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An SEC East brawl that has divisional stakes as well as national title implications is set for Saturday when No. 3 Tennessee plays host to No. 19 Kentucky. (Follow along HERE for in-game updates.) With a trip to No. 1 Georgia that could decide the division on Nov. 5, Tennessee will need to keep its focus on the present and avoid a trap as it hosts…

The Dolphins and Bills will meet for a third time this season on Sunday as part of Super Wild Card Weekend. The AFC East rivals produced two thrilling games during the regular season, but this contest is shaping up to be a blowout. Read on for some info on a Dolphins vs Bills Same-Game Parlay. That's the way the majority of bettors are treating it…

Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks (9-8) will visit Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers (13-4) in a 2023 NFL Super Wild Card game on Saturday. San Francisco swept the season series and will try to secure its third win in a row over Seattle. Meanwhile, Seattle is looking to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoff bracket for the…

Monday Night Football has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) hosting the Dallas Cowboys (12-5) when they head over to Raymond James Stadium. Despite finishing below.500, Tampa Bay secured their third straight postseason appearance. Dallas has made the playoffs for the second straight year but hasn't reached the Divisional Round since 2018. Both teams…

The College Football Playoff finally arrives on Saturday! The #4 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1) face the #1 Georgia Bulldogs (13-0) in the Peach Bowl. Action kicks off at 8 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with an Ohio State-Georgia prediction and pick. Ohio State is 11-1 and finished in second place in the Big 10 East thanks…

The NFL playoffs 2023 begin on Saturday, with the nightcap set for TIAA Bank Field in primetime. The Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Los Angeles Chargers in the first ever playoff meeting between the two franchises. It is also a rematch of a Week 3 tilt in which Jacksonville won by a lopsided margin in Los Angeles. The No. 5 seed Chargers are…

The Dallas Cowboys (12-5) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) will match up on Monday Night Football to close out NFL Super Wild Card Weekend 2023. Dallas leads the all-time series 15-6 but has dropped two straight games, including a 19-3 loss in Week 1. Tom Brady is also 7-0 against the Cowboys in his career. Dallas rolls into the NFL playoff bracket…

What was the BOOM, you ask? Tommy Eichenberg will return for a final season with the Buckeyes in 2023. Get ready for more grunts next fall. Let's have a good Friday, shall we? THE ACHILLES HEEL. The term "Achilles heel" comes from the legend of the Greek hero Achilles, who was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, making him invulnerable…

For the first time ever, the Missouri Tigers will meet the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on the gridiron. The power-conference foes take the field in the 2022 Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa Bay, Fla, on Friday evening. Raymond James Stadium hosts the matchup, and Wake Forest is aiming to end on a high note after losing four of the last five games. Missouri…

The New York Giants came up three points short against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 16, but they have a chance to put that loss behind them for good on Sunday during 2023 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend schedule. New York chose to rest its starters in Week 18 ahead of the NFL playoffs 2023, but still played a competitive game in a 22-16 loss at…

A pair of first-year head coaches will clash on Super Wild Card Weekend of the 2023 NFL playoffs. Kevin O'Connell led his Minnesota Vikings (13-4) to the NFC North crown following back-to-back losing seasons. His counterpart on Sunday is Brian Daboll, who saw his New York Giants (9-7-1) clinch a Wild Card berth, marking New York's first postseason…

While betting action has rightfully pushed the Aztecs from -3.5 to -7, our Hawaii Bowl betting picks and predictions are targeting the Under, as we expect both offensive lines to struggle mightily - find out why! Christmas Eve belongs to the Hawaii Bowl. Middle Tennessee (7-5) and San Diego State (7-5) head to the island to play at the Clarence…

The flourishing of advanced statistical analysis in sports, and college football specifically, has given us a whole new way of understanding the game. But not everyone had the skill or inclination to break down advanced statistics. I for example didn't take college algebra so much as algebra took me. So I thought it might be worthwhile for those of…

The Kansas City Chiefs go into this game with the AFC West locked up and a win against the flailing Raiders would secure them the #1 seed in the AFC as well as home-field advantage and a first-round bye (rescheduling dependent). The Raiders might not go into this game swinging with everything they have, but one man will be and that's enough to make…

Miami (8-8) is a 3-point home favorite against the New York Jets in the regular-season finale at 1 pm ET Sunday on FOX. The Dolphins can qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2016 if they beat the Jets and New England (8-8) loses at Buffalo. Read on for an analysis of the New York Jets vs Miami Dolphins. New York (7-9) was eliminated…

After what must be considered the best Semifinal offering in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, it's time for Championship Monday. Here's what you need to know. The Schedule Monday, Jan. 9, 2023; 7:30pm ET, ESPN - SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif. The Teams TCU has two claimed national championships but hasn't won the whole…

Nick Chubb and the Cleveland Browns (7-9) meet the Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8) on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET, at Acrisure Stadium. From an offensive standpoint, the Browns are compiling 351.7 total yards per game (14th-ranked). They rank 11th in the NFL on defense (331.1 total yards allowed per game). Offensively, the Steelers rank 23rd in the NFL with…

North Dakota State is 5-9 ATS this season, all as a favorite. The Bison failed to cover as a 3.5-point favorite in a 31-28 road loss to Pac-12 Arizona, their only game against an FBS foe this season. The Jackrabbits have saved their best for last. They averaged 41 points per game in their first three playoff games - routs of Delaware, Holy Cross…

The Clemson Tigers have one of college football's top 25 scoring offenses, averaging 34.7 points per game. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney isn't sure that clip will cut it against Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. "If you're playing Tennessee, you better score," Swinney said Wednesday afternoon. "If we don't score, we've got no chance, because these guys…

What a difference a winless month makes. That's the bottom line when it comes to analyzing the recently completed BYU football season, as the Cougars marched out of independence and into the Big 12 with an 8-5 record marred considerably by the 0-for-4 October in which star quarterback Jaren Hall played hurt, the Cougars' defense utterly collapsed…

On December 31, Michigan will take on TCU in Phoenix while Ohio State will face reigning national champion Georgia in Atlanta in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The winners will play each other for the national title on January 9 in Los Angeles. This marks the first season since the CFP's inception that two Big Ten teams have earned a spot…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. Both of these teams will be playing with some less-than-familiar faces under center in the Orange Bowl. Due to a season-ending ACL injury to starting quarterback Hendon Hooker in the second to last game of the regular season, Tennessee will be starting fifth-year senior Joe Milton III who…

A spot in the College Football Playoff championship game will be on the line when the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines and the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs collide in the 2022 Fiesta Bowl on Saturday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Wolverines (13-0) won the Big Ten conference this season, defeating rival Ohio State in the process even without star…

The Saints will head to Lincoln Financial Field to take on the Eagles Sunday. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. ET and the matchup can be seen on FOX. The Eagles (13-2) currently hold the No. 1 seed in the NFC and a win would lock them in at the top. The No. 1 seed of the conference will earn a first-round bye in the playoffs and ensure home-field…

At Neyland Stadium on Thursday, the Tennessee Volunteers play the Ball State Cardinals. Tennessee ranked 100th in total defense last year (421.7 yards allowed per game), but it played really well on the other side of the ball, ranking ninth-best in the FBS with 474.8 total yards per game. Ball State put up 24.1 points per game on offense last…

The days surrounding the Christmas holiday are always packed with pro and college sports, and tonight is no exception, as there is a College Football bowl game and Thursday Night Football on the docket. First up at 7:30 PM is the Armed Forces Bowl which is being played at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. Point Spread: Air Force+3.5,…

Bowl season continues on Friday with the Gator Bowl. The #21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4) take on the #19 South Carolina Gamecocks (8-4). The action kicks off at 3:30 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Notre Dame-South Carolina prediction and pick. Notre Dame finished 8-4 following a loss to USC in the final week of…

The Bruins' five-year postseason drought will finally come to an end at the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Friday, giving the vast wave of seniors one last hurrah in blue and gold. WHO: UCLA vs. Pittsburgh DATE: Friday, Dec. 30 TIME: 11 a.m. PT LOCATION: Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX TV: CBS - Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (analyst), Jenny Dell…

Bowl season continues on Friday with the Orange Bowl. The #6 Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) take on the #7 Clemson Tigers (11-2). The action kicks off at 8 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Tennessee-Clemson prediction and pick. Tennessee is 10-2 and finished second in the SEC East. The Volunteers are 9-3 against the…

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The biggest of stages are set and the College Football Playoff will finally be played come Saturday. Michigan and TCU will faceoff at 4 p.m. ET and Ohio State will try its hand against Georgia afterward at 8 p.m. ET. Both games will be televised on ESPN. The Wolverines and Horned Frogs are in a unique situation. The Big 12 and Big Ten don't have…

Jalin Hyatt and the Tennessee Volunteers (5-0) will host the Alabama Crimson Tide (6-0) on Saturday at 3:30 PM ET. Tennessee has dominated on both offense and defense this season, ranking second-best in points per game (46.8) and 21st-best in points allowed per game (17.8). Alabama has been making things happen on both sides of the ball this year,…

It's not often that two schools from different conferences play each other twice in a calendar year, but the Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5, 7-5 ATS) and Kentucky Wildcats (7-5, 8-4 ATS) can make that boast. The Wildcats beat the Hawkeyes 20-17 in the Citrus Bowl on January 1, 2022. Here they are, 364 days later, meeting again on New Year's Eve in the Music…

TCU is 9-3-1 ATS but has failed to cover two of its last three games, a 29-28 victory over Baylor as a 2.5-point favorite and a 31-28 loss to Kansas State as a one-point underdog. The Horned Frogs are 3-1 ATS as an underdog. The total was over in six of their first eight games but has gone under in four of the last five. The Wolverines rode new…

The San Francisco 49ers can sweep the season series against the Seattle Seahawks for the first time since 2011 when the two NFC West rivals collide on Thursday Night Football game at Lumen Field. In Week 2, the 49ers blew out the Seahawks, 27-7, behind a dominant defensive effort. San Francisco (9-4) would clinch the NFC West title with a victory…

It was a bright season - for the most part - for Chip Kelly's UCLA Bruins in SoCal. So it seems appropriate for the No. 18 Bruins to be headlining the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against the Pitt Panthers from the ACC on Friday. UCLA's 9-3 record doesn't tell the story of how close Kelly's crew came to earning a berth in the College Football Playoff.…

WEEK 12: Air Force Falcons 7-3 (3-3) vs. Colorado State Rams 2-8 (2-4) WHEN: Saturday, November 19th - 7:00 P.M. MT/ 6:00 P.M. PT WHERE: Falcon Stadium (Colorado Springs, CO) WEATHER: Clear skies. High of 39F, Low 19F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. TV: FS2 Guy Haberman (play-by-play), Will Blackmon (analyst) RADIO: KVOR AM 740 in Colorado Springs, 104.3…

The TCU Horned Frogs will face off against the Michigan Wolverines in the 2022 College Football Playoff at the State Farm Stadium. The Horned Frogs are the underdogs in this matchup, as the Wolverines have a strong and successful football program. However, TCU football will no doubt be determined to put up a fight and potentially pull off an upset…

Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Kansas State When: Noon (ESPN) Line: Alabama -6.5 Alabama won't be playing for a national championship this season thanks to its two losses to Tennessee and LSU. Instead, the Tide will play in non-CFP New Year's Six bowl for the first time since 2019. Meanwhile, Kansas State was a pleasant surprise in the Big 12 this season.…

No. 13 Florida State (9-3, 5-3 ACC) will look to finish off its best season since 2016 by securing a 10th win on the year, facing off against the Oklahoma Sooners (6-6, 3-6 Big 12) in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando. FSU last faced off against the Sooners in 2011, a 23-13 loss for the Seminoles. Oklahoma leads the all-time series 6-1. It's FSU's first…

Depending on who you ask, the TCU Horned Frogs are either underrated or overrated. Regardless, a win over Kansas State could punch their ticket to the College Football Playoff. Our betting picks sort through the Frogs' chances at staying unbeaten. The Big 12 Championship is on the line at At&T Stadium as Kansas State (9-3) hopes for a different…

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 10 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: UAB (+100) over UTSA. UAB lost a crucial…

Although a nationwide cold front chilled the holiday weekend, bowl season is ready to heat up significantly. After a dozen days of one matchup, maybe two, we're ready for a complete week of three or four showdowns. This is, in fact, the most wonderful week of the postseason. This edition covers the biggest bowl-season questions, as determined by…

Future Big 12 member Houston takes it on the road against eventual conference rival Texas Tech on Saturday in Week 2 action. Houston is coming off a close, three-overtime victory over UTSA and dropped one spot in the polls to No. 25 overall. Tech beat Murray State by 53 in the debut, but lost quarterback Tyler Shough along the way. Here's what you…

Oklahoma's season was anything but productive, and now it finds itself in the Cheez-It Bowl missing a ton of players due to opt-outs. The Seminoles will be more motivated, and that's why our college football betting picks are rolling with them. The amount of food-sponsored bowls seem to grow by the year, but they don't get any cheddar than this as…

On December 31, Michigan will take on TCU in Phoenix while Ohio State will face reigning national champion Georgia in Atlanta in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The winners will play each other for the national title on January 9 in Los Angeles. This marks the first season since the CFP's inception that two Big Ten teams have earned a spot…

The holiday weekend schedule of college football bowl games gets underway Friday afternoon with an intriguing matchup in the Independence Bowl, which pits Houston and Louisiana against each other. Both of these programs have fallen off a bit this season after finishing among the top Group of Five teams a year ago, but a bowl game offers the chance…

The Week 16 NFL slate comes to a close on Monday evening in Indianapolis. The Los Angeles Chargers take on the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football in the 15th game of the 2022 campaign for both teams. The Chargers are 8-6 overall and 4-3 on the road this season. The Colts are 4-9-1 overall after four consecutive losses. The Charges are…

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