I'm backing the underdog Missouri State Bears to get the better of WKU to start our Thursday CFB parlay. Western Kentucky have already suffered some devastating defeats, not only to Power 4 teams, but also 20+ point defeats to Nevada and New Mexico State. Missouri State looks to be catching Western Kentucky at the right time and should take advantage.
Next, I'm going with Sam Houston State to keep within two touchdowns against Liberty. The Flames have been red hot, but Sam Houston will be well rested after a bye last week and can make that count after Liberty's trip to Delaware. The Bearkats have been solid on defense and should stymie the Liberty attack enough to keep this score respectable.
To wrap up our college football parlay for Thursday, I'm taking UTSA to beat USF. Both teams are 4-1 but the Roadrunners have been potent on offense, while South Florida has only just been getting by its opponents, with its attack stalling. Ultimately, I expect USF to struggle to keep up with UTSA's scoring, and that will be the hosts' path to victory.
While the spot isn't ideal for Iowa, coming off back-to-back games against Michigan and Ohio State while having to travel out west on short rest, the Huskies aren't trustworthy agains the number. Plus, I don't think it's the best spot for them, either. The Huskies held a lead at halftime in southern California last week, just to score once in the second half against USC's porous defense. Iowa is top-25 in most key metrics on the defensive side, which means Washington will likely need more than Demond Williams' heroics to win by margin.
The Wyoming Cowboys are almost impossible to trust, specifically away from home -- where they have scored just 23 combined points across three games against Colorado State, Central Michigan and North Dakota State. Save last week's 28-0 loss to the Bison, that's not exactly a gauntlet when it comes to opposing defenses. Moreover, this team only beat FCS Northern Colorado 21-13, while being out-gained in the process. SJSU is the must better team and should win comfortably. For parlay purposes though, the ML probably the smarter play after their head-scratching home loss to Fresno a few weeks ago.
BYU will be without stud running back LJ Martin for a few weeks, putting a ton of pressure on the shoulders of QB Bear Bachmeier. He's capable, as is backup RB Journee Tonga, but covering a double-digit spread in conference play against your offensive focal point is a tough ask, especially against a team that's rolling with new-found confidence like Iowa State.
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College Football money line betting is the simplest way to bet on a college football game. A Bet on the college football money line is a bet on which team will win that match. With no ties and multiple overtime periods in college football, this is simply a yes or no, right or wrong market. The money line is less popular with college football betting due to the hugely negative odds you’ll see about bigger schools vs smaller schools. Unlike in NFL Betting, where teams are more closely matched, making the money line a viable play, in college football, you can get some spreads as big as -50 and the money line wouldn’t even be offered for the favorite. Of course in close games, such as conference play, or bowl season and the 12-team playoff the money line becomes a more viable option, but the spread remains much more popular in college sports.
College football against the spread betting is unquestionably the most popular form of sports betting amongst college sports. With a relative lack of parity between schools, at least for the most part, betting the money line is almost not viable in the long term. What college football against the spread betting allows, is for you to place a wager on a game at better odds, typically around -110 on either side of the line. Of course, betting a favorite against the spread is riskier than the money line, with some teams having to concede 20,30, or even 40 points, but you do so at much bigger odds. Conversely, you can also bet on the other side and take the underdog to keep the game closer than expected, 40 points is still a lot of points to try and win by, especially when some teams will pull their starters if running up a score.
Many bettors will opt for college football over-under betting because they don’t see the value in better a short odds favorite on the money line but also don’t want to take them to cover a huge spread, whilst not trusting a small school to keep the game close. This is a regular dilemma sports betters find themselves in, so betting the points totals, takes the result out of the game, and focuses solely on whether more or fewer points will be scored than the sportsbooks set the line at. If the line is set at over 80.5 points and the game finished 62-20 then the overs will cash with 82 points scored. If the game ends 40-17, then the unders will cash as only 57 points were scored. You can see some wild scorelines in college football, but that also means you see some high over/under lines, and while we all love offense, getting the balance between betting the overs and unders in the right spots is the key to long term profit.
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