Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for this weekend.
Betting
Bettors are all over the Arizona Cardinals over the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2 of the NFL season.
In the past month at London-based Smarkets betting exchange, Donald Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election have improved from 10 percent to 18 percent.
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz analyzes every NFL Sunday and Monday game and gives final scores for each.
Micah Roberts, Lou Finocchiaro and Mark Franco each went 4-1 ATS in Week 1 to take the contest lead, and Jay Kornegay and Doug Fitz each went 3-1-1 ATS.
The PGA Championship has seen a youth movement, as nine of the past 11 winners have been in their 20s, including Las Vegas resident Collin Morikawa last year.
Sharp bettors and the betting public are banking on Ohio to cover the spread against Virginia, which opened as a 10½-point favorite but is down to -7.
VSiN host Mitch Moss and handicappers Kelly Stewart, Paul Stone, Bruce Marshall and Doug Fitz compete in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games Friday and Saturday.
A No. 12 seed has won at least one first-round game in 30 of the last 35 NCAA Tournaments. Will a 12 seed win a game Friday or Saturday? Yes is -280 at William Hill, and No is +240.
The Westgate opened the Dodgers at 103½ wins and William Hill at 104½ — which ties the 1999 Yankees for the highest total since 1990, according to sportsoddshistory.com.
President Donald Trump was acquitted in his first Senate impeachment trial in February 2020. The betting odds also favor Trump getting acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
Tampa Bay is the largest Super Bowl liability at the BetMGM, William Hill, Westgate and South Point sportsbooks. BetMGM is pushing seven figures in liability in Nevada alone.
Alabama went from a 12-point to 17½-point favorite over Florida in the SEC title game. The line move hasn’t stopped the betting public from wagering on the Crimson Tide.
A few weeks ago, Florida ranged between +11 and +13 on SEC championship game lookahead lines. There’s no reason to inflate the number four-plus points based on last week.
Dana Lane edged Eric Parkila to win the contest for the second straight year. Lane went 41-27-2 ATS (60.3 percent) and Parkila 40-28-2 (58.8 percent) after a 5-0 finish.
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