Hundreds of thousands of dollars in wagers changed hands at Las Vegas sports books when Chicago kicker Cody Parkey’s 43-yard field goal try hit the left upright and then the crossbar with 10 seconds left.
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Clemson opened as a 6½-point underdog to Alabama but the line dropped to 4½ at several sports books Friday, when a Westgate bettor placed a $60,000 wager on the Tigers at plus 5.
Steve Makinen, editor of VSiN’s Point Spread Weekly, found that the outright winner has a point-spread record of 37-4-1 ATS in the past 42 wild-card playoff games.
Sharp bettors are on the Colts over the Texans on Saturday in the opener of the NFL’s wild-card weekend. Houston opened as a 2½-point home favorite, but the line has been bet to 1.
The Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends from Goldsheet.com.
California resident Eric Kahane went 5-0 against the spread Sunday to win the $1.4 million first-place prize in the Westgate SuperContest with a 59-25-1 record (70.2 percent).
Micah Roberts won the Review-Journal NFL Challenge with a 52-32-1 ATS record, and Frank Carulli (15-5) and Bruce Marshall (14-6) tied for first place in the Bowl Challenge.
The Bears led the NFL with a 12-4 against the spread record, and the Chiefs had the best over-under mark at 10-5-1.