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CFB Football Handicapping: 2009 C-USA Football

Burns’ Conference USA Preview

Ben Burns
Ben Burns

Conference USA Power Rankings (ATS records are from last three seasons.)

1. East Carolina Pirates

ATS: 23-17 (Home: 11-6. Away: 10-9)

Thing to remember: This is coach Skip Holtz’s best team, featuring 16 returning starters and plenty of all-conference talent on both sides of the ball.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 Mountain West Football

Burns’ Mountain West Preview

Ben Burns
Ben Burns

The last time we heard from the Mountain West, Utah was dismantling Alabama as 14-point underdogs in the Sugar Bowl.

The upset capped the Utes’ second undefeated season in the last five years and gave the MWC ammunition to make its case to be included in the BCS.

The BCS pushed aside the Mountain West like it was the WAC.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 SEC Football

Burns’ SEC Preview

Ben Burns
Ben Burns

Florida’s assumed dominance is going to make handicapping the SEC very difficult.

College Football Oddsmakers, fearing being pounded by public Gator action, will be forced to inflate lines. But it might not even matter.

With Superman Tim Tebow back at quarterback and all 11 starters back on defense, covering 30-point spreads might seem like child’s play to the defending champs.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 Pac 10 Football

Betting the Pac-10: USC is the key

Ben Burns
Ben Burns

Betting the Pac-10 is all about figuring out Southern Cal.

When will the Trojans be at their best? (11-1 ATS in non-conference games the last three years).

When will they lay a brick? (4-10 ATS on the road in the Pac-10 the last three seasons).

Pete Carroll’s juggernaut lost a ton off of last year’s team. Only three defensive starters return, and it was pretty obvious from Carroll’s whining just how much quarterback Mark Sanchez meant to the Trojans.

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Tony George’s 2009 Football Handicapping Preview

Football Season Outlook And Challenges

Tony George
Tony George

As football season fast approaches, I have made it my mission this year is to repeat my 2003 season prowess where I won the Ultimate Handicapping Challenge with a 69% ATS NFL record, and finished the College season at 68% ATS…

I finished 1st and 2nd respectfully in those 2 sports.

While those are lofty numbers, I accept that challenge personally this year and look forward to large profits, as 17 years of experience have taught me much.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 Big 12 Football

Burns’ Big 12 Preview

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Ben Burns

The Big 12 is spewing confidence.

Texas coach Mack Brown and Nebraska AD Tom Osborne claim their conference is top to bottom as competitive as the mighty SEC.

Whatever.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 Big 10 Football

Burns’ Big Ten Preview

All you Big Ten haters better be changing your tune. The Big Ten is back, with four teams capable of making a BCS-sized impact and a couple of upstarts flying under the public’s radar. In recent years, the conference’s reputation has taken a major beating. The Big Ten went 15-26 ATS in non-conference games in 2008.

Ohio State and Penn State each got clobbered by USC, and the Buckeyes looked slow in BCS Championship Game losses to Florida and LSU.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 Big East Football

Burns’ Big East Preview

If you thought the Big East has been bad in recent years, just wait ’till this season.

There is no favorite, just a bunch of mediocre teams, for the most part lacking big-time talent.

College Football Oddsmakers seem to like South Florida to win the conference. The media prefers Pittsburgh, with the Panthers picked in multiple preseason publications. Rutgers and West Virginia also should be in the mix. But none of the above is heads and shoulders better than UConn, Louisville or even Syracuse (gasp).

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 ACC Football

Ben Burns CFB Picks – ACC Predictions / Preview

Each Friday, Burns and Payne prepare college football bettors for the upcoming season. This week the pair break down the ACC and highlight several items to keep in mind when September rolls around.

The ACC has a reputation as a second-tier conference.

It has the potential to exceed its bad rep this year.

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2009 BCS Handicapping Analysis

College Football: BCS – C = BS

You can go on the internet and find countless articles on how the BCS has ruined college football or how it is the greatest thing that college football has ever seen. Adding another one to mix might be worthless but I feel I need to add my two cents into discussion.

I am not a fan of the USC Trojans and I am certainly not a fan of Pete Carroll. I think I dislike USC because it is so good year in and year out, Carroll acts smug all the time and the fans suck.

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Gambling NCAA Football

Week 13 CFB Moneyline – Straight Up Picks

NCAAF Football Betting – Weekend Moneylines

Back-to-back 3-1 weeks means that we’re building momentum. Let’s see if we can keep it going and snowball a few positive weeks.

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Record: 31-14 (+7.37)

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Week 12 CFB Moneyline – Straight Up Picks

NCAA Football Week 12 Moneylines

The Wolfpack pulled through for us last week, so finally a profitable weekend after three consecutive break-even Saturdays. Let’s keep it going?

Record: 28-14 (+5.1)

Florida Gators (-1500) @ South Carolina Gamecocks

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Week 11 College Football BCS Outlook

MREAST’S WEEKLY LOOK AT NCAAF TITLE CHASERS (11-03-2008)

MREAST takes a look at the top teams in NCAAF and the week ahead, and predicts the National Title game matchup.

What a game between Texas and Texas Tech. It was a nearly impossible spot for Texas, having played 3 undefeated teams in a row, and heading to Lubbock to meet their 4th. They left with the loss, being the 2nd undeated team to drop from the ranks, as Tulsa went down to Arkansas as well.

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Week 10 CFB Moneyline – Straight Up Picks

NCAAF Week 10 Betting Moneylines

In sports betting, sometimes you need to be patient. Two consecutive 2-2 weeks at even-steven tallies the record to 23-11 on the year but let’s see if we can get the plus sign back with a winning week:

Record: 23-11 (+3.6)

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Week 9 CFB Moneyline – Straight Up Picks

NCAAF Week 9 Moneylines!

Virginia Tech looked like a live dog but couldn’t get it done. Combined with a Missouri blowout, the weekend ended even-steven. Let’s keep it going this week:

Record: 21-9 (+3.6 units)