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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.... 

A game that looked like one not to miss before the season now looks like a potential rout, as the Florida State Seminoles visit the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday night on NBC. The Seminoles decided to hire Willie Taggart in the offseason and that hiring already looks like a mistake. The Seminoles have to win two of their last three games to make a bowl and that doesn’t seem likely. On the other side, the Fighting Irish just have to avoid looking past FSU to what looks like a tough game next week against Syracuse. Let’s look at this contest and live betting at BookMaker.eu. ... 

Week 11 will offer an interesting start to the weekend with a Friday night game from the Atlantic Coast Conference that features a once elite coach that is now seeing his reputation go into free fall going up against one of the more promising young coaches in the game. Bobby Petrino’s second coming to the Louisville Cardinals in 2014 was highly ce... 

The Ohio State Buckeyes are looking to keep their playoff hopes alive with a win against the Michigan State Spartans this weekend. Ohio State needs to win the rest of their regular season games and the Big 10 Championship in order to be one of the final four teams in the country, but this team has not looked as good as Buckeyes teams in the past. The defense has been relatively porous, and that nearly came back to bite them against Nebraska this weekend. Ohio State has been able to turn it on in... 

Week 11 will open minus one top favorite for the national championship as the LSU Tigers were proven to be not ready for prime time in their 29-0 home loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Along those same lines Alabama came away from the CBS prime time win looking more invincible than ever to much of the gambling public. But gaining in esteem are the Clemson Tigers, who are now considered to be the top alternative to the Tide. But the Georgia Bulldogs, Michigan Wolverines, and Oklahoma Sooners may provide superior betting value and the legitimate chance to cash in a ticket. Let’s take a look at the current national championship picture in college football. ... 

What do you even do with Alabama at this point? If you’re an oddsmaker, it doesn’t seen like you can set the college football betting line high enough to keep bettors from backing the Crimson Tide at this point. Alabama was a monumental 14.5-point favorite on the road against No. 4 LSU last week and had no problem covering the NCAAF betting line. The Crimson Tide nearly tripled up the Tigers in terms of total yards and doubled the spread with a 29-0 victory in Baton Rouge. ...