The 12-team College Football Playoff field was announced Sunday and a team from the Big Ten is is a slight favorite to win the national championship.
Todd Dewey
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Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
The Raiders bailed out bookmakers by kicking a field goal as time expired to cover the spread as 8-point underdogs in a loss to the Broncos on Sunday.
Doug Fleming, a longtime Michigan high school basketball coach, topped a field of 1,080 entries to win the inaugural SuperContest College contest.
Legendary sportscaster Brent Musburger went 4-1 last week, and Westgate SuperBook vice president of marketing Jay Kornegay leads the Review-Journal’s NFL Challenge.
GamblersWorld.net handicapper Chip Chirimbes analyzes every NFL Week 14 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Denver Broncos are 7½-point favorites over the Raiders in Sunday’s AFC West matchup at Allegiant Stadium, and the total is 40.
Las Vegas pro sports bettors give their best bets for NFL and college football conference championship games this weekend.
The Detroit Lions have climbed to 3½-point home favorites over the Dallas Cowboys on “Thursday Night Football,” and the total is 54½. Both teams are on the NFC playoff bubble.
Boise State is a consensus 3½-point home favorite over UNLV in Friday’s Mountain West conference title game and Ohio State is -5½ over Indiana in Saturday’s Big Ten championship.
The New England Patriots are consensus 7-point home favorites over the New York Giants on “Monday Night Football,” and the consensus total is 46½.
Underdogs started NFL Week 13 on a 9-2 against the spread run with seven outright wins, including all four games on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
Legendary sportscaster Brent Musburger went 3-1-1 against the spread last week and Westgate SuperBook vice president of marketing Jay Kornegay leads the contest with a 34-24-2 ATS record.
Two-time top-five Westgate SuperContest finisher “Dr. Alan” Dumond analyzes every NFL Week 13 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Los Angeles Chargers are consensus 9½-point favorites over the Raiders, and the line is up to 10 at multiple sportsbooks for Sunday’s AFC West matchup.
Las Vegas pro bettors give their best bets for NFL and college football games this weekend, including on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.