Playing favorites paid off in a big way in Week 5 for NFL bettors, but the two biggest favorites on the board lost to eliminate tons of Circa Survivor entries.
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In a classic letdown spot, top-ranked Alabama suffered a shocking loss to Vanderbilt at gigantic odds one week after upsetting previous No. 2 Georgia.
Professional handicapper Joe D’Amico (@JoeDamicoWins) analyzes every NFL Week 5 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz went 5-0 against the spread for the second straight week to take the contest lead at 16-4 (80 percent).
Nine handicappers and the RJ’s David Schoen will offer five picks on college football games this season — sides or totals. Here are their selections for Week 6.
The Broncos are consensus 3-point favorites (even) over the Raiders after the line opened at 1½. The total is the lowest on the board at 36 for Sunday’s game.
Brent Musburger helped introduce sports betting to a national audience long before it became legal across the country. He’s still on the air this football season at 85.
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Review-Journal with NFL betting notes and trends.
Three-time Westgate SuperContest top-15 finisher “Dr. Alan” Dumond and VSiN.com handicapper Dave Tuley believe one NFL line this week has been overadjusted.
The Atlanta Falcons are consensus 2½-point home favorites over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Thursday Night Football.” The consensus total is 43½.
Raiders star wide receiver Davante Adams told the team this week he wants to be traded, and DraftKings sportsbook posted odds on his next club.
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Review-Journal with college football notes and trends.
Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return. But he found a home in the nation’s gambling capital — where acceptance wasn’t a problem.
The running mates for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off Tuesday in the only vice presidential debate, presented by CBS News.
“Major League Baseball disgraced itself, the way they treated Pete Rose,” Oscar Goodman said Monday afternoon after learning Rose had died at age 83.
