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Originally published on September 9, 2022

The NFL season has kicked off and hopefully, the rest of Week 1 is more competitive than last night’s blowout by Buffalo –which we will discuss.

We have all sorts of betting material for you in both college football and the NFL. Plus, we explain the new baseball rule changes for 2023 and offer more.


About Last Night…


NFL

Domination. Total Domination by the Buffalo Bills to kick off a new NFL season by lapping the Los Angeles Rams.

Josh Allen was spectacular and the Bills’ offensive line wiped out the Rams’ defensive front.  

Buffalo sacked Mathew Stafford seven times and did not blitz on any of those sacks. It was only one game, but the Bills could not have been any more impressive in all facets. 

Lions fans were probably thinking, “That’s the Stafford I remember” and the Rams are now 15-4 UNDER at SoFi.  

WNBA

Connecticut trailed Chicago by 11 points in the fourth quarter on the road and closed the game on an unthinkable 22-2 run to upset the Sky 72-63 as four-point underdogs.

Future Hall of Famer Candace Parker was so distraught she left the floor when the game ended.   

BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review) has Las Vegas as -290 series favorites (Connecticut +245) and the Aces as a Game 1 six-point favorite with a total of 168.


Trendy Talk


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NCAAF

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BMR’s Betting Pulse 


NFL

The action continues on Sunday and it should be awesome!

Review our early value picks, best bets, last chance value picks, and a look at the Sunday Night affair with Tampa Bay and Dallas and more.

NCAAF

Take a look at our preview and pick for the high noon showdown on FOX with Alabama at Texas.

This and Week 2 early value plays, best bets, last chance value picks, and a variety of other matchups.

MLB

Make sure to review our top picks for money line, run line, and totals for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Tennis

U.S. Open Tennis Semis and Finals are this weekend, so make sure to review all of our top picks.

UFC

This weekend is UFC 279, and based on what went on before the press conference was to happen Thursday, this could be wild!

Check out all our free picks on a big day of action.

Note: Review all our popular prop plays in all the sports.


The Buzz 


NFL – Last Night’s Game

On Twitter last night some wondered if sportsbooks should refund NFL bets for MVP after Josh Allen’s showing, believing it is over. (Their words, not ours)  

MLB – Voting Improvements

On Friday, baseball voted on a Pitch Clock (20 seconds and 15 seconds with runners on), Shift Restrictions (all infielders on the dirt and two on either side of second base), and larger bases (15 to 18 inches).

This should speed up play, create more baserunners and possibly enhance stealing and safety around the bags.  

MLB – Key Series

Though football will dominate the sports landscape, in the American League we have two important series, the Rays at the Yankees and Cleveland at Minnesota.

New York leads by three games and Cleveland by two. The Yanks are just -125 series favorites, and with Cleveland at -140 to take down the Twins.


Football Focus


NCAAF Biggest Line Moves – Updated September 9th

NFL Biggest Line Moves – Updated September 9th

As we talked about last week about the betting odds in college football, the ones for Week 1 in the NFL have been around for months.

A little surprisingly, we did see some movement Tuesday that caused a mild reaction on social media. Here is where things stand today. 

Top 5 Bets Placed by Percentage (highest first) (2-3 record)

Top 5 Bets Placed by Money (highest first) (1-4 record)

Top 5 Totals Bets by Percentage (highest first) (2-3 record)

NFL Top 3 Bets Placed by Percentage (highest first)

NFL Top 3 Totals Bets by Percentage (highest first)


Out The Door


NFL – Rams Inept Offense 

With the Rams losing 31-10, this was a race occurrence for a defending Super Bowl champion.

NFL – Someone Trying to Fool Us 

On Monday, the Jets head coach Robert Saleh said it was “possible” Zach Wilson could start in Week 1.

Fast forward to Wednesday and now the earliest we will see Wilson is Week 4. Hmmm.

Frankly, needless deception and amateurishness. Joe Flacco will start and as of today, Gang Green is down to +6.5 vs Baltimore.  

NCAAF – Something to Look Forward To

The game the person typing this is most looking forward to is Baylor at BYU.

Revenge-mind BYU is a 3-point favorite with a total of 53.5. Looking at the over in this skirmish.  


Who is Right?


Marshall is visiting Notre Dame and the total has crumbled from 52 to 49.5.

The betting public has the total basically dead even, but the money is 95% to the under. What do you think? 

Let’s get some winners! Have a great sports betting weekend see you back here Monday.