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2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/29/2019
I have pet peeve when it comes to college football coaches, and Mississippi State's Joe Moorhead, who I quite respect, has become guilty of it this offseason. Luke Getsy was his offensive coordinator last year, but he left this year to take the position of QB coach for the Green Bay Packers. So, Moorhead, a decorated offensive coordinator at Penn State and elsewhere, has chosen not to name a coordinator.
2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/29/2019
P.J. Fleck made a big name for himself in his head coaching debut at Western Michigan, taking a hapless program from 1-11 to 13-1 in four seasons. But he has found since moving to Minnesota that it is much tougher being a small fish in a very big pond like the Big Ten than it is rising up in a relatively flat and even conference like the MAC. He's hardly the first guy to figure this out, and he has actually done better than most. After starting off at 5-7 in 2017, he climbed to 7-6 last year, including a bowl win.
2019 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
It's a new era at Ohio State. Urban Meyer is officially gone - though after missing the first three games of last season, it felt like last year was a transition year. Ryan Day is in charge now, and he's making changes to make the team his own. It's a tough position he is in - after being the interim coach last year when Meyer was out, he needs to prove that he is a viable long-term solution and not just a stop-gap before the next real guy comes along like Luke Fickell was after Jim Tressel left and before Meyer arrived.
2019 LSU Tigers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
At their best last year, LSU could be a very good team - which they proved by beating up on Georgia. But they also had the potential to be a frustrating, lousy team - like when they didn't even show up against Alabama. Their defense wasn't as good as we are used to last year, and that's a concern that Dave Aranda, the defensive coordinator, will have to address this year.
2019 Michigan State Spartans Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
After reaching double digits in wins in four of the five prior years, the 7-6 record the Spartans tallied last year was a serious step back for the team. But it wasn't one without excuses. Namely, 10 different offensive starters missed a combined 48 games due to injury.
2019 Oregon Ducks Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
There are few guys in the country who are going to be more interesting to watch this year than Oregon QB Justin Herbert. When highly-touted QBs come back for their senior season, it is usually because they have work to do to improve their draft stock. Herbert was in play as the first overall pick last year if he had entered the draft, though, and would very likely not have been worse than the second player off the board.
2019 Virginia Tech Hokies Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
Man, can bad seasons ever sneak up on you in this sport. Through his first two seasons at Virginia Tech, Justin Fuente was looking like a genius. He won 10 games his first year, then nine, and had reinvigorated a great program that lost a little mojo in the last couple of years of the Frank Beamer era. And heading into last year, expectations were again high. Another season of double-digit wins seemed like a real possibility. Even a likelihood.
2019 Boise State Broncos Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
The Boise State Broncos have won at least eight games in each of the last 20 seasons and at least 10 in 15 of those 20. Sure, they play in a lesser conference. But winning that many games that many years in a row is incredible. No off years. No rough transitions. Just steadiness. Frankly, it has made the Mountain West Conference a little boring.
2019 Northwestern Wildcats Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
It was, to say the least, an odd season for the Northwestern Wildcats last year. Not an unsuccessful one by any means. Just a weird one. They couldn't play out of their conference at all and got off to a horrible start. But in the Big Ten they forgot how to lose and somehow won their first divisional title. Ran away with it, really.
2019 Baylor Bears Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
Matt Rhule has done a remarkable job in his two years coaching the Baylor Bears. He took over a team that was in a total mess after the Art Briles era, broken psychologically and badly undermanned. And Rhule;s first year went about as well as expected - 1-11, with the lone win coming at a Kansas team that seems incapable of actually playing football.
2019 Army Black Knights Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2019
Jeff Monken is a very good coach. Two years ago, he won 10 games with Army, and last year he won 11. No Army team in a history that dates back to 1890 had ever had consecutive double-digit win seasons. Heck, the program had only had one 10-win season ever. Monken has now won three straight bowl games - with a team that had played in only three bowl games in the previous 35 years. They finished last season ranked 19th, which is the high-water mark for the team since 1958.
2019 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
Last season did not end exactly the way that the Tide hoped. To put it bluntly, they got their butts kicked all over the field by Clemson in the national title game. It was the most humiliating performance we have seen from Alabama during the Nick Saban era. And it has led to a whole lot of change with the program.
2019 Georgia Bulldogs Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
There are reasons for Georgia fans to be very excited. They have played Alabama very tight the last couple of years and are loaded again this year. This could finally be the year. From my perspective, though, I'm just most excited that the QB drama has finally been minimized. With Jacob Eason and now Justin Fields gone, this is finally and unquestionably Jake Fromm's team.
2019 Michigan Wolverines Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
Maybe this is the year that Jim Harbaugh finally puts it all together. Or maybe that just isn't ever going to happen in Michigan. The coach is coming off a season that left a bad taste in the mouths of so many. It led to an offseason of change. Pep Hamilton, Harbaugh and others were trying to run the offense
2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
The Irish have double-digit wins two years in a row for the first time since Lou Holtz was in charge of this team and did it from 1991-93. That's a lot of down time for this team, so Brian Kelly deserves a lot of credit for this stretch of success. I will admit, though, that I was highly skeptical of this team last year - which didn't turn out well for me, since they made the playoff.
2019 Florida Gators Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
Dan Mullen pulled off a heck of a turnaround in his first season with the Gators last year, improving from just four wins the year before he arrived to 10 last year. Now he needs to prove that it was no fluke and that he can build on that progress. The most striking change last year had to be QB Feleipe Franks. He was an absolute disaster two years back and looked like a guy who had no place in the FCS, never mind the SEC.
2019 Wisconsin Badgers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
That crashing sound you heard early last season was the wheels falling off in Madison. The Badgers were ranked fourth in the country last year, had a schedule widely viewed as favorable, and were serious playoff contenders. Hopes were very high, and Paul Chryst was at 34-7 at Wisconsin entering the year and looking like a genius.
2019 Texas A&M Aggies Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
It is really tough to judge where Jimbo Fisher is at in his new role at Texas A&M. Sure, winning nine games in his first year was solid after a couple of rough years for the program. But they lost to three of the four best teams they played and needed seven overtime periods to get past the fourth. Aside from one bad loss, they took care of business in the games they had to take care of, but they didn't shock anyone.
2019 UCF Knights Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/27/2019
Taking over for Scott Frost at UCF was going to be a very tough job no matter what. In short order, he took this team from the bottom of the barrel to an unbeaten season, and then he returned home to save Nebraska. But Josh Heupel made it look easy.
2019 Clemson Tigers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
The Tigers won their second national title since 2016, and it was probably more impressive than the first time. Trevor Lawrence was an incredibly highly-touted recruit, but his play in the postseason has ratcheted those expectations up to a dramatically higher level. He's two years away from being draft eligible, and many people have already written his name on the 2022 Pro Bowl roster in pen.
2019 Oklahoma Sooners Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
The first question we must ask when looking at the Sooners is if Jalen Hurts is going to win the Heisman. On the surface, it's a bit of a silly question. But the last two seasons a transfer QB has won the Heisman for the Sooners, and coach Lincoln Riley has never coached a season without having a QB win the Heisman, so it is far from a crazy idea.
2019 Washington Huskies Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Washington was the best team in the Pac-12 last year, winning 10 games and dispatching Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game in what had to be by far the most unwatchable of all title games. Of course, being the best team in the Pac-12 last year is about as impressive as being the best figure skater in Bermuda. Playing top football is just not what that conference is known for right now.
2019 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
After several years of looking like a genius as his team seemed to be getting closer and closer to true national contention, James Franklin had an ugly year last year. He took a step back at a time when Michigan and Ohio State remain strong - both are likely to start the season ranked in the Top 5 nationally. And they lost their offensive core and had a whole lot of attrition - 11 transfers out of the program - and didn't quite recruit as well as the previous year.
2019 Syracuse Orange Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Dino Babers is quietly doing a spectacular job coaching Syracuse. Two years ago, his team went just 4-8 but pulled off that amazing upset of Clemson. Last year they took a massive leap forward, going 10-3 and recording the first double-digit win season for the program since 2001. Last year was his third year at Syracuse, so it took him one more year to pull off the turnaround than it did for him at Eastern Illinois or Bowling Green.
2019 Iowa State Cyclones Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
I am very surprised that Matt Campbell is back for a fourth year as head coach at Iowa State. He did a very good job at Toledo, and he's done very well here as well. He reportedly turned down an interview with the New York Jets, and he surely had other programs looking at him this offseason. The Cyclones are lucky to have kept him around.
2019 Auburn Tigers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Remember when Gus Malzahn was a genius? It wasn't too long ago that Auburn thought he was - they signed him to a seven-year, $49 million deal in 2017. But last year was such a debacle for Auburn that there were boosters allegedly angling to get him out already. Much like Wisconsin, Auburn entered the season with sky-high expectations, a preseason ranking to go with it, and dreams of a playoff berth.
2019 USC Trojans Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
The USC Trojans went 5-7 last year - a record that is completely and totally indefensible giving everything that the program has going for it, and the rich history it has. And it's not like they just fell short in a tough conference, either - the Pac-12 is mostly a farce right now.
2019 UCLA Bruins Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Chip Kelly is getting dangerously far removed from genius status at this point. He last coached at Oregon in 2012, going 46-7 in his four years. His three years at Philadelphia never really took off, and his year at San Francisco was a 2-14 disaster without a single positive thing about it. After a year off, he wound up at UCLA, and the first year was ugly 3-9. Sure, there were improvements. But going from horrible to less horrible is hardly something to celebrate. And he did not recruit well this year at all.
2019 Missouri Tigers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
It's going to be a bit of an odd season for the Missouri Tigers. They are a solid team that should easily win enough games to be bowl eligible, but they won't be able to play in a bowl no matter how well they do. They also wouldn't play in the SEC Championship Came if they made that, but there seems to be little risk of that happening.
2019 Utah Utes Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Utah is coming off a win of the Pac-12 South. The impressive part, though, is that they are in better shape this year and are in a very strong position to again play in the Pac-12 title game - with a rematch against Washington the most likely outcome. The team is deep and talented, has an enormous amount of returning experience, and is currently staring at a window that is as wide open as one gets at a place like Utah.
2019 Virginia Cavaliers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Bronco Mendenhall took over a mess of a program when he left BYU for Virginia after Mike London has driven the Cavalier program into the ground. London took the job in 2010, made his only bowl appearance in 2011, and then won a total of just 15 games in the next four seasons. It was ugly. Mendenhall was helpless in his first year facing too many challenges to overcome, and he went 2-10 in 2016.
2019 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
There are things you could knock the Iowa Hawkeyes for if you wanted, but coaching stability is not one of them. Hayden Fry coached his 20th and final season in 1998. He handed the reins to Kirk Ferentz, who had been an assistant for Fry since the 1980's, and Ferentz is entering his 21st season with the program. Two coaches in 41 years. Off the top of my head for turnstile programs, Kansas is going with their 11th coach this year since Fry began, and Houston their 13th in that time. Even Florida is on their eighth, and two of those won national titles.
2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Predictions and Odds to Win National Championship
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2019
Last year Scott Frost arrived in Nebraska as the savior. A star player at the school in his day, Frost had coached the lights out at UCF and faced massive expectations returning home to fix a Nebraska program that had fallen way off the tracks over many years of struggles - pretty much since Frost was a player.
College Football Game of the Year Odds Released: Expert Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 5/31/2019
This week has marked one of my favorite times of the summer as a diehard college football fan. This week some of the sportsbooks started to post lines for the biggest games of the year. That means we are getting close. However, with a full, glorious summer between us and the first game, I don't want the season to get here too fast. When these numbers are posted, my favorite thing to do is to pick out a few of the more interesting ones and do a first-reaction take on them.
College Football Big Game Lines Released: Early Look and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/25/2019
The next college football season is a long way off. Teams haven't even played their spring games yet, seniors haven't graduated, and the draft hasn't happened. But it is never too early to look ahead to what is to come. Odds have been released at several books for many of the highlight games of the upcoming season. Seven stand out as being particularly interesting to me: (Odds are from BetOnline)
CFP National Championship Game Expert Predictions and Betting Odds: Alabama vs. Clemson
by Trevor Whenham - 1/4/2019
I'm not sure I remember a more anticlimactic finish to a college football season. Back in September, it felt like Alabama and Clemson were, again, the best teams in the country. They were the top two teams in both polls, and between them had all but one first-place vote in each poll. And a few months later we are in the same place - they are clearly the two best teams. And, frustratingly, it was never really close. They were both heavily favored in their semifinals, and both took care of business.
Clemson at Alabama College Football Picks & Predictions 1/7/2019
by Tony Sink - 1/3/2019
The Clemson Tigers play the Alabama Crimson Tide in the CFP Champions game at Levi's Stadium (8:00 PM EST). The starting quarterbacks are Trevor Lawrence for the Tigers and Tua Tagovailoa for the Crimson Tide. This matchup report includes odds, betting trends and a free pick against the spread.
Expert Orange Bowl Picks for College Football Playoff: Alabama vs. Oklahoma Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/16/2018
On paper this game has everything. The newly-minted Heisman winner up against the guy who was the presumed favorite right up to the final week of the season, and who ultimately finished second. The greatest coach in college football history against the hottest young up-and-comer in the sport. Two programs with a ridiculous amount of tradition and past success. The No. 1 offense in the country against one of just two teams that rank in the Top 10 nationally in both total offense and total defense. It should be the most compelling matchup you could imagine.
NCAA Football Mid-Major Free Betting Picks: Utah State Aggies Bowl Game
by Aaron Smith - 12/11/2018
A lot has changed for the Utah State Aggies since the last mid-major betting report. Matt Wells left to take the Texas Tech job. That's obviously disappointing for the players and the program in general, but Wells did an amazing job for this Utah State football program. Also, the Aggies were selected to play in the New Mexico Bowl against North Texas. The loss to Boise State meant they couldn't quite accomplish what they had hoped for this year, but it has been a tremendous season for the Aggies.
Expert Cotton Bowl Picks for College Football Playoff: Clemson vs. Notre Dame
by Trevor Whenham - 12/11/2018
I am man enough to admit that I am a little bored of writing about Clemson in the College Football Playoff. It's not that they don't deserve to be here - they unquestionably do. It's just that this is the fourth straight year that they have been in the playoff. And while things have obviously changed along the way, the formula is the same - strong defense led by an otherworldly defensive line, a very solid offense, and obviously excellent coaching. It's almost robotic at this point. This year Clemson is the only team other than Alabama to rank in the Top 5 nationally on both sides of the ball.
Free College Football Picks: Army vs. Navy Odds and Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/5/2018
The world seems upside down as we head into the last college football game of the regular season. Army is always the poor cousin in this game, but they come into this one favored for the first time since 2001. They will put together their second straight 10-win season with a victory here. And always-reliable Navy sits at a dismal 3-9 this year, and one of those wins comes against Lehigh so it hardly counts.
Bowl Teams to Bet On: Live Underdogs for the Postseason
by Trevor Whenham - 12/4/2018
My favorite kind of bet, of course, is a winning one. Nothing better than cashing a winning ticket. If I had to choose just one kind of winning bet to cash, though, it would definitely be an underdog moneyline bet. You feel like you are getting away with something when you pocket a fat return on a moneyline bet - especially when you never felt like the underdog should have been the underdog in the first place. It is the opportunities for attractive underdog moneyline bets that make the bowl season so fun. Here is a look at three underdogs that stand out as particularly attractive this year:
Iowa State at Washington State Alamo Bowl Picks and Predictions 12/28/2018
by Guy Bruhn - 12/4/2018
The Iowa State Cyclones play the Washington State Cougars at Alamodome (9:00 PM EST). The starting quarterbacks are Brock Purdy for the Cyclones and Gardner Minshew for the Cougars. This report includes betting odds and our expert college football picks for todays game.
South Carolina at Virginia Belk Bowl Picks and Predictions 12/29/2018
by Josh Schonwald - 12/4/2018
The South Carolina Gamecocks play the Virginia Cavaliers at Bank of America Stadium (12:00 PM EST). The starting quarterbacks are Jake Bentley for the Gamecocks and Bryce Perkins for the Cavaliers. This matchup report incudes betting lines and our pick of the day for this game.
Arkansas State at Nevada Arizona Bowl Parlay 12/29/2018
by Parlays Pundit - 12/4/2018
The Arkansas State Red Wolves play the Nevada Wolf Pack at Arizona Stadium (1:15 PM EST). The starting quarterbacks are Justice Hansen for the Red Wolves and Ty Gangi for the Wolf Pack. We have included an expert pick and parlay for todays game against the spread.
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