The biggest betting event of the college football season is knocking at your door. It’s the BCS Championship Game between the No. 1 Florida Gators (that’s No. 1 on the AP poll) and the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners, the last and by far the most important of the 34 bowl games this year.
We’ve shed four NFL teams on our path to the Super Bowl. Only eight remain, and we’ll see all eight this weekend in the Divisional Round. The four home teams are all favored, having earned themselves the week off while the four visitors played in the Wild-Card Round. The week off is a major advantage, but over the last two seasons, home teams are 4-4 SU and 1-7 ATS during the Divisionals.
Jan 6 2009
Hard to believe that we’ve already burned through another year of college football. But it isn’t quite over yet. The last two games include the GMAC Bowl, which didn’t quite make our list of the Top 5 betting games of the week, and the BCS Championship Game, which most certainly did. Let’s get right to it – all times listed are Eastern, and as usual, the freshest betting odds are available at Bodog Sportsbook.
This is why the NFL has a Wild-Card Round. All four of the visiting teams in this weekend’s opening round of the playoffs are favored against their four division-winning opponents. Will a Wild Card take the Super Bowl for the third time in four years? Our preview of this weekend’s action suggests they’ll get off to a good start. All game times are Eastern; for current lines, visit Bodog’s online sportsbook.
We’ve reached the post-Christmas portion of the college football bowl season. Fourteen relatively minor bowl games have come and gone; over the next three days, we’ll be hit with another 16, including three of the four traditional major bowls. Let’s get up to speed with the basic facts. All game times are Eastern; for current lines, visit the Bodog Sportsbook.
It’s the holiday edition of stat check, so in keeping with the spirit of the season, here’s an extra goodie to go along with our usual Top 10 football stats and factoids for the weekend: The longest NFL game in history took place on Christmas Day. Miami beat Kansas City 24-21 in double overtime in the 1971 AFC Divisional playoffs. Garo Yepremian booted the winning figgie at 82:40.
The NFL playoffs are starting a little early this year. Our Top 3 NFL betting games for Week 17 feature six teams clawing for a spot in the postseason. There will be no tanking; handicappers won’t have to worry about whether the starters will actually play. Plus, it’ll be some of the best football we’ll see this year. For current lines, visit Bodog Sportsbook.
Today’s list of football stats and factoids for the weekend is dedicated to legendary QB Sammy Baugh, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 94. Baugh led TCU to victory at the 1936 Sugar Bowl and the 1937 Cotton Bowl, and won two NFL titles with the Redskins in 1937 and 1942 – playing both ways and punting. His No. 33 is the only uniform Washington has ever retired. Without Baugh’s contributions, the NFL might not exist today.
This is the time of year when handicappers really make their money. The NFL regular season is down to its final two weeks; some teams have nothing to play for and become instant fade candidates, while others are fighting for a place in the postseason. The bigger the stakes, the higher the motivation. Let’s pluck the two highest-stakes games from the Week 16 slate and see what angles we can take to the bank. For current lines, visit Bodog Sportsbook.
Okay, college football fans. Recess is over; time to get back to work. The 2008-09 bowl season starts this Saturday with four games, and while this foursome may feature some of the lightweights on the bowl scene (will there be a second St. Petersburg Bowl?), we’ve got at least two games that promise to be both entertaining and potentially lucrative. The first bowl down the runway kicks off this week’s Top 5 list (all times Eastern; for current lines, visit Bodog’s online sportsbook).
As the 2008 NFL regular season winds down, football fans everywhere are anxious to see how the playoff picture will unfold – and whether or not their team has what it takes to make it to the Super Bowl. Over at the Bodog Sportsbook they’re just as excited to unleash their new NFL props, but on Dec. 29th the Bodog Casino jumps into the play with the launch of a cool NFL Playoffs – skinned blackjack table.
Handicappers have to wear many hats to do a good job: athlete, statistician, doctor, lawyer, critic. These days, a background in labor relations would be handy. Our top online experts from Bodog sportsbook weigh in with their opinions and cappers insight for two big matchups happening during Week 15 of the NFL season.
Who said there was no college football this weekend? Our Top 10 gridiron stats and factoids will visit the two FCS semifinal games and the Division II championship, all three of which are being shown on the Worldwide Leader with betting lines attached.
Who says we need a college football playoff system? Thanks to millions of dollars in corporate sponsorship, we have two new bowl games to bet on this year, bringing the total to 34. That’s more than double what any namby-pamby eight-team elimination format would provide.
Black Friday (and its online counterpart, Cyber Monday) signaled the start of yet another holiday shopping season. The handicapping world is also in overdrive this month. We’ve got pro and college football, pro and college hoops, and a healthy dose of hockey to get us through December – not to mention the latest superfight from the boxing ring. These are our Top 5 betting games of the week (all times Eastern; for current lines, visit Bodog’s online sportsbook).
If you’re an NFL player, you can’t just wolf down whatever you like this holiday season. That cranberry sauce might cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The league suspended six players on Tuesday for violating the league’s steroid policy – three of them from the New Orleans Saints, including running back Deuce McAllister. The accused claim their positive test for Bumetanide (a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent) came from a weight-loss pill called StarCaps that did not list that ingredient on the label. Tough noogies, says the NFL. All six are out for the remainder of the regular season.
