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.
Northwestern’s defense did a heck of a job this year. Only two teams exceeded 30 points against them (Michigan State and Ohio State) and the Wildcats limited capable offensive clubs like Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa to 17, 10 and 17 points respectively. All told, they allowed just 19.2 points per game.
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These are two hot teams as far as the point spread is concerned. Rutgers comes into the PapaJohns.com Bowl having covered its last eight games, while N.C. State has covered seven straight. During its surge, Rutgers ran up scores on some teams, beating Pittsburgh by 20 points, South Florida by 33, Army by 27 and Louisville by 49, for example.
Kudos to Jerry Kill, the first-year Northern Illinois coach who took a team that was 2-10 last year and turned it around somewhat, guiding the Huskies to a 6-6 record in the same year one of its alums, Michael Turner, became one of the most valuable players in the National Football League.
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The Boston Celtics are off to their best start in the history of their storied franchise going 27-2 to start the season. That includes a current streak of 19 straight wins. Last year on their way to their 17th NBA Championship all the talk was about the ‘Big Three’ of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen.
There is a lot of talk about the job Randy Shannon has done recruiting for the Miami program. Indeed, there are plenty of future pro players on both sides of the ball. Freshmen have been nice contributors on the defensive side, and Aldarius Johnson was the team’s leading receiver (30 catches).
This is the third straight trip to the Motor City Bowl for Central Michigan, which has been one of the MAC’s more consistent performers for years. It may or not be the last collegiate game for junior quarterback Dan LeFevour, who is a definite pro prospect. LeFevour, who can run (536 yards rushing) or pass, completed 66% of his passes this season with 19 touchdowns, and took care of the ball very well, with just five interceptions.
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We’re just days away from the end of what’s been an incredible online NFL betting regular season, and as we head into this weekend’s play there’s numerous games with playoff implications and even more muddled scenarios that may or may not put your favorite team into postseason. All of which that makes it easy to forget about a Week 2 blown call and a 1-15 team of last season, which will fuel two of Week 17’s monstrous games.
The Hawaii Warriors (7-6 SU, 6-5-1 ATS) will have the opportunity to host a bowl game, which is not a common occurrence, as they take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-6 SU & ATS) in the Hawai’i Bowl, part of NCAA college football online betting action that is slated to kick off at 8 PM ET at Aloha Stadium (artificial turf) in Honolulu.
Last year’s Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium—home of the Buffalo Bills—was the NHL’s first ever outdoor game played in the U.S. and was a hit for newbie and online NHL betting gurus. The nationally televised New Year’s Day event, competed and very much held its own in ratings on a sportsbook betting day made for bowling. Roughly 3.7 million viewers watched the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Sabres in a 2-1 SO.
The Trojans of Troy University (8-4 SU, 7-4 ATS), champions of the Sun Belt Conference, get the automatic bid to the New Orleans Bowl where they will be opposed by the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-6 SU, 7-5 ATS), who put on a furious finish to qualify for their bowl bid in NCAA college football sports betting action that is set to get underway Sunday at 8:15 PM ET at the Louisiana Superdome (artificial turf) in New Orleans, LA.
Three games with serious implications in the standings are hogging all the action on the NFL betting board heading into this weekend.
In Tennessee, the Titans look to hold off the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL’s best defense for first place in the AFC, while two games involving NFC South squads highlight action in the senior conference.
The BYU Cougars are making their fourth straight appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl, and on Saturday they’ll be playing a team that is making its first post-season excursion in ten years when they line up against the Arizona Wildcats (7-5 SU & ATS) in NCAA college football sports betting action that is set to kick off at 8 PM ET at Sam Boyd Stadium (artificial turf).
The Midshipmen of Navy (8-4 SU, 6-5 ATS) are coming off two straight shutout wins as they cruise into the first-ever Eagle Bank Bowl. They will take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS), a team they vanquished during the regular season, in NCAA college football sports betting action scheduled to take place at 11 AM ET on December 20 (Saturday) at RFK Stadium (natural turf) in Washington, DC.
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