The betting public normally plays favorites, but they’ve flipped the script for the CFP semifinals and are backing underdogs Alabama and Washington on Monday.
Todd Dewey
Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
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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.
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Northwestern is a 6-point underdog to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday at Allegiant Stadium after the line opened at 9 and quickly dropped to 7.