theSpread.com BCS Championship Preview

My friends at theSpread.com just published their preview of the Ohio State Buckeyes (+4 and +155 if you are curious) versus the LSU Tigers. Please enjoy and check out their site. Last year, there was little doubt Ohio State belonged in the BCS title game – even after the Buckeyes were stunningly routed by Florida, [...]

There are only two undefeated teams…

against the spread, that is. I like to use Vegas odds and results to illustrate “market expectations” for college football teams. Similar to a stock technical analyst, the performance of a team ATS and even over/unders tells me what people are doing with their money rather than what pundits are saying. Thanks to theSpread.com for [...]

On the Lines: College Football Picks for the weekend…

Mississippi State +7 hosts Tennessee The Volunteer defense ranks 109th in my ratings, and the Bulldogs have some impressive results this year. Despite playing with a far-below average quarterback position, Sylvester Croom has a tremendous defense and one of the best young RBs in the nation in Anthony Dixon. Look under the hood and even [...]

NCAA probing Toledo

and we all know how painful that can be… USA Today reports that despite federal authorities dismissing charges against (former?) Toledo Rocket RB Harvey “Scooter” McDougle the school has declared him academically ineligible in the wake of an NCAA probe. I have been snickering at this story for about a month now when it first [...]

2008 BCS Champions Odds

courtesy of Sportsbook.com (comments are mine, please share yours below)… USC 5-2 Michigan 9-1 Florida 9-1 LSU 10-1 Texas 10-1 West Virginia 10-1 Louisville 20-1 Penn St 25-1 Oklahoma 25-1 (if they get the QB situation settled, look out) Ohio St 25-1 (seems low, but lost many stars to NFL) Virginia Tech 30-1 Nebraska 30-1 [...]