headlines, but defense wins championships.” The 2011 Oklahoma Sooners are once again going to try to defy that tried-and-true logic as they hope to ride one of the most prolific attacks in college football to another shot at the BCS Championship.
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College Football Predictions: First-Year Quarterbacks
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2011

One of the best parts of college football is that things are always changing. Players graduate or turn pro and teams constantly have to adjust and reinvent themselves. For college football handicappers that can also be one of the most frustrating parts of the sport. It can be particularly challenging when the departing player is a successful quarterback that has been the face of his program. The typical reaction in these cases is to assume that the team is going to take a big step backwards.
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College Football Season Win Totals Predictions: West Coast Teams
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2011

We already broke down some college football season win totals odds and predictions from the Las Vegas Hilton. That was my “East Coast” breakdown, and today we’re going to take a look at some of the top schools out West and what their long-term prospects are for this season against what the oddsmakers and Joe Public expect.
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2011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 7/27/2011

Make no mistake about it: Nothing short of a major bowl is expected in South Bend this season after Notre Dame finished 2010 on a roll, capped by a thumping of Miami (Fla.) in the Sun Bowl for an 8-5 overall record. With 18 projected starters back (one kicker), the Irish do appear poised to have a legitimate shot at their first BCS bowl game since the Sugar Bowl five seasons ago.
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College Football BCS National Championship Odds
by Dave Schwab - 7/27/2011

The 2011 college football season does not get underway until the beginning of September, but the debate over which team will win this year’s national title is already in full swing. As with any new season, there are a couple of early front runners, but upon closer review of the futures odds to win the college football BCS National Championship this season as provided by Bodog, there is value to be found throughout the posted numbers.
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2011 Cal Golden Bears Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/27/2011

Even though Cal's Golden Bears hadn't broken through with a Pac-10 Championship or a big-time bowl, they had run off a streak of eight straight winning seasons and seven consecutive bowl appearances. Until last year, that is, when a late-season collapse meant the end of both those streaks. This year Cal will try to use a new offense, a new quarterback, and a decent defense to get back on the winning track in the newly-named and expanded Pac-12 Conference.
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College Football Season Win Totals Odds and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/26/2011

Every year someone has to be the sportsbook that unveils the first betable, beatable numbers of the football betting season. Routinely, that is the Las Vegas Hilton, which prides itself in putting out the first numbers of the year for the sharps, sharks and big-action syndicates on The Strip to take advantage of. This season was no exception, as Sunday night the Hilton produced the first college football season win totals of the year for 35 of the top programs in the country.
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2011 Arkansas Razorbacks Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/26/2011

The Arkansas Razorbacks are a team on the rise, with an innovative coach and an offense that's fun to watch and tough to stop. Unfortunately, the Hogs play in the SEC, more specifically the SEC West, where Alabama, Auburn and Louisiana State, who have combined to win four of the last eight BCS National Championships, reside. So while 10 wins and a BCS bowl berth are all fine and dandy, the ultimate goal, an SEC Championship, is going to be hard to come by.
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2011 Pitt Panthers Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/26/2011

If former Tulsa Head Coach Todd Graham revives a mediocre Pitt football program, very few will remember the botched decision process the university went through in December. If Graham struggles in his first season at the helm, then everyone will remember Dave Wannstedt being forced to resign on Dec. 7 but being allowed to coach a bowl game on Jan. 8.
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2011 LSU Tigers Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/25/2011

The LSU Tigers won two BCS National Championships in a five-year span awhile back. However, it has been a tough road back to the top while playing in the best football conference in the country. In fact, since ripping Ohio State on that January night three years ago, LSU is 28-11 – which is great for most teams, but those results have not helped the Tigers get back to the SEC Championship Game, let alone the BCS.
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2011 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/25/2011

Coming off an 11-win season in 2009, which included an Orange Bowl upset victory over Georgia Tech, and with 14 starters back, many “experts” thought Iowa had a good chance to win the Big Ten last year. They had a senior at quarterback, a good running game, a very good defense, and most of their tough games were at home.
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2011 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Predictions and Betting Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/25/2011

During the offseason the Arizona State Sun Devils have lost more players than most teams lose during an entire season. The once presumed favorites of the Pac-12 South have been decimated by early retirements, both forced and not forced. If the season does not get here quick, Coach Dennis Erickson might have trouble fielding a team.
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College Football Predictions: High-Value Betting Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 7/20/2011

As we count the seconds until the start of the college football season we need to find ways to make the time pass. The way we are going to do that today is to offer some college football predictions for teams that have a chance to exceed expectations. By this point people have a pretty solid sense of how they expect teams to perform. Every year, though, there are some teams that end up performing significantly better than those expectations. Bettors that have a sense of who those teams could be are positioned to make some nice money. Here are three teams that are candidates:
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2011 UCLA Bruins Football Predictions and Pac-12 Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 7/20/2011

One would think that if UCLA is ever going to catch, much less pass, USC in the Los Angeles football sports landscape, that is almost has to happen in 2011. Why? The fallout from the Reggie Bush mess should be over for USC after this season, their second in a row where the Trojans can’t play in a bowl or be eligible to compete for a conference title (or, thus, play in the first Pac-12 Championship Game). But after a 4-8 record last season (2-7 in the Pac-10), the Bruins still seem miles behind their private school neighbors.
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2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/19/2011

Everything…but. Everything…but; that’s the best way to describe the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide. Right now they have everything they need to win the national championship, their second title in three years. That is they have everything…but a quarterback.
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2011 Georgia Bulldogs Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/19/2011

The Georgia Bulldogs have an eight-day season. Not eight games: eight days. Because in the eight days between Sept. 3 and Sept. 10 we’re going to find out just about everything we need to know about how the Georgia season is going to go.
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College Football Season Win Totals Odds and Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 7/19/2011

Sportsbooks like Bodog, BetOnline, and WagerWeb are getting ready to release their college football season win totals odds for some of the top teams in the nation, but to get an early jump on your college football handicapping efforts to project how many games teams such as Oklahoma and Alabama might win this season, we will take a look at the regular season schedules for four of the programs at the top of most of the 2011 preseason polls and offer some season win totals predictions for each.
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2011 West Virginia Mountaineers Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/19/2011

West Virginia has been home to one of the premier football programs in the country for quite awhile. But over the course of the last few years the Mountaineers have moved in the direction of disarray, at least at the management level. Coach Rich Rodriguez skipped town in favor of Michigan four years ago as he was just ahead of NCAA investigators, but he didn’t last long with the Wolverines. Coach Bill Stewart followed with some success, but when he got word he had to take on an heir apparent, he reacted by allegedly asked reporters to dig up dirt on the new guy, and he was later forced to resign. So new Head Coach Dana Holgorsen takes over a turbulent situation in Morgantown.
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2011 Ohio State Buckeyes Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/18/2011

From Willie Lyles to Dana Holgorsen to Jim Donnan, it has been a banner year for college football’s scumbags. Top programs from across the country – USC, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Auburn, and West Virginia, among others – had to brace themselves amidst accusations, sensationalism, investigations, NCAA sabre rattling, and worse. But Tressel and the mess at Ohio State set the tone and was by far the biggest story of the college football offseason.
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2011 Heisman Trophy Futures: Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 7/15/2011

College football’s fall camps open in just a few weeks, so that means it’s time to start rolling out the NCAA futures prediction stories. And certainly the most popular preseason prop on the sport is on the Heisman Trophy winner.
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2011 Arizona Wildcats Football Predictions and Pac-12 Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/15/2011

The Arizona Wildcats have the unenviable task of opening their 2011 season by trying to snap a five-game losing skid. But that is exactly the challenge that has saddled Arizona ever since it’s November and December meltdown last season when it lost its final four regular season games plus its bowl game.
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2011 Wisconsin Badgers Football Predictions and Big Ten Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/14/2011

College football teams don’t usually improve themselves in the offseason via free agency. However, the Wisconsin Badgers have solidified their position as Team To Beat in the new-look Big Ten over the summer because of the unlikely addition of one of the nation’s top quarterbacks, Russell Wilson.
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2011 Michigan Wolverines Predictions and College Football Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/14/2011

I live and breathe Michigan football. There is very little that is more important to me than this team. Needless to say, then, I haven’t enjoyed the last three years much. There have been some bright spots — like the incredible emergence of Denard Robinson — but it generally has been a frustrating, depressing, horrifying era for the Maize and Blue.
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2011 Boise State Broncos Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 7/14/2011

The Boise State Broncos almost crashed the BCS party last year, but a narrow loss to Nevada relegated them to the Las Vegas Bowl. The Broncos dominated Utah in their bowl game to finish off an extremely successful 13-1 season. Despite the success, there is little doubt that many in and around the program were quite disappointed that they missed a real chance to get to the BCS Championship Game.
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2011 Penn State Nittany Lions Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/13/2011

It was a very frustrating year for the Penn State Nittany Lions last year. They started the season ranked 14th in the country, and expectations were high. By the end of the year, however, they were just 7-6, including an ugly bowl loss to Florida. Along the way there was drama surrounding their coaching staff, a total mess at the quarterback spot, and all sorts of other issues that got in the way of progress and success.
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2011 Texas A&M Aggies Football Predictions and Big 12 Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/13/2011

There was some doubt among Texas A&M faithful when the school hired former Green Bay Packers Coach Mike Sherman to take over the Aggie football program a few years back. A&M had fallen on some comparatively hard times, considering they'd recently gone 20 years without a losing season, and while Sherman had had some success at Green Bay, he wasn't exactly high on anyone's list.
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2011 Illinois Fighting Illini Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/12/2011

It has to be very frustrating to be an Illinois fan. After the Rose Bowl berth of 2007 things seemed like they were definitely on the right track, and the school has been recruiting well. The results just haven’t been there, though.
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2011 TCU Horned Frogs Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/12/2011

Last season went about as well as it possibly could for TCU. The Horned Frogs went undefeated, beat up on the two ranked teams they played in the regular season, snuck into the Rose Bowl, and impressed the sporting world with a win over Wisconsin. The only thing that would have been better for them is if they hadn’t wound up ranked just second in the two polls.
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2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/12/2011

The Oklahoma State Cowboys were probably the most pleasant surprise in the Big 12 last year. This year we'll get to see if they can play with the heightened expectations that come with being among the favorites to win the conference.
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2011 USC Trojans Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/9/2011

There should be a whole lot of optimism at USC right now. They have a highly-regarded quarterback with a fair bit of experience under his belt right now. They have a Top 5 recruiting class coming in. Despite an 8-5 season last year there should be lots of cause for optimism. There isn’t, though. Or there might be, but it doesn’t matter at all — this is totally a lost season.
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2011 BYU Cougars Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/8/2011

There are four non-BCS football programs that consistently shine but have been consistently held back by ‘the system’. This year was the time to take action and do something about that, it seems. TCU and Utah couldn’t beat them, so they joined them. Boise State made a mostly pointless lateral move. BYU took the most radical and aggressive steps of all, though. While playing as an independent won’t do anything to secure them an easier road to the BCS, it will get them on national TV far more, and it gives them the freedom to schedule aggressively to catch the eye of the national media. It’s a huge risk, and this is our first chance to get a sense of whether it can possibly pay off.
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2011 Colorado Buffaloes Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/7/2011

The Colorado Buffaloes thought they had a chance last year to break out of their recent funk and maybe make a run at a berth in the Big 12 Championship Game, or at least make a bowl. Colorado had 17 starters back, including almost the entire offense, so improvement from going 3-9 the season previous was expected.
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2011 Auburn Tigers Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 7/7/2011

At the end of the 2010 college football season, it was the Auburn Tigers who were crowned BCS National Champions. It was Auburn’s first national title since 1954. The chants of “War Eagle” were heard all over the country after Auburn beat Oregon in the BCS Championship Game. The Tigers went 14-0 as they were led by Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton.
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2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Football Predictions and ACC Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 7/7/2011

A mid-season three-game slide derailed a promising 2010 season for Georgia Tech, leading to a 6-6 regular season record overall and a 4-4 record in ACC play. Part of the unexpected downturn was an injury to quarterback Joshua Nesbitt that ground the Yellow Jackets’ high-powered offense to a halt. They finished the year ranked first in the nation in rushing yards per game, but 71st in scoring with just 26 points a game. The season ended on a sour note with a 14-7 loss to Air Force in the Independence Bowl.
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2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/7/2011

The last time we saw the Bulldogs they were blasting Michigan, 52-14, in the Gator Bowl and chasing Rich Rodriguez out of Ann Arbor. That seems like an eternity ago, but nobody around college football is about to forget that the Bulldogs vaulted themselves back into the national spotlight with their nine-win season and bowl win.
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2011 Oregon State Beavers Football Predictions and Pac-12 Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 7/7/2011

The Pac-10 expanded to the PAC-12 with the addition of Colorado and Utah this past offseason, so Oregon State is now in the newly formed North Division with the likes of Stanford and Oregon. The primary goal for the Beavers this season will to get back to their winning ways after posting a 5-7 season and failing to qualify for a bowl in 2010. Even more disturbing was the fact they lost four of their last five games, including a 38-0 whitewash at the hands of the Cardinal and a 37-20 loss to the in-state rival Oregon.
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2011 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Predictions and ACC Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 7/6/2011

North Carolina is already ahead of the game this season after last year was plagued with multiple player suspensions due to off-field academic improprieties. The loss of several key starters led to a 0-2 start and a disappointing 4-4 record in ACC play for a Tar Heel team that was touted in the preseason as one of the best in the conference. They were able to salvage a 8-5 record overall after beating Tennessee 30-27 in overtime in the Music City Bowl, but never really came close to living up to all the expectations.
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2011 Utah Utes Football Predictions and Pac-12 Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/6/2011

After several frustrating years toiling on the fringes, the Utah Utes have finally made it to the big time. That is, of course, if you still consider the Pac-10 (and now the Pac-12) to be part of the ‘big time’. The Utes are now playing for a guaranteed BCS spot if they win their conference, and they are good enough that you can’t entirely rule out the possibility that they will get it.
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2011 Tennessee Volunteers Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 7/6/2011

The Tennessee football program has taken an absolute nosedive in the last three years. Between 1989 and 2007 Tennessee won at least eight games in 18 out of 19 years. In the three years since, the team has gone a combined 18-20. Everyone knew Derek Dooley was in for a long season in his first year at Tennessee in 2010. The Volunteers were actually a little more competitive than most thought, and the team definitely played hard for their first-year coach. While Dooley was given a pass by most in his first year at Tennessee, fans in Knoxville aren’t very patient, and they are certainly expecting much better things in the near future.
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2011 Kentucky Wildcats Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 7/6/2011

It’s natural to think of Kentucky as a basketball school, and that is unlikely to change anytime soon. However, Joker Phillips is doing his best to put the football program on the map. Excitement has been gradually building, and fans are hoping Kentucky can capitalize on a relatively weak SEC East in 2011. Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee aren’t nearly as powerful as normal, which leaves a little bit extra room for a team like Kentucky to make a surprising run.
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2011 Stanford Cardinal Football Predictions and Pac-12 Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/1/2011

Stanford is coming off a wildly impressive season that saw them finish with a dominating win over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Now we get to see if they can stay among the elite or if they were just a flash in the pan. It doesn’t hurt that they have the best quarterback in college football under center for them, but he’ll have to work with a new head coach after Jim Harbaugh couldn’t resist the lure of the NFL.
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2011 Missouri Tigers Football Predictions and Big 12 Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 6/29/2011

Over the course of the last half-decade, Missouri Tigers football has experienced some of the best success in program history. Three double-digit-victory seasons in the last four years, wins over Big 12 powers Nebraska and Oklahoma, and six straight bowl bids, including a Cotton Bowl romp over Arkansas a few years back. But the thing that's eluded Mizzou is big-time success, in the form of a conference championship or a BCS bowl bid.
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2011 Boston College Eagles Football Predictions and ACC Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 6/29/2011

The Boston College Eagles found themselves 2-5 midway through the 2010 season and mired with injuries on both sides of the ball. However, they turned things around by grinding out a 16-10 win over Clemson that triggered five straight wins to finish the regular season at 7-5 overall and 4-4 in conference play. Unfortunately, the season ended on a sour note with a 20-13 loss to Nevada in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. The stage, though, has been set for continued success in the ACC Atlantic Division in 2011.
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2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 6/29/2011

For college football purists, it will certainly take some time getting used to seeing Nebraska being mentioned amongst the other Big Ten heavyweights. Cornhusker fans can only hope this deviation from tradition worked out better than the move to a West Coast offense under Bill Callahan seven years ago.
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2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 6/29/2011

It may have taken longer than most people expected, but Steve Spurrier has brought this South Carolina team back to national prominence. The Gamecocks made it to the SEC Championship Game last season, where they were blasted by Auburn. Though the Gamecocks did take a step forward and win nine games last year, the finish of the season was less than impressive. After being throttled by Auburn, they were beaten 26-17 by Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
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2011 Clemson Tigers Football Predictions and ACC Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 6/29/2011

The 2011 season could be make-or-break for the Clemson Tigers as the pressure is on for bigger and better things from a team that has underperformed in light of the actual talent it has. The past three seasons have yielded just one Atlantic Division title among expectations that the Tigers would be a legitimate contender for not just an ACC title, but a BCS title as well. Last season Clemson went in the wrong direction with a 6-6 regular season record overall and just four wins in the conference. The season ended with a 31-26 loss to South Florida in the Meineke Car Care Bowl to cap-off a disappointing year.
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2011 NC State Wolfpack Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 6/29/2011

North Carolina State had a breakthrough season in 2010 with a 9-4 record overall and a 5-3 record in the ACC. The Wolfpack ended the season on a high note with a 23-7 victory over West Virginia in the Champs Sports Bowl as a three-point underdog. This followed a 6-7 campaign in 2008 and an even more disappointing 5-7 record in 2009.
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2011 Washington Huskies Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 6/27/2011

If the Pacific 10 Conference had added Utah and Colorado even a few years ago and split into two divisions as it is doing starting this fall, then the South would have seemed the much tougher division with Utah, Southern Cal and to a lesser extent even Arizona. But there’s little question that the North should be the stronger division this season with powerhouse Oregon and a resurgent Stanford program with the nation’s best quarterback in Andrew Luck having returned to school.
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2011 UConn Huskies Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 6/27/2011

Was Connecticut’s 2010 season a success or a failure? The answer isn’t particularly clear. The Huskies went to the Fiesta Bowl, but they were drubbed by Oklahoma in that game, and they finished with an 8-5 record in an extremely weak Big East Conference. The team actually lost money by appearing in the Fiesta Bowl because they couldn’t sell their share of tickets to Huskies faithful. The 2010 season was definitely a strange one for UConn.
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College Football Predictions: Futures Betting for BCS Conferences
by Dave Schwab - 6/21/2011

The 2011 college football season is a little more than two months away, but it’s not too early to start handicapping which teams have the best chance to win their respective conference and hopefully qualify for a shot at playing for a national title in the BCS Championship Game in early January. Here we will offer some college football predictions on futures betting for the BCS conferences.
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2011 Florida Gators Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 6/20/2011

Depending on your perspective, the beauty or aggravation of being a college football fan and bettor is rather encapsulated in the Florida Gators. About this time two years ago, the Gators were being looked at as a potential dynasty. They were coming off their second national title under Urban Meyer and had practically their entire team coming back for 2009, including Gator legend Tim Tebow, who was among the favorites to win a second Heisman Trophy.
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2011 Virginia Tech Hokies Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 6/17/2011

It’s not too often that you will say a team that had National Championship aspirations had a pretty good season after starting 0-2, including losing at home to a Division I-AA team. However, Virginia Tech did accomplish some pretty big things in 2010 despite doing exactly that.
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College Football Predictions: Who Replaces Jim Tressel at Ohio State?
by Alan Matthews - 5/30/2011

The college football world shifted on its axis on Monday when Ohio State announced it had accepted the resignation of Coach Jim Tressel in the wake of Tressel’s cover up of NCAA infractions by some of his players. And it seemed something new leaked out about the program almost daily. So the Buckeyes brass essentially forced Tressel to quit – with all the negative publicity he probably would have been fired regardless even though Tressel was supported by his athletic director as recently as two weeks ago at the Big Ten meetings.
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College Football Championship Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 5/24/2011

The first futures odds for the 2012 BCS Championship were actually released before the 2011 BCS title game between Auburn and Oregon was even played. Back in mid-January Bodog opened Oklahoma as the odds-on-favorite at 7/2 to win this year’s title. Four months later the odds have slipped back to 9/2, but the Sooners are still the early favorite to win it all.
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BCS National Championship Game Odds With Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 1/10/2011

Lights. Camera. Action. And like it or not, but the BCS System is about to crown another college football National Champion. Full bragging rights will be claimed and history will be written at 8:30 p.m. tonight when No. 1 Auburn takes on No. 2 Oregon in what promises to be as fast-paced and high-flying BCS National Championship Game. The game will take place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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Compass Bowl Predictions: Pitt vs. Kentucky Odds and Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 1/5/2011

So, do you want to coach the Pittsburgh Panthers in their bowl game? Apparently no one else wants the job, as the Panthers are set to take on Kentucky in the Compass Bowl at noon on Saturday, Jan. 8 in Birmingham. Despite the look of a program in disarray, the Panthers are actually favored to topple their SEC opponent.
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Predictions for Where Jim Harbaugh Will Coach Next
by Trevor Whenham - 1/5/2011

Everyone loves a good coaching circus, and the one surrounding Stanford’s Jim Harbaugh is as good as any we have seen in a long while. Harbaugh is, to put it mildly, a hot commodity. If you watched the Orange Bowl on Monday night you have a good sense of why.
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Sugar Bowl Preview: Ohio State vs. Arkansas
by Robert Ferringo - 1/4/2011

The Buckeyes, the pride of the Big Ten, will take on Arkansas tonight at 8:30 p.m. at the Superdome in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. Despite its constant failure on the biggest stages and plenty of off-field controversy, Ohio State has an opportunity to win its record-tying sixth BCS bowl game. Arkansas, on the other hand, is playing in its first.
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