College Football Handicapping Articles

2010 USC Trojans Football Preview, Futures Odds and Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 8/4/2010

If there has been one recurring storyline to this college football offseason so far it always seems to involve USC. Whether it’s mocking the stupidity of the Trojans new coach or questioning the actions of the old one, considering whether they should keep old awards or wondering when they’ll be capable of winning awards again, there has been no shortage of news made by the Trojans and very little of it has been good.

2010 Boise State Broncos Football Preview, Futures Odds and Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 8/2/2010

The Boise State Broncos burst onto the scene in 2006 with their amazing win over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl. At that point, many football fans saw them as the loveable underdog that everyone wanted to win. In the last few years, however, Boise State has established their football program as being one of the best in the nation. No doubt, some of those fans that jumped on the bandwagon in 2006 are now worried that Boise State is consistently better than their favorite team. These Broncos are for real, and they are definitely a legitimate BCS National Championship contender.

Sun Belt Conference Football Betting Preview with Odds and Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 8/2/2010

The Sun Belt Conference isn’t in the media spotlight through much of the football season, but there is plenty of drama here. If you are knowledgeable about the teams in the conference you can also make some cash as the season progresses – some of these under-the-radar conferences are the bread-and-butter for serious college football handicappers. As is the case with most of the smaller leagues, there is a pretty big disconnect between the top of their league and the bottom. The teams at the top are the ones that the big schools are afraid to play, while the teams at the bottom are the ones the big schools consider an easy way to pad their record.

College Football Handicapping: Top Revenge Games
by Robert Ferringo - 7/31/2010

Pain is dished out on a regular basis every Saturday during the college football season. Whether it’s on the players or the fans, it’s part of the tribal nature of the sports. Every defeat is misery in college football. But there are some games, some losses, which deliver a psychic pain that scars the soul. You don’t forget that ache. You simply live to revenge them and can only seek solace in the delivery of an equal and appropriate agony onto your fellow man.

Mountain West Conference Betting Preview with Odds and Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 7/31/2010

The Mountain West Conference has really risen to prominence in the last couple of years with the terrific seasons put forth by Utah in 2008 and TCU last year. College football fans are starting to realize that this is a conference where high-quality football is being played. While the weaker teams in the conference are still far behind the curve because of their poor defenses, the top half of this league has really gotten its act together.

2010 Jake Locker Washington Huskies Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 7/29/2010

Jake Locker is one of the most interesting players we have had to consider at the end of July in a long time. If the NFL Draft were to happen today then the quarterback from Washington would likely be the first to hear his name called. He’s big, he’s got a rocket where his arm is supposed to be, and he can run like the wind. He’s what scouts dream of when they close their eyes and think about the ideal quarterback.

2010 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Preview, Futures Odds and Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 7/29/2010

The Alabama Crimson Tide ended on top of the football world last year with a win over the Texas Longhorns in the BCS National Championship Game. Nick Saban’s team must replace 10 starters on defense, so the new faces will be all over the field. The good news for Crimson Tide fans is the depth at Alabama is tremendous, and many people believe this year’s defense will pick up right where last year’s left off.

College Football: BCS National Championship Odds and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2010

Every year college football provides a unique and bizarre betting experience. In my eyes, only the NBA can come close to equaling the absurdity, from a gambling standpoint, of a college football season. And that’s saying something. But this year is going to be even crazier than most and I think we should gear up for things insane and obscene.

Top 10 College Football Conference Games
by Robert Ferringo - 7/24/2010

Below is a look at the Top 10 conference college football games of 2010. These may not be the 10 most important college football games or the 10 best matchups of the college football season. But at the end of the year when we look back on the season the games on this list should be pretty well represented when we talk about 10 most influential games of the 2010 college football season.

College Football Teams With High Betting Value
by T.O. Whenham - 7/24/2010

It’s time to hunt for some college football sleepers - teams that aren’t going to start the season atop the rankings, but teams that I think have a high celieng for potential for the upcoming football season. These are teams that could surprise and shock, and be a major factor when the BCS invites are given out. Here are four teams that certainly fit that bill in my eyes:

College Football Handicapping: Teams With the Toughest Schedules
by T.O. Whenham - 7/22/2010

When we are thinking about college football we spend all of our time talking about things like the quality of the players, the coaching, the recruiting, and so on. While that’s all important, perhaps the biggest consideration of all is the schedule that teams have to play. An easy non-conference schedule can have teams heading into conference play undefeated and bursting with confidence.

Top 11 Nonconference College Football Games
by Robert Ferringo - 7/16/2010

Unlike college basketball, where teams play an extensive and expansive schedule that is packed with preseason tournaments, high-level meetings between regional powers, and neutral site matchups between teams from power leagues, in college football we don’t have much to work with to determine how conferences stack up head-to-head. Because the league schedule dominates college football we are forced to glean a lot from a little when teams from BCS leagues meet up in key nonconference clashes.

Impact of Pac-10 Realignment
by T.O. Whenham - 7/1/2010

The biggest story coming out of the college football realignment frenzy when it comes to the Pac-10 is the conference’s failure to pull off the incredibly ambitious bid to form the Pac-16. They fell well short of the goal, and you could argue that they were masterfully used by Texas to get what they wanted and increase their own stature.

BCS National Championship Game Handicapping Factors
by T.O. Whenham - 1/6/2010

With the BCS National Championship Game between Alabama and Texas looming, one way we can work to handicap the game is by looking back to see what we can learn from the games that have already been played during this bowl season. Each bowl game is a unique entity, but patterns start to emerge the further in we get, and we can start to look for some theories or ideas based on what we have seen.

Conference Domination in Bowl Games
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/16/2009

With the structure of the current bowl system, college football fans are given a clear indication of how conferences truly stack up to one another. Bowl games are tied into deals with conferences to take a certain placed team and pit them against a certain placed team from another conference. It has been this way for years and, luckily for bettors, this may be the easiest way in all of sports betting to track trends.

2009 New Mexico Bowl Odds and Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 12/11/2009

The 2009 NCAA football bowl season starts far from the heart of college football in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the oh-so creatively named New Mexico Bowl. This is the fourth edition of this bowl game, and the second straight for Fresno State - the Bulldogs lost, 40-35, to Colorado State last year.

Ranking the Bowl Games
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/10/2009

Throw out the implications, the BCS or non-BCS factor, when it comes right down to it, what are the most intriguing, watchable, entertaining games on the bowl game schedule for this Holiday season? To be find out we will factor everything in including unintentional comedic potential, stadium, coaches and players involved, inspired or indifferent fan bases, awkward bowl sponsors, color of the turf, dome or outdoors, channel the game is on, potential announcers and of course, what else fans could be doing at that time on that day.

Brian Kelly Likely In as Notre Dame Coach
by T.O. Whenham - 12/10/2009

After months of speculation, it seems like Notre Dame has a new coach. Though it hasn't officially been announced yet, it seems as if Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly will be the next to helm the historic school in South Bend, Indiana. The schools aren't expected to make an announcement until after Thursday's football banquet at Cincinnati.

College Bowl Betting: Coaches to Trust and Avoid
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 12/9/2009

Some coaches treat bowl games as rewards for their players, some coaches treat them as must-win games and some do not stick around long enough to see their team through them. There is no other game in sports that has any many different preparation techniques. Most Big Ten schools stopped playing three weeks ago while other teams were slugging it out on Championship Saturday just this past week.

Six Best Bowl Matchups
by T.O. Whenham - 12/7/2009

The bowl game schedule is set, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who sat down this morning to track out my viewing plans. Who am I kidding - I'll watch all of them. Still, some of them have me more excited than others. Here are the six that immediately struck me as more intriguing that the rest.