There are obviously fewer examples of misleading scores than normal since the slate was so short, but I still found six of note from conference championship week.
Some of these bowl games feature massive SOS differences. Every bettor should include these metrics, as calculated by Jeff Sagarin, in their bowl season handicapping repertoire.
We won’t look at all 39 bowl game openers, but we’ll take a look at some of the more interesting ones and also the ones that have seen some noteworthy line moves since opening.
We're 7-6 with Our College Pick of the Week, and this week we'll look at the game between UAB and Middle Tennessee State. MTS is favored by 1 and the total on the game has dropped to 44.5 after opening at 47.
We fell to 10-3 with our College Total Play of the Week last week, while splitting our other two games for a lackluster 1-2 week in college football. Still, 24-15 in college football and an ugly 18-17-1 in the NFL, so will try to pick it up here the rest of the way.
While we don’t have many games showing a significant amount of overlay compared to the market, we do have a few games with some overlay around key numbers worth considering.
The Championship week in college football should have a number of exceptional games on tap, and you can get great predictions for games, including for the SEC championship when Alabama takes on Georgia.
We fell to 7-6 with our College System Play of the Week last week, as an anti-public play on USF backfired even after Milton was injured for UCF. This week, we'll look at the game between the Pitt Panthers and the Clemson Tigers. Clemson is favored by 27.5 and the total is 52.5.
A look at using two-tiered power ratings for handicapping college football and basketball
Championship week is here, but we still have some misleading final scores to consider on teams that played in Week 13.
Books know these teams and know the betting tendencies of the market when it comes to these teams. Things are quiet early, but not for long.
We're 10-2 with our College Totals of the Week, which have been the only thing saving us during this recent slump, and today will look at the game between Stanford and UCLA. The Cardinal are favored by 6.5 and the total is 59.5.
In what seemed like the proverbial blink of an eye, the College Football regular season is coming to its inevitable close and rivalry week is here.
We fell to 6-6 on the season with our College Pick of the Week, as the college totals have been our saving grace so far this football season. For this week's game, we'll take a look at the Battle for the Freemont Canon in the game between Nevada and the Runnin' Rebs of UNLV.
For our College System Play of the Week we'll venture from our norm a little bit and pick one of the marquee games on Friday, Central Florida at USF. The Knights opened as 13.5 point favorites and are now favored by 14 and the total has climbed slightly to 69.5.
