Matt Youmans, Las Vegas handicapper Bryan Leonard and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend by offering 12 plays.
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One week after blowing a lead at Atlanta, the Saints played the spoiler role for the betting public by blowing a lead at Cleveland.
All point spreads are from the Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest
TODAY AT LOS ALAMITOS by Richard Eng
The Jacksonville Jaguars scored 17 points in the first 16 minutes of their opener at Philadelphia. But it was all downhill from there in a 34-17 loss.
On an otherwise weak slate of college football games Saturday, the only matchup of top-25 teams featured No. 24 South Carolina as a 6½-point home underdog to No. 6 Georgia.
Sports experts from the Las Vegas Review-Journal place bets on college football.
It was perfect timing. Chip Kelly, an innovator and magician at the college level, picked the right time and place to see if his offensive wizardry would work in the NFL.
It’s rare when Steve Spurrier finds himself in this position.
If it’s a beauty pageant, and style points definitely matter in college football, UCLA is on the ugly side looking in, and Brett Hundley is far from the best-looking quarterback in the country.
Football is a game of attrition, and the season is a marathon. It’s only Week 3 on the college schedule, and while we have a long way to go, most teams are starting to show their true colors.
