#Gold Sheet

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends. Follow @thegoldsheet on Twitter. Thursday Minnesota (-10, 42½) vs. Syracuse: The Golden Gophers won and covered their last three bowls. Minnesota is 6-1-1 against the spread in its past eight…

Sportsmemo college football handicapper JM Sports offers his Auburn vs Houston Birmingham Bowl betting preview for Tuesday, December 28. At the time of posting, the Tigers from the SEC are holding steady as a 2-point favorite over the Cougars from the AAC, with the total at 51 points. Stay on top of the latest College Football updates direct from…

LAS VEGAS - In the late 1970s, cocky young prognosticator Danny Sheridan boasted of his magnificent acumen picking football winners to Mort Olshan, who brainstormed a test. Give me the team that won and whether it had covered the spread, Olshan said, of two games that were played last weekend. Sheridan, who claimed to have a photographic memory,…

GoldSheet offers their Holiday Bowl betting preview between UCLA and NC State on Tuesday, December 28. At the time of posting, the Wolfpack from the ACC are holding steady as a 2-point favorite over the Bruins from the Pac-12, with the total at 60 points. Stay on top of the latest College Football updates direct from Las Vegas! Out of the way-back…

Cincinnati vs. Alabama (-13, 57½) (Cotton Bowl Classic, national semifinal): The Bearcats are on a 17-9 spread uptick and have covered five consecutive games as underdogs. Alabama is 8-7 ATS in its past 16 games and 5-8 ATS in its past 13 bowl/playoff games. The under is 8-5 in Crimson Tide games this season. Edge: Cincinnati and slight to…