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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…

The Minnesota Vikings entered the playoffs as the No. 3 seed in the NFC, and - at 13-4 - as owners of the third-best record in football. And yet, they received about the same amount of hype as you would expect a Kirk Cousins-led team to receive. It is not hard to see why there was more talk about the Vikings being fraudulent than there was about…

Prop betting is a deep well, and the deeper you dive, the more fun it is. Our top Monday Night Wild Card prop picks help you find some hidden prop gems. Read on for our favorite Monday Night Wild Card prop picks based on the top NFL odds. An exciting opening weekend of playoff football ends Monday night as the Dallas Cowboys take on the Tampa Bay…

NFL Wild Card Weekend is finally here! The Seattle Seahawks are in Santa Clara this afternoon to compete against their NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium. Sports bettors located in the state of Ohio can take advantage of a very special welcome offer from FanDuel Sportsbook today… Bet $5 and Get $200 in Bonus Bets Buckeye…

It's been four weeks since Josh Allen faced the Miami Dolphins. Miami at least had Tua Tagovaiola, but are now starting Skylar Thompson due to Tagovaiola's concussion injury. So let's read on for some Dolphins vs Bills props. That game helps somewhat from four weeks ago. So much has changed with Miami since then while Buffalo's offense is just as…

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson faces the New York Giants for the second time in four weeks. Read on for our top Justin Jefferson prop picks. Jefferson led the NFL with 1809 receiving yards, the sixth-most in league history. In the process, he became the youngest player ever to lead in receptions (128) and yards (per ESPN). The…

It's the first career playoff appearance for a pair of young rising stars at the quarterback position. Which former first-rounder will prevail when the Los Angeles Chargers visit the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday of Wild Card Weekend? Here are our top Chargers vs. Jaguars SGP picks based on the best NFL odds. Be sure to check out all of our NFL…

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 Georgia Bulldogs (14-0) will seek to become the first back-to-back national champions in the CFP era on Monday but the TCU Horned Frogs (13-1) will be standing in their way at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. TCU's last national championship came in 1938 and the Horned Frogs began Sonny Dykes' first season at the helm as 200-1 underdogs to win it…

The Buffalo Bills welcome the Miami Dolphins to Highmark Stadium in the wild-card round. The pregame narrative: Dawson Knox is one of Josh Allen's most trusted receiving options, and he should take advantage of an exploitable matchup. Devin Singletary's receiving yards prop is at a low total, and he's proven he can top it against Miami.…

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys will both look to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs as they face off in Tampa on Monday night. The Cowboys will look to get things rolling again after a very disappointing loss to the Washington Commanders last week. Dallas played their starters as they were still in contention for the…

If your feeling dangerous betting Friday's college football player props, bet this overs play. Pairing Arizona Wildcats wide receiver Jacob Cowing over 70 receiving yards with the Arizona vs Arizona State over creates a valuable+170 parlay. An absolutely electric athlete, Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson has rushed over, around, and through…

West Virginia's football program has announced the signing of four transfers to grants-in-aid (scholarships). Those players are now enrolled at WVU for the spring 2023 semester, and eligible to participate in spring practice. The players (Ja'Shaun Poke, Montre Miller, Michael Hayes, Kole Taylor) are part of a current group of eight transfers who…

Liam Coen has officially returned to Kentucky football as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the second time in three years, returning to Lexington after spending one season as OC of the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL. Coen signed a three-year contract on Dec. 12, though the news wasn't made official by Kentucky until Tuesday, Jan.…

Alabama will enter the 2022 college football season as one of the favorites to win the national title, this despite coming up on the short end against Georgia in the College Football Playoff National Championship. However, there are a few major questions left to be resolved in spring practice that should be on display in the A-Day spring game on…

The Georgia Bulldogs are national champions once again, as the Bulldogs' 65-7 victory over TCU brought the 2022 college football season to a close. Unfortunately, when the clock hit double zeros in that game, it meant that the college football offseason is officially here. But the 2023 college football season is just seven months away. On Saturday,…

If you want to bowl games this season, there are plenty of opportunities among the 42 games. But not every game is worthy of risking your money. With transfers, injuries and opt-outs, many of the rosters will look vastly different than in the regular season. Here are some of the matchups we would be wary of betting on. Saturday, Dec. 17, 11 a.m.…

The AFC South champion Jaguars (9-8) host the Chargers (10-7) for Saturday evening's wild-card weekend matchup. The Chargers are slight 1.5-point road favorites and the game total is set at 47.5 points. When these two teams faced off in Week 3 in Los Angeles, Jacksonville pulled off the 38-10 upset in a game where the Chargers were favored by 6.5…

Three weeks after the Giants and Vikings met in Minneapolis, they're running it back with much higher stakes in the NFL wild-card round. It's the Giants, a popular upset pick that outperformed expectations by all accounts under first-year head coach Brian Daboll, against the Vikings, whose impressive record was propped up by a seemingly…

A backup QB and the return of a No. 2 wide receiver would naturally have you think that's a bad thing for CeeDee Lamb going Over his prop totals this week. However, we've got some reasons why it's a good thing - and you should bet on him. The undefeated New York Giants welcome the division rival Dallas Cowboys to MetLife Stadium for Monday Night…

A look at who is trending up and down the past week in Minnesota sports, featuring Twins newly re-signed shortstop Carlos Correa, Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov and a couple Vikings standouts including Justin Jefferson. Carlos Correa, Twins shortstop (UP ⬆) He's home. After swinging.291/.366/.467 with 24 doubles, a triple and 22 home runs in 2022,…

This column rebounded in Week 18, going 2-0 with two point-spread underdogs to improve to 5-5 as Neil Greenberg's understudy. Hopefully the playoffs - which begin Saturday with the first two of six first-round games - can push us into profitability. All spreads and totals taken Wednesday from VegasInsider.com. All times Eastern. Sunday, 4:30 p.m. |…

MINNEAPOLIS -- The New York Giants missed an opportunity to make the playoffs on Saturday when they lost 27-24 to the Minnesota Vikings on a 61-yard field goal as time expired at U.S. Bank Stadium. Thanks to losses by the Detroit Lions in Carolina and Seattle Seahawks in Kansas City, the Giants are still in a win-and-they're-in situation next week…

In the offseason, the transfer portal is at the forefront of college football. For West Virginia, it has resulted in the loss of several key players, leaving head coach Neal Brown to turn to the portal for new talent to bring to Morgantown. Brown and his staff have so far acquired seven transfer commitments through the portal. Although the new…

The Utah Utes come into the Rose Bowl as Pac-12 champions for the second straight season. Utah is hoping it avoids the same kind of wide-open Rose Bowl it faced last January, though. The Penn State Nittany Lions pose a new challenge out of the Big Ten and have motivation of their own to win on one of the sport's biggest stages. Penn State is making…

With the 2022 college football season officially over, it's time to direct attention to the 2023 season. There's no better way to do that than to talk about "way-too-early" top 25 rankings and look at Big Ten Championship and College Football Playoff championship odds, so we decided to do just that. We took a look at where Ohio State falls in the…

It's New Year's Eve which means it is also the biggest day of the college football season! Two College Football Playoff Semifinal matchups are on tap for Saturday. First, the TCU Horned Frogs will battle the Michigan Wolverines in the Fiesta Bowl. Later on, the Georgia Bulldogs will look to get one step closer to winning back-to-back national…

After capturing consecutive national championships for the first time in program history, the Georgia Bulldogs are early favorites to pull off the three-peat. Alabama and Ohio State are the only other teams with better than 10-1 odds to capture next year's College Football Playoff National Championship, while USC and Michigan round out the top five…

Most of us grew up watching Disney movies, many of which tell tales of the little guy navigating through the impossible to achieve a dream. Even as adults, we're romantic about the underdog stories, the Davids versus Goliaths, the Cinderellas. We crave them. We so badly want to believe they're true. That's what made some of us inexplicably…

Monday's college football championship between Georgia and TCU is a showcase for some of the best prospects entering this year's NFL draft (and also for Stetson Bennett IV). If you're curious which of the players in Monday's championship will be awkwardly hugging Roger Goodell in April and then dominating in the Sundays to come, here is a guide to…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's entire 2023 football recruiting class is now signed, and a few of its members will begin their college careers this week. There are 11 freshman Buckeyes who arrived in Columbus over the weekend as early enrollees expected to participate in winter workouts and spring practice this year. Often those who do get a head…

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…

The argument for Williams to repeat is pretty simple. For starters, he'll be operating for the third straight season in a Lincoln Riley offense. Riley has produced three Heisman Trophy winning QB's in the past six years. None of his winners captured the award more than once, but he did produce back-to-back winners in 2017 and 2018 (Baker Mayfield…

During the NFL season, Stadium sports betting analyst Nate Jacobson will break down every single point spread using lines as of Thursday morning. Here are his thoughts on the Week 6 slate. podcast that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Packers…

The College Football Playoff national championship game features the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs taking on the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs on Monday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The Bulldogs are looking to repeat as national champions and win their fourth title in school history. TCU's last national championship came in the 1938 season. Follow along…

Game Time: 7:30 Eastern Standard Time (EST) Venue: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA Televised: ESPN Records: Georgia (14-0), TCU (13-1) Number 1 University of Georgia and Number 3 Texas Christian University (TCU) will play at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (Los Angeles), CA on Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. Georgia's…

Tight end Darnell Washington (ankle) and linebacker Chaz Chambliss (knee) are both questionable for the title game after being hurt against Ohio State. Washington is technically listed as a reserve. However, he and All-America tight end Brock Bowers often are on the field at the same time. - Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) December 31, 2022 The…

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…

Georgia vs. TCU a Hollywood-worthy Duggan vs. Goliath title matchup This city lives for an irresistible underdog's tale. Leave it to the College Football Playoff, of all the establishment-promoting institutions in this grand land, to provide Hollywood dreamers with a plot line dripping with all the good stuff. The Texas Christian University Horned…

With the college football season coming to an end Monday, it's time to look forward to the 2023-24 Florida State team. The Seminoles have already received a lot of hype from national pundits. Brandon Marcello, a national college football reporter from 247Sports, had FSU at No. 3 in his way-too-early 2023 rankings Sunday. Another national college…

Georgia Bulldogs vs TCU Horned Frogs Monday, January 9th Spread: Georgia -13 7:30 PM on ESPN It's always a bittersweet feeling on the day of the National Championship. We've watched the two best competitors give their all to get to this point. The best team will walk away hoisting that solid gold trophy. However, there's always the fact that after…

The 2023 NFL wild card playoff round gets underway this Saturday and we have all the best betting picks, predictions and odds for you ahead of kick-off in San Francisco. All six wild card clashes are rematches of a game earlier this season which begins with the Seattle Seahawks in San Francisco to take on the 49ers on Saturday evening, followed by…

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…

The TCU Horned Frogs and the Georgia Bulldogs will tie a bow on the college football season when they meet in the CFP National Championship on Monday night. As this is the final game of the season, it also marks the last opportunity to win a little cash on college football DFS picks. After sweeping the board with our selections for the New Year's…

The No.1 Georgia Bulldogs played against the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes in the semi-finals of the college football playoffs on Saturday, 31 December 2022. The matchup between the two great teams is being widely regarded as one of the best games in the history of the college football playoffs. On Saturday, the Bulldogs defeated the Buckeyes 42-41 in…

We've reached the end of the college football season, with Georgia facing TCU in Monday night's College Football Playoff championship game. Here's a look at how I see the matchup unfolding. In Inglewood, Calif. No. 1 Georgia (-13) vs. No. 4 TCU Over/under total: 63.5 7:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN TCU (13-1) is a great story, and a Horned Frogs upset of…

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…

Sports Betting Dime provides exclusive sports betting content to cleveland.com, including real-time odds, picks, analysis and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU are set to square off in the CFP National Championship Game on Monday, January 9th. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 pm…

No. 1 Georgia (14-0), the only undefeated team in the FBS, is a 13.5-point favorite over No. 3 TCU (13-1). As we preview the game, let's first take a look at the numbers. TCU has 10523 undergraduate students while Georgia has 37606. The average SAT score at TCU is between 1250 and 1300 while Georgia is 1086. The average GPA for TCU's freshman class…