A year after all four home favorites won their wild-card games by double-digits and covered the spread, the weekend went to the underdogs, who finished 4-0 ATS with two outright upsets.
Football
Drew Brees passed for 376 yards and two touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints held off Carolina’s late comeback bid to seal a 31-26 victory in their NFC wild-card game on Sunday.
Wynn Las Vegas might be the only sports book that’s heavy on Georgia after taking two six-figure wagers on the Bulldogs (+4) over Alabama in Monday’s national title game.
Here’s a survey of opinions from Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers and professional handicappers on Monday’s college football national title game between Alabama (-4) and Georgia.
Hours before college football’s national championship in Atlanta, precipitation expected to move into Georgia could freeze on roadways Monday morning, forecasters said.
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