#Hail Mary

There's a new favourite for the Premier League title after a one-sided North London derby. Hint: it's not Tottenham… 1. Sometimes 16 Conclusions can be quite a challenge. Sometimes there's just not that much to say about a game of football. Sometimes it doesn't really mean anything. Sometimes games are quite evenly matched and the run of the balls…

There isn't a chance in this football world that New York Jets fans have forgotten about their failed "Tank for Trevor" campaign. Oh, the pain, and this is why snagging a $1000 BetMGM NFL Bonus ahead of the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Los Angeles Chargers playoff wild-card game is the perfect remedy: Simply utilize any of Jets X-Factor's BetMGM Bonus…

The 2022 college football season is sadly behind us, as Georgia repeated as national champions by clobbering TCU 65-7 on Monday night. Now that another season has ended, let's evaluate the year as a whole by looking at how each college football conference did in 2022. To gauge how each conference performed this season, we'll take a look at a…

The 2022 NFL season has come to an end. Here are things to take away from the final week of the season. Time is a Flat Circle The Kansas City Chiefs are once again the AFC's top seed, and Super Bowl favorites. The Chiefs are somewhat fortunate to have claimed the no.1 seed, as Week 17's no-contest between the Bills and Bengals afforded them the…

Entering tonight's CFP Semifinal against Georgia in the Peach Bowl, Ohio State has faced the nation's top-ranked team in a post-season game four times. Today, we take a look at the matchups against those No. 1 teams, in which the Buckeyes have a 2-2 record. On New Year's Day 1973, a new college football attendance record was set with 106869 fans…

With only four weeks left in the regular season, it can be tempting to overstate the role of motivation, or lack thereof, when handicapping remaining games. When the Patriots and Raiders matchup on Sunday, for instance, does New England have an edge because of its bubble status? Don't count on it. In that game and the more lopsided pairings on the…

The North Carolina football team (9-5, 6-2 ACC) fell to the No. 15 Oregon Ducks (10-3, 7-2 Pac-12), 28-27, in the 2022 Holiday Bowl at Petco Park on Wednesday night. After the Oregon defense sacked redshirt first-year quarterback Drake Maye on third down on the Tar Heels' opening drive, UNC's offense was forced to punt from its own end zone, giving…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 4 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: TCU -125 ML over SMU. SMU is going to be…

A look at the 2022-23 college football bowl schedule. First is a look at the three games involved in the College Football Playoff; then comes the listings of the "other" bowls. All times Eastern. Semifinal: Fiesta Bowl Date: December 31 Site: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. Matchup: No. 2 Michigan (13-0) vs. No. 3 TCU (12-1) Time/TV: 4 p.m.,…

If you were to look at these two programs on Sept, 10, 2022, you would think the Buffalo Bulls and Georgia Southern Eagles were on very different trajectories. The Bulls hosted Holly Cross for a classic "cupcake" game to get a win on the board early in the season, while. The Eagles were on the road in Lincoln to play the Nebraska Cornhuskers.…

PROVO, Utah - Before starting fall camp, the 1996 BYU football team met with head coach LaVell Edwards to lay out what they wanted for the season. From a tunnel entrance with smoke out of the Southeast corner of Cougar Stadium to winning a National Championship. Edwards' 1996 squad, his 25th team as the head coach at BYU, had lofty goals and…

Buffalo vs Georgia Southern prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Camellia Bowl, Tuesday, December 27 Date: Tuesday, December 27 Game Time:12:00 ET Venue: Crampon Bowl, Montgomery, AL How To Watch: ESPN Record: Buffalo (6-6), Georgia Southern (6-6) - - Get ready to hear the name Kyle Vantrease a whole lot. Good at Buffalo over his five…

BYU and SMU produced an all-time classic in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, and 42 years later, they'll try to reproduce that magic in the New Mexico Bowl. That 1980 classic featured BYU rallying from a 20-point deficit in the final minutes and stunning SMU on a Hail Mary touchdown pass from Jim McMahon. That SMU team featured future NFL Hall-of-Famer and…

A battle of top offenses is on tap Saturday when the SMU Mustangs face the BYU Cougars in the 2022 New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque. Both teams come into the matchup with 7-5 records, and BYU has won three in a row while the Mustangs have won four of their past five. SMU is one of the highest-scoring teams in the nation, averaging more than 38 points…

SMU, which gave up 40 or more points four times and more than 6 yards a play, is just happy to be playing in a bowl as its last two scheduled postseason appearances were wiped out by COVID-19. This is BYU's last hurrah as an independent as it heads off to the greener pastures of the Big 12. Saturday, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m. ET at University Stadium in…

UTSA vs Troy prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Duluth Trading Cure Bowl, Friday, December 16, 2022 Date: Friday, December 16, 2022 Game Time: 3:00 ET Venue: Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL How To Watch: ESPN Record: UTSA (11-2), Troy (11-2) - - None of the College Football Playoff games match up conference champions. This is the only bowl…

Heisman Trophy finalists Caleb Williams and Max Duggan headline the list of recipients for Bleacher Report's awards from the 2022 college football season. Altogether, B/R is handing out 13 honors as determined by our college football panel of David Kenyon, Adam Kramer, Kerry Miller, Morgan Moriarty and Brad Shepard. Each writer cast a vote for…

Oklahoma State and Central Michigan are both looking to build on strong 2021 seasons, but with the Cowboys losing several key contributors on defense, our college football betting picks like the Chippewas to keep things close in a slow-paced game. The reigning Big 12 champion Oklahoma State Cowboys look to follow up a 12-win campaign as they begin…

I am willing to bet the Mountain West will conveniently lose the phone number of a few of these FCS programs after going 1-2 against Division I's lower level last weekend. Weber State and Incarnate Word looked more like FBS teams in wins over Utah State and Nevada, respectively. Overall, the FCS won four games in Week 2 against FBS foes. Holy Cross…

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and Troy Trojans are set to duke it out for conference supremacy on Saturday in the Sun Belt Football Championship Game. Coastal Carolina (9-2, 6-2 Sun Belt) will be in pursuit of its second Sun Belt championship in three years. The Chanticleers were named co-champions in 2020 (alongside Louisiana) following the…

The Sun Belt Championship is on the line Saturday, and Troy (10-2, 7-1 SBC) is a 9-point favorite over Coastal Carolina (9-2, 6-2 SBC), according to the college football betting odds. With star quarterback Grayson McCall doubtful for Coastal Carolina, the Chanticleers have their work cut out for them. They fell 47-7 to JMU last weekend, but the…

Two of the Featherweight division's most entertaining sluggers duke it out inside Texas' Moody Center this Saturday (June 18, 2022) when Calvin Kattar squares off with Josh Emmett on ESPN/ESPN2. UFC Austin also features a clash of legends between Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon, as well as intriguing battles pitting Tim Means against Kevin Holland…

12:58 PM, November 30, 2022John David Yonke The Sun Belt Conference Championship game has arrived as the Troy Trojans (10-2, 7-1 SBC) and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (9-2, 6-2 SBC) battle for supremacy. It's been a wild ride in a conference that added four new members in 2022 and saw a few annual contenders (Appalachian State, Louisiana) take a…

Clemson vs Notre Dame prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Saturday, November 5 Date: Saturday, November 5 Game Time: 7:30 ET Venue: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN How To Watch: NBC Record: Clemson (8-0), Notre Dame (5-3) - Yeah, yeah, yeah, Notre Dame rises up and impresses when we all least expect it, but … It's not like Syracuse…

Tonight's War on I-4, the annual showdown between UCF and South Florida, will also be the last one for the time being as UCF heads into the Big XII for the 2023 season. That means somehow the rivalry - though it hasn't been around for as many decades as some other in-state rivalries or border wars - may step up in even more intensity. Part of the…

In the course of five seconds, Ross Chastain made a move that changed the course of NASCAR Cup Series history. If he becomes champion Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, we'll all point back to a Mario Kart-style move at Martinsville that seemed so outrageous, drivers openly wondered if it was even real. In football, there are Hail Marys. For this…

Rivalries are my Thing. Rivalries are what college football is all about. Without passionate Rivalries, college football is just a minor league of paid mercenaries wishing they were playing in the NFL. Without Rivalries, there really isn't much reason to be here. Most people intrinsically understand Rivalries, even if corporations, media entities,…

In the biggest regular season game of the year and in Tennessee football history, the Vols will match up with a fellow undefeated SEC East foe with major College Football Playoff implications. It's a rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Josh Heupel's team, ranked No. 1 in the CFP, No. 2 in the AP Poll and No. 3 in the Coaches Polls, will be between the…

The Troy Trojans (5-2) take on the South Alabama Jaguars (5-1) in a pivotal Sun Belt matchup Thursday night. The kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Troy-South Alabama prediction and pick. Troy is 5-2 but has won 4 straight games after a 1-2 start. Troy battled 7th-ranked Ole Miss in week 1…

Living in Chicagoland since birth, I've been told my entire life that if I didn't like the weather, just wait 15 minutes and it'll change. I won't say an outlook for a college football program changes quite as quickly but it's not too far off. The belief that was restored in the Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame after the Irish knocked Clemson…

The Championship 4 is set, and the only thing left to do now is crown this year's NASCAR Cup Series title winner. Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain are prepared to battle in the desert in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon (3 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports App, MRN,…

David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Pictured from left: Milan Tucker (0) of the Appalachian State Mountaineers and Reese White (2) of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Design by Ryan Collinsworth/Action Network. This is a massive game in the Sun Belt East - maybe the division's Game of the Year. It's on Thursday night in prime-time,…

Coach Tony Elliott had yet to beat a Power Five opponent entering Thursday night's game at Georgia Tech. In an ugly game in Atlanta, Ga., the Cavaliers (3-4, 1-3 ACC) bested the Yellow Jackets (3-4, 2-2 ACC) 16-9 for their first conference win. The teams combined to commit six turnovers, 17 penalties, miss four kicks, go 8-35 on third down and punt…

Week 0 of the 2022 FCS season is here. All year, I will share my thoughts and score predictions on the week's biggest games. The Week 0 slate is light, so we'll predict them all even though I usually pass on predicting expected one-sided games. But Week 0 does involve some teams we could potentially see in the playoffs. Let's predict some…

No. 1 Tennessee takes on No. 3 Georgia in a top-10 SEC showdown at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday. Game time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, and it will be televised on CBS. Tennessee (8-0) took the top spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings; a nod to the Volunteers' breakout season under second-year coach Josh Heupel.…

On Thursday night, Appalachian State Mountaineers and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers square off at Brooks Stadium in a Sun Belt college football game. Appalachian State will look to make a late-season push toward the Sun Belt title game. The Mountaineers soundly defeated Robert Morris of the FCS by a score of 42-3 last week. Meanwhile, Coastal…

If Monday night was any indication of how the Cincinnati Bengals will perform without Ja'Marr Chase, will the reigning AFC champions be in for a tough several weeks? A strong bounce back is needed on Sunday against the visiting Carolina Panthers. In Monday's 32-13 loss to the rival Cleveland Browns, the Bengals were held to a season low in points…

Maryland doesn't have the longest list of professional sports teams, but Baltimore is still a heavyweight among sports markets. Maryland sports fans have the ability to sign up with sportsbooks now, allowing them to get in on the ground floor of the state's sportsbook action. Sportsbooks will look to woo in bettors using promos, with these being…

For the second week in a row, Washington is on the road facing a team with an athletic quarterback, really good running back, and suspect defense. Like the Rose Bowl, Sun Devil Stadium has also not been kind to Washington for the past 20 or so years. The difference is this Arizona State team is 1-4 and playing under an interim head coach. They did…

We hit the midway point of the 2022 FCS season. Week 6 features three ranked vs. ranked games, plus a few more intriguing matchups. Let's predict some scores. Predictions Record: 2019-2021 record: 244-115 2022 record: 35-15 South Dakota at No. 2 South Dakota State This could have been a look-ahead game for SDSU as a Top 2 national showdown in Fargo…

Over the past decade, Wisconsin has built a reputation of being one of the most consistent, successful athletic programs in the country. Since 2010, Badger men's basketball and football have a combined win percentage of.708, which is the 5th highest in all of NCAA Division 1. Though neither team has won a national championship recently, they have…

With the MLB playoffs set to begin Friday, we've decided to skip past all the hoopla and the drama of the best-of-three wild-card series. The wild-card games are a blast - and we have all the series prices and odds - but only one team gets to hoist the World Series trophy. To make betting on World Series odds worth it, a club needs two important…

Every week on VSiN's morning show "Follow The Money" , Mike Palm gives an entertaining recap of the five most interesting things in sports betting and culture. Here's that segment: 5. Insane in the Tumpane Last Tuesday night at Citi Field in New York, the Mets took on the Marlins in a game that could be circled as one of the reasons they blew the…

Can it be this bad? Pittsburgh Steelers fans and West Virginia sportsbook bettors may hardly believe the spread of Pittsburgh+14 at DraftKings WV for this Week 5 matchup against the host Buffalo Bills. The Steelers beat this team last year, in the opening game. Now, at 1-3 this season, they are the biggest dog in the entire NFL against the…

Despite minimal changes yet again toward the top of this week's Group of Five Power Poll, there were some shake-ups toward the bottom of the list. Let's dive into this week's poll. It's no surprise that Cincinnati sits atop this list after opening AAC play with a 31-21 win over Tulsa. Since an opening loss to Arkansas, Cincinnati is 4-0 with four…

Seventh-ranked Oklahoma State is riding high after avenging last year's Big 12 title game loss to Baylor. However, the Pokes' defense is set to encounter its toughest test this season when Texas Tech visits Stillwater. We look at this matchup and more for our college football upset picks. With conference play now in full swing, it can become even…

South Dakota State and South Dakota went eight seasons without playing each other on the gridiron, from 2004-2011, after the Jackrabbits moved up to Division I and the Coyotes, for the moment, stayed in the Division II North Central Conference. It seemed like a given that USD would eventually join their rivals in FCS (formerly known as Division…

Welcome to Week 5 of the college football season. Each week, our VSiN experts will combine to give their best bets on select games. It was a 7-6 showing in Week 4 and we're back at it for Week 5. Odds are from DraftKings (unless noted) as of Wednesday night. Season record: 19-23-1 Friday, 10:30 p.m. ET Adam Burke: "Pac-12 After Dark" takes us to…

Praise be to the college football gods who provided me with enough undefeated, resurgent programs to continue to populate this list. Of the seven teams to have curried Michael J. Fox's favor, three of them have two losses. Miami, Florida, and Texas all lost again Saturday, and only one of them to a ranked opponent. The Hurricanes didn't only lose…

Every Thursday on VSiN's morning show "Follow The Money" , Mike Palm gives an entertaining recap of the five most interesting things in sports betting and culture. Here's that segment: 5. The Cliff's Dull Edge The Rams 20-12 victory over the Cardinals Sunday afternoon in Glendale moved Sean McVay's career record against Cliff Kingsbury to 7-1.…