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NFL Week 16 Player Props, Leaders Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/20/2012
Numbers are hallowed in Major League Baseball. I likely don’t have to tell you what the single-season home run record is or how many career leader Barry Bonds has. Or what Joe DiMaggio’s consecutive hits record is. Or the last player to hit .400 or win 30 games.
Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Ohio Bobcats Bowl Game
by Aaron Smith - 12/20/2012
The Ohio Bobcats didn’t accomplish the things they set out to do this year. The season started on a very high note with a win at Penn State and a 7-0 start to the year. In the end, the Bobcats would lose four of their last five regular season games to finish at 8-4. There was no MAC title game and no chance of a major bowl game. The Bobcats were selected to play in the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl.
NFL Totals Betting: Week 16 Over and Under Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 12/17/2012
The results on the NFL total line have basically remained even for the last nine weeks of the season with 64 games going “over” the total, 66 games staying “under” and three games ending as a “push”. Despite the oddsmakers’ ability to sharpen these lines down to a razor-thin edge, another 2-1 record for last week raised my overall record on the year to 23-18-1. Since we are down to the final two weeks of the regular season, I decided to dig even deeper into this Sunday’s matchups to find where the value lies in the total line.
Free College Bowl Game Picks for Mid-Major Matchups
by Dave Schwab - 12/17/2012
The college bowl season kicked off this past Saturday with the first two of the 35 college bowl game on this year’s slate. The betting public continues to focus much of its attention on the upcoming BCS Bowl series and national title game. However, I continue to focus mine on the bowl games that feature teams exclusively from the mid-majors. These matchups tend to stay well under the radar but often times offer a tremendous amount of value to your overall betting strategy if you know how to properly handicap the games.
Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 16 vs. Washington
by Dave Schwab - 12/17/2012
The division-leading Washington Redskins will look to take one step closer to their first NFC East title since 1999 this Sunday when they travel to Lincoln Financial field to face the 4-10 Philadelphia Eagles. The game is slated to get underway at 1 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast on FOX.
49ers at Patriots Picks and NFL Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/13/2012
Up until last weekend the best game any team had played all year was San Francisco’s 34-0 win at the Jets. Now that distinction belongs to the Patriots. Their showdown at home against Houston was supposed to be a battle between the elite squads in the AFC, but it turned out to be a stunning mismatch. New England was close to flawless, and they made the Texans look ridiculous. Now they come off that game to face the best team in the NFC in what could easily wind up being a Super Bowl preview. It’s a second very tough game in a row, but it’s also the last big test — only Jacksonville and Miami remain after this one.
NFL Week 15 Player Props, Leaders Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/13/2012
Certainly the marquee game in Week 15, all due respect to Denver-Baltimore, is San Francisco at New England, an incredibly tough back-to-back for the Patriots after thumping the Texans on Monday night. Right now, New England and San Francisco are the respective-odds on favorites in the conferences. Thus Bovada offers a Week 15 special on whether that’s the Super Bowl matchup: “no” -1500 and “yes” +750.
2013 Sugar Bowl Picks: Louisville vs. Florida Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/13/2012
Judging by the spread, the Sugar Bowl between Big East champion Louisville and BCS No. 3 Florida should be a mismatch. But the Cardinals are likely to be highly motivated as they are playing in just their second BCS bowl – the first being the Jan. 2, 2007, Sugar Bowl, which Louisville won over Wake Forest.
2013 Outback Bowl Picks: Michigan vs. South Carolina Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/13/2012
It has been a disappointing year to be a Michigan fan. As a diehard Michigan fan, I can say that without question. The defense has been sound, but the offense was rocky. And as a result the team lost to their four best opponents of the year. There was really no excuse for them not to be in the Big Ten Championship Game — especially when you consider that it was Nebraska that beat them out, and the Huskers Championship Game performance was as humiliating as any performance can be.
2013 Capital One Bowl Picks: Nebraska vs. Georgia Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 12/12/2012
Georgia was one play away from playing for a BCS Championship against Notre Dame. Instead, the Bulldogs will now take on the 10-3 Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Capital One Bowl. Nebraska was absolutely manhandled 70-31 by Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game. Capital One Bowl organizers can’t be too disappointed with getting a matchup of two teams in the Top 16. In addition, both schools have a terrific fan base that travels very well. This should be a well-attended game.
2012 Sun Bowl Picks: USC vs. Georgia Tech Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 12/12/2012
No offense to the Sun Bowl, but one has to assume the USC Trojans are less than thrilled to be here. USC was the top ranked team in the preseason, and Matt Barkley flat out said he had returned for his senior year because he believed this USC team could win a national title. Not only did they not win a national title, but the Trojans lost five games during an extremely disappointing regular season. The Sun Bowl might be a nice bowl destination for some schools, but USC can’t be overjoyed about this game.
2012 Belk Bowl Picks: Cincinnati vs. Duke Betting Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/12/2012
Duke is a heck of a basketball school — one of the very best. At football, though, they just don’t excel. The fact that they are in this game at all is remarkable — this is their first bowl appearance since 1995 and only their third since 1961. In other words, they qualify for a bowl about once every 17 years. They have lost their last two games as well, so they are 51 years away from their last bowl win — a 7-6 thriller over Arkansas in the 1961 Cotton Bowl.
2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Picks: Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan
by Trevor Whenham - 12/12/2012
There have been some good matchups in past editions of this bowl. In 2008 Rusty Smith and Dan LeFevour put on a nice QB duel. Three years earlier DeAngelo Williams capped off a stellar college career by carrying the ball 238 yards and scoring three times as Memphis beat Akron in a thriller. There have been other compelling, intriguing games. On paper at least, this is not one of those matchups. The game falls the day after Christmas, but it’s not likely to be a big present for college football fans. One team just isn’t very good, and the other, while better, is going through a high-profile and very distracting coaching change.
2013 Cotton Bowl Picks: Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M Betting Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 12/12/2012
A traditional Big 12 rivalry will be renewed in this season’s AT&T Cotton Bowl when the Oklahoma Sooners clash with the Texas A&M Aggies at Cowboys Stadium on Friday, Jan.4. This potential ‘instant classic’ between two of the most prolific offenses in the nation is slated to kick off at 8 p.m. (ET), and the game will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
2012 Alamo Bowl Picks: Oregon State vs. Texas Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 12/12/2012
The Alamo Bowl is always one of the best early bowl games of the season. A little-known fact is that the Alamo Bowl has recorded the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 5 most watched non-BCS bowl games in ESPN history. Last year’s Alamo Bowl is in the record books as the single highest scoring regulation bowl game in college football history. Robert Griffin III and the Baylor Bears bested the Washington Huskies 67-56 in that game. It was a game to remember, and it will be talked about for many years.
NFL Totals Betting: Week 15 Over and Under Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 12/12/2012
The oddsmakers ability to even out the total line this NFL season has been downright uncanny. Last week, eight games went “over” the total and eight stayed “under”. That means that over the past eight weeks just two more games have stayed under the total as opposed to going over for a combined record of 56-58-3. For the second-straight week I posted a 2-1 record on my top three plays to improve to 21-17-1 on the year. With just three weeks left in the regular season I went back to work digging into all the facts and figures for this Sunday’s matchups to try and once again unearth the value in the total line.
2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl Picks: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Betting Odds
by Dave Schwab - 12/12/2012
The Big Ten’s Purdue Boilermakers head deep into the heart of Texas on New Year’s Day to tangle with the Big 12’s Oklahoma State Cowboys in a high-noon showdown at the Cotton Bowl. This game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl Picks: Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Betting Odds
by Aaron Smith - 12/12/2012
Reliant Stadium will host the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Friday, Dec. 28. Minnesota and Texas Tech both come into this game with absolutely no positive momentum. The Golden Gophers started 4-0, but they have won only two of their last eight games. Texas Tech also started the season at 4-0, but they have lost four of their last five games. Texas Tech’s only win in their last five games was a 41-34 overtime victory over the lowly Kansas Jayhawks.
2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl Picks: Clemson vs. LSU Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/11/2012
In my opinion, the most intriguing overall bowl matchup of the year outside of the Alabama-Notre Dame national title game and perhaps the Oregon-Kansas State Fiesta Bowl is the No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 8 LSU showdown in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve night at the Georgia Dome. You could have told me before the season this would have been the national title matchup and I would have been more than sold.
2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Picks: Michigan State vs. TCU Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/11/2012
Two defensive-oriented teams that had much bigger expectations meet on Dec. 29 in Tempe, Ariz., as Michigan State and TCU square off in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. The Spartans (6-6) had won a school-record 11 games the previous two seasons and were in the Top 15 of the preseason polls, with many expecting them to win the Big Ten. But it was clear their offense badly missed three-year starting QB Kirk Cousins – now RG3’s backup -- as it struggled all season under new starter Andrew Maxwell.
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