The line and over/under for the College Football Playoff title game have ticked down at Las Vegas sportsbooks ahead of Monday’s heavily anticipated clash.
Betting
Wiseguys are banking on Oakland to bid adieu to the Black Hole in style and deliver a win and cover as a 6½-point favorite over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The curtain is coming down Sunday on the Black Hole of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and will be raised at Allegiant Stadium in August.
Dana Lane went 4-1 against the spread last week to top fellow pro handicapper Paul Stone in a tiebreaker to win the Review-Journal College Football Challenge.
The Dolphins (0-5) covered in a 17-16 loss to the Redskins and the Jets (1-4) earned their first win in a 24-22 upset victory over the Cowboys.
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The Rebels closed as 16½-point underdogs at Boyd Gaming sportsbook before their stunning 24-point win, beating the spread by 40½ points.
Kansas City scored 40 points in a victory at Jacksonville in Week 1, and the Raiders have serious injury concerns in their defensive backfield.
History is on UNLV’s side in this game, as it’s 4-0 ATS on the road against Power Five teams under coach Tony Sanchez, covering against USC, Ohio State, UCLA and Michigan.
Handicapper Dana Lane leads the contest with a 7-3 ATS record, and the consensus picks are Air Force (+4) over Colorado and BYU (+4) over USC.
Kentucky wide receiver Lynn Bowden is the only passing-game threat that the Gators must contain, so the defense can blitz backup quarterback Sawyer Smith at will.
The Colts thumped the Titans in both meetings last season. Indianapolis has won six of the last seven games in Nashville straight up.
Buffalo finished second in the league in total defense last season, returns 10 of 11 defensive starters and added defensive end Ed Oliver in the NFL draft.
The renewal allows Sportradar to distribute the NFL’s real-time official play-by-play data to legal sportsbooks in the U.S. and internationally for in-play wagering.
With one weekend of games under its belt, the AAF has already drawn interest from some bettors — not nearly the action of a typical NFL game but enough to encourage sportsbooks that the fledgling league’s games are worth offering on a betting menu.
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