College football point spreads for opening week

Yesterday BetOnline released college football point spreads for 44 opening week games. I have listed them below with a few early notes. We will take a closer look at these games throughout the next several weeks.   2013 college football point spreads for week # 1 Tulsa -4.5 Bowling Green Note: I got Bowling Green at +5 Utah State Utah -4.5 Rutgers Fresno State -8.5 Akron Central Florida...

Handicapping Tutorial – Part 4

In Part 4 of the Handicapping Tutorial Series, we will continue to build on the head to head model that we debuted in Part 3. This will get deeper into the different situations we see in a football game and which ones are most important, but first, lets do a quick review of what the previous 3 Handicapping Series provided. Handicapping Tutorial Summary Part 1: In Part 1 of the series, I provided...

Money Management – An introduction to the Ke...

An introduction to the Kelly Criterion. A few weeks ago we had a guest post talking about proper bankroll management and last week I introduced the concept of Advantage Wagering and Expected Value. Today I am going to introduce you to the Kelly Criterion, which combines the concept of bankroll management and advantage wagering to help you determine your optimal bet size. The Kelly...

TSE College Football Podcast – Episode # 2

TSE College Football Podcast – Episode # 2 Welcome to the second episode of The Saturday Edge’s college football podcast. In this episiode our hosts SabertStxVii and Riley Ettinger discuss several of the week # 1 games in detail, including Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, Georgia at Clemson and LSU vs TCU to name a few. One quick programming note: at the very end of the podcast, in the...

Who will be the best defensive team in the SEC thi...

Spring football is over, the NFL Draft is complete and the only thing left standing in the way of a new college football season is about 100 days of summer. Last year Alabama, Florida and LSU had the top three defenses (total and scoring) in the SEC. Let’s take a quick look at how the three figure to stack up on defense this coming season. #1 Alabama Alabama not only lead the SEC in total...

UCLA Football 2013 Spring Wrap Up

UCLA Football 2013 Spring Wrap Up Spring theme I think the biggest theme was continuity.  Coach Mora and his staff were newcomers last spring, so there was a lot of time spent getting to know the roster and begin to instill their new philosophy.  This year the coaches were able to pick up where the season ended and continue to shape the team going forward.  The system and expectations were...

PAC 12 Football Conference Odds: Oregon favored to...

TheGreek.com released Pac 12 football conference odds over the weekend, and Oregon is listed at +150 to win the conference championship, followed by USC at+250, Stanford and Arizona are both +500. Pac 12 Divisional odds were also released with Oregon favored to win the North at even money (+100) over Stanford who is +250. USC is favored to win the South at +150 over Arizona (+175) and UCLA...

Marshall Spring Practice Success in Rebuilding of ...

Marshall Spring Practice Success in Rebuilding of Defense The Marshall offense was a pretty sure thing going into the spring drills, but the big questions were what would the multiple changes to the coaching staff wrought and could the Herd find receivers to replace the three seniors, Aaron Dobson, Antavious Wilson and Andre Snipes-Booker. Those guys were pretty good, especially considering they...

A Quick Look At Week One Point Spreads

Some week one point spreads are out at 5Dimes and I discussed several of the games last week with Kevin on his College Football Zealots podcast. Some games have already seen significant line movement. South Carolina opened as a 14.5 point favorite at home against North Carolina. That line has dropped to 10.5. The other game that has seen some significant line movement is a Thursday night SEC...

Utah Football 2013 Spring Wrap Up

Utah Football 2013 Spring Wrap Up Spring summary It’s no secret that Utah has struggled offensively in its first two seasons in the Pac-12.  After just a few weeks of spring practice with Dennis Erickson at the helm (ok, listed as co-offensive coordinator… I’ll use air quotes), the Utes offense was running on all cylinders. We didn’t see entire scheme changes or an overhaul of the...

Oklahoma State Football 2013 Position Grades

Oklahoma State Football 2013 Position Grades Expanding on his excellent and detailed analysis of Oklahoma State’s spring practice, Robert Whetsell of Cowboys Ride for Free breaksdown each position group. Oklahoma State Offense QB…B    Hard to say about this one. The Spring “cotillion” was a poor outing for all of them, but they all performed well at times in 2012. The...

Washington Huskies Football 2013 Spring Recap

Washington Huskies Football 2013 Spring Recap Spring Summary The summary for Spring for Washington is uptempo.  Residing in a conference full of fast-paced spread offenses, Coach Sark decided to fight fire with fire and ramp up the pace of practices and his offense in a big way, routinely running 130+ snaps per practice session.  This was done for multiple reasons: - To better prepare his...

Notre Dame Football Spring Wrap Up

Notre Dame Football Spring Wrap Up Spring summary Those who follow the program closely spent the 2013 Spring Practices taking a long look at the roster and wondering who is ready to step into the bigger leadership roles, specifically on defense. Outsiders are probably more interested in whether 2012 was a merely a good Irish team with great luck or a sign that Notre Dame is ready to return to the...