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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2010 Conference-USA Football

Ben Burns CFB Picks – Conference USA Predictions / Preview

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Ben Burns

Each week Ben Burns prepares college football bettors for the upcoming ncaa football gambling season. This week it’s the Conference USA. Ben highlights several items to keep in mind when September college football betting season rolls around.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2010 Big Ten Football

Ben Burns CFB Picks – Big Ten Predictions / Preview

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Ben Burns

Each week Ben Burns prepares college football bettors for the upcoming ncaa football gambling season. This week it’s the Big Ten. Ben highlights several items to keep in mind when September college football betting season rolls around.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2010 ACC Football

Ben Burns CFB Picks – ACC Predictions / Preview

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Ben Burns

Each week Ben Burns prepares college football bettors for the upcoming ncaa football gambling season. This week it’s the ACC. Ben highlights several items to keep in mind when September college football betting season rolls around.

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Burns’ Week 9 2009 BCS Handicapping Tips

Beyond the BCS: Best and worst run defenses

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Ben Burns

Pop quiz: Out the 19 worst rush defenses in the nation, only one comes from a BCS conference. Who is it?

We could be really annoying and make you grind through the rest of the story before giving you the answer. No one wants that, so …

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Burns’ Week 7 2009 BCS Handicapping Tips

Beyond the BCS: Who’s better — TCU or Boise State?

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Ben Burns

Each week Ben Burns and David Payne scour the non-BCS conferences looking for a hidden gem.

Life is tough in the MWC and WAC. Lose one game, and you go from a potential BCS bowl to the Humanitarian Bowl. That’s a mammoth pay cut, and a lot of pressure on the coaches from the non-BCS conferences.

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Burns’ 2009 BCS Handicapping Tips

Beyond the BCS: 3 teams in fading patterns

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Ben Burns

Each week David Payne and Ben Burns scour the non-BCS conferences, looking for a hidden gem to take advantage of.

This week, they take a look at teams that are set up to fall during the second half of the college football season.

Hawaii: The Warriors laid an egg and lost their quarterback in last week’s 27-6 loss at Louisiana Tech.

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Burns’ NCAAF Handicapping Tips

Beyond the BCS: Nothing certain about mid-week games

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Ben Burns

The fall shuffle is on.

Beginning this month, teams from across the country will have their schedules turned upside down with Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday games.

Classes will have to be rescheduled, and practice routines will be disrupted. Players and coaches will be traveling late at night. It’s hectic.

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Finding Value When Betting On College Football

Beyond the BCS: Scanning the card

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Ben Burns

North Texas quarterback Riley Dodge returns for the Mean Green this week against Middle Tennessee. Dodge sat out last week’s game at Alabama after separating his shoulder in an overtime loss against Ohio. But coach Todd Dodge told reporters that his son and quarterback will be at full strength against the Blue Raiders, who are coming off a win over Maryland.

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CFB Line Shopping: Small Schools

Value shopping: Is there any left in BYU or Houston?

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Ben Burns

Both Cougars have caught the public’s eye by taking care of top-five BCS opponents early in the season.

BYU, of course, knocked out Heisman trophy winner Sam Bradford before knocking Oklahoma off its lofty No. 3 perch.

Houston exposed No. 5 Oklahoma State last week in Stillwater.

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College Football Handicapping: Week 1 Review

Burns’ Small Conference Report

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Ben Burns

Who impressed?

Colorado State: Bettors would be wise to take notice of Rams’ coach Steve Fairchild. He’s a rising star, and it showed against rival Colorado Sunday.

Colorado State’s offense, featuring the most experienced offensive line in the nation, was balanced (208 passing, 168 rushing) and was a step ahead of the Buffalo defense throughout the first half.

The Rams’ defense shut down what is expected to be a good Buffalo rushing attack. Colorado averaged just 1.4 yards per carry and finished with 29 yards rushing.

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NCAAF Handicapping: 2009 Sun Belt Conference

Burns’ Sun Belt Preview

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Ben Burns

Finding solid, updated information on Sun Belt football is not easy, for bettors or oddsmakers.

So spending time to dig deeper on these lesser-known squads can pay dividends.

“The way to win early in the year is to get a better handle on a team than the average guy on the street,” Francis Doyle, betting analyst for Sportsinteraction.com said.

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CFB Football Handicapping: 2009 MAC Conference

Burns’ MAC Preview

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Ben Burns

We’ve got less than two weeks to prepare for the college football season.

This week, we break down the MAC, a conference that is changing and one known for pulling off major upsets.

A Toledo team that finished 3-9 went into Michigan last season and won. Bowling Green opened the year by winning at Pittsburgh.

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NCAA Football Handicapping: 2009 WAC Football

Burns’ WAC Preview

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Ben Burns

The WAC has two teams—Boise State and Nevada–capable of busting the BCS.

It also has a handful of teams capable of being complete busts (Hawaii, New Mexico State, Idaho).

Either way, there is money to be made on the WAC. The below power rankings will help.

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CFB Football Handicapping: 2009 C-USA Football

Burns’ Conference USA Preview

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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

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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

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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.