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Cappers Picks NFL Power Rankings – Wildcard Weekend – December 31st 2013

Dave B’s NFL Power Rankings – NFL Playoff Edition

NFL Power Rankings – Where Every Team Finishes a Crazy 2013

The NFL Regular season is in the books – what a year of ball it was! The best league in the world had its share of storylines this year and last week.

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NCAA Football

2014 BCS Bowl Games & National Title Game Betting Preview

BCS Bowl Game Picks

The BCS bowl games were decided after a wild championship weekend on the field in which had teams change their destination for better or worse.

The games won’t commence until the New Year, but it’s not too early to begin looking for value in the lines.

Here’s a quick look at each of the five games with odds from [dfads params=’groups=63740&limit=1&return_javascript=0′] and analysis of which of the sides stands out.

15 Central Florida Knights +16.5 vs. 6 Baylor Bears

The Central Florida Knights are the Rodney Dangerfield of the college football world: they get no respect. The team looked solid in a one-loss regular season, losing to South Carolina by only three points, and picking up a huge comeback win over Louisville, yet the team is giving away better than two touchdowns to Baylor in their bowl game.

Bryce Petty has the Baylor offense functioning at a very high level which led to many blowout wins for Baylor, but Central Florida will bring a top flight quarterback into this battle as well in the form of soon to be first-round NFL Draft pick Blake Bortles, who has led the Knights to the biggest game in the history of the program.

An outright win may be asking a little much, but there’s no question the Knights aren’t getting the respect they deserve from oddsmakers in this one.

The play: Central Florida +16.5

5 Stanford Cardinals -5 vs. 4 Michigan State Spartans 

This game is probably the toughest to handicap on the BCS board. Two stellar defenses will meet in the 100th playing of the Rose Bowl.

The natural inclination is to take the points in a game where scoring will be difficult, but Stanford has proven to be very comfortable playing the Rose Bowl, and it’s hard to get a read on any Big Ten team given the state of the Conference.
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The play: Pass

3 Alabama Crimson Tide -15.5 vs. 11 Oklahoma Sooners

Alabama will be hitting the field for the first time since crashing down to Earth in the Iron Bowl with a loss to Auburn. The team surely had its sight set on a third consecutive national title game, so motivation could be an issue, but don’t expect it to be with future pros like AJ McCarron on the roster, and McCarron in particular will look to put an exclamation point on his career with a statement win.

Oklahoma picked up a big win over Oklahoma State in its last game, but they’ve gotten extremely inconsistent play from their quarterbacks this year, and they could get exposed against Alabama. It hurts to give away this many points at this time of year, but Alabama’s the team to do it with.

The play: Alabama -15.5

12 Clemson Tigers +3 vs. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes

The Ohio State was close to a likely spot in the national title game before stumbling in the Big Ten title game and have now been relegated to the Orange Bowl.

As for Clemson, the team has just two losses on the year and they can hardly be faulted for either, losing to a South Carolina team that they always lose to, and running into a buzzsaw in the form of a rising Florida State team.

Guys like Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins are going to want to go out with a bang. Frankly, it feels like the Buckeyes have been playing above themselves for the better part of two years, and they’re not going to be facing a Big Ten opponent on this night, so expect them to get exposed.

The play: Clemson +3

2014 BCS Title Game Pick

2 Auburn Tigers +8 vs. 1 Florida State Seminoles

This year’s national title game is tougher to predict than it appears to be on the surface. Florida State has run through its opponents with ease, winning all of their games by 14 points or more, leading the nation in scoring defense and finishing second in scoring, but their strength of schedule left a lot to be desired.

Now they get a red hot Auburn team that feels an awful lot like a team of destiny. Gus Malzahn has made all the right decisions since joining the program, and he may have a few more tricks up his sleeve to catch the Seminoles off guard.

This number has already been bet down after opening closer to 10, so getting in on Auburn quickly isn’t a terrible idea, if that’s the side you’re riding with.

The play: Auburn +8

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NCAA Football

2013 College Football Bowl Games Betting Preview

The BCS bowl games may yield some extra money for the schools involved, but value for bettors is more likely to be found in the lesser bowl games that can sometimes be overlooked by the casual bettor and oddsmakers alike.

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NCAAB

Big 10 Predictions: 2013 CBB Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

2013 Big 10 Betting Futures

The college basketball season is just days away. It’s never too early to start doing your homework so you can beat up on the books from November all the way through March Madness. CappersPicks will be previewing all the major conferences over the next few days. Up next is the Big Ten.

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NCAAB

Big 12 Predictions: 2013 CBB Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

2013 Big 12 Betting Futures

College basketball season is just around the corner. Team media days have come and gone and practices are now in full swing. The first games of the season come on November 8.

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NCAAB

SEC Predictions: 2013 CBB Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

2013 SEC Betting Futures

College basketball season is just around the corner. Team media days have come and gone and practices are now in full swing. The first games of the season come on November 8. CappersPicks is going to give you a look at power rankings in many different conferences.

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Pac 12 Predictions: 2013 CBB Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

2013 Pac 12 Betting Futures

College basketball season is just around the corner. Team media days have come and gone and practices are now in full swing. The first games of the season come on November 8. CappersPicks is going to give you a look at power rankings in many different conferences.

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ACC Predictions: 2013 CBB Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

2013 ACC Betting Futures

College basketball season is just around the corner. Team media days have come and gone and practices are now in full swing. The first games of the season come on November 8. CappersPicks is going to give you a look at power rankings in many different conferences.

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Big East Predictions: 2013 CBB Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

2013 Big East Betting Futures

College basketball season is just around the corner. Team media days have come and gone and practices are now in full swing. The first games of the season come on November 8. CappersPicks is going to give you a look at power rankings in many different conferences.

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NBA

2013-2014 NBA Season Win Total Odds Predictions + Basketball Handicapping

Bet on NBA Futures

The NBA season is about to start so we will know very soon which teams have improved, regressed, or sometimes worse find themselves in the same situation they were one year ago.

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NBA

2013-2014 NBA MVP Predictions + Basketball Betting Odds

2013 NBA MVP Gambling

The 2013-14 NBA season is nearly upon us, and as usual, it’s a star-studded group that will be competing for this year’s MVP award.

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NBA

2013 NBA Rookie Of The Year Predictions & Betting Preview

ROTY Gambling Picks – NBA Odds

The 2013 NBA draft class isn’t getting nearly as much respect as last year’s group did entering the Association.

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NBA

OKC Thunder Predictions: 2013 NBA Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

Oklahoma City Thunder Season Preview – NBA Predictions

After making it to the Finals the year before the Thunder came up short last year. For some they are still the team of the future but they are more than ready to win big now. As good as they are it is still about consistency. Some nights they look great and others they look average.

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NBA

San Antonio Spurs Predictions: 2013 NBA Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

San Antonio Spurs Season Preview – NBA Predictions

The San Antonio Spurs made it to the Finals last year, again, though it appears the changing of the guard may have begun. That is what they do, transition players in and out and keep winning. You hate to use the word model franchise but what else would you call it at this point.

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NBA

Denver Nuggets Predictions: 2013 NBA Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

Denver Nuggets Season Preview – NBA Predictions

There is going to be a different flavour to things in Denver this season with George Karl out at coach. In is Brian Shaw, who has been well schooled in the Phil Jackson way of the force but has no head coaching experience.

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Toronto Raptors Predictions: 2013 NBA Future Lines & Gambling Analysis

Toronto Raptors Season Preview – NBA Predictions

The Toronto Raptors enter the 2013-14 season with plenty of optimism after some big time additions, and the loss of a player viewed as dead weight. With plenty of Eastern Conference teams, particularly Atlantic Division teams, tanking in hopes of a top draft pick, a playoff spot seems well within the team’s grasp.