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Handicappers across the nation are getting their college football betting fix by preparing for bowl season. But what about this weekend? Aside from the Army-Navy game, there’s a void where all those Saturday games used to be.
No sweat. College basketball is up and running, and we’ve got the list of all the games involving Top 25 teams – there will be no shortage of action with these guys.
The College Football Bowl matchups have been determined and betED.com has NCAAF Lines for Football Betting fans.
The biggest bowl of them all, the BCS National Championship Game, pits the newly No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide against the newly No. 2 Texas Longhorns on Jan. 7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (8:10 pm ET, ABC).
This is the most important week so far in college football betting, even if we only have 17 games on the FBS schedule. The results will determine who gets to play in the BCS National Championship Game and the four major bowls, not to mention the other 29 games on the bowl schedule – some far more prestigious than others.
It’s Turkey Time again. Time to take a close look at the NFL betting lines and see what the home teams have to offer. With each passing year, the game of football takes a harder toll on the human body, and it becomes that much more difficult to drag your bones into someone else’s stadium. We’ll lead this week’s betting preview with a look at the latest victims.
Las Vegas is hurting. Some may understand that, some don’t. But it’s real.
There are more than a few high-profile construction projects along the Strip which can’t be completed because the banks won’t lend any more money, and that includes the Fountainebleu, which has gone into bankruptcy and might be purchased for less than ten cents on the dollar by Carl Icahn. Some hotel rooms are being rented for less than the daily cost of their maintenance. The taxi lines at the hotels have gotten shorter and shorter; at least that’s what two or three distressed cab drivers have told me.
The NFL’s annual football feast takes place Thursday, when Football Betting fans gorge themselves on a full day of pro pigskin.
As always, the Thanksgiving Day gridiron tradition starts with the Detroit Lions, who this year host the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers in one of a trio of NFL games (12:30 pm ET, FOX).
You’ve made it this far with your bankbook intact. Congratulations; it’s been a challenging year, even for the NFL betting experts. Now here comes your chance for a reward.
The last two months of the regular season are where many of us make our money. We’ve seen what most teams (players and coaches) are capable of. We have the data to back up our analysis. We know these things, but many bettors in the marketplace are just as square now as they were when the season started.
A couple of things have been pretty steady over the years in the NCAA football. First, the Ohio State Buckeyes ruled the Big Ten. Second, the USC Trojans ruled the Pac 10.
Ohio State is still the top dog in the Big Ten, but this year USC is middle of the pack in the Pac 10.
One of the greatest features of college football betting is the sheer number of teams in the FBS: a full set of 120, each with a chance of making you some money.
AFC powers collide in what figures to be one of the better Monday night games of ‘09.
The 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers visit the 6-1 Denver Broncos, and in a rare line situation, oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have installed the road team with the lesser record as the three-point favorite.
The old, grizzled gunslinger is going to mosey back into town for a showdown with his former protégé on Sunday.
In other words, Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings visit Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday (4:15 pm ET, FOX), an NFL matchup many Football Betting fans have had circled on their calendars since the schedule was released.
Brett Favre makes his return to Lambeau Field this Sunday and his Minnesota Vikings are listed as three-point underdogs for one of the biggest games of the season.
The 19-year NFL veteran who spent 16 years quarterbacking the Green Bay Packers, walks onto the tundra at Lambeau as the opponent for the first time in his career.
The Monday night game matches a pair of divisional rivals coming off bitter losses as heavy favorites. The Redskins lost at home to the Chiefs to fall to 2-4 on the season, and this will actually be the first time since Week 1 that they are matched against a quality opponent. That is a questionable description of Philadelphia though, coming off the 13-9 loss at Oakland.
The Giants were blasted at New Orleans last week by the passing of Drew Brees, suffering their first loss of the season. Up next is a club with another prolific passing attack, Arizona, who comes off its best game of the season, a 27-3 win at Seattle. The big differences in this one is that New York will be at home, and playing as a 7-point favorite at Sportsbook.com.
The big game in the NFL this weekend pits the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings against the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday at Heinz Field.
NFL Odds at betED.com have the Steelers as 5-point home favorites and the over/under at 45.
With the Broncos convincing 34-23 victory over the Chargers Monday night, Week 6 of the NFL season is officially in the books.
Four teams remain undefeated: New Orleans, Minnesota, Indianapolis and Denver. While three teams have yet to secure their first victory: Tampa Bay, St. Louis and Tennessee.
