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Four teams are going to make it to the College Football Playoff, but it will be a huge upset if a certain one doesn’t emerge with the national title. The Alabama Crimson Tide has not only been the best team in the nation all season, it is making a case as one of the most dominant college teams of all-time.... 

Week 13 includes an important Big 12 matchup of that has lost a little bit of its luster after a stunning turn of events last week. The then conference co-leading West Virginia Mountaineers led the Oklahoma State Cowboys 31-14 at the half only to let the Pokes off the hook in a gut wrenching 45-41 loss that made for an extra long trip home from Stillwater. Meanwhile the Oklahoma Sooners won a 55-40 shootout over the Kansas Jayhawks as 35-point home overlays. Friday night the Mounties host the So... 

Week 13 is highlighted by the greatest rivalry in all of college football, and arguably sports itself. The Michigan Wolverines have finally taken the form that was envisioned by head coach Jim Harbaugh when he took over in 2015. The Maize and Blue feature a rock-ribbed defense and a much-improved offense with a quarterback in Shea Patterson that has multiple threat capability. The Ohio State Buckeyes have an explosive offense led by sophomore sensation quarterback Dwayne Haskins. But their defen... 

Week 13 is of course also known as “Rivalry Weekend” and there is no matchup that has more passionate hatred than the famed “Iron Bowl” between the Auburn Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide. While this has been a disappointing season for Auburn a win over the Crimson Tide would take away the bad taste. For Alabama they seek not only revenge for an upset loss at Auburn last year, but also a perfect mark en route to a shot for the national championship.... 

Week 13 includes a Southeastern Conference Thanksgiving night rivalry showdown of two teams that have had disappointing seasons in different ways. The Ole Miss Rebels surprised many observers early in the year as they were carried by one of the most prolific offenses in the land. But the other side of the line has been rendered utterly helpless. The Mississippi State Bulldogs were a trendy dark horse pick in the SEC West Division but stubbed their toe after a hot start. The Bulldogs offense was ... 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish is one victory away from an undefeated season, and most likely, a berth in the College Football playoff. The program has been up and down in recent years but has put it all together in 2018 to have a chance at the national title.... 

This year’s Apple Cup means more for the Washington State Cougars than it has in a long time. Washington State is ranked in the top ten in the College Football Playoff rankings, and the Cougars have a shot to be one of the four teams playing for a national championship next month. That would make this year the most successful in school history. To do that, they need to get past their in-state rival, the Washington Huskies. It’s been a disappointing year for Washington, but the Huskies can win th... 

Both the Boston College Eagles and the Syracuse Orange are looking to end their regular seasons on the right foot after suffering disappointing losses last week. Even though Boston College was banged up last week, the Eagles missed out on a golden chance to move to 8-3 on the season against a slumping Florida State team. The Eagles had a chance to ice the game late by going for it on 4th and 1 from FSU’s 40 with under three minutes left, but Boston College instead elected to punt and less than a... 

Week 12 saw the underdogs and visitors hold a slight edge on the board as undertakers once again finished in the black. What was written off by many fans as a potentially boring week with plenty of mismatches turned out to be highly entertaining and a reminder of what makes college football so great. The best game of the day was the Ohio State Buckeyes 52-51 overtime win at the Maryland Terrapins. But not far behind was the Oklahoma State Cowboys 45-41 comeback home win over the West Virginia Mo... 

It’s been a volatile time at the betting window in the early part of the college football betting week. We’ve seen the typical ½- to 1-pont moves on a number of games, but we’ve also witnessed several lines move as much as a field goal with two shifting as much as four points while another two jumped the fence. What in the Bear Bryant is going on here?... 

That’s it, I am done betting totals for UCF Knights games. For the third time this season, I was unable to hit the right side of the total in a UCF game and I am done backing them at this point. The Knights have seemingly flummoxed me at every turn, and it cost me what would have been an otherwise perfect week. I hit my other two plays relatively easily, nailing the over in the Texas Tech-Texas game and cashing in easily on the under in Michigan State-Ohio State. I am looking to go 3-0 this week... 

Once again, last week’s Fade the Public Plays did not turn out so hot. My two ACC plays were a disaster, with Louisville getting its doors blown off by Syracuse and Virginia Tech getting crushed by Pittsburgh. UCLA was my one winner, and the Bruins nearly picked up an outright win over Arizona State. This week, I’m looking to post my first winning week in a while, but I’m running out of time before the regular season comes to a close.... 

It is a matchup of Top 25 teams on Saturday night, as the Iowa State Cyclones visit the Texas Longhorns. You can make a case that this is the biggest game in the last 100 years for the Cyclones, as they are in contention to reach the Big 12 Championship game. It would be great if you could watch this game, but unfortunately you probably can’t, as it will be televised by the Longhorn Network. Let’s look at the contest and consider live betting at BookMaker.eu. ... 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish can see the finish line. It’s been a fantastic year for Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are one of three undefeated teams left in the country, and they will be in the College Football Playoff with just two more wins. This isn’t a team that has been doing it with smoke and mirrors like the 2012 team either. Notre Dame has won most of their games by convincing margins, and they have the best win in the country too. Their penultimate test will be at Yankee Stadium this ... 

Week 12 offers six very live home dogs that could not only deliver the bacon but also win their games straight up. We have six teams that will have various motivational and situational advantages in a classic case of timing being everything. And in one of our parlay picks we have a resurgent program that should actually be favored against an oppo... 

Week 12 opens with the ultimate master of the obvious fact of the Alabama Crimson Tide being the overwhelming favorites to win the national championship. Just as obvious is the Clemson Tigers being the second choice. From there it gets much more interesting. The Michigan Wolverines continue to grow in esteem with the gambling public with what is likely the best def... 

The Oklahoma State Cowboys nearly submarined their biggest rival’s chances of making it to the College Football Playoff last week in Bedlam. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State played a high-scoring shootout that saw both teams rack up a lot of yards and points. The game seemed destined for overtime when Oklahoma State scored while down seven with a minute left in the game, but Mike Gundy made the decision to go for two and the win rather than play for overtime. It didn’t pan out for the Cowboys, yet th... 

Week 12 includes a traditional rivalry matchup from the Pac 12 Conference when the Stanford Cardinal visits the California Golden Bears. While both teams have become bowl eligible with wins last week for Stanford the season has been a massive disappointment after playing the in the league title game last year. For the Golden Bears their upset wi... 

Week 12 features one of the great historic rivalries in the history of college football and the operative word there is indeed “history.” For both the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins memories of when their rivalry mattered on a national level are becoming far more distant. UCLA has not been a relative player in the Pac 12 Conference for a generation... 

Week 12 includes a highly important West Division matchup from the American Athletic Conference when the upstart and resurgent SMU Mustangs host the up and down but fully capable Memphis Tigers. SMU has come out of nowhere to contend for the West Division championship and has the tie breaker advantage with the first place Houston Cougars after b... 

Week 12 includes a Thursday night appetizer from the American Athletic Conference in a matchup of rivals from the West Division. The Tulane Green Wave are just one win away from attaining bowl eligibility and are playing their best football of the season so far. The Houston Cougars are also bowl eligible and are trying to hold off Tulane and the... 

Week 11 was touted as potentially dangerous for the opposite reason that Week 10 was touted to be so. That is because Week 10 proved to be something of a letdown as most teams and games went to form. Which made many observers believe that extra chaos would certainly follow. But the same ended up holding up in Week 11. The recently completed weekend of college football was among the chalkiest in recent memory. And nothing much has changed as far as the race for the college football playoff. Perhaps the biggest changes to result of Week 11 will be in the coaching ranks. Louisville’s Bobby Petrino has joined Kansas coach David Beaty as the first two coaches to be fired in the Power Five. And more men could soon be facing the firing squad. ... 

There have been more early line changes on the college football betting lines for Week 11 than we’ve seen recently, mainly due to an increase in the amount of wagers placed as we near the end of the regular season. There are some intriguing matchups, including some rivalry games, on the slate that always inspire the general betting public to participate. ... 

I continue to be done in bad luck on my total plays this season. In Week 9, I was on the right side of things for a change. I got a couple uncharacteristic lucky bounces en route to a 3-0 week, and things seemed to be looking up. Unfortunately, my fortune reverted to course with an 0-3 finish and two bad beats last week. ... 

Last week, the three Fade the Public Plays I went with involved Group of Five schools. Memphis, Houston, and Arkansas State have been considered three of the top teams in the AAC and the Sun Belt over the course of the year, but there was reason to doubt all three. Unfortunately, that didn’t end in a winning record, but it would have made you some money if you played all three of these picks on the moneyline too....