The college football landscape will look different this season. But some Las Vegas handicappers believe a familiar face has the best chance to win the title.
Betting
UNLV is one of seven teams with odds of +750 or less to win the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament this week at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant collected on a 13-team college basketball parlay worth more than $400,000 — at UNLV’s expense.
A Station Casinos bettor managed to hit on the same 11-team multisport parlay as a bettor at the Westgate SuperBook, earning a huge windfall in the process.
A bettor at the Westgate SuperBook turned $100 into $125,730.49 on Sunday after hitting an 11-team multi-sport parlay.
VSiN betting analyst Wes Reynolds won the Las Vegas Review-Journal College Bowl Challenge contest for the second straight year.
UNLV is down to 8½-point underdogs at the Westgate SuperBook and Station Casinos for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Tuesday night after the spread was as high as 13.
UNLV is a consensus 13-point underdog at Las Vegas sportsbooks against Kansas in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Tuesday in Phoenix.
UNLV opened as a 9-point favorite at New Mexico, and the line soared to 16½ before the Rebels rolled to a 56-14 rout of the Lobos on Nov. 4.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is an analyst at VegasInsider.com. He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends.
Six handicappers make 15 picks each against the spread for the college football bowl season.
Las Vegas sportsbooks received alerts of suspicious betting activity on UNLV’s football game at New Mexico last month.
Florida State was a controversial exclusion from this year’s College Football Playoff. Oddsmakers, based on the line on the Seminoles’ bowl game, agree with decision.
Sharp bettors backed the 49ers at the SuperBook when the line opened at pick’em against the Eagles after Philadelphia rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat Buffalo.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is an analyst at VegasInsider.com. He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends.
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