Two of the bigger college football games today also happened to be the most played in Circa Friday Football Invitational, so let’s see what the contestants did with them:
BYU at Texas Tech (noon ET, ABC))
- Edwin Meyer/Carl Sack: Texas Tech (-10)
- Steve Fezzik: Texas Tech (-10)
- Alex White: Texas Tech (-10)
- Chuck Edel: Texas Tech (-10)
- Chris Macero: Texas Tech (-10)
- Scott Pritchard: UNDER (52.5)
For an opposing view, here is what VSiN.com senior editor Zach Cohen has to say:
BYU has a big rest advantage coming into this one, as the Cougars are coming off a bye week. Meanwhile, the Red Raiders had to go to Manhattan and face the Wildcats in a game that was a little tougher than the 43-20 final score suggests. Extra rest and preparation is always big in conference games.
I’m just not expecting the beatdown that this line implies we’re about to see. And honestly, I can see the Cougars finding a way to win. This has looked like a special group all year.
Oregon at Iowa (3:30 ET, CBS)
- Chris Piper: Iowa (+6.5)
- Chris Macero: Iowa (+6.5)
- Frank Carulli: Oregon (-6.5)
- Chris Macero: UNDER (42)
- Chuck Edel: UNDER (42)
- Chris Piper: UNDER (42)
VSiN.com senior reporter Dave Tuley weighs in on this one:
Oregon is chasing #1 Ohio State and #2 Indiana in the Big Ten standings, but I see the Ducks as overrated and not as good as we’ve seen in recent years, despite their 7-1 record. They’ve beaten up on a lot of weak opponents (per usual) and their biggest win was over Penn State in double overtime, and we’ve all seen that wasn’t as impressive as it seemed at the time.
In addition, the Ducks’ sloppy 21-7 home win vs. Wisconsin last week confirmed to me that they shouldn’t be favored by this much over an improving Iowa team, which has won three straight since losing just 20-15 to Indiana. If the Hawkeyes held Indiana to 15 (and Wisconsin held Oregon to 21), Iowa’s defense has the chance to keep this low-scoring and get the cover.
More Best Bets columns:
Josh Appelbaum’s CFB Sharp Report will be posted later this morning.
All 161 selections from the 23 Circa Friday Football contestants are available here.
Check to see what the Average Joe contestants picked after 10:05 a.m. ET.
Other CFB resources
Everything we post on CFB Week 11 will be here.
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NFL Week 10: Berlin preview
We have an early Falcons-Colts game in Berlin on Sunday (9:30 a.m. ET), so let’s look at what the Circa Invitational contestants did with it:
Chris Macero: Falcons (+6.5)
Jason Jarvis: Falcons (+6.5)
Weston Stradtman: Falcons (+6.5)
Matt Ste. Marie: Colts (-6.5)
Cris Zeniuk: Colts (-6.5)
Tony Gordon: Colts (-6.5)
I checked our Opta AI player prop projections for the biggest differences between the DraftKings line and the AI projection:
Drake Maye, Patriots Over 245.5 passing yards at DK (Opta AI +69.35)
Derrick Henry, Ravens: Under 78.5 rushing yards at DK (-28.01)
Devonta Smith, Eagles: Under 53.5 receiving yards at DK (-229.35)
FYI: The projections will adjust up to game time based on injuries and prop line moves. FYI: Opta AI went 26-17 on the TNF game.
Everything we have on NFL Week 10 will be posted here.
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Today in college basketball
Greg “Hoops” Peterson breaks down 14 games for today’s college basketball menu.
Greg also posts daily handicapped lines and handicaps every game every day during the season on the Coast-to-Coast Hoops podcast.
Adam Burke will offer his college basketball Best Bets Monday-Saturday. You can find them on our college basketball page mid-morning.
Other college hoops resources:
>Steve Makinen’s daily power ratings.
>DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits.
>College Basketball Picks Page.
FYI: The NCAA announced on Friday that six players from three schools threw games or shared betting info.
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Quick Hits
NBA: Look for Best Bets from Zach Cohen and Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report around mid-morning on our NBA page. Our new Opta AI NBA player props projections are here.
NHL: VSiN hockey analyst Jonathan Davis will post his Best Bets around mid-day.
Horse Racing: Mike Somich and Aaron Halterman, hosts of VSiN At The Track, do a postmortem on the Breeders’ Cup and an extremely early Kentucky Derby preview. >>Listen now.
“Mr. Ed” Sehon handicaps today’s Aqueduct card and Adam Burke offers a specific focus on the Mother Goose.
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UFC: Lou Finocchiaro has his top plays for tonight’s card in Las Vegas. Dave Ross and Rob Moreno offer their opinions on the First Strike podcast and Rob has model predictions for VSiN.com.
Soccer: VSiN soccer analyst Nigel Seeley has picks for the weekend EPL menu.
