Chris Falica
FOX Sports Betting Expert
It’s championship weekend school soccer.
That means this week and the subsequent will probably be thrilling for followers who love soccer and bettors on the lookout for enjoyable methods to guess some cash because the Playoffs get nearer.
I’ve already given you my finest bets for championship weekend, however 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.
Conference championship video games
Every Power 4 convention title sport has a ramification of lower than 4 factors. It can be the primary time this has occurred. In the final six years there have been a complete of three such matches in these 4 championships. All-time, there have been a complete of 17 within the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC title video games. Six of these 17 had been gained by the underdog.
Last 12 months there have been two upsets within the present Power 4 convention title video games. In the earlier six years there have been a complete of two.
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FRIDAY DEC. 6
Boise State in opposition to UNLV (8 p.m., FOX/FOX Sports App)
Mountain West Championship
Boise State has gained 13 straight house video games in opposition to convention opponents, every determined by at the very least seven factors. Since 2013, the Broncos are 41-5 at house in opposition to convention opponents.
Tulane in opposition to Army (8 p.m., ABC)
AAC Championship
In two conferences with Army in Troy, Jon Sumrall outscored Army 19-0 and 10-9 in 2022 and 2023. Army ran for 4.5 and three.4 yards per carry in these two video games.
SATURDAY DEC. 7
Oregon in opposition to Pen State (8 p.m., CBS)
Big Ten Championship
Penn State has dropped its final 13 pre-bowl video games in opposition to top-10 opponents since profitable the 2016 Big Ten Championship Game. In 4 of its final six such video games, Penn State has scored zero or one offensive landing. If you embody bowl video games, Penn State is 1-14 of their final 15 video games in opposition to top-10 groups.
Each of the final seven Big Ten Championship Games has been gained by the favourite. Penn State was the final underdog to win, beating Wisconsin in 2016.
Penn State has misplaced 9 straight video games as an underdog and is 1-15 in its final 16 video games as a canine.
Penn State vs. Oregon: CFB Week 15 Super Six
Georgia in opposition to Texas (4 p.m., ABC)
SEC Championship
The underdogs have gained two of their final three SEC title video games. In the earlier 19, two underdogs have gained outright.
Since 2021, when Georgia gained its first nationwide title beneath Kirby Smart, the Dawgs have been two-time underdogs. UGA gained each video games, in opposition to Clemson in 2021 and at Texas earlier this 12 months, leading to a complete of 18 factors.
Excluding Texas, six SEC groups have gained 9 video games. Texas solely confronted one, Georgia, and misplaced at house by 15 factors.
Clemson in opposition to SMU (8 p.m., ABC)
ACC Championship
Florida State’s 16-6 win over Louisville as a one-point underdog in final 12 months’s ACC championship sport snapped an 11-year streak through which the favourite gained the ACC title sport.
Four ACC groups went 2-6 or worse in convention play. SMU performed three. Eight ACC groups went 3-5 or worse in convention play. SMU has performed 5 (of its eight convention video games).
There have been 36 groups within the present Power 4 leagues which have reached the convention title sport with at the very least three losses general. Those 36 groups went 8-28 (1-10 since 2016). The six favorites or underdogs by a area objective or fewer completed 3-3.
CFB Week 15 Best Bets: Georgia vs. Texas, Clemson vs. SMU
State of Arizona in opposition to Iowa State (midday, ABC)
Big 12 Championship
In the final 14 Big 12 title video games, there was just one upset: Baylor over Oklahoma State in 2021.
This is the primary time because the Iowa sport that the Cyclones are underdogs. Iowa State has gained 4 of its final 5 video games as a ‘canine.
This 12 months, Iowa State is 2-1 in video games determined by 4 factors or fewer. The Cyclones had been 2-7 of their earlier 9 video games.
Seven Big 12 groups completed with a dropping general file. Iowa State confronted 5. Arizona State confronted six, but in addition beat 10-2 BYU and 8-4 Kansas State.
Chris “The Bear” Fallica has been overlaying sports activities for almost three a long time. While school 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 not too long ago 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 guess, the extra you lose whenever you win!” Follow him on Twitter @Chrysphallic.
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