As seen every week in the NFL, anything can happen, but 7-4 feels a whole lot different than 6-5. On the season, the Colts are plus-21 in point differential while the Texans are plus-13. Let’s try to find an edge. WEEK 12 DFS LINEUPS: FD cash | FD GPP | DK cash | DK GPP | Y! cash | Y! GPP You can find all updated NFL point spreads, odds and lines at BetQL!...
My flippant answer: “I couldn’t tell my good friend Randy Evans (the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg) that his beloved Georgia Bulldogs would not be playing in Athens this fall, so yes, we will have college football.” Then I got to thinking about the question. It is a commentary on the dominance of the dire, defeatist public health pundits that whether there will be football more than 100 days from now could even be a question....
At 3:30 p.m. ET, Alabama, the No. 5 team in the College Football Playoff rankings, hosts No. 1 Mississippi State. Action has been on the Crimson Tide, Matty Simo reports from Las Vegas , driving the line up. Florida State’s No. 3 ranking is also in a precarious spot, as the Seminoles travel to rival Miami as very short favorites. Those two games are just scratching the surface of Saturday’s nearly endless wagering opportunities, and The Linemakers, a group of former sports book operators with dozens of years of collective experience making odds and handicapping games in Vegas, offer our opinions and picks on several more games on tap....
Now, the Bulldogs are facing another question as they revel in their glory: Can they do it again next season? Sportsbooks apparently like their chances, as Georgia (+200) opened as co-favorites to win a national title in 2022, per odds from FanDuel Sportsbook. DECOURCY: Final scoring drive an emphatic ending to Georgia’s drought The Bulldogs may need to rebuild their stellar defense a bit, as many of their starters will be heading to the 2022 NFL Draft, but the team has recruited well in recent years and will have plenty of depth to trust during the upcoming season....
No. 2 Ohio State meets No. 6 Michigan in the The Game at noon in a battle of 10-1 teams looking to win the Big Ten East. It’s yet another chance for the Wolverines to break an eight-game losing streak to the Buckeyes. The prime-time showdown features No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 7 Oklahoma State. The Sooners and Cowboys might have a rematch in the Big 12 championship game, but Bedlam is always a high-stakes matchup....
Week 7 features six matchups between teams ranked in the AP Top 25, including three matchups between unbeaten teams and two top-10 showdowns. It’s loaded. That starts in the noon ET window with a Big Ten East showdown between No. 10 Penn State and No. 5 Michigan. The 3:30 p.m. window features the other top-10 showdown when No. 3 Alabama travels to No. 7 Tennessee. Will the Crimson Tide extend their winning streak in the Third Saturday in October rivalry to 16 games?...
Instead, Ohio State (8-0) took the No. 1 spot in the initial rankings, one spot ahead of No. 2 LSU (8-0) and No. 3 Alabama (8-0). The Tigers and Crimson Tide play Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in a “Game of the Century.” MORE: What first set of rankings say about which teams will make Playoff The other mild surprise was No. 4 Penn State (8-0) ahead of No. 5 Clemson (8-0)....
One of those losses was expected, though not perhaps in the manner it happened. No. 4 Ohio State absolutely demolished No. 7 Michigan State, upending the Spartans 56-7 after jumping out to an absurd 49-0 halftime lead. The other top-10 team to lose was Oregon, which was similarly dismantled in a 38-7 defeat to No. 23 Utah. (The Utes jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead by way of a last-second punt return for touchdown)....
That doesn’t mean the Crimson Tide or Buckeyes won’t be a part of the final conversation. South Carolina opened that door just a bit with a 31-30 victory against Clemson, which effectively knocked those Tigers out of the playoff hunt for the second straight season. Texas A&M upset LSU 38-23 ahead of the SEC championship, which effectively knocked out those Tigers even if they beat Georgia. Ohio State is the most-interesting one-loss team in the committee’s penultimate rankings Tuesday....
Here’s a rundown of the best from another entertaining weekend. Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville This wasn’t even close as Jackson played out of this world Friday in a 62-28 win over Syracuse. He finished with an ACC-record 610 total yards (411 passing, 199 rushing), five total touchdowns and arguably the most impressive rushing score of the season. Trevor Knight, QB, Texas A&M Knight looks right at home at his new school....
The day begins with the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, highlighted by the postgame mayonnaise bath for the winning coach, and it ends with the first New Year’s Six Bowl of the weekend as Tennessee faces Clemson in an all-orange Orange Bowl. The sneaky matchup of the day might be Notre Dame and South Carolina in the Gator Bowl as a historic program faces a surging Gamecocks team that managed wins over both Tennessee and Clemson at the end of the regular season....
Florida and Georgia collide on neutral ground in the only all top-10 affair of the weekend, while Memphis hosts Southern Methodist in a showdown to take control of the American Athletic Conference. The potential implications of the matchup and Week 10’s unusually light schedule—four of the top five programs are not in action this weekend—have seen the game selected by ESPN for its College GameDay show. On Monday, the broadcaster announced the pregame show will make its first appearance in Memphis this weekend, while SMU will return on the show for the first time since it played on the road at then-No....
title: “College Football Week 6 Picks Against The Spread” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-26” author: “Betty Butts”
This weekend, we’ve got a few more big games on tap, including the Red River Rivalry. Texas and Oklahoma kick off Week 6 with their classic game and we’ll get big games between Tennessee-Texas A&M and Alabama-Arkansas later in the day. MORE: Week 6 bowl projections Here’s all the info — dates, times, TV channels — for how to watch the Top 25 teams in Week 6. All times ET....
There was just one problem with this allegation – it was a wholly uncorroborated rumor whose sole source was apparently David Brock. Despite its shaky reporting – and vehement objections from the White House – the book catapulted Aldrich onto network television and provided new grist for Clinton-bashing tabloids and talk radio. ““Trash for right-wing cash,’’ growled White House press spokesman Mike McCurry. Aldrich writes that he was told the Marriott story by ““a well-trained, experienced investigator’’; in an interview, Aldrich conceded that the source was actually a journalist....
Varlamov is accused of assaulting his girlfriend, kicking her in the chest and dragging her by the hair. He appeared in court Thursday dressed in a yellow jail jumpsuit. A judge set his bond at $5,000, and his attorney said he would be able to post that immediately. Denver County Judge Claudia Jordan ordered Varlamov to stay away from his girlfriend and not contact her. Varlamov also was ordered to relinquish any firearms in his possession....
Brad Udall, senior water and climate research scientist at Colorado State University, made the comments regarding a paper published in the journal Science. The study highlighted that climate change appears to have led to the loss of snow in the Colorado River Basin, which in turn is thought to have caused the body of water to absorb more solar energy, meaning more water evaporates. The Colorado River has been suffering a drought due to higher temperatures since 2000, and researchers warn if trends of its flow dwindling continue there is a risk of severe water shortages for the around 40 million people and 16 million jobs it supports....
Not after Sunday, after that nip-and-tuck 34-28 win over Seattle in Lucas Oil Stadium. To repeat, the Seattle Seahawks, the team that came in off the first 4-0 start in franchise history, and the team that for three weeks had looked as if they were about to lock down their own berth in New York in February. The Colts took every punch the Seahawks threw all game long, and they were the ones left standing at the end....
According to WTHR’s Bob Kravitz, the person who first reported the Deflategate story, Indianapolis still believes there might be bugs in the locker room. MORE: Classic photos of Peyton Manning | Jim McMahon calls Belichick a liar It seems like an extreme measure, and a sign of how paranoid the Colts are of the Patriots trying to gain an edge. We already know Colts general manager Ryan Grigson tipped off the NFL about the potential for deflated footballs during the AFC championship game....
