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CFB Matchup Tips: Handicapping 2015 Pac 12 Football Games

2015-16 Early-Season Football Matchups – (Pac-12)

The Pac-12 Conference saw a sudden shift in power during the 2009 season. Prior to that year, the USC Trojans had won (or been named co-champions) seven straight years. Since then, it’s been the Oregon Ducks/Stanford Cardinal show, but the Trojans have a solid chance to make up for that this year if they can exceed lofty expectations.

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Baylor Bears 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (Big 12) – Bears

Baylor Bears Head coach Art Briles has sure built a juggernaut in Waco, TX. Anyone who doubts that Briles is one of the best college coaches in the land needs their head checked.

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TCU Horned Frogs 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (Big 12) – Horned Frogs

Irascible head coach Gary Patterson always trumpeted that Texas Christian, long in the Mountain West Conference, belonged playing with the major-conference boys. He got his wish a few years ago, and boy, was he right.

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Pittsburgh Panthers 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (ACC) – Pitt

It’s tough to think teams completely erase the memories from the previous season. However, Pittsburgh returning players and coaches have to licking their chops to get back on the field.

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Duke Blue Devils 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (ACC) – Blue Devils

The Duke Blue Devils have put themselves on the map in the past couple seasons in the ACC. Known as a pure basketball school, the football program completely turned itself around and has made a name for themselves.

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (ACC) – Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech has proven to the whole nation that the option offense can and is successful. Georgia Tech was a Top 10 team in 2014 and finished it off with a dominating performance over Mississippi State in its bowl game.

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Southern Miss Golden Eagles 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (C-USA) – Golden Eagles

It wasn’t too long ago that Southern Mississippi was the talk of the nation. In 2011, they finished 12-2 and won Conference USA. They’ve been ranked in the top 15 before, and it was looking like the program was turning a very good corner.

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UTEP Miners 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (C-USA) – Miners

The UTEP Miners were the team that was just kind of there in Conference USA. They were beat down by Louisiana Tech, gave Western Kentucky all they could handle, and even took out Old Dominion.

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UTSA Roadrunners 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-2016 Football Previews – (C-USA) – Roadrunners

If a 4-8 season wasn’t bad enough last season for the Roadrunners, they may want to close their eyes this season. UTSA saw 36 seniors ship out after the 2014-2015 season and will literally be starting from scratch this season.

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FIU Panthers 2015 Preview NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-2016 Football Previews – (C-USA) – Panthers

After suffering a 4-8 year in an uprising conference, the Florida International Panthers will look to rebound and get themselves back into a postseason bowl.

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Tulsa Golden Hurricane 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Preview

For a while there, coach Todd Graham really had this program rolling. Tulsa had three 10-plus-win seasons in a span of four years as their prolific offense was able to put up points seemingly on anyone.

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Florida State Seminoles 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (ACC) – Seminoles

The Florida State Seminoles have it going right now — maybe, if they could just stay off the police blotter.

After winning a national title, they participated in the first-ever College Football Playoffs as well last season, losing to Oregon. Those two results were led by Jameis Winston, who is now slinging it in the NFL, so it was going to be a challenge to compete at the same level even if they weren’t making so many off-the field headlines.

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Old Dominion Monarchs 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-2016  Football Previews – (C-USA) – Monarchs

Old Dominion is set to compete with the top-tier teams in Conference USA during the 2015-16 NCAA Football Season. While it won’t be easy, it has the offensive potential to keep up in track meets with the likes of Western Kentucky and Marshall.

The problem the Monarchs ran into last year was a mid-season mess.

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Washington State Cougars 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (Pac-12) – Cougars

Another season under Mike Leach saw even more transformation to what we’re used to seeing from the pirate. A stagnant program for years, the Washington State Cougars brought Leach in to make some big changes and he has definitely done that. The pass game is thriving in Pullman, and you wouldn’t want it any other way with Leach at the helm.

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Washington Huskies 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (Pac-12) – Huskies

Chris Peterson’s second year in as head coach of the Washington Huskies is going to be an interesting one. Coming into a team loaded with talent on the defense and not so much on the offense, he had to navigate tricky waters. He had to win using former head coach Steve Sarkisian’s players while trying to make his own changes along the way.

The results weren’t pretty record-wise, but they did have three players named as All-Americans. Now that they are gone, Peterson’s players are slowly moving in.

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Tulane Green Wave 2015 NCAA Football Gambling Odds & Predictions

2015-16 Football Previews – (AAC) – Green Wave

Though they reside in a very fertile recruiting ground down in Louisiana, it has been a long time since Tulane was nationally relevant. It may seem hard to believe today, but there was a time they were actually in the SEC.