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Who doesn’t like a Snow Game?
Well, if you had the Pittsburgh -3.5 – like the great majority of bettors – it may not have been to your liking.
But the Browns’ 24-19 upset of the Steelers on a wintry Thursday night in Cleveland was certainly entertaining for everyone else. The Total, bet down all day because of the weather forecast, went Over the closing 36.5.
Everything we do on Week 12 is posted here. including Best Bets from our experts.
Listen now: Aaron Schatz, creator of the DVOA metric, joins Gill Alexander and regulars Todd Wishnev and Will Hill to make their picks on the Beating The Book megapod.
Friday night lights
Adam Burke previews the big game of the night: UNLV (-7.5) at San Jose.
These are two good offenses with 6.97 and 6.34 yards per play in conference action, as UNLV leads the way in that department. But these have also been two good defenses. San Jose State has allowed 5.33 YPP and UNLV has allowed 5.41.
>Adam has picks on two of the three games on the menu.
Steve Makinen has a play on the Michigan State-Purdue game.
Everything we post on Week 13 is here, including Best Bets from our experts.
Listen now: Tim Murray and Matt Youmans run through their top plays on the VSiN College Football Betting Podcast.
Tune in for Friday Football selections
Matt Youmans will announce the Week 12 picks on the Circa Friday Football Invitational show tonight from 9-11 ET.
We are down to 19 handicappers competing for $25,000 put up by Circa owner Derek Stevens in a weekly NFL and college football pick’em contest.
Las Vegas pro bettor Chuck Edel has a four-point lead over handicapper Marc Lawrence, “Average Joe” Pete Wilder and Fox Sports analyst Chris Fallica, all tied for second. Former Circa contest winners Rob Brandt and Tony Gordon were at the bottom of the standings after Week 11 and were the cuts in the Survivor-style portion of the contest. Two more will be cut after this weekend. >>Standings.
Contestants Cris Zeniuk, Paul Bovi and Alex White as well as Edel will join Matt on tonight’s show.
The contest selections are posted on VSiN.com and VSiN Pro subscribers get an email with the 133 picks right after the show.
Quick Hits
College Basketball: Greg Peterson has posted his Best Bets for today’s menu.
NBA: Zach Cohen will post his Best Bets later today on our NBA page.
NHL: Look for Jonathan Davis‘ picks by mid-morning on our NHL page.
F1: CBS SportsLine analyst Phil Bobbit offered his plays for this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix during his appearance on A Numbers Game with Gill Alexander.
Soccer: The EPL is back — and so is VSiN analyst Nigel Seeley with some bets for the weekend.
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And now for something completely different: Brian Ortega, VSiN’s resident Oscars handicapping expert, sizes up the holiday releases of Wicked and Gladiator II for their Academy Award potential.
