Batting .500 in Major League Baseball makes you a gazillionaire and gets you enshrined in the Hall of Fame before your career has ended. Doing that on a college football parlay though is nothing but a losing ticket that ends up in the shredder. Looking to change my luck on parlays I went with a four-teamer at a crypto sportsbook last week, which may not have been the best idea since parlays are tough to win as it is. And I proved my point last week splitting my four picks. Taking my picks individually over the course of the college football season I’ve won more than 55 percent of my bets. However, I’ve yet to put all winners together in the same week.
There are several weeks left in the season to hit that big winner and I’m not going to let a few disappointments bring me down. Duke and Washington did that to me last week. Things were looking good for the Dookies through three quarters with a 20-17 lead over Florida State. The Noles erupted for 21 fourth quarter points to pull away and cover the 14-point spread. It didn’t matter since the Pac-12 matchup between Washington and Arizona State came nowhere close to hitting the OVER. Ranked among the top 5 nationally in yards and scoring, the Huskies were held to 288 yards and failed to score an offensive touchdown using a pick-six to win 15-7. The total closed at 59. Let’s take a stab at another parlay winner with Week 9 of the college football season upon us.
College Football Betting lines
Week 9 College Football Parlay Card Wagers
Oregon -6.5
Michigan State / Minnesota UNDER 39.5
Nebraska -2.5
San Jose State -10
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I’m backing the Ducks -6.5 in their matchup with Utah, though it figures to be another Pac-12 tussle between two of the top teams in the conference. The Utes are moving on without Cameron Rising and they are coming off a big win over USC with Bryson Barnes throwing three TD passes and rushing for another. That was against a leaky Trojans defense and their overall schedule has been much softer than Oregon’s so far. The Ducks are solid on defense and the experience of Bo Nix will rise above that of Utah’s. Ranked second nationally in total offense and scoring, the Ducks can pick apart any stop group and the Utes aren’t as strong on that side of the ball like we’ve seen in the past.
Purdue is coming off a bye so they should be well rested for their matchup with Nebraska. Still, they haven’t been very good going 2-5 SU and ATS. Since opening the season with back to back losses the Huskers have picked things up going 4-1 SU in their past five outings. Matt Rhule has Big Red trending in the right direction with a defense that allows fewer than 20 points a game. They haven’t scored a lot, but Nebraska will do enough to cover the 2.5-point line.
Points will be difficult to come by in the Big Ten tussle between Michigan State and Minnesota. The Gophers rank 114th nationally averaging 20.3 points with MSU averaging 18.9 points to rank No. 120. Defense has been the stronger unit for both sides, which isn’t saying much since they’ve both been horrific on offense. In games against Power Five opponents the Spartans are averaging just 11.2 points. The Gophers were held to fewer than 13 points in their last two games and four times overall this season with the UNDER 4-3 so don’t expect a lot of scoring.
Former Hawai’i quarterback Chevan Cordeiro returns to the Island after leading San Jose State to a pair of big wins averaging 47 points against New Mexico and Utah State. When playing as a favorite this season the Spartans are 3-0 SU and ATS and Cordeiro could have a big game against a defense that’s allowed more than 40 points during a current three-game losing streak. SJS has won three straight in the series with two of those by more than the opening 10-point spread for this matchup.
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