The Rose Bowl, as much a New Year’s Day tradition as a wicked hangover, kicks off two BCS Bowl games on the first day of 2010.
The oldest of all College Football games features the Pac-10 champion Oregon Ducks, ranked 7th, facing the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes, who won the Big 10 title (5 pm ET, ABC).
The College Football Bowl matchups have been determined and betED.com has NCAAF Lines for Football Betting fans.
The biggest bowl of them all, the BCS National Championship Game, pits the newly No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide against the newly No. 2 Texas Longhorns on Jan. 7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (8:10 pm ET, ABC).
The first step each season is to take a painstaking look at the previous season. We focus on all the factors that contributed to a team’s success or failure. There has to be a cause for every effect. We break down the strengths of each team. We study the reasons that might explain why it had the kind of season it did. Team morale and unity, season turning points, the caliber of opposition, how it won and lost are intricately related. Was it outclassed or beaten by breaks?
The biggest betting event of the college football season is knocking at your door. It’s the BCS Championship Game between the No. 1 Florida Gators (that’s No. 1 on the AP poll) and the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners, the last and by far the most important of the 34 bowl games this year.
A pair of points away from the winning weekend that he’d been searching for to get his college season on track, Cras looks to build on his 2-2 effort last weekend.
It’s been another crazy year on the college fields but there are plenty of winning opportunities and we had Cras pick four games for this Saturday.
Just when it looked like his NCAA season was starting to turn around, the uncertainty that is known as college football ended the optimism last weekend.
After handing Cras a winless 0-4 week, he tries to figure out what has been another highly unpredictable college year.
He was 10 seconds away from a 3-1 Saturday in college football last weekend but instead he had to settle for a mediocre 2-2 day.
With just over two minutes remaining, the UCLA Bruins drove the field for a 23-20 comeback win over the Stanford Cardinal. The comeback thwarted Cras’ chances of the winning weekend he needed to turn around his college season.
Is it time to fade the picks in Quick Hits?
After giving bettors a number of winning weeks last season, Cras is having a tough time figuring out the increasingly complicated NCAA schedule and the numerous upsets of the top-ranked teams.
Even he admits that this week’s picks may be worth a fade after a disappointing 1-3 record last Saturday.
Here’s what he’s thinking this week:
It wasn’t exactly the big bounce-back week he was hoping for but at 2-2 with his picks last weekend you won’t find Cras complaining too much.
Although it hasn’t been his best college season, there’s still time to turn around the 9-12-1 season.
It didn’t happen at all last year, but last week Cras went a dismal 0-4 during what should be called Upset Week in college football.
The fourth week of the college football season brings the biggest conference games to date.
The time of powerhouses to play powder puff teams is coming to an end and so is the time for mediocre college picks.
The first few weeks of the college season can set you up for the rest of the year or even pad your pocket for NFL Sundays. A good, hard look at the numbers reveals some very enticing odds to make you money as oddsmakers try to get a handle on how teams will perform.
We had our guy Cras make picks last year and he made lots of money with his early season selections. Here’s where he’s putting his money this weekend.
If you’re going to be betting on College football then look no farther than the NCAA Football Weekly betting odds from capperspicks.com.
LINES COURTESY OF MYSPORTSBOOK.COM
| Date | # | Team | Money | Spread | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/28/08 | 127 | UTEP | OFF | +3 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 128 | BuffaloU | OFF | -3 | OFF |
| 08/28/08 | 129 | Vanderbilt | OFF | +3.5 | OFF |
| 19:35 ET | 130 | MiamiOhio | OFF | -3.5 | OFF |
| 08/28/08 | 131 | NCState | OFF | +12.5 | OFF |
| 20:05 ET | 132 | SCarolina | OFF | -12.5 | OFF |
| 08/28/08 | 133 | WakeForest | OFF | -12.5 | OFF |
| 20:05 ET | 134 | Baylor | OFF | +12.5 | OFF |
| 08/28/08 | 135 | OregonSt | OFF | -3 | OFF |
| 21:05 ET | 136 | Stanford | OFF | +3 | OFF |
| 08/28/08 | 137 | TroySt | OFF | -6.5 | OFF |
| 19:30 ET | 138 | MTennSt | OFF | +6.5 | OFF |
| 08/29/08 | 145 | Temple | OFF | -7 | OFF |
| 19:05 ET | 146 | Army | OFF | +7 | OFF |
| 08/29/08 | 147 | SMU | OFF | +3 (even) | OFF |
| 20:05 ET | 148 | Rice | OFF | -3 (-120) | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 149 | Utah | OFF | +3.5 (-105) | OFF |
| 15:35 ET | 150 | Michigan | OFF | -3.5 (-115) | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 151 | Syracuse | OFF | +12 | OFF |
| 12:05 ET | 152 | Northwestern | OFF | -12 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 153 | Memphis | OFF | +8.5 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 154 | Mississippi | OFF | -8.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 155 | Ohio | OFF | +10 | OFF |
| 14:00 ET | 156 | Wyoming | OFF | -10 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 157 | Akron | OFF | +26 | OFF |
| 12:00 ET | 158 | Wisconsin | OFF | -26 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 159 | WMichigan | OFF | +14 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 160 | Nebraska | OFF | -14 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 163 | Tulsa | OFF | -14 | OFF |
| 16:00 ET | 164 | UAB | OFF | +14 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 165 | TCU | OFF | -7 | OFF |
| 18:05 ET | 166 | NewMexico | OFF | +7 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 167 | MississippiSt | OFF | -8.5 | OFF |
| 18:50 ET | 168 | LouisianaTech | OFF | +8.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 169 | BostonCollege(N) | OFF | -9.5 | OFF |
| 19:35 ET | 170 | Kent(N) | OFF | +9.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 171 | OklahomaSt(N) | OFF | -6.5 | OFF |
| 15:35 ET | 172 | WashingtonSt(N) | OFF | +6.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 173 | NIllinois | OFF | +8.5 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 174 | MinnesotaU | OFF | -8.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 175 | BowlingGreen | OFF | +12.5 | OFF |
| 12:05 ET | 176 | PittsburghU | OFF | -12.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 177 | Hawaii | OFF | +34.5 (-105) | OFF |
| 12:30 ET | 178 | Florida | OFF | -34.5 (-115) | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 179 | VirginiaTech(N) | OFF | -9.5 | OFF |
| 12:05 ET | 180 | EastCarolina(N) | OFF | +9.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 181 | Illinois(N) | OFF | +9 | OFF |
| 20:35 ET | 182 | Missouri(N) | OFF | -9 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 183 | MichiganSt | OFF | +4.5 | OFF |
| 20:05 ET | 184 | California | OFF | -4.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 185 | USC | OFF | -19.5 | OFF |
| 15:35 ET | 186 | Virginia | OFF | +19.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 187 | Alabama(N) | OFF | +5 | OFF |
| 20:05 ET | 188 | Clemson(N) | OFF | -5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 189 | Idaho | OFF | +27 | OFF |
| 22:00 ET | 190 | ArizonaU | OFF | -27 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 191 | UtahSt | OFF | +12 | OFF |
| 22:00 ET | 192 | UNLV | OFF | -12 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 193 | WKentucky | OFF | +20.5 | OFF |
| 12:00 ET | 194 | Indiana | OFF | -20.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 195 | ULMonroe | OFF | +26.5 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 196 | Auburn | OFF | -26.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 197 | ULLafayette | OFF | +10.5 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 198 | SMississippi | OFF | -10.5 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 199 | FloridaAtl | OFF | +23 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 200 | Texas | OFF | -23 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 201 | FloridaIntl | OFF | +37 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 202 | Kansas | OFF | -37 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 203 | ArkansasSt | OFF | +20 | OFF |
| 19:00 ET | 204 | TexasA&M | OFF | -20 | OFF |
| 08/30/08 | 205 | NorthTexas | OFF | +24 | OFF |
| 19:05 ET | 206 | KansasSt | OFF | -24 | OFF |
| 08/31/08 | 207 | Kentucky | OFF | +4 | OFF |
| 15:35 ET | 208 | Louisville | OFF | -4 | OFF |
| 08/31/08 | 209 | Colorado(N) | OFF | -11 | OFF |
| 19:35 ET | 210 | ColoradoSt(N) | OFF | +11 | OFF |
| 09/01/08 | 211 | FresnoSt | OFF | +5 | OFF |
| 16:05 ET | 212 | Rutgers | OFF | -5 | OFF |
| 09/01/08 | 213 | TennesseeU | OFF | -7 (-115) | OFF |
| 20:05 ET | 214 | UCLA | OFF | +7 (-105) | OFF |
