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Turning to this week’s college football bowl schedule surrounding the Christmas Holiday, things start to get very interesting as some of the bigger programs from the Power 5 conferences return to the playing field through this upcoming Saturday’s betting action.
BetAnySports College Bowl Season Betting For Dec. 24 2018
At the top of the betting board at BetAnySports is Saturday’s Cotton Bowl at 4 p.m. on ESPN followed by this year’s Orange Bowl on ESPN at 8 p.m. These games will host the two semifinal matchups in the 2018 College Football Playoff. A big SEC/Big Ten showdown gets Saturday’s action underway with No. 10 Florida taking on No. 7 Michigan in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. The Wolverines are favored by 6.5 points and the total line for this 12 p.m. kickoff on ESPN is set at 51.5 points.
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The first semifinal showdown in the Cotton Bowl pits the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the ACC’s No. 2 Clemson Tigers. The current betting spread at BetAnySports has the Tigers favored by 13 points. The line opened at 10.5 points with the early money going in Clemson’s direction. The total line for this game has held somewhat steady at 55 points.
Notre Dame is 12-0 straight-up with a 6-5-1 record against the spread. It has gone 2-3-1 ATS over its last six games and the total has gone OVER in six of its last nine contests. Clemson is 13-0 SU and 7-6 ATS. It has been able to cover in six of its last eight outings.
Big 12’s Oklahoma Sooners
The second semifinal matchup on Saturday night has the Big 12’s Oklahoma Sooners listed as 14-point underdogs against the SEC’s top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. The total line in this game is currently set at 77.5 points. While the early betting action has maintained the two-touchdown spread, the most interesting bet in this game could be on the elevated total line. It opened at 79 points before dropping a bit on BetAnySports’ current board.
The 12-1 Sooners posted a 5-7-1 record ATS. They have failed to cover in four of their last five games with one of those contests ending as a PUSH. The total went OVER the closing line in four of their last five games. Alabama won all of its 13 games SU with an 8-5 mark ATS. It has covered in five of its last seven games and the total has gone OVER in 10 of its last 14 games.
Win Money With NFL Week 17 Football & Sports Betting Tip Sheet
The NFL regular season comes to a close this Sunday with a full slate of 16 games on the board at BetAnySports. Most of the pieces in this year’s playoff picture have been put into place, but there is still plenty on the line for a number of teams in their season finales.
The league altered the starting times for Sunday’s slate so that all the 4:25 p.m. games on either FOX or CBS feature matchups with some kind of impact on the final postseason lineup. The lone 8:20 p.m. kickoff on NBC is basically a playoff game in the AFC South between the 9-6 Indianapolis Colts and the 9-6 Tennessee Titans. The winner of this game would secure the final wild card spot in the AFC. The Colts come into Nashville as 2.5-point road favorites with the total set at 44.
The game with the biggest impact on the postseason in the NFC is a North Division battle between the 11-4 Chicago Bears and the 8-6-1 Minnesota Vikings. The Bears still have a shot at clinching the No. 2 seed in the conference with a win as five-point road underdogs and a Los Angeles Rams’ loss as 10-point home favorites against San Francisco.
11-4 Chicago Bears and the 8-6-1 Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota needs to win this game to guarantee a wild card spot, but it can still get in if 8-7 Philadelphia loses to Washington as a 6.5-point favorite on the road. Recent trends favor the Vikings coming out on top with a straight-up five-game winning streak in their last five home games against Chicago.
The AFC North Division title remains up for grabs between the 9-6 Baltimore Ravens and the 8-6-1 Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens play host to the surprising Cleveland Browns as six-point home favorites and BetAnySports has set the Steelers as heavy 14.5-point favorites at home against Cincinnati. The Browns have won five of their last six games SU including three victories closing as underdogs. The Bengals have lost six of their last seven games SU, but they have managed to cover in their last three.
The Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the playoffs at 11-4, but they still need to get past Oakland this Sunday as heavy 13.5-point home favorites to lock up the AFC West. If the Chiefs should stumble, the 11-4 Los Angeles Chargers would take the division title with a road win against Denver. BetAnySports has the Chargers listed as 6.5-point favorites.
