LSU vs. Alabama: Friday betting odds shift back toward Tide

LAS VEGAS - Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Part of it is timing. Last season's games were on New Year's Eve; this season's are on New Year's Day. The other part is the field. Michigan, ranked first by…

Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Part of it is timing. Last season's games were on New Year's Eve; this season's are on New Year's Day. The other part is the field. Michigan, ranked first by the CFP…

Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Part of it is timing. Last season's games were on New Year's Eve; this season's are on New Year's Day. The other part is the field. Michigan, ranked first by the CFP…

A look at the sports book inside new Durango Casino & Resort Monday Dec. 4, 2023 Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023 | 2 a.m. The craziness of the betting market throughout bowl season so far is counterbalanced by the stability of the pair of College Football Playoff semifinal games. While point spreads in many of the preliminary games have often shifted a…

Looking ahead to the College Football Playoff for Michigan football, it feels like the Rose Bowl semifinal matchup against Alabama is going to be the most difficult test. That's an assessment that the oddsmakers agree with as there have been odds released for every potential College Football Playoff National Championship game. Currently, Michigan…

Sportsbooks have installed Michigan as a slight favorite over Alabama in their College Football Playoff semifinal on New Year's Day at the Rose Bowl. The Wolverines opened as 2-point favorites over the Crimson Tide on Sunday at ESPN BET. Michigan also was installed as the national championship favorite, at+175, followed closely by Alabama…

The Texas A&M Aggies play the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday at Kyle Field in College Station, and if you're looking to do some last-minute betting research, you're in luck! We'll give you the latest point spread, money line odds, and over/under number, as well as the information you'll need to make the smartest bet. The game starts at 2:30 p.m.…

The Alabama Crimson Tide plays the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, Sept. 9, and if you're looking to do some last-minute betting research, you're in luck! We'll give you the latest point spread, money line odds and over/under number, as well as the information you'll need to make the smartest bet. The game starts at 6:00 CT and can be seen on…

The 2023 College Football season is finally upon us. And one of the top conferences in the nation, the SEC, has several talented teams to watch this season. The reigning conference and national champion Georgia Bulldogs are the favorites to win it all again. But the likes of LSU, Alabama and Tennessee are also expected to be competitors. Alabama…

The Alabama Crimson Tide look to capture a second SEC tournament championship in the last three seasons as they face the Texas A&M Aggies in Sunday's title game. Read on for our Texas A&M vs. Alabama college basketball picks based on the top NCAAB odds. For Texas A&M to even be alive for an SEC tournament championship, it had to overcome a 13-point…

Alabama has been a force on both sides of the floor this season and will look to play spoiler on Texas A&M's Senior Day. Although the Tide might win, our college basketball picks are eyeing a certain Aggies' sniper to catch fire from deep. The top two teams in the Southeastern Conference will battle on Saturday afternoon, as Texas A&M plays host to…

Alabama has become one of the most entertaining basketball programs in the country under coach Nate Oates. The Alabama Crimson Tide coach has brought in a fast-paced style of basketball that features a lot of outside shooting on offense. Alabama's s coach, however, won't let his players forget their hard hats either. The Crimson Tide can make plays…

Alabama and LSU clash this week in a showdown of Top-10 teams, but is the spread giving the Tide too much rip? Find out if the Tigers can show their teeth against the books with our college football picks for Week 10. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports It's kind of hard to wrap your head around the fact that Alabama heads to take on LSU this weekend in a…

The Tigers are going to be heavy underdogs on Saturday against the Alabama Crimson Tide despite playing in the comfortable confines of Tiger Stadium. 'Bama opened as a 13.5-point favorite, per BetMGM, and though it remains a two-score favorite, the line did move slightly in LSU's favor by the middle fo the week. As of 11 a.m. CT on Wednesday, the…

When Ari Wasserman took part in the mock College Football Playoff selection exercise this season, he asked CFP executive director Bill Hancock if committee members ever looked at hypothetical point spreads to help determine whether one team should be ranked higher than another. Hancock (jokingly) called Wasserman a degenerate. Monday night, that…

Over the past decade, we have tabulated Alabama's brilliance on a seemingly unending number of occasions. Nick Saban, riding an endless train of success, has made it easy to do. We're going to do it again right now, even if it's a bit differently. On Saturday, Alabama beat Arkansas 49-26 on the road to move to 5-0. The Crimson Tide covered the…

The college football season may resume on Friday, but the real fun is reserved for the following day. Each of the top-25 programs in the country are in action on Saturday, with the heavyweights being asked to cover some very lofty spreads in the college football odds. Odds as of September 16th at DraftKings Sportsbook. Get this DraftKings promo…

A whopping 94% of the money wagered on the point spread thus far is on the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide to cover as a 20-point road favorite against the Texas Longhorns. Let's examine the matchup in our Alabama-Texas picks. One of the most anticipated matchups on the Week 2 college football slate features the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide…

Both the Alabama Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers opened as hefty favorites in their respective College Football Playoff semifinals matchup, but now that bettors have had nearly four weeks to pound these lines into place, how have the initial offerings held? Orange Bowl: Oklahoma Sooners vs. Alabama Crimson Tide Sportsbooks initially opened the…

Alabama is 10-4 straight up and 8-5-1 against the spread in bowls and national championship games under coach Nick Saban. Throw in SEC title contests and the Crimson Tide are 16-5 SU and 11-9-1 ATS in the postseason for Saban. In the second of the two College Football Playoff semifinals, Alabama runs with Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl in suburban…

Discussing Alabama football win over Auburn in the Iron BowlAlabama football writers Nick Kelly and Chase Goodbread discuss the Iron Bowl. Unfortunately for Alabama, the sportsbooks do not determine national championships, and results still matter. In a depiction of how mainstream sports betting has become - and how lacking Alabama's College…