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The new model for turning a college football program around is the transfer portal. All of a sudden, a four-win USC team can compete for Playoff berths in just a year and two-win Colorados can become overnight national attention-grabbers. While not everyone agrees with the portal, it's become important for player mobility. With mobility comes…

How good does it feel that football is back? Attention fellow betting fans, the Baylor Bears are pitted up against the BYU Cougars in one of the more intriguing matchups on the college football slate in Week 2. With that being said, join us for our college football odds series, where our Baylor-BYU prediction and pick will be revealed. Fresh off of…

The Alamo Bowl will see the Texas Longhorns squaring off against the Washington Huskies on Thursday, December 29, 2022. Kickoff is at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN. The Longhorns head into this matchup following a 38-27 win over the Baylor Bears in their last game. The Huskies' last game was a 51-33 win over the Washington State Cougars. In that matchup with…

Greetings, all. It's the MOOOOOOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME OF THE YEAR. It's bowl time. And here at State of the U, I'll be going through and picking every single bowl game. Play along, if you like (as FanForYears has done all year). And now, on with this week's picks... December 16 Bahamas Bowl Miami (OH) vs. UAB (-10.5) The Bahamas are…

The Creighton Bluejays (9-8, 3-3 Big East) welcome in the No. 19 Providence Friars (14-3, 6-0 Big East) after victories in three straight home games. It begins at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Bluejays' (-308 to win on the moneyline) contest with the…

Not only are the Mountaineers winless in their last four, but from a betting perspective, they haven't been able to cover the spread in six consecutive contests. At one point, West Virginia looked like a great team to bet ATS, owning a 7-3 record that's now fallen to 7-9. Shooting has been a big issue for Bob Huggins side of late. In their most…

Buckle up as the Big 12 Conference has a pair of showdowns between ranked teams with Kansas playing host to Iowa State and Kansas State traveling to T exas Tech. The biggest news in the conference was Texas firing head coach Chris Beard. On the court, Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State are tied for first place with 4-0 conference records. Five of…

College football's 2022 season came to an end last week when Georgia walloped TCU in the national championship game, giving the Bulldogs back-to-back titles. Immediately following that game, several publications released "Way-Too-Early" Top 25 projections for the 2023 season. Not surprisingly, the Michigan State Spartans were not included among…

Everybody loves a feel good story. Last season couldn't have gone much worse for the TCU football program, finishing with a disappointing 5-7 record. Under-pressure head coach Gary Patterson (the longest-serving coach in the school's history) resigned mid-season after two decades in the role. But that's what made this season all the more special as…

The Utah Utes (12-5) visit the #7 UCLA Bruins (14-2) on Thursday night. Action tips off at 11:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our College Basketball odds series with a Utah-UCLA prediction, pick, and how to watch. Utah is coming off a 10-point home loss to Oregon but still sits at 5-1 and in second place in the Pac-12. The Utes covered 59% of their…

HOUSTON - Following the TCU Horned Frogs' loss in the National Championship, Mattress Mack's betting history has now slipped to 2-7 on his largest wagers since the start of 2022. Mattress Mack has been one of the most famous sports bettors in the world for many years now, although his recent string of bets suggests players may be better off fading…

Our next betting picks and prediction preview features a Big 12 battle between two ranked teams in the TCU Horned Frogs (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) and Texas Longhorns (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) on Wednesday night. Tip-off from Moody Center in Austin, TX, is scheduled for 9:00 pm EST and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. This is the first of two regular-season…

Has Georgia surpassed Alabama as the best program in college football?Dan Wolken looks at if Georgia can now be considered the team to beat in college football. Big 12 football has come a long way in 18 months. From possible extinction to viability. From newfound parity to newfound prosperity. And then on a stormy Monday night in Inglewood,…

After an exciting Tuesday night of action around the college basketball world, we return for a Wednesday slate that might be able to top it. Twelve of the nation's 25 ranked teams will be in play tonight, with more than 60 total games tipping off between 6:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET.

If college basketball had a "Surprise Team of the Year" award, Marquette likely would be the leader in the clubhouse. And UConn wouldn't be that far behind. Not only was Marquette nowhere to be found in the preseason Top 25 rankings, but the Big East coaches picked the Golden Eagles to finish ninth in the 11-team league. Today, Marquette is 13-4…

The Texas Longhorns will host the 17th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs in their second game since head coach Chris Beard was fired. Here is our best TCU vs. Texas pick. It has been a chaotic start to the new year for the Longhorns. On Jan. 3, they suffered their first home loss of the season, a 116-103 defeat at the hands of the Kansas State Wildcats. It…

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…

With the ugly College Football Playoff National Championship between Georgia and TCU in the rearview mirror, now is the time to look into the future and make predictions that come this time next year could easily look laughable at best. Thinking back to the start of the 2022 season, much was made all year about Desmond Howard's preseason picks for…

The Creighton Bluejays (9-7, 3-2 Big East) aim to end a five-game road losing skid at the No. 12 Xavier Musketeers (13-3, 5-0 Big East) on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Musketeers' (-159 to win on the moneyline) matchup against the Bluejays (+130). The…

The West Virginia Mountaineers (10-5, 0-3 Big 12) take a three-game skid into a home contest versus the Baylor Bears (10-5, 0-3 Big 12), who have lost three straight as well. It begins at 7:00 PM ET (on ESPN) on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Mountaineers' (-127 to win…

The 2022-23 college football season wrapped up with Georgia's 65-7 rout of TCU on Monday night to give the Bulldogs the sport's first back-to-back championships since Alabama did it after the 2011 and 2012 seasons. We already have odds for next year's national championship, and if they're any indication, Georgia has a chance to do something truly…

The confetti was still falling from the SoFi Stadium rafters on Monday night when college football oddsmakers sent out a crystal clear statement: Georgia is the best team in the land, and we don't expect that to change. After the Bulldogs secured their second straight national title with a 65-7 destruction of TCU in the College Football Playoff…

Kirby Smart walked into the SoFi Stadium coach's room after Georgia's 65-7 rout of Texas Christian in Inglewood, California, on Monday night. And Smart saw his 10-year-old son, Andrew, bawling. "I'm like, 'Oh no, somebody's hurt his feelings,'" Smart said. "Somebody's thrown him down or done something to him. I said, 'Why are you crying? You're…

Matchup cues and recent trends help belie the fact that UNC and Virginia should be an offense-focused showdown. See why our college basketball picks like this game to be higher-scoring than the books expect. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The No. 13 Virginia Cavaliers welcome the North Carolina Tar Heels to Charlottesville in ACC action on Tuesday…

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are taking on the Iowa State Cyclones at James H. Hilton Coliseum tonight in what looks to be a highly contested affair. Let's take a look at the top college basketball betting picks, odds, betting trends and KenPom Rankings, then give our Texas Tech vs Iowa State prediction for the game tonight. Texas Tech Red Raiders…

The 2022 college football season is over. Even though the dust hasn't quite settled, we are already looking forward to the 2023 campaign. Things will look quite a bit different for those in the Big 12 Conference. The conference schedule still hasn't been announced but there will be some big-time matchups already on the schedule. The Oregon Ducks,…

The league's worst are already grappling for 2023 NBA Draft odds. Coming up on the halfway point of the NBA season, the league's worst have begun to solidify. Luckily for those teams, their record could now come attached with a 7-foot-4 French phenom. While most teams are battling for the best Playoffs positioning available, others will soon be…

To show how unlikely TCU's run to the College Football Playoff was, at 200-1 odds to begin the season, it's worth a look at which teams currently have those same chances to be 60 minutes from lifting a national championship a year from now. According to BetOnline.ag, six teams have+20000 chances to be the 2023 kings of college football, the exact…

Georgia will chase a third consecutive national championship in 2023 as the favorite in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for next season, ahead of the familiar run of teams that have come to dominate the Bowl Subdivision. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Penn State. After an…

TCU vs Kansas State Big 12 Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3 Date: Saturday, December 3 Game Time: 12:00 ET Venue: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX How To Watch: ABC Record: TCU (12-0), Kansas State (9-3) - Kansas State can absolutely pull this off. It had a rough game against Texas, and…

TCU is just one win away from writing one of the great long shot stories in sports history. In fact, should the TCU Horned Frogs upset Georgia in the National Championship, they would become the biggest underdog to win the title in the College Football Playoff Era, and it wouldn't be close. According to Sports Odds History, the 2010 Auburn Tigers…

I don't know about you, but I love rooting for the underdog. Unless, of course, the underdog happens to be taking on my favorite team. But I would imagine that's likely the case with most people. Who doesn't love a good old Cinderella story? Speaking of Cinderella stories, if you're not a fan of the Big 12, you probably view TCU as the ultimate…

The Michigan Wolverines have posted a historic 25-3 record over the last two seasons and will look to keep that momentum rolling with an experienced and talented team in 2023. While professional declarations will not be finalized until next Sunday, Team 144 is expected to return a minimum of 15 starters, with optimistic projections ranging as high…

From David and Goliath to the Miracle on Ice, there's something about an underdog story that gets our juices flowing. Upsets happen in all shapes and sizes. It can be Appalachian State beating Michigan at the Big House or Boise State tricking its way past Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. But there's something more special about an upset in a national…

Georgia running back Kenny McIntosh (6) runs into the end zone for a touchdown against Ohio State during the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football semifinal playoff game, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, in Atlanta. Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 | 2 a.m. Cover your eyes, Maurice Clarett, Chris Gamble and the rest of the 2002-2003 Ohio State…

It didn't feel like it's been 10 years. For Bria Smith and Antonita Slaughter, it was almost like yesterday when they were part of Louisville women's basketball's magical run to the NCAA Tournament national championship game during the 2012-13 season. Both are married and mothers now but came back to Louisville Sunday as that Cardinals team was…

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 6 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: Wisconsin -10 over Northwestern. After…

Tuesday is opening day at Angel Stadium, the beginning of another hugely hyped, All-Star-studded, high-payroll and high-expectations season for the hometown Angels. Angels fans are thinking World Series for the club that hasn't made the playoffs since 2009 and won its only crown in 2002. Here are nine things every Angels fan should know going into…

There is nothing like enjoying some high-level Big Ten college basketball on a Saturday afternoon. And as of January 1, 2023, Ohio has officially legalized retail and mobile sports betting for people 21+ to enjoy! If you have not done so already, new users can join bet365 Sportsbook Ohio using this link to claim a Bet $1, Get $200 in Bet…

When No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU battle Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Bulldogs will be looking to become the first back-to-back national champions since Alabama in 2011-12. Georgia has enjoyed one of the most remarkable seasons in recent memory, finishing the regular season undefeated for the second…

The Bulldogs look to stay on top of College Football when they face the Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium on Monday night. Read more to see our full breakdown and analysis in our TCU vs. Georgia betting picks. It's the College Football Playoff National Championship matchup that no one outside of Forth Worth could have imagined. The reigning champions…

Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are our best bets for Friday, Dec. 23: The play: College football Gasparilla Bowl: Missouri+2½ over Wake Forest The odds/bet: -110…

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…

The college football bowl season gives us a chance to celebrate teams that flew under the radar in the regular season. The Duke Blue Devils were not in the national conversation much, but they were one of the most surprising teams in the ACC. Duke plays the UCF Knights in the Military Bowl on Dec. 28. That game serves as an example of what the Blue…

The son of one of the most prolific running backs in NFL history made quite a name for himself during college football's bowl season. Southern Mississippi sophomore Frank Gore Jr. rushed for 329 yards - the most in any bowl game ever - to lead the Golden Eagles to a 38-24 victory over Rice at the LendingTree Bowl on Dec. 17, the second day of bowls…

The son of one of the NFL's most prolific running backs made quite a name for himself this bowl season. Southern Mississippi's Frank Gore Jr. rushed for 329 yards - the most in any bowl game ever - to lead the Golden Eagles to a 38-24 LendingTree Bowl victory over Rice. The record had been held by Appalachian State's Camerun Peoples, who rushed for…

Good morning, I'm Dan Gartland. Here is a friendly reminder to double-check your lineups for fantasy football championship week. (I started an injured Tony Pollard, because I decided to see a movie instead of watching Thursday Night Football.) We'll be back in your inbox on Tuesday, Jan. 3. In today's SI:AM: If you're reading this on SI.com, you…

The Iowa State Cyclones take on the Oklahoma Sooners. Our college basketball odds series has our Iowa State Oklahoma prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Iowa State vs Oklahoma. The Iowa State Cyclones continue to impress under head coach T.J. Otzelberger. They are 10-2 through 12 games, and they might have played their most impressive game…

Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 123-113. Antetokounmpo scored a career high 55 in the game. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) A look at who is trending up and down the past week in Wisconsin sports, including Bucks…