Mark Sanchez will make his first start since 2015 on Sunday against the Giants, who are 3½-point road favorites over the Redskins.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
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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.
When Urban Meyer announced Tuesday that he will coach his final game at Ohio State in the Rose Bowl against Washington, Pros and Joes alike quickly loaded up on the Buckeyes.
Including Thanksgiving, home teams are 11-2 straight up this season on Thursday night and 9-2-2 against the spread.
There was more money bet at Las Vegas sports books on Saturday’s heavyweight title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles than was wagered on any of Saturday’s college football conference championship games.
The Eagles were consensus 6-point home favorites over the Redskins at Las Vegas sports books Monday morning before money on the underdog moved the line to 5½ at multiple spots Monday afternoon.
A Caesars bettor lost a mid five-figure money-line wager on the Packers, who closed as 10-1 ML favorites over the Cardinals at Lambeau Field.
Top seed Alabama (13-0) opened as a 14-point favorite over No. 4 Oklahoma (12-1) at the Westgate sports book and as a 13½-point favorite at William Hill.
Cleveland has covered seven of its 11 games this season. The Browns are 6-point underdogs Sunday at the Houston Texans, who have won eight consecutive games.
If Georgia upsets Alabama in Saturday’s SEC title game, the Bulldogs will clinch the fourth spot in the College Football Playoff. If not, barring an upset, Oklahoma or Ohio State will claim the final berth.
New Orleans, which has won 10 straight games and covered nine in a row, is a 7- to 7½-point favorite over Dallas at Las Vegas sports books.
A Westgate sports book bettor won $80,000 when Oregon State finished under its win total of 2½.
Houston is a consensus 4-point home favorite over Tennessee at Las Vegas sports books after the line opened at 6½.
JT Daniels’ TD pass with 48 seconds left for the Trojans made it 24-17 and caused more than $2 million in wagers on Notre Dame to swing from bettors to the books.
The 49ers have lost their last 11 games in the Eastern Time Zone while going 3-8 against the spread.
Handicapper Doug Fitz (Systemplays.com), who is in second place with a 31-22-2 record against the spread, picked the Detroit Lions (+3) over the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins (+7) over the Dallas Cowboys in Thanksgiving Day games.
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