USC Ends Season On A High Note Against Arizona
For the first time in five years, USC will be absent from the Rose Bowl game. Losses to Oregon, Stanford and Washington ensured that they would not get a chance to play in a prestigious BCS bowl game and for a team that enjoyed such unmitigated success over the past decade, that is a tough pill to swallow.
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Will any online sportsbook event generate more interest this week than Florida/Alabama? I seriously doubt it, especially since this 1-versus-2 matchup is not just the SEC title game but the real national title game in some people’s eyes. These two teams gave us a classic last year, with Florida winning 31-20.
Game-day: 11/28/2009
Kick-off: 10:00 pm EST
The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans do their traditional dance this Saturday when the Bruins travel a full 15 to 20 minutes to the L.A. Coliseum to take on the Trojans.
The BetUS College Football Betting season is almost over as teams continue to fight for a Bowl game invite meanwhile other just want to play spoiler.
Here is my breakdown of the College Football Week 13 Expert Picks:
At 7 pm, our complimentary College Football selection is on the Toledo Rockets minus the points over Eastern Michigan. The Eagles are 0-10 on the season, and will try to break into the win column with an upset over Toledo, which has lost three straight games. In its last time out, the Rockets were blasted 56-28 by Central Michigan, but most teams these days are. Toledo also dropped games to Miami-Ohio and Temple since its 20-19 upset win over Northern Illinois back on October 17.
Sports betting fans are pumped up for the weekend. Why? Two words: rivalry week. Ohio State visits the Big House to renew pleasantries with Michigan this Saturday. Funnily enough, while the Buckeyes have been the much better team, the Wolverines are the ones with something on the line.
Does that mean they can pull off an upset?
A couple of things have been pretty steady over the years in the NCAA football. First, the Ohio State Buckeyes ruled the Big Ten. Second, the USC Trojans ruled the Pac 10.
Ohio State is still the top dog in the Big Ten, but this year USC is middle of the pack in the Pac 10.
Week 11 is a good to be an up and comer in College Football. Not much has changed since the beginning of the season in terms of the BCS title hunt – Alabama, Florida and Texas haven’t budged from the top of the polls since the beginning of the season.
Still, this is a good week to check out some of the season’s surprise top teams.
One of the greatest features of college football betting is the sheer number of teams in the FBS: a full set of 120, each with a chance of making you some money.
I will make an effort to give my sports betting advice or a quick over view of the games you want to know about. The Top 25 match ups each week is where most of the eyes turn. Last week I went 2-0 on premium plays and I’m 3-0 this week as of Friday monring. I have been on fire going 31-11-2 ATS the last eight Saturday’s. We are now 13-4 on POD’s in college football with Friday’s POD pending and an easy win last night on Rutgers -2 as they cruised to a 31-0 victory.
In NFL betting, the Colts finally get a chance to back up their hot rep this Sunday night. On the college side, No. 4 TCU can do the same on Saturday night. There’s no denying that 2009 is the biggest season in Horned Frogs history to date. Still undefeated, TCU is pushing its way into the BCS title discussion, as crazy as that sounds. A win over Utah would move them one step closer to improbable glory. If Utah pulls off the upset, it still has a chance to steal the Mountain West.
(16) Utah Utes @ (4) TCU Horned Frogs
Saturday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sportsbook favorite: TCU -19.5
Team records:
Utah: 8-1 SU, 3-6 ATS
TCU: 9-0 SU, 6-2 ATS
Most bettors are pretty confident in TCU’s chances to win this week. The big question is whether or not it can cover the 19.5-point spread. Of the many factors to consider, we should first and foremost examine TCU’s offense. It’s sizzling at the moment, ranking eighth in the nation. The Horned Frogs’ running game is their bread and butter; they’ve hit the 300-yard mark in back-to-back games and eight different TCU players have rushed for touchdowns. Joseph Turner is the big scorer, having found pay dirt nine times, but the Frogs have had four different guys carry the ball 75-plus times.
Utah hasn’t allowed more than 17 points in a game this year and in theory poses a better threat than most to TCU’s powerful running game, but it’s hard to put stock into Utah’s schedule so far. Arguably, TCU is the first legit offense the Utes are battling this season. They do play good “D” but they shouldn’t be mistaken for the shutdown group from last year’s undefeated squad.
Another factor that should play a major role in TCU covering the spread: Jordan Wynn. The freshman quarterback impressed last week in his Utah debut but he has an entirely new challenge on his hands this week. The only defenses ranked higher than TCU’s in the entire nation: Florida and Texas. The Horned Frogs may eat Wynn for breakfast like Pac-Man will feast in boxing’s Pacquiao Cotto odds this weekend.
TCU has major momentum playing at home and the conditions are right for them to win big. Go with the Horned Frogs.
A few trends to consider:
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Utah is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Utah’s last 6 games
Utah is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing TCU
TCU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
TCU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
TCU is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
TCU is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Sports bet online pick: TCU -19.5
Its well into November, winter is here and Thanksgiving is a few weeks away. We are about 6 weeks away from College Bowl Game season. The national and conference title contenders are staring to prove themselves.
LSU has just one loss, but the Tigers must beat Alabama to remain in contention in the SEC.
Let’s just say last week didn’t offer the most exciting games.
There were a few close games of course, but the only game between my top ranked teams turned out to be a blowout when TCU beat BYU 38-7.
This week could be the complete opposite. Two games this Saturday are going to be MUST watch games and will have BCS implications: USC at Oregon in the Pac-10 and Texas at Oklahoma State in a game that could settle the Big 12 South.
I will make an effort to give my sports betting advice or a quick over view of the games you want to know about. The Top 25 match ups each week is where most of the eyes turn. Last week I went 4-1 on premium plays and have been on fire going 20-7 the last five Saturday’s. We are now 9-2 on POD’s in college football with North Carolina -2.5 pending as a 4-dime POD Thursday night.
The second half of the college football schedule is here. Week 8 for college football betting has some intriguing matchups between conference rivals and I am here to break down these matchups.
So the first BCS standings of 2009 have been released and to no one’s surprise, the Florida Gators—+125 to win this season’s BCS championship at most online sportsbooks—are Kings of the college football hill followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide in the two-spot.
Strangely enough though, Florida dropped to No. 2, trumped by ‘Bama in the Associated Press poll but football fans in “The Swamp” probably don’t care, as their team is tops in the more prestigious poll.
