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Old School Meets New School
The college football season is officially upon us! It's really tough to want to bet on teams which are 35-point underdogs regardless as to whether we are talking about regular spread betting or live betting.In this case though, taking the SMU Mustangs and all of those points against the Baylor Bears on the opening Friday of the season might be a good, albeit an incredibly brave idea....
For the first time in program history, the 13th ranked Bruins will open with a true freshman quarterback when Josh Rosen gets the call for Saturday’s game against Virginia. Rosen could be the missing link for Jim Mora’s squad, which has enough proven talent to win the Pac-12. If he is, we may have the Bruins playing home games in the Rosen Bowl for a few years....
An impressive run at the end of last season saved an otherwise lost season for Stanford. The Cardinal won its final three games to go 8-5, ending a run of four consecutive double-digit win seasons. The 21st-ranked Cardinal begins its march back to prominence Saturday at Northwestern in the first meeting between the schools in 21 years....
Every now and again, you have to make the play which makes all the sense in the world in spite of the fact that you just know that it is a square play. We might be in that situation on the opening night of the college football season when the TCU Horned Frogs lay a relatively sensible 17 points on the road against the Minnesota Golden Gophers....
Injuries are a part of sports, but more so maybe in football than any other. Heading into Week 1 of the season, there are a number of teams coping with massive injuries, and how they react to those injuries will help determine whether these clubs will or will not cover the spread on a weekly basis....
Alabama opens the season ranked No. 3 in the nation which is quite lofty considering they return just 10 players and start a new starting quarterback yet to be determined.The Crimson Tide also play one of the very toughest schedules in the county, and it starts with Wisconsin. The Badgers are top-20 to start the season and have a new yet familiar head coach, but the Badgers should be a formidable foe for ‘Bama....
Louisville has a chance to make a statement in its opener, for itself and the ACC. Coach Bobby Petrino has started strong in his second go around with the program, winning nine games last season and improving the overall collection of talent. With an upset of Auburn Saturday on CBS in a neutral site matchup, the Cardinals will send a strong message that Florida State and Clemson will have company in the ACC title chase....
The student gets a chance to school the teacher when the Boise State Broncos host the Washington Huskies on ESPN Friday.Washington coach Chris Petersen is back in Boise, where he became an icon of the sport for eight seasons, posting a 92-12 record with four top-10 finishes. He’ll face his former assistant Bryan Harsin, who has the Broncos ranked 23rd and the favorite to be the non-Power 5 conference team to play in a New Years Six bowl....
Baylor’s potent offense will have a new director in Seth Russell, but the production shouldn’t slack with a pair of 1,000-yard receivers. Running back Shock Linwood, who gained over 1,200 yards, also returns to operate behind an O-line that is intact.The Bears have won 11 straight over SMU, covering the spread in the last five....
One of the reasons Nebraska fired Bo Pelini last December was because his teams “weren’t good enough in the games that mattered”, according to the school’s athletic director. The Cornhuskers aren’t going to waste any time seeing if Mike Riley can succeed, as they hope to extend their FBS best season-opening win streak to 30 games Saturday when they play BYU for the first time....
For the second time in the last three seasons, the North Carolina Tar Heels and the South Carolina Gamecocks will open up the season against each other. Back in 2013 though, these two played at Williams Brice Stadium, and the Heels were given little chance to succeed. This year at a neutral site, many are giving UNC a shot at a big upset....
Week 1 of the college football season is always the screwiest for line movement. Parlay the fact that no one really knows what we are getting yet out of any of these teams since they haven't been on the field with the fact that odds are posted weeks in advance instead of just six days before kickoff, and you've got the recipe for a lot of line movement.Below, take a look at some of the biggest movers and shakers of the opening week of the college football season....
The Jameis Winston era is over in Tallahassee, and with that comes a real sense that the Florida State Seminoles are about set to take a step backwards. They shouldn't struggle against the Texas State Bobcats in the opener, though you never know with an entirely new team being built by Jimbo Fisher....
The last few years have been a struggle for a Florida team that’s used to be atop the SEC standings. They’ll look to get things kicked off right this week in a showdown against the Aggies. New Mexico State comes into play having lost their last 10 games SU and six straight ATS to end last year....
There's a new kid on the block in the ranks of the FBS.The Georgia Southern Eagles brought to the table an awesome triple-option attack which few were really ready for last year, and they could give some problems to the West Virginia Mountaineers as well to kick off 2015....
After being snubbed from the College Football Playoff last season, TCU doesn’t intend to be left out again. The Horned Frogs know that the best way to do that is an unbeaten regular season. The No. 2 team in the country will try to take the first step toward that lofty goal Thursday on the road against a Minnesota team set on revenge....
The border battle kicks off the college football season when North Carolina and South Carolina meet on ESPN Thursday in Charlotte. Expectations aren’t high for either club but one thing both squads did last year was score points. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is going through a transition with his team but he still owns a 23-2 record in openers....
The much anticipated return of Jim Harbaugh to the collegiate coaching ranks has overshadowed the fact that his Wolverines still have plenty of room for improvement. Harbaugh has a history of success, turning around the Stanford program before heading to the NFL for the past four seasons.Now he’s back at his alma mater, attempting to break an 0-8 ATS skid against Pac-12 foes, the last two of which came against the Utes....
The Volunteers find themselves ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time in a while heading into the year and are fresh off a 45-28 Bowl victory over Iowa.They’re set to come on strong to start the year as they battle the Falcons from Bowling Green....
UTEP coach Sean Kugler led the Miners to their first bowl game in five years last season and has done a solid job rebuilding the program quickly in his third year. So too has Arkansas coach Brett Bielema in his third season, and the Hogs won seven games including a bowl game last year with a very strong finish to the season.The Razorbacks are far too physical and strong for UTEP in this opening game....
Mark Richt has made it a point this offseason to let his Georgia Bulldogs know that they are going to be a more physical team this year than they have been in the past, particularly on the offensive side of the ball.That could be really bad news for the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks, who are probably going to end up leaving Athens just happy to have been paid for showing up....
There weren't many teams in America who took more great strides forward than did the Western Michigan Broncos. They aren't going to beat one of the Top 10 ranked teams in America, the Michigan State Spartans in Week 1, but there is certainly legitimate enough reason to believe they can at least make life a living nightmare on the men clad in green....
The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic should be a good one Saturday as No. 6 Auburn tackles under-rated Louisville in the Georgia Dome.The Tigers will play numerous newcomers and freshman on defense, and both teams have limited returning personnel on offense....
The Big Ten football season is back with all of the teams in action in Week 1. The conference is led by the defending National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes, who are ranked No. 1 in all the polls. Michigan State and Wisconsin are the only other two ranked teams, No. 5 and No. 20, respectively.
Nebraska, Wisconsin and Michigan all have new coaches. The Cornhuskers hired Mike Riley, Jim Harbaugh was named the Wolverines coach and the Badgers hired Paul Chryst.
It should be another exciting season in the ground and pound Big Ten Conference, and there are some interesting non-conference matchups this weekend....
In what might be one of the most bizarre non-conference battles of the entire 2015 college football season, the Oklahoma State Cowboys will open up the season on the road against the Central Michigan Chippewas on Thursday....
