College Gameday will invade Austin, Texas this weekend for a colossal showdown between the no. 6 LSU Tigers and the no. 10 Texas Longhorns. Both teams easily covered their spreads last week with LSU pounding Georgia Southern 55-3 and Texas making easy work of Louisiana Tech 45-14. The oddsmaker and bettors aren’t giving much respect to the Longhorns driving an opening line of LSU -4.5 up to -6.
Texas A&M made easy work of Texas State in their opener, but it’s a big step up to Clemson. The Tigers destroyed G-Tech week winning by 38 to narrowly beat the -37 point spread. Can the Aggies hang close enough to get the money? Get Jay’s take and ATS prediction.
Alabama the consensus No. 1 team will look to make it 2-0 with what sets up as a soft game against New Mexico on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The big question is will they come up flat against the weak competition? Jay weighs out that and a few other factors to determine his spread pick.
The Rams finished second in the league in scoring last season and barring injuries should be a top-5 unit this season. The Panthers defense had an off year last season finishing out of the top in scoring defense, but they’ve made a lot of changes to the front seven and could easily finish as a top unit this season. Can they contain the Rams offense? Get Jay’s O/U pick.
Are the Browns overrated? They’ll get a strong test against the Titans in Week 1 who were in the thick of the playoff race before losing Mariota early in Week 16’s game against the Redskins. The betting board lists the Browns as a 5.5 point favorite on the spread line with a total of 45.5. Check out who Jay is betting.
This game could see 100 total points scored by both teams combined. It will be interesting to see whether new Sooner QB Jalen Hurts airs it out as Oklahoma typically does, or if he runs the ball a fair amount of times as he did when he was a member of the Crimson Tide. The Houston Cougars return eight starters on offense and should be one of the top scoring teams in the nation.
There’s been a lot of line movement on the spread with Bama being as low as -32.5 before hitting a high of -35. The total has also fluctuated a lot opening at most sportsbooks at 61 before dropping to 58. Jay Horne breaks it all down and gives his projected point spread winner.
Bug meets windshield Thursday night as the top ranked Clemson Tigers host the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The public seems to be a bit nervous of the hug early season spread, as they’re actually backing G.T. to the tune of 66%. We’re not a big fan of laying more than 32 points in college football games due to it being around a 33% proposition, but we’re talking about a completely different animal here. We make this point spread at -42!
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While the Cowboys will be trying to end their NFC Divisional drought, the Rams will be trying to overcome a similar historical hurdle. Los Angeles is making just their 4th postseason appearance since 2001 when they lost to the New England Patriots. The Rams are also winless in the Divisional Round of the playoffs going 0-3 in the previous 16 seasons. Which team can shed the monkey from their back? Dallas backers have 7 points to work with and Jay Horne has your NFL pick!