NCAA College Football Betting
Go Daddy Bowl Betting: Ball State vs. Arkansas
This Bowl game on Sunday, January 5th 2014 is the last Bowl game prior to Monday nights BCS Title Game with the #1 FSU Seminoles playing the #2 Auburn Tigers. This Sunday Go Daddy Bowl game features the Arkansas State RED WOLVES (7-5, 5-2 Sun Belt) playing the Ball State CARDINALS (10-2, 7-1 Mid-American) with kickoff scheduled for 9 pm ET on ESPN TV and the game is being played at the Ladd-Peebles Stadium (40,646) at Mobile, Alabama and the opening odds for the game at Sports-gambling.com have the Cardinals of Ball State the favorites -8 ½ with the total at 64 ½ and those they regularly Bet on College football at sportsgambling sites will ask, what about the money line. Well the money line for Ball State is -320 and the comeback for Arkansas State is +260 and watches closely as you will see daily movement in these odds.
The Arkansas team for the second year in a row is going to a bowl game without their head coach. This year coach Bryan Harzen who led the team to a 7-5 and third consecutive Go Daddy Bowl Berth, the former Boise s State QB accepted the Head Coach job at his former school, Boise State. Thus their defensive coordinator Thompson will coach the team in this Bowl Game. The Red Wolves started the season with a 3-4 record then won 4 consecutive games and lost their final game to Western Kentucky 34-31 on a TD pass of 2 yards with only ten seconds in the game. This team’s bread and butter are the running game with 3 running backs with over 500 yards for the season.
Continue ReadingOrange Bowl Betting: Clermson vs. Ohio State
This BCS ORANGE BOWL game coming to you on Friday, January 3rd, 2014 is the 4th of the five BCS Bowl games to be played with the 5th and final game the BCS Title game which will be between FSU and Auburn on the 6th of January. The Orange Bowl game features the Clemson TIGERS (10-2, 7-1 ACC) playing the Ohio State BUCKEYES (12-1, 8-0 Big Ten) and the game is played at the Sun Life Stadium (72,230) in Miami Gardens, Florida with kickoff scheduled for 8:30 pm ET on ESPN.
Continue ReadingBCS Sugar Bowl Odds: Alabama vrs. Oklahoma
This ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL is the third of five BCS games to be played with this game taking place on Wednesday the 2nd of January 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (74,000) in New Orleans, Louisiana at 8:30 pm ET on ESPN with the Alabama CRIMSON TIDE (11-1, 7-1 SEC) playing the Oklahoma SOONERS (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) and they say the good news for the Sooners is that Alabama lost its last trip to Sugar Bowl to Utah 31-17, and the bad news is that was the only loss Coach Saban has with the Tide and their Bowl games and all the rest they dominated the games they won. But still this is a matchup of two of college football’s most recognized football universities, with two of the more prominent coaches at their respective schools. The question in this game is how will the Oklahoma coach plan to counter Alabama coach’s defense?
Continue ReadingRose Bowl Wagering: Michigan State vs. Stanford
On Wednesday, January 1st 2014 we have the first of the five BCS Bowls and this game with the #4 Michigan State SPARTANS (12-1, 8-0 Big Ten) playing #5 Stanford CARDINALS (11-2, 7-2 Pac-12) with the game kicking off at 5:10 pm ET on ESPN TV and coming to us from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and another game weather should not be a factor.
For those who Bet on College football they have to know that this bowl game is the Granddaddy of all the bowl games, the Rose Bowl and this year's game may be the quickest game to end of all bowl games regarding the amount of time it takes to play the game. Why, because of the matchup of teams. Hard to believe but the statistics from SBG Global indicate that this is the Stanford’s team 14th appearance in the Rose Bowl and its second consecutive as last year they defeated Wisconsin 20-14. In those appearances the Cardinals are 6-6-1 in the 1st 13 Rose Bowls they attended, and yes there are ties. For the Spartans this is their 5th appearance and the first since back in 1988 when they beat Southern Cal 20-17. This game may belong to the quarterback that can make the big play!
Continue ReadingOutback Bowl Betting Odds: Iowa vs. LSU
Another great New Year’s Day Bowl game on Wednesday, January 1st 2014 with the game being played at the Raymond James Stadium (65,657) in Tampa, Florida with the Iowa HAWKEYES (8-4, 5-3 Big Ten) playing the # 21 LSU TIGERS (9-3, 5-3 SEC) with kick off at 1 pm ET and on ESPN TV.
At the sports wagering site for those that Bet on College Football the opening line at Bet Royal has the Tigers of LSU favored at -7 -115 with the total at 49 and -290 money line. The Tigers three losses where all road games as they lost to Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama and a feather in their cap is that they are the only team to beat the Auburn Tigers this year and that was with QB Mettenberger playing and he now is injured with a torn ACL in cannot play in this bowl game. A major concern for this game is can back-up QB Jennings while making his 1st start of the season will he get the job done? For his sake he has talented receivers with Landry and Beckham and RB Hill who has 14 TD’s on the year with 184 yards offense and averages 6.8 yards each carry. LSU ranks 21st averaging 27 points each game with an offense that is well balanced averaging 265.1 yards passing and 200.9 yards rushing per game.
Continue ReadingChick-fil-A Bowl Betting: Duke vs. Texas A&M
This Tuesday, December 31st New Year’s Eve Chick-fil-A Bowl game comes to us from The Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia with the Duke BLUEDEVILS (10-3, 6-2 ACC) playing the much publicized Texas A&M AGGIES (8-4. 4-4 SEC) with kickoff at 8 pm ET on ESPN TV.
Sun Bowl Betting: Virginia Tech vs. UCLA
This New Years Eve those that Bet on College football will have the pleasure December 31st 2013 to enjoy the Hyundai Sun Bowl which takes place at 2 pm ET with the Virginia Tech HOKIES (8-4, 5-3 ACC) playing the UCLA BRUINS (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12) and the game will be played at the Sun Bowl Stadium (50,526) in El Paso, Texas.
At the Online Sportsbooks this game may not be at the top of your list, however in past years the Sun Bowl game has brought many fans a lot of entertainment. In this game the Hokies of Virginia Tech will face the toughest challenge they have had all season since, as the Bruins whose offense is so-so, but the defense is very strong and may be the best that the Hokies have faced this 2013 season. Tech has had problems developing deep threats but they have managed to success in the middle. Thus the Hokies QB Thomas will have to pick on UCLA’s inexperienced young secondary. The Hokies have three receivers (Knowles, Stanford and Byrn) who have developed excellent skill running pattern 10 to 15 yards down the field and in the middle, so expect to see a lot of mid-range routes run against the Bruins. The Hokies have had 26 bowl appearances of which the first was in the Sun Bowl in 1947.
Continue ReadingAlamo Bowl Odds: Texas vs. Oregon
This Monday evening, December 30th at 6:45 pm ET we will have the opportunity to watch the Alamo Bowl which many say it’s the consolation bowl with the Texas LONGHORNS (8-4, 7-2 Big 12) playing the #10 Oregon DUCKS (10-2, 7-2 Pac-12) with the game being played at the Alamodome (65,000) in San Antonio, Texas with the game on ESPN TV and the weather not a factor.
According to one Sportbook the Texas Longhorns had the opportunity to win the Bing 12 Title but in their final week lost to Baylor which put them out of the BCS Bowls. Oregon was presented for the final BCS bowl but was passed over as Oklahoma was given the spot. Thus this bowl, some are calling the consolation bowl if you Bet on College football.
Continue ReadingFight Hunger Bowl Betting: Washington vs. BYU
This Friday, December 27 we have another exciting Bowl game coming to us from San Francisco, California. It’s the Fight Hunger Bowl and it is also the first NCAA Bowl game with two females officiating with the game being played at the AT&T Park with kickoff at 9:30 pm ET on ESPN TV as the Washington HUSKIES (8-4, 5-4 Pac12) play the Brigham Young COUGARS (8-4) with the weather not being a factor in California.
At an online sportsbook there was a comment asking how can the Huskies win without their coach as he is no longer with them, but the team has lots of talent and their losses were to Stanford, UCLA, Oregon and Arizona State. However, with college kids this could be a big factor in this game and should make it a very interesting game.
The center of this team is offensive RB Sankey who this season scored 18 TD’s and in nine of their 12 games he ran for more than 125 yards each of those nine games. They also have plenty of talent on defense. Their coach of this game will be MarquesTuiasosopo a Huskie who was the MVP of the 2001 Rose Bowl game. He has no head coaching experience but has been an assistant for 5 years in the Pac 12 and is regarded as a great in game leader. The new coach who will start the 2014 season is Chris Petersen who was 92-12 at Boise State win their conference five times a with two Fiesta Bowl wins.
Continue ReadingPoinsettia Bowl: Utah State vs. NO. Illinios
On Thursday, December 26th 2013, the day after Christmas we are presented with the Poinsettia Bowl Game which comes to us courtesy of the San Diego Credit Union and he game is played at the Qualcomm Stadium (66,000 capacity) in San Diego California. The teams traveling to San Diego for this Bowl game are Utah State AGGIES (8-5, 7-1 Mountain West matched up with the #23 Northern Illinois HUSKIES (12-1, 8-0 Mid-American) with kick-off for this