Fresno State’s season ended with a disappointing 7-5 record but the majority of bettors like them as three-point favorites for Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl.
The Fresno State Bulldogs play the Colorado State Rams in the second game of the bowl season, starting at 2:30 pm ET on ESPN.
Fresno opened the preseason as the favorite to win the WAC but the 105th-ranked run defense took care of any hopes the Bulldogs had in a hurry.
The bowl season opens with a rematch between Navy and Wake Forest on Saturday morning.
These two teams met back in September when Navy pulled out a 24-17 upset as 17-point underdogs.
The spread is much closer this time around as the Demon Deacons are listed as three-point favorites.
The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t covered a spread in their last seven outings, but it doesn’t seem to be affecting their game or future odds.
Los Angeles (21-3) has been at least an 11 ½-point favorite for the last seven games, and while they’ve won six of them, they are 0-7 against the spread (ATS).
The Jacksonville Jaguars have fallen to new lows this season but they still want a win badly tonight against the Indianapolis Colts. Sportsbook.com has the Colts as a six-point favorite, with the Total lodged at 44. At last check, 86% of bettors were backing the Colts.
The Carolina Panthers and New York Giants have a huge Sunday night game in the Big Apple with the winner getting home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.
The Giants are three-point home favorites but 69% like the Panthers after watching the G-Men lose their last two games to Philadelphia and Dallas.
Tim Tebow and the #2 Florida Gators are holding steady as three-point chalk over the #1 Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS title game on January 8th.
So while Sooners’ quarterback Sam Bradford won the Heisman Trophy last Saturday night, it is Tebow who will have the last laugh if he gets his second national title in the last three years.
The Sunday night game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants will pay for big for those who can predict the final score.
Our ‘Margin of Victory’ prop is very interesting for this game as it closely reflects the point spread in which the Cowboys are favored by three-points at Sportsbook.com. So far, only 32% of the betting public likes the favored Cowboys.
Our writers continue to pad your pockets with winning picks on Sunday.
Last week it was Cras with a perfect 4-0 week against the spread (ATS) and now each writer enters Week 15 with more than respectable 30-23-3 records.
Here’s how they break down four of this week’s intriguing matchups:
Unless you live in the ‘Queen City’ of Cincinnati, you probably don’t understand the depth of the rivalry between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the #10 Xavier Musketeers.
Tip-off is set for 8 pm ET Saturday and you can get the latest odds here.
Saturday marks the start of the “Road to the Final Four” as CBS tips-off its season of coverage with a showdown in the nation’s capitol between #17 Memphis and #19 Georgetown.
Tip-off is set for 2 pm ET and you can get the latest odds here.
There’s a great NBA game in Boston tonight as the Celtics do battle with one of the Western Conference powers, the New Orleans Hornets.
Sportsbook.com lists Boston as a seven-point favorite, with a Total of 189. ESPN will have this as opening game of its Friday night twin-bill starting at 8 pm ET.
The Washington Wizards performed magic acts against the Boston Celtics, robbing the cash from their backers the last three times they met.
Underdogs in all three matchups, the Wizards not only cashed in against the spread (ATS) but won each of those three games straight-up as well. More impressive, those victories account for just three of the 16 losses Boston had all of last season.
The Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints are still alive for the playoffs, but the loser of their Thursday night game can start making early vacation plans.
The Bears are three-point home favorites in a game where weather is surely going to be a factor. So far, 59% of the current betting public is taking the Monsters of the Midway.
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The Jim Valvano basketball classic offers two great contests tonight, coming live from Madison Square Garden.
Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are attracting a lot of interest in the betting world.
That’s because the Cavs have the best ATS record in the NBA (16-4) and Sportsbook.com has released proposition odds of where James will be playing in 2010. Cleveland also provides great value in the East Conference race.
The Carolina Panthers are a perfect 6-0 at home this season but they are far from a lock on Monday Night Football as they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
This NFC South showdown starts at 8:30 pm ET game on ESPN and the winner will be in sole possession of first place in the division when it’s done.
