Posted on August 22nd, 2024
College football will be here on Saturday. It’s only a four-game slate for Week 0, but it lets us know that the season is upon us. While there are plenty of eyes on all of the Power 4 conference races, we shouldn’t forget about the Group of 5. These conferences may not produce a national […]
Posted on August 10th, 2024
It’s that time of year again. Football is here! It’s the most watched, most bet and most loved sport in the United States. With a hundred million fans and tens of millions of bettors, American football generates betting handle in the billions of dollars annually. Bettors risk their hard-earned money to throw down on their […]
Posted on July 31st, 2024
Later this afternoon, the United States men’s basketball team has a chance to atone for what many consider an embarrassing 1-point win 11 days ago against South Sudan. The USA is the heavily favored team to win it all (-650) and they were nearly defeated by a cobbled-together Sudan team. The linesmakers installed huge odds […]
Posted on July 29th, 2024
The American Athletic Conference may be the strongest of all Group of 5 conferences. Since 2014, the AAC has earned seven of the 10 New Year’s Six bowl bids. It’s entirely possible the conference earns another shot at a major bowl game or even a College Football Playoff berth in 2024. The AAC does, however, […]
Posted on July 25th, 2024
The summer Olympics are about to begin in Paris France. The event, which happens every 4 years, is a welcomed change-up for sportsbooks. In most years, sports betting handle drops significantly after college and NBA basketball wrap up their seasons. Baseball, golf and horse racing dominate summer betting but in comparison to football, the betting […]
Posted on July 24th, 2024
The Big Ten will look extremely different in 2024. The conference adds four new teams, all coming from the Pac-12. USC and UCLA started the exodus from the west and Washington and Oregon followed. That brings the Big Ten to a total of 18 teams and gives the conference a national footprint. The conference also […]
Posted on July 20th, 2024
For the second consecutive season, the Big 12 will have a new look. Oklahoma and Texas are gone, off to the riches of the SEC. After adding UCF, BYU, Houston, and Cincinnati prior to the 2023 season, the Big 12 adds former members Utah and Colorado as well as Arizona and Arizona State. That will […]
Posted on July 17th, 2024
After a run of six straight entrants in the College Football Playoff, the ACC has not had a team in the postseason for the last three years. Florida State looked like they would break the streak last year with a perfect 13-0 season, but a costly injury to QB Jordan Travis cost the Seminoles their […]
Posted on July 16th, 2024
The final men’s golf major of 2024 will get underway this Thursday, July 18, at Royal Troon Golf Club in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This will mark the 10th Open Championship to be played at Royal Troon. Brian Harman won last year’s Open Championship by six strokes and he will be in the field looking to […]
Posted on July 11th, 2024
The start of the 2024 college football season is roughly six weeks away. There will be no shot at a repeat Heisman Trophy winner as LSU QB Jayden Daniels is now a Washington Commander in the NFL. When the 2024 Heisman odds were released in January, Alabama QB Jalen Milroe was installed as the favorite […]