The winner of the game between the Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday afternoon will punch their ticket to the national championship game.
Strangely, oddsmakers give Florida a huge edge, installing the Gators as 10-point favorites over the unbeaten Tide. Players at Sportsbook.com agree, with 62% backing the chalk. CBS will have the broadcast at 4 pm ET.
The trio of games featured in this week’s NFL sports betting preview all have one thing in common: A lack of control.
The New York Giants can’t control the off-field activities of their players (see: loaded gun in pants), the Buffalo Bills can’t control where they play their home games, and the Dallas Cowboys can’t control the weather when they don’t.
With the Thanksgiving Day appetizer out of the way those doing any NFL sports betting can get to the real main course with a dozen games on the league’s schedule for Sunday.
And highlighting that slate is a potential AFC barnburner between the Denver Broncos and the New York Jets at Giants Stadium (4:15pm ET). Brett Favre and the Jets served notice that they are for real this season last week when they knocked off the previously-unbeaten Tennessee Titans by a final score of 34-13. Favre went 25-of-32 for 224 yards passing in that contest, with two TDs and one INT. Thomas Jones rushed for 96 yards.
Coming off its toughest game, the unbeaten Ball State Cardinals will try to overcome one last obstacle to winning the MAC West when it hosts the Western Michigan Broncos tonight.
Sportsbook.com has Ball State as 10 ½-point favorites with a Total of 53.5. It will be broadcast on ESPN2 starting at 7 pm ET.
There’s no better way to celebrate the United States’ absolute hatred of turkeys than by slaughtering and munching on them by the billions! While the family conversation bores you to death, why don’t you stuff your face full of some gravy and potatoes while three Superbowl candidates beat up on three of the worst teams in the league?
Sportsbook.com members love the second-ranked team in the nation in an underdog role on Saturday night.
A healthy 70% of the action for Saturday’s Big 12 collision between the #2 Texas Tech Red Raiders and #5 Oklahoma Sooners is on the visiting Raiders as these two powerhouses meet in an epic battle with conference and national title implications.
The fields for the MVP and rookie of the year awards are starting to get very crowded. Why? Because the stand-outs aren’t on what many would consider unbelievable teams. The rookie of the year is okay for that. But the MVP award usually goes to a person on a team that has separated itself from the rest of the NFL.
Weather could ground the high-powered Ball State Cardinals offense in Wednesday’s Mid-American Conference game against the Central Michigan Chippewas.
A 25-degree forecast that includes wind and snow could create adverse conditions and make the total a great Under bet.
It was two years ago in this same spot that South Carolina (7-3, 5-3-1 ATS) almost derailed Florida’s national championship dreams, losing 17-16 as 13-point road underdogs.
That’s not carrying much weight this week as South Carolina is a 22 ½-point underdog this Saturday in Gainesville.
Sportsbook.com has Cincinnati favored by four points with a Total of 47.5. ESPN2 will broadcast this Big East encounter starting at 8 pm ET.
The Cincinnati Bearcats have cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season, but to stay there, they will need to defeat an old nemesis, the Louisville Cardinals.
Week Eleven in the NFL is going to be a doozy. Why? Because there are only seven more games before the playoffs. Yes, the NFL season has been humming along that quickly for sports betting fans.
The biggest news, of course, is that Tony Romo returns to throw the ball for the Cowboys. He returns just in time. The Cowboys have to beat the rival Washington Redskins on Sunday night if they hope to have any chance of making the playoffs. The ‘Boys are 5 and 4 on the season. The NFC Conference is tough.
The Miami Hurricanes have a huge game tonight hosting the Virginia Tech Hokies, and the winner will have a great chance to win the ACC Coastal Division.
Sportsbook.com has Miami-FL as 4 ½-point favorites with a Total of 43. ESPN will broadcast this game at 7:45 pm ET.
The Ball State Cardinals are dreaming about an undefeated season, but they first have to get past the Miami of Ohio Redhawks tonight. Sportsbook.com opened Ball State as 15 ½-point road favorites and they have leapfrogged all the way to 19.5 with a Total of 54.5. ESPN2 will broadcast starting at 7 pm ET.
It’s the midway point of the NFL season and sports betting fans are either absolutely thrilled or positively heart broken at what has transpired so far. This has been a particularly strange year for NFL betting.
The usual suspects aren’t lighting up the online sportsbook world and some surprise teams have come out of nowhere to solidify themselves as online wagering studs.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are a perfect 8-0 against the spread as they head to Lubbock, Texas for a showdown with the Texas Tech Red Raiders. This is another in a long line of huge Big 12 games and ABC will have the national broadcast at 8 pm ET. Texas Tech is currently only 3 ½-point favorites.
The Ball State Cardinals are one of the only unbeaten teams left in college football as they host the Northern Illinois Huskies tonight.
Sportsbook.com has Ball State as 9 ½-point favorites with a Total of 47. ESPN2 will broadcast at 8 pm ET in what should be a challenging game.
