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Sports Betting Futures Odds: Alabama, Lamar Jackson are Heavy Favorites

by - 12/8/2016

Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson

Aside from Army vs. Navy, the 2016 college football regular season is over. The Heisman Trophy presentation is this weekend and the semifinals of the College Football Playoff are later-albeit much later-this month. Can either Washington, Ohio State, or Clemson take down Alabama? Can one of the other Heisman Trophy finalists beat Lamar Jackson in what would be an even bigger upset? We will soon find out.

Odds provided by BetOnline Sportsbook unless otherwise indicated.

College Football Playoff

Alabama (-260) - Nick Saban's crew is undefeated and has been blowing teams out-including Auburn 32-10 and Florida 54-16 in the SEC Championship. As a reward for being the No. 1 seed, Alabama gets to face an unproven commodity in Washington in the Peach Bowl.

Ohio State (+475) -The Buckeyes, who escaped Michigan in borderline miracle fashion, avoided any chance of suffering a second loss since they didn't have to play in the Big Ten Championship. OSU has reeled off five consecutive wins since succumbing to Penn State.

Clemson (+650) - Clemson has not exactly set the world on fire with commanding performances, but it has done enough since suffering its lone loss to Pittsburgh. After scraping past the likes of Louisville, N.C. State, and Florida State, the Tigers held off Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship.

Washington (+1200) - Washington's odds have actually gotten longer since punching its ticket to the College Football Playoff. The Huskies were +1000 before destroying Colorado in the Pac-12 Championship. The fact that a date with Alabama has become a reality is the obvious reason.

Heisman Trophy

Lamar Jackson, Louisville (-3300) -Jackson has not quite taken the back door to his likely Heisman Trophy, but he also did not help himself with losses in Louisville's last two games (to Houston and Kentucky). Still, the sophomore has 3,390 passing yards, 1,538 rushing yards, and 51 total touchdowns.

Deshaun Watson, Clemson (+850) - Watson won the head-to-head matchup with Jackson when Clemson beat the Cardinals and he led the one-loss Tigers to a berth in the College Football Playoff. But his numbers, although strong, do not stack up: 43 total touchdowns and 15 interceptions.


Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma (+3300) - Mayfield was an afterthought for this award when Oklahoma lost two of its first three games, including when he threw two interceptions against Ohio State. But the Sooners have won nine in a row and he has 38 passing TDs compared to eight INTs.

Jabrill Peppers, Michigan (+5000) -Peppers flirted with becoming the first primarily defensive player to win the Heisman since fellow Wolverine Charles Woodsonin 1997. Peppers at least managed to get an invite to New York City, but he does not appear to be in serious contention.

NFL specials (MyBookie.ag)

Browns to go 0-16 (Even) - Twelve down. Four to go. From Week 3 through Week 8 the Browns lost one game by two points, another by three, and another in overtime. Since then, however, they have dropped four consecutive contests by at least 14 points apiece. Their best chance for a win (home vs. the Jets) has come and gone.

Browns to win at least one game (-140) - Will Cleveland be able to find the win column in the next four weeks? The schedule is as follows: vs. Cincinnati, at Buffalo, vs. San Diego, and at Pittsburgh. A home date with a 4-7-1 opponent may seem winnable, but the Bengals are coming off an impressive blowout of Philadelphia.

Tony Romo on the Cowboys in Week 1 of 2017 (+200) - Romo is under contract with Dallas through 2018. It would cost the team more than $19 million to cut ties with the veteran quarterback. But it would cost the Cowboys even more to keep him around as nothing more than the most expensive backup in NFL history.

Cowboys vs. Patriots Super Bowl (+330) - Barring a meltdown of epic proportions, Dallas will have home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. New England is on track to have the same in the AFC, although 10-2 Oakland is tied at the moment. Other west teams (Seattle, Kansas City, Denver) could crash the party.

To win a major in 2017

Jason Day (+165) -Day dominated at the end of 2015, a stretch that saw him capture his first major at the PGA Championship. It did not start a string of major titles that many predicted, but the Australian at least finished in the top 10 in three of the four this season.

Dustin Johnson (+200) -Johnson hopes his first major does for him what it did not do for Day; that is propel him to dominance. The third-ranked American finally got over the hump at this summer's U.S. Open and he was in control of the FedEx Cup until having it snatched away by Rory McIlroy.

Jordan Spieth (+240) -Spieth won a tournament in May but otherwise never really recovered from his collapse at the Masters. He placed T37, T30, and T13 at the last three majors of this season. The world No. 5 turned in just one top-10 showing (10th) during the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Tiger Woods (+800) - Finishing in third to last place is not often encouraging, but it was for Tiger at last week's Hero World Challenge in his first competitive tournament since August of 2014. The 14-time major champion has not won a big one since the U.S. Open in 2008.

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