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NCAAF Pick: Over 10½ Wins (-135) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Let’s take a look at Michigans’s schedule and betting odds for the upcoming 2023 season, as well as our best pick for Season Wins, courtesy of the top US sportsbooks. Key Facts Rolling in Ann Arbor Michigan stormed through the Big Ten last year,

NCAAF Pick: Under 10.5 Wins (-180) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) For most other programs, 2022 would have been a remarkable success, but things are different in Alabama.  Yes, the Crimson Tide won their first six games, including a thrilling win at Texas and a four-point win over new rival Texas A&M, and yes, the Tide

NCAAF Pick: Ohio State Under 10½ Wins -115 at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) How will the Buckeyes do this season? Can they win the Championship game? Let’s look into their current form and future prospects. Key Facts A New Start Ohio State supporters likely have mixed feelings about last season. Their quarterback, CJ Stroud, won

NCAAF Pick: Over 9.5 Wins (+130) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Tulane won the American Athletic Conference last season, but the Green Wave will be defending against a whole new crop of AAC rivals in 2023 as they attempt to repeat.   The American saw perennial contenders Cincinnati, Central Florida and Houston all leave the conference

NCAAF Pick: Over 11½ Wins (+120) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Join us as we take a look at Georgia’s form, and their prospects and betting odds for the upcoming 2023 season, as well as our best pick for Season Wins, courtesy of the top US sportsbooks. Key Facts New Look for Dawgs The quarterback

NCAAF Pick: Over 8½ Wins (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Oregon State has finally arrived at the party, just as it’s starting to break up. The Beavers went 10-3 last season for their first double-digit win total since 2006 and their best record since 2000. Then they saw virtually everyone else in the

NCAAF Pick: Wisconsin Over 8½ Wins (-160) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Old-school smash-mouth football fans may have lost another ally. After being associated with a physical running game that grinded out win after win in the Big Ten, Wisconsin appears poised to go in a bold new direction on offense.  The Badgers brought

NCAAF Pick: Under 9½ Wins (+115) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Texas will depart the Big 12 for the SEC following this season, giving the Longhorns one more time to add to its three Big 12 conference titles. The prestige of the SEC, widely considered the top conference in college football, has already started to

Top NCAAF Pick Kansas State Under 8½ Wins -180 at Bovada (visit our Bovada Review) Key Facts One Last Chance to Win the Big 12 For the first time in 10 years and just the third time since 1935, Kansas State enters the season as defending conference champions. The Wildcats won the Big 12 last season,

NCAAF Pick: Oregon Under 9½ Wins (-125) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Oregon posted a 10-3 season last year, including a Holiday Bowl win over UNC. It was the third straight non-COVID season with double-digit wins for the Ducks, but it had a chance to be so much more.  Oregon’s three losses all came

NCAAF Pick: Over 7½ wins (-145) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) After seven 10-win seasons over a decade, TCU fell on hard times, going 23-24 over the next four years. But Sonny Dykes not only got the Horned Frogs back to their previous heights but produced one of the best seasons in school history last

NCAAF Pick: Over 10 Wins (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) USC will be playing its last season in the Pac-12 before the Trojans move to the Big Ten, a move that kicked off a wave of realignment moves that may result in this being the last season for the Pac-12 as a conference.

NCAAF Pick: Notre Dame Over 8½ Wins -115 at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Key Facts Growing Pains Coming to an End? Nine wins, including a bowl victory, may not seem like anything to scoff at, but it amounts to growing pains in South Bend. Notre Dame saw longtime head coach Brian Kelly leave for LSU,

NCAAF Pick: Under 9½ Wins (-140) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Kalen DeBoer’s first year as Washington’s head coach couldn’t have gone much better. The Huskies produced the second-best offense in the nation and the No. 1 passing offense, while storming to 11 wins.  Washington won seven in a row to close the season,

NBA Pick: Jazz -1.5 (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) It’s a battle of eight seeds as the Atlanta Hawks continue their Western Conference road trip with a game at the Utah Jazz and we have some NBA picks and props for it. The Hawks are No. 8 in the East, a game and a half

NBA Pick: Suns -1.5 (-107) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Two teams hovering around .500 continue their push for playoff spots when the Atlanta Hawks head to Phoenix to face the Suns. Let’s review the NBA odds on this cross-country NBA clash and keep cashing our NBA picks!  Remember, fans from the Peach State or the Grand

NBA Pick: Over 234.5 (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) It’s East vs. West as two teams on the playoff fringe meet in the Bay Area on Friday night. The Toronto Raptors are 22-27 on the year but just a half-game out of the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. They need to leapfrog an extra team

The Pac-12 highlights the college basketball schedule for the last Thursday in January, with the conference’s two ranked teams both in action on the road. No. 8 UCLA heads to crosstown rival USC for a rematch of a tight game from earlier this month, while No. 6 Arizona heads north to face Washington State.  Let’s

NFL Pick: Eagles -2.5 (-115) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) They are charging Super Bowl prices in Philadelphia for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Eagles. Can the top seeded Eagles finish the job and advance to the actual Super Bowl?  Let’s take a closer look at the NFL odds to find the values we need

NCAAB Pick: Largest lead in game over 20.5 (-104) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Georgia hopes that a trip to Rocky Top is what the Bulldogs need to get past a rocky patch in their season. UGA started the SEC schedule strong, running out to a 3-1 conference record that included a win over Auburn.   The

NBA Pick: Over 231.5 (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) The winners of the last four NBA MVP awards will meet in Milwaukee on Wednesday night as the Milwaukee Bucks face the Denver Nuggets in a clash of two of the top teams in their respective conferences.   Denver leads the Western Conference by two and

NFL Pick: Bengals -2 (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) The Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs in an AFC Championship Game that is a rematch of last year’s contest, won by the Bengals on the road. Surprisingly, current odds boards have Cincinnati favored to do it once again, thanks to

NCAAB Prop Pick: Caleb Love Under 2.5 Three-Pointers (-129) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) The ACC, Big Ten, and Big 12 are all in action on a busy Tuesday in college basketball. We take a look at the prop market around the country for some of the top players in the NCAA by taking

NBA Pick: Clippers -5 (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) The Clippers and Lakers meet on Tuesday night in the battle for Los Angeles. It’s the third such crosstown (cross arena?) battle so far this season, and the Clippers’ 2-0 record in the previous games is the only thing separating the two teams in the standings

NBA Pick: Kings +1 (-105) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) It’s been a tumultuous trip west for the Memphis Grizzlies, and it’s only half over. Memphis headed west after matching a franchise record with its 11th straight win. The Grizzlies then lost their next game, to the Lakers in Los Angeles, in a game

NBA Pick: Grizzlies -7.5 (-110) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) First place in the Western Conference could change hands on Friday night as the Memphis Grizzlies take their record-setting hot streak to Los Angeles to face a Lakers team that is still trying to find its footing this season. Read on for our NBA

NCAAB Pick: Hunter Dickinson Over 8.5 Rebounds (-107) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Big Ten Conference games highlight tonight’s college basketball schedule, with a pair of intriguing rematches supplying us with plenty of player prop bets to watch: Purdue vs. MinnesotaMichigan vs. Maryland Minnesota is in last place in the conference at 1-5, 7-9 overall.

NFL Pick: Dallas Cowboys to Win NFC (+350) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) Washington fans have had a rough few years, with their team struggling on the field and their owner making the wrong kind of headlines off of it. This year’s NFL Playoffs likely haven’t done anything to relieve the pain. The Commanders were the

NCAAB Pick: Marquette -7.5 (-108) at Heritage Sports (visit our Heritage Sports Review) Providence travels to Marquette on Wednesday in a key showdown between Big East contenders. The No. 22 Friars are in second place in the conference at 6-1, 14-4 overall. The Golden Eagles are ahead of Providence in the polls, at No. 20, but

NFL Pick: Buffalo Bills to Win AFC (+165) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) If the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs meet for the AFC Championship, the game will be held at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium, instead of either team’s home field. The neutral site was needed after a Bills-Bengals game crucial to AFC playoff seeding