With Notre Dame and Central Florida still on the schedule, Cincinnati can start to build a case that it belongs in the College Football Playoff.
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Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends.
Ten handicappers offer five picks on college football games throughout the season. Wes Reynolds leads at 8-2 after two weeks; Dana Lane is next at 7-3.
A week after wiseguys backed the Raiders in their wild overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens, they’re betting against them in Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh.
Amber Hanover won Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest last season, outlasting a field of 3,211 entries to take home $65,925.
The Westgate sportsbook has posted point spreads and totals on all 272 games in the NFL’s first 17-game, 18-week regular season.
Las Vegas is favored in six of nine home games and underdogs in all eight road games. Fifteen games feature lines of six or less and nine are three or less.
Kansas City is a 3-point home favorite over Buffalo in the AFC title game and Green Bay is -4 over Tampa Bay in the NFC championship game at Lambeau Field.
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Washington’s Ron Rivera would be the worst result for Circa, which took a notable bet on him at 40-1 to win Coach of the Year and had him higher than 100-1 at one point.
Sharp bettors have hit either side of Thursday’s game between Los Angeles and Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium depending on the spread, which is 3 or 3½.
Oregon has failed to cover its last three games, and USC is 3-0 ATS in its past three games. They will meet in the Pac-12 title game Friday at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Washington has covered four consecutive games to improve to 8-5 against the spread this season.
Two NFL games Sunday are instructive in answering a philosophical question about tough betting defeats. Sometimes a loss is just a freak occurrence.
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