The Fighting Irish trounced the Trojans on Saturday night, easily covering as 3-point favorites. A day earlier, Stanford’s rally past Colorado was a gift to sportsbooks.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Handicapper Joe D’Amico (@JoeDamicoWins) analyzes every NFL Week 6 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Patriots were 7-6 last season when Chandler Jones snatched an unnecessary lateral out of the air on the final play to give the Raiders (-2½) a stunning triumph.
The only FBS schools still unbeaten and untied ATS this season are Oklahoma at 6-0 and Oregon, Penn State and UNLV at 5-0.
The Colts lost their season opener to the Jaguars and have lost rookie QB Anthony Richardson to an injury. But sharp bettors still expect them to cover at Jacksonville.
The Chiefs have won 15 straight games over the Broncos and big bettors at Caesars Sportsbook are banking on Kansas City to make it 16 in a row.
The Raiders are 2½-point favorites at BetMGM, the Westgate SuperBook, Boyd Gaming and South Point, and they’re -2 at Circa Sports, Caesars and Station Casinos.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made a $2 million bet to win $9 million on the Astros to win the World Series at Caesars Sportsbook.
The two legs of the parlay were Wolverines QB J.J. McCarthy to score 2+ TDs and Michigan’s defense/special teams to score 2+ TDs in Saturday’s game against Minnesota.
Bettors used to be able to count on New England and Bill Belichick, especially coming off a loss. But sportsbooks won big on the Patriots’ blowout loss Sunday.
Colorado and coach Deion Sanders won but couldn’t cover for the betting public Saturday. Also, LSU covered and Georgia Tech shocked Miami in wild finishes.
Handicapper Dana Lane (@DanaLaneSports) analyzes every NFL Week 5 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) leads the contest with a 13-6-1 ATS record, and VSiN.com handicapper Dave Tuley is in second place at 13-7.
Home-field advantage in the NFL used to be worth a standard three points to the spread. But those days have changed, especially for the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.
One handicapper offers a strong play on the marquee “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys.
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