College Football Handicapping: Best Picks
Writing by Igor Ivanov on Thursday, 20 of December , 2007 at 1:31 pm
College football’s bowl season is a prime betting opportunity, as teams from different conferences get mixed and matched. The greater the disparity in talent between the conferences, the bigger the opportunity.
Consider the Hawaii Warriors. They built most of their 12-0 record in the WAC. How does that compare to the 10-2 Georgia Bulldogs coming out of the SEC? According to stathead Brian Fremeau, not so good. He has the Warriors ranked No. 42 in the nation in efficiency, Georgia ninth. Yet the Warriors are getting just eight points at the Fiesta Bowl.
On the flip side, the little guys can sometimes be even better than the public thinks, especially when matched up against a mediocre major-conference opponent. These are the traditional bowl underdogs sharps load up on (remember last year’s Navy-Boston College tilt?), but the pickings are slim this time around – perhaps Ball State (+10) against underachieving Rutgers at the International Bowl.
Category: college football
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