Rutgers at Ohio State : College Basketball Betting Preview

Rutgers at Ohio State : College Basketball Betting Preview

Written by on December 22, 2020

Rutgers has been a dangerous opponent for Big Ten foes for several seasons now, particularly at home, but this season they have emerged as a contender. They have started with a 6-0 record (2-0 Big Ten), with their most impressive non-conference win coming over Syracuse. They started their Big Ten slate with a 14-point win at Maryland and a three-point Read More

Purdue at Iowa : College Basketball Betting Preview

Purdue at Iowa : College Basketball Betting Preview

Written by on December 21, 2020

Iowa had run off six wins in a row to start the 2020-21 season before running into the top-ranked team in the nation, facing Gonzaga on Saturday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Bulldogs down Iowa, 99-88, ahead of Iowa’s start in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes open their conference slate at home against the Purdue Boilermakers, winners of three Read More

Opening Night Games for December 22

Opening Night Games for December 22

Written by on December 21, 2020

The 2020-21 NBA regular season gets underway on Tuesday, December 22, with a pair of games before a full slate on December 23. The Golden State Warriors are in Gotham to take on the Brooklyn Nets in the league’s opener, followed by a battle between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, a matchup made electric by the Read More

College Football Preview: Florida at Alabama

College Football Preview: Florida at Alabama

Written by on December 18, 2020

Saturday’s SEC Championship had a lot more drama building before this past weekend, when Florida lost to unranked LSU after already having clinched the SEC East title. The only other loss the Gators had suffered was against Texas A&M, as Florida beat all of their SEC East rivals. Because the College Football Playoff committee did not want to have to Read More

Super Bowl LV Contenders & Pretenders Dec. 21st Update

Super Bowl LV Contenders & Pretenders Dec. 21st Update

Written by on December 18, 2020

No month on the NFL calendar is more of a pressure cooker than December. This is the time of year when the real contenders will pull away from the other teams that have gathered on the edges of the playoff races. This year, we will have two more playoff teams than we have had in past years, with the field Read More

Team Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Team Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Written by on December 17, 2020

Three weeks to go in the NFL’s 2020 regular season! Where will your team end up? In the AFC, there are 11 teams still in: the Jets, Jaguars, Chargers, Texans and Bengals. The Broncos are technically in, but still…in the NFC, all 16 teams are still in, thanks to that woeful NFC East. Obviously, those 27 teams that are still Read More

2020-21 College Football Bowl Schedule

2020-21 College Football Bowl Schedule

Written by on December 17, 2020

The 2020-21 bowl schedule in college football was supposed to begin before the regular season had even ended. On December 19, most of the conference championships are scheduled — along with a collection of postponed games featuring teams who are not playing for a conference title. The first bowl game of the season was also set for December 19, with Read More

Top Games to Wager in College Basketball for Dec. 18th & 19th

Top Games to Wager in College Basketball for Dec. 18th & 19th

Written by on December 16, 2020

As the calendar turns toward Christmas, it is time for conference play to begin in men’s college basketball. Given the fact that teams did not play any scrimmages and that many of the non-conference games have been canceled due to COVID-19 cases and contact tracing, the opening week or so of conference play should feature a number of chaotic and Read More

Creighton at St. John's : College Basketball Betting Preview

Creighton at St. John’s : College Basketball Betting Preview

Written by on December 16, 2020

The Creighton Bluejays opened Big East play on Monday night at home against Marquette — and their time in the top ten will likely end after this week, as Marquette came in and delivered an 89-84 upset. Before that, they had posted a 4-1 record in non-conference play, with the only setback coming against then-#5 Kansas on December 8 — Read More

Quarterback Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Quarterback Power Rankings after NFL Week 14

Written by on December 16, 2020

What we have seen in the second half of the 2020 NFL regular season is that the position of quarterback remains more important than ever. In an era in which rules are written to produce points (in terms of defensive contact, defensive holding, pass interference and roughing the passer), the team that has the better signal-caller is going to win Read More