Chris Falica
FOX Sports Betting Expert
College soccer Week 12 is right here and I could not be extra pumped.
This signifies that the subsequent few days shall be thrilling for followers who love soccer and for bettors in search of enjoyable methods to wager some cash.
I already gave you mine finest bets for week 12 video gameshowever now it is time to have some enjoyable with my “Bear Bytes”.
These little “bytes,” as I name them, are simply nuggets that offer you some enjoyable dialog starters to attract from as you watch soccer events with family and friends or joke along with your coworkers on the water cooler. Here are the largest nuggets that caught with me throughout my analysis.
(All instances ET)
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15
Houston @ Arizona (10.15pm, FS1)
Arizona is an FBS-worst 1-8 in opposition to the unfold (ATS) this season, overlaying only a 7.5-point canine in opposition to Utah.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16
Utah @No. 20 Colorado (midday, FOX e FOX Sports software)
This is the fourth time below Deion Sanders that Colorado has been a double-digit favourite. The Buffs did not cowl any of their earlier three video games. They beat FCS energy North Dakota State by 5 factors to open 2024 as 11.5-point favorites and Colorado State by eight final yr as 23-point favorites. Colorado additionally misplaced at Folsom Field final yr to Stanford 46-43 as a 13-point favourite. This is the primary time Utah has been a double-digit underdog since 2017, when the Utes trailed Washington by 17.5 factors and almost reversed it, shedding 33-30. This occurred 86 video games in the past.
No. 20 Clemson TO Pitt (midday, ESPN)
Saturday marked almost eight years (Nov. 12, 2016) since Pitt’s 43-42 win over No. 2 Clemson in Death Valley.
UL Monroe @ Coppery (12:45 p.m., SEC Network)
As Auburn’s head coach, Hugh Freeze is 4-10 in SEC play, 5-12 in opposition to Power Five opponents and 0-12 in opposition to groups which have completed with (or, within the case of 2024, at present have) profitable information. The Tigers must beat UL Monroe this week, together with Texas A&M and Alabama to bowl.
Utah vs. Colorado: Who will win this Big 12 showdown?
No. 4 Pen State @ Purdue (3:30 p.m., CBS)
This is the third time this season that Purdue is a 28-point underdog. You do not must go very far again to seek out the final time a Power Four or Five workforce had a minimum of three appearances in a season. Just final yr, Indiana was a 28-point canine 3 times and in 2022, Colorado was a 28-point canine a minimum of 4 instances. This exhibits how rapidly a program’s fortunes can change with the correct teaching hires and correct use of NIL and the switch portal. Both IU and CU management their future to enter the CFP in 2024. Purdue has confronted three at present ranked groups this season. The Boilermakers have been outscored 146-7. They misplaced 66-7 to Notre Dame, 35-0 to Oregon and 45-0 to Ohio State.
Nebraska @ USC (4 p.m., FOX and FOX Sports apps)
Nebraska has misplaced eight straight video games because the Huskers received 5 wins early within the sport. The Huskers are “canine this week at SC, host Wisconsin after which go to Iowa.” Will they go 5-7 once more?
No. 23 Missouri @No. 21 South Carolina (4:15 p.m., SEC Network)
Missouri is 3-2 in SEC play however might simply be 0-5. The Tigers beat Vanderbilt 30–27 in double additional time. They scored a landing with 46 seconds left to beat Auburn, which is 1-5 in SEC play. They additionally scored two touchdowns within the closing 1:03 to beat Oklahoma, who’s 1-5 in SEC play. All three of these video games have been in Columbia.
The finest bets, predictions and odds between Georgia and Tennessee in Week 12 of the CFB
No. 1 Oregon @ Wisconsin (7:30 p.m., NBC)
Since the start of the BCS/CFP period in 1998, there have been 28 instances a No. 1-ranked workforce has performed a street sport in opposition to an unranked opponent in November or December. That workforce has solely misplaced as soon as, and that was in 2002, when No. 1 Oklahoma misplaced at Texas A&M, 30-26. Since then, there have been 23 consecutive victories with solely 4 video games determined by a landing or much less. Since 1978, there have been 147 video games during which No. 1 was a double-digit favourite on the street in opposition to an unranked workforce. Those 147 groups went 139-7-1. However, a kind of losses occurred simply over a month in the past, when Alabama misplaced to Vanderbilt as a 23.5-point favourite. Wisconsin confronted two present top-10 groups at residence this season and was outscored 70-23, shedding 42-10 to No. 9 Alabama and 28-13 to No. 4 Penn State.
No. 7 Tennessee @No. 11 Georgia (7.30pm, ABC)
Georgia has gained seven straight within the collection. The Dawgs gained by 26.4 factors per sport, all by a minimum of 14 factors. They coated 5 straight video games and allowed greater than 17 factors as soon as through the seven video games.
Kansas @No.6 BYU (10:15 p.m., ESPN)
Since 1978, there have been 66 cases during which a workforce with a document of 9-0 or higher has confronted a workforce with a shedding document at residence. Each of those was a double-digit favourite. That is till this week, when 9-0 BYU is at present a 3-point residence favourite over 3-6 Kansas. None of these 66 groups have misplaced and solely three video games have been determined by lower than a landing, together with final yr’s 24-21 win by 11-0 Washington over 5-6 Washington State as a 14-game favourite. 5 factors.
Washington vs. UCLA, Purdue vs. Penn State: CFB Week 12 finest bets
Complete groups
Ohio State (4/7), Alabama (6/8), Ole Miss (8/6) and Penn State (10/10) are the one groups within the nation to rank within the high 10 in each offensive and defensive effectivity .
The SEC dominates ranked matchups
Since the start of October, 18 ranked matches have occurred (together with this week). Twelve of the 18 video games have been SEC video games, 4 have been Big Ten video games and one was ACC. Notre Dame/Navy was there too.
Indiana wins 2024 nationwide title… Sort of
Last week, Indiana beat Michigan, finishing the common season standings between the 2 groups that performed for the nationwide championship final season. In the BCS/CFP period, solely three different instances did a workforce beat the 2 groups that performed within the earlier season’s nationwide championship sport through the common season. The WL season for the 2 groups in parentheses.
2024
Indiana
Michigan (5-5)
Washington (5-5)
2015
Michigan State
Oregon (9-4)
Ohio State (12-1)
2011
LSU
Oregon (12-1)
Copper (8-5)
2000
Miami
Florida State (11-2)
Virginia Tech (11-1)
Chris “The Bear” Fallica has been overlaying sports activities for almost three many years. While faculty soccer has been his focus, he additionally enjoys the NFL, soccer, golf, tennis, MLB, NHL and horse racing, with an “occasional” wager on these occasions. Chris just lately gained the primary Circa Football Invitational and completed within the Top 10 of the Golden Nugget Football Contest. He has certified for the NHC Handicapping Championship a number of instances. Remember: “The much less you wager, the extra you lose whenever you win!” Follow him on Twitter @Chrysphallic.
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