Archive for September, 2016

North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Florida State Seminoles Betting Odds, Football Pick

Posted by OddsShark.com on September 28 2016 Add Comments
Florida State owns a 22-game winning streak at Doak Campbell Stadium, going 12-8-1 against the spread in the process. The Seminoles shoot to extend that streak to 23—and stay alive in the ACC race—when they host the North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee.   Point spread: The Seminoles opened as 12-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report) College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: 29.2-23.6 Seminoles (college football ...

Texas Longhorns vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys Betting Odds, College Football Pick

Posted by OddsShark.com on September 28 2016 Add Comments
Home-field advantage doesn't mean much in the Texas-Oklahoma State rivalry, considering the visiting team is 8-1 straight up and 9-0 against the spread over the last nine meetings in the series. That trend seems to bode well for the Longhorns heading into Saturday afternoon's clash with the Cowboys in Stillwater.   Point spread: The Cowboys opened as three-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report) College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: ...

Texas A&M Aggies vs. South Carolina Gamecocks Betting Odds, Football Pick

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Texas A&M is off to a quick start to this season, starting 4-0 for the third straight year and covering every spread in sight. The Aggies will shoot for their third straight 5-0 start when they go against the Gamecocks of South Carolina on Saturday afternoon in Columbia.      Point spread: The Aggies opened as 14-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup report). College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: 32.6-12.2 ...

Martesse Patterson Arrested: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

Posted by Mike Chiari on September 28 2016 Add Comments
Purdue sophomore offensive lineman Martesse Patterson was arrested Wednesday morning in West Lafayette, Indiana, and charged with battery resulting in serious bodily injury. According to Alexandra Kruczek of WLFI.com, a no-contact order was issued against Patterson stemming from an alleged incident on Sept. 7, and he is being held on bail. "Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell is aware of the incident involving [Patterson]," Purdue football sports information director Matt Rector said in a statement, via Nathan Baird ...

Ranking Best Big Ten Football Matchups of Week 5

Posted by David Regimbal on September 28 2016 Add Comments
It didn't take long for there to be a major shake-up in the Big Ten hierarchy.  Michigan State came into league play flying high after a surprising 36-28 upset of Notre Dame, on the road in prime time. But during the first official weak of conference play, the Spartans were smacked in a 30-6 rout by a surging Wisconsin team, at home no less. Meanwhile, sixty miles south of East Lansing, Michigan was making a statement with a ...

Bleacher Report’s Expert College Football Predictions for Week 5

Posted by Bleacher Report College Football Staff on September 28 2016 Add Comments
How great is Week 5 in college football going to be? There are three matchups involving Top 10 teams facing each other, another involving Top 25 teams and enough conference title intrigue to fill Death Valley—where third-ranked Louisville will visit No. 5 Clemson in a battle for front-runner status in the ACC Atlantic Division. What will happen this weekend? Bleacher Report experts Adam Kramer, Barrett Sallee, Chris Walsh, Ben Axelrod, Greg Couch and Michael Felder break it down ...

Ranking Best ACC Football Matchups of Week 5

Posted by Brad Shepard on September 28 2016 Add Comments
A clear picture of the ACC is beginning to materialize after four weeks of the regular season, and the one certainty thus far is that Clemson and Louisville are side by side at the top. It just so happens the Tigers and Cardinals play one another this weekend, too, which should give us a good idea of league supremacy. On a Saturday where three Top 10 matchups will take place across the country, the one between Bobby Petrino's ...

Bleacher Report’s Daily Football Fix for September 28

Posted by Andy Bailey on September 28 2016 Add Comments
Check out five of the top NFL and NCAA football headlines from Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. J.J. Watt Could Be Out for the Season According to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Houston Texans star J.J. Watt "has re-injured his back and is expected to be out for an extended period of time. Could be the season." Click here for more.               Le'Veon Bell Set to Return From Suspension "His level of conditioning is not a concern to ...

Ranking the Streakiest Shooters in College Basketball in the 2016-17 Season

Posted by Kerry Miller on September 27 2016 Add Comments
Santa Clara's Jared Brownridge made at least seven three-pointers in four separate games last season and will enter his senior year with the title of streakiest shooter in the country. Before we dive in, it's important to note the distinction between a streaky shooter and a good shooter who occasionally catches fire. For example, Michigan State's Bryn Forbes made 11 three-pointers in a game against Rutgers last season, but he also shot 48.1 percent on the ...

College Basketball Recruiting: Top Point Guards to Watch in the Class of 2017

Posted by Scott Phillips on September 27 2016 Add Comments
With the college basketball season rapidly approaching, the current crop of freshmen point guards is generating a lot of buzz. Washington guard Markelle Fultz and N.C. State guard Dennis Smith currently sit at No. 1 and No. 2 in the latest Draft Express 2017 NBA mock draft, while Kentucky guard De'Aaron Fox and UCLA guard Lonzo Ball are also in the top 15. Since that group likely won't spend more than a year in school, it's ...