Saturday’s college hoops action saw one of the Naismith College Player of the Year favorites sidelined due to an injury, multiple buzzer-beaters and top-10 teams Duke, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas and Texas Tech win on the road in conference play. Here are some of our observations and takeaways from the afternoon. Duke escapes Tallahassee with Zion […]
It’s hard to tell who should have been more concerned during No. 1 Duke’s 80-78 road win at No. 13 Florida State on Saturday afternoon: the Blue Devils or the rest of the country? Duke lost freshman Zion Williamson, who is the clear frontrunner in our National Player of the Year race, for the game […]
Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has officially entered the NCAA transfer portal, meaning other schools are now allowed to contact him. The 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year has played in the last three College Football Playoff National Championship games with the Crimson Tide, but he lost his role as the team’s starting quarterback to […]
We’ve already done our Player of the Year Race, but now is time to look at the coaches who have separated themselves for the National Coach of the Year Award after the first month or so of the season. It may not be fair, but generally we’ll go with a group that has outperformed its […]
Only three schools have been ranked in every edition of the College Football Playoff rankings — Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State. That trio, plus Oklahoma, has combined for 14 of the 20 playoff berths since the College Football Playoff replaced the BCS beginning in 2014. Here’s the list of schools that have been ranked the […]
The college football regular season is almost over, which means it’s the perfect time to review the past year from a betting perspective. Here are the seven Power Five teams that underachieved the most and cost bettors a lot of money in 2018… Louisville There wasn’t a more disappointing team in college football than Louisville […]
This year’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge will feature 12 ranked teams and three matchups between teams that are featured in the latest AP Top 25 poll. The series starts Monday night and culminates in Wednesday night’s showdown between No. 7 Michigan and No. 11 North Carolina in Ann Arbor. Here’s a glance at each matchup as […]
Heading into this weekend’s college football action, there are multiple storylines and several lines that jump out at me for Week 13. Let’s close out the regular season with some smart bets. Week 13’s Betting Storylines to Watch The line in the Oklahoma-West Virginia matchup has moved all over the place A spot in the […]
The Champions Classic, which features a pair of top-10 matchups in Kansas-Michigan State and Kentucky-Duke, will obviously garner most of the attention on the first day of the college basketball season. However, the notable games Tuesday night aren’t limited to the matchups at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Here are the other games to watch on Tuesday. […]
The AP Top 25 poll is out, and it’s the preseason not just for college basketball players, but for the poll website itself. No, the rankings don’t stop at No. 22 and sorry, Wichita State and Minnesota fans, your teams aren’t ranked in the top 15 like the website initially showed. You can view the […]
The South Point Sportsbook in Las Vegas released their Game of the Year lines in May and there were seven games included for the Week 6 slate. I’m going to preview the five games involving teams in Power Five conferences. The other games are a Friday night tilt between Utah State and BYU, and Navy […]
Here are the biggest takeaways from Week 3 in college football that can help bettors going forward: Tough-Luck Losers TCU barely covered as 13-point underdogs against Ohio State in Week 3, but the Horned Frogs are probably feeling unlucky that they didn’t win straight up. TCU played an even game in the box score, […]
Week 2 Rewind Top-25 Takeaways 3 Georgia vs 24 South Carolina Last week we wondered if Georgia’s youngsters were ready to take on a talented South Carolina squad. They were, cruising to a 41-17 win, outscoring the Gamecocks 21-7 in the second half. If the Bulldogs keep playing like this, they’ll have a legitimate shot […]
Week 1 Rewind Top-25 Takeaways *#20 Virginia Tech vs #19 Florida State: Everyone has that guy they went to high school with who spends every waking moment on Facebook proclaiming how he “is better than (insert athlete here).” He’s absolutely wrong 100% of the time. Buttttt Florida State’s offensive line was so bad in Monday […]
Last season was the first time since 2011 that Florida State failed to reach double-digit wins. It also marked the end of the Jimbo Fisher era, a period that will be looked upon fondly by Seminoles fans. Fisher helped restore a legendary football program that had struggled with adapting to the modern game of football […]
