Oddsmakers predict a tight contest when the Virginia Tech Hokies meet the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Orange Bowl.
The Bearcats are 2 ½-point favorites and 57% of bettors are backing them.
ACC champ Virginia Tech is a familiar name to the BCS. Big East champ Cincinnati is a first time participant. In fact, the Bearcats have never even played a BCS-Conference opponent in a bowl game before. Will that be the difference in Thursday’s Orange Bowl?
Two long-time powers that could’ve easily met for the BCS title meet Thursday in the ‘Grandaddy of them All’, the Rose Bowl.
The USC Trojans are hefty nine-point favorites over the Penn State Nittany Lions out of the Big Ten, after beating Michigan and Illinois handily in the last two Rose Bowl games. This site has been a graveyard for the Big Ten, with a 10-19 ATS record in this meeting with the Pac-10.
Sportsbook.com bettors are not fazed by the points Penn State is getting and 78% still back USC to cover the large number.
Minnesota made one of the best turnarounds in college football this season, but they are heavy dogs at Phoenix’s Insight Bowl against Kansas tonight.
The Jayhawks are eight-point favorites and 71% of bettors are backing them.
Minnesota (7-5, 7-4 ATS) finished with four straight losses, but this bowl experience should be cherished after a 1-10 2007 campaign.
The Music City Bowl and the Sun Bowl are the afternoon highlights of a terrific Wednesday with five games overall.
Oregon State is a two-point favorite and the Over/Under is 51.5 for this 2 pm ET game.
The Sun Bowl has become well-known to bettors as an underdog dominated series, as that side of the pointspread has gone 10-1-1 ATS in the last 12.
Since reaching #3 in the AP Poll in Week 5, the LSU Tigers have been in a steady decline and nowhere is that more evident than the Sportsbook.com Betting Trends.
Only 27% of bettors like the Tigers as four-point underdogs on New Year’s Eve, a far cry from the support they garnered earlier this season when many felt they were ready to contend for back-to-back championships.
The Humanitarian and the Texas Bowl are two of the lower profile bowl games but each represents a great betting opportunity.
Sportsbook.com bettors aren’t fazed by the Oklahoma State Cowboys’ recent woes against the spread.
Despite failing to cover a spread in the final three games of the Big 12 season, Oklahoma State enters Tuesday’s Pacific Life Holiday Bowl with 68% of the bettor’s support. The Cowboys are three-point favorites over the Oregon Ducks and you can wager on the matchup on our Live Odds page.
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The Wild-Card Round in the NFL is set now that every seed has been decided after a wild Week 17 in the NFL!
Some teams that should have made the playoffs, like the New England Patriots, will be staying home because of the NFL Playoff rules. Other teams that should probably be staying home, yes, I’m thinking of you San Diego Chargers, not only made the playoffs but get to host a wild card game.
For a bowl game being played Christmas Eve night, matching two teams totaling a dozen defeats, this contest has gotten a fair amount of buzz.
With the Notre Dame Fighting Irish listed as 2 ½-point favorites in Hawaii and playing after a nice vacation, this is an intriguing matchup. It will also either symbolize the dawning of a new era for Charlie Weis and Notre Dame or start the slow dance ritual of Weis being shown the door in about 11 months.
The Missouri Tigers have faced a number of big spreads this season – without much success.
As the #21 Tigers enter Monday’s Valero Alamo Bowl against the #23 Northwestern Wildcats as 12 ½-point favorites, bettors should be reminded that Missouri has covered just three of their last 10 games.
The California Golden Bears were picture-perfect at home this season and Sportsbook.com bettors have taken notice heading into Saturday’s Emerald Bowl.
The matchup between California and the Miami Hurricanes will be played on a neutral field, but it may as well be a home game for the Bears as they simply make the 25-minute trek from campus to AT&T Field on Saturday.
The Florida State Seminoles are playing the Champs Sports Bowl in their home state, but don’t discount the chances of the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Badgers have played in Florida bowl games the last five years against tough SEC teams and while they went just 2-3 straight-up, they were 3-2 against the spread and easily could have gone 5-0 against the spread (ATS) with a couple of breaks in games that were close in the fourth quarter.
That bodes well against Florida State who has similar speed of an SEC team even though they play in the ACC.
Tonight’s Poinsettia Bowl between the Boise State Broncos and the TCU Horned Frogs is one of the best bowl games.
Sportsbook.com opened this contest as a Pick and those laying down the money have preferred TCU, making them a three-point favorite with a Total of 46. ESPN will have the telecast at 8 pm ET.
A thrilling Week 16 in the NFL brought some closure for several teams in both conferences that already know whether or not they will be postseason participants.
For many other teams however, the final week of the 2008-09 NFL regular will decide their playoff fates whether for good or bad.
Sports betting fans had grown chilly on both teams. The New York Giants and Tennessee Titans were each coming off of losses last Sunday. There had been rumblings from NFL betting fans about whether or not either team had peaked and were now slowly getting worse right before the playoffs and not better.
Fresno State’s season ended with a disappointing 7-5 record but the majority of bettors like them as three-point favorites for Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl.
The Fresno State Bulldogs play the Colorado State Rams in the second game of the bowl season, starting at 2:30 pm ET on ESPN.
Fresno opened the preseason as the favorite to win the WAC but the 105th-ranked run defense took care of any hopes the Bulldogs had in a hurry.
