WagerBop has noted that the chances of picking a perfect March Madness bracket are as high as 9 quintillion-to 1. In March of 2023, the chances of anyone having successfully predicted the Final Four's field had to have been enormously worse. Alabama, Purdue, Houston, and the defending Division 1 champion … Read More... about 2023 NCAA Tournament: Men’s and Women’s Final Four Matchups, Odds, Leading Cagers, and Prop Bets
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March Madness Odds and Betting Update: 2023’s Sweet Sixteen Swathed in Cinderella Seeds
Underdog student-athletes from New Jersey - for only the second year in a row - are crashing the late rounds of college basketball's championship tournament. Princeton, the South Region's #15 seed, has outplayed 2 physical power-conference squads in a row to carry the Ivy League banner into the Sweet Sixteen, out-rebounding the favored Missouri "Tigers" 44 to 30 while to a … [Read more...] about March Madness Odds and Betting Update: 2023’s Sweet Sixteen Swathed in Cinderella Seeds
March Madness Outlook: Surprising 2023 Odds on Top Contenders, a Mid-Major Favorite, and the Betting Rush on Duke
The tournament committee doesn't necessarily mind if a team loses its conference tourney final, or even the semifinal game of a power conference. But if your March Madness futures pick loses a postseason event dramatically? Then their March Madness seeding will likely take a hit. For instance, Houston garners a #2 overall seed in 2023 despite losing to Memphis by 10 points … [Read more...] about March Madness Outlook: Surprising 2023 Odds on Top Contenders, a Mid-Major Favorite, and the Betting Rush on Duke
FBS Championship Saturday Picks: Tulane vs UCF Point Spread Forecast and Best ACC Plus Big Ten Parlay
Announcers talk about early September vis-a-vis the magic of football's annual rekindling. Yet it's Championship Weekend that FBS speculators may look forward to the most. There's not much mystery left when it comes to handicapping teams, with 12 games' worth of sample-size on each school's lineup, and all pretenders sitting-out on Saturday. A similar dichotomy works in … [Read more...] about FBS Championship Saturday Picks: Tulane vs UCF Point Spread Forecast and Best ACC Plus Big Ten Parlay
CFB Betting Lines: Rivalry Weekend Odds, Previews, and Picks, Plus a MAC Friday Double
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Ole Miss Rebels (Thursday, November 24) You may think a rivalry game known as the Cranberry Bowl or the Turkey Trophy would threaten to become a Thanksgiving staple, but the Egg Bowl between Mississippi and Mississippi State does give viewers a familiar, well-matched state championship scrum over pumpkin pie. Many times, the teams dislike each … [Read more...] about CFB Betting Lines: Rivalry Weekend Odds, Previews, and Picks, Plus a MAC Friday Double
CFB Lines in Week 12: Baylor vs TCU Point Spread Pick and Recommended Prime-Time Odds
WagerBop apologies to early-bird readers for mistakenly cutting our "title track" out of this weekend's "album" of predictions. As a make-up gift for those who may well be scrolling 2x in disbelief, here's TCU-Baylor right on top, followed by the usual spread of Thursday thru Saturday. ' TCU Horned Frogs at Baylor Bears (Saturday, November 19) TCU in the top-5 makes a … [Read more...] about CFB Lines in Week 12: Baylor vs TCU Point Spread Pick and Recommended Prime-Time Odds
CFB Prime-Time Odds, Saturday Wagers, and an SEC Parlay Pick for UGA vs Tennessee
Appalachian State Mountaineers at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Thursday, November 3) App State vs Coastal Carolina is now a national headline on Saturdays, mostly because the Sun Belt is no longer a field of patsies. But while Boone, North Carolina has been the site of tremendous giant-killing joy and pale disappointment in 2022, the Sun Belt's newfangled powerhouse from … [Read more...] about CFB Prime-Time Odds, Saturday Wagers, and an SEC Parlay Pick for UGA vs Tennessee
College Football Picks in Week 9: BC vs UConn Point Spread Prediction and Prime-Time Wagers
Utah Utes at Washington State Cougars (Thursday, October 27) It has been a wild, unpredictable year in the Pac-12, and don't say WagerBop didn't warn you. Our preseason FBS scroll warned that it appeared the Trojans had taken "all the chips" on the College Football Playoff betting board that would normally have been distributed among powerhouse teams from the west coast, … [Read more...] about College Football Picks in Week 9: BC vs UConn Point Spread Prediction and Prime-Time Wagers
Week 8 CFB Odds and Picks: Penn State vs Minnesota ATS and Friday Night AAC Prediction
So the Tennessee Volunteers finally scored their statement win of a campaign (hopefully not of a generation) by defeating Alabama in a near-100 point shoot-out. This comes after WagerBop's discussion of how NCAA outcomes are getting more "Any Given Sunday"-like just as Friday Night Lights scores are beginning to fluctuate like FBS match-ups. Can there be any more live … [Read more...] about Week 8 CFB Odds and Picks: Penn State vs Minnesota ATS and Friday Night AAC Prediction