Well, If you bet on the Jets, I hope you got the push at +13, available (at Circa, at least) an hour before kickoff.
The Patriots won their eighth game in a row, a 27-14 decision that opened NFL Week 11 on Thursday night. New England just covered the consensus -12.5. The Total went Under the closing 42.5 at Circa.
Coming into this week, there are 1,000 live entries in Circa Survivor with 515 having the Pats available — likely the top choice. We won’t find out how many took them until the selecitons are announced Saturday on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET). FYI: The Jets were available to 998.
Everything we have on NFL Week 11 will be posted here, including Steve Makinen‘s Best Bets.
For your listening pleasure, try Gill Alexander‘s Beating The Book podcast. VSiN’s Kelley Bydlon joins regulars Will Hill and Todd Wishnev to give their favorite most likely to lose and a game to avoid in addition to their top bets.
Friday Night CFB
The big boy ACC and Big Ten take over the weekday schedule tonight.
Clemson (+2.5) vs. Louisville (7:30 ET, ESPN)
Minnesota (+25.5) vs. Oregon (9 ET, Fox)
Adam Burke previews both games, but has two plays on Clemson-Louisville:
What has gone wrong for Clemson this season? Where do we begin? Per CFB Graphs, this team is 70th in EPA/play on offense and 61st in EPA/play on defense. Those are not numbers we would expect from one of the nation’s most consistent programs, and especially not one with a very experienced returning QB in Cade Klubnik.
Steve Makinen kicks off his Week 12 Best Bets with an opposing position on the ACC matchup.
Josh Appelbaum’s Friday CFB Sharp Report will be posted later this morning.
Everything we post on CFB Week 12 will be here.
Tim Murray and Matt Youmans run through this weekend’s big games on the VSiN College Football Betting Podcast.
Circa Friday Football resumes
Matt Youmans will announce 147 picks from 21 contestants tonight on the Circa Friday Football Invitational show (7-10 p.m. ET).
Guests include Circa owner Derek Stevens, who put up the $30,000 in prize money, plus contestants Chris Macero, Frank Carulli, Carl Sack, Chris Piper and Scott Pritchard.
Pro bettor Jason Jarvis leads Fox Sports analyst Chris Fallica by a half-point. Jeff Whitelaw and Jim Feist were lopped off the bottom of the standings in last week’s cut. 👉 Standings.
The show is sponsored by Omaha Steaks.
Today in college basketball
Greg “Hoops” Peterson has 14 picks 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.
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Quick Hits
NBA: We have relaunched the Hardwood Handicappers podcast, hosted by Zach Cohen. He will keep it tight (~20 minutes) and do it Monday-Friday. Look for the YouTube video here and the podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Here is Apple link.
Zach’s Best Bets column and Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report will hit around mid-morning on our NBA page. Our 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, name their three rising stars to watch and have picks for Del Mar, Churchill Downs and Gulfstream.
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