Along with the holiday season comes NCAA bowl season, which kicks off this week and runs through to January 7th, when the BCS Championship game will crown a champion for the 2009 season.
The New Mexico Bowl gets the first taste of the Bowl spotlight with its date this Saturday night.
Bettors are starting to take some notice of the upcoming NCAA football season, with college football betting action picking up in the futures book for the college kids.
There are no surprises at the top of the food chain heading into the 2009 season, with the Gators, Trojans, Sooners and Longhorns firmly entrenched as the favorites to win BCS National Championship
Too early to bet football…not at all.
It may only be spring practice time in the NFL but training camp and preseason will creep up on unsuspecting bettors, in fact, at the local bookstore, we even noticed some football season preview guides for sale already.
With the big wave of NFL free agency behind us, let’s have a look at a few of the teams who made a splash and what it means to their current Super Bowl future odds.
Big surprise – the Washington Redskins dove into the deep-end of the free agency pool.
Just like that meteor in the movie Armageddon, we’re on a crash course to Selection Sunday for the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournament.
While there is only a smattering of teams from the Big East in the polls, the upper echelon of the rankings has a strong Eastern flavor.
We are less than a month away from Selection Sunday (March 15) and the tip-off to March Madness. As the countdown to the Big Dance starts, the intensity level for all teams is turned up, even those with an invite already assured.
Will Kate Winslet cry? Will Sean Penn go long? Can Mickey Rourke pull off an upset for bettors?
Bettors are gearing up for the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is 81st Annual Academy Awards show, aka the Oscars, this Sunday and while Hollywood is making preparations, so are the bettors.
The NBA is heading for their All-Star bash and things have been looking good for the defending champion Boston Celtics.
Sure they lost 110-109 in OT to Kobe Bryant and the L.A. Lakers last night, failing to cover as 6.5-point home faves, but despite the tough loss in that highly entertaining matchup, things are pretty rosy in Beantown.
With another Super Bowl in the books, college basketball betting volume will start to increase, as it does every year in early February. Not only is there no more football action, but now is when things begin to get real interesting in the college b-ball scene.
Here are a few games from Saturday’s schedule that bettors are paying close attention to.
Ok, the eyes of the betting world are focused on Tampa Bay as Super Bowl XLIII is a week away from kick off; the Pittsburgh Steelers are listed as 7-point faves with the Total set at 47.
But while bettors gear up for one of the biggest betting events of the year; this is a great time to also start looking ahead to another big event, March Madness.
Almost as big as the game itself, prop wagers have become synonymous with the Super Bowl and everything that goes with the big game.
The popularity has grown in direct proportion with the oddsmaker’s creativity. What was once an afterthought, or an obligatory task has now become an art form for sports books, as they create hundreds and hundreds of proposition betting options for their clients.
According to a report from the Associated Press, Vegas bookies are listing the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans as the odds-on Super Bowl favorites for the NFC and AFC respectively.
SPORTSBETTING.COM has the Giants (+250) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (+450) as its odds-on faves.
