The NFL playoff picture is nearly crystal-clear, matchups will be finalized after Sunday Night Football and oddsmakers have already set the lines for next weekend's Wild Card Round. Who enters the upcoming slate of games favored, the odds supporting their quest for a title?
On the NFC side, the Dallas Cowboys return to the postseason after a year off with Comeback Player of the Year candidate Dak Prescott looking to guide the storied franchise back to championship glory. Could inconsistency on offense prove problematic for one of the most dynamic teams in the field? Lines via DraftKings Sportsbook. The Cardinals' statement win back on October 3 feels like an eternity ago, as the Kyler Murray-and-Chandler Jones-led Birds have dropped three of their last four, with a sole victory against the Dallas Cowboys preventing a full downward spiral as the regular season came to a close.
The Rams held off Arizona for a win back on December That victory sparked a late-season run for Matthew Stafford and Co. Two teams with great familiarity, their third showdown will be the most familiar match in the first round of this year's playoffs. The question is whether Arizona will be able to exploit the protection weaknesses that plagued the Rams against San Francisco, pressuring Stafford and forcing him into poor decisions and a few turnovers.
If not and Stafford is allowed to stand in the pocket and pick apart the secondary, it will be a long day for the Cardinals. On the flip side, if Arizona can exploit the sort of coverage breakdowns that Jimmy Garoppolo and the Niners offense did, the Rams will be one-and-done in a season that started with championship aspirations and featured several high-profile additions Stafford, Von Miller, Sony Michel.
Below, we list the other betting types that are popular with college football bettors during the playoffs. To make this kind of bet you would need to determine which team will cover the spread. The Nittany Lions would need to win by five or more points to cover. In order for the Trojans to cover they would need to win the game outright or not lose by more than four points.
Our Database will tell you how teams have performed in the past against the spread ATS. Often referred to as totals betting , this is a wager that requires you to bet on the combined number of points scored by both teams. This betting type involves bundling two or more wagers on one ticket.
Parlays let you add many SU, spread and totals bets to a single betting slip, which works out very well during bowl season. Since there are so many games played on each day during the college football playoffs, you can combine teams on one bet.
Go for it! While bowl matchups have been around for over a century, the current College Playoff system has only been in effect since Crazy, right? Before there were television crews to document it, college football teams have been battling each other in front of a live audience.
Before streaming, people used to turn on their televisions to NBC or ABC and watch college football, commercials and all. Can you even imagine? The year was New York became the first state to require automobiles to feature license plates, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President of the United States , and a Michigan schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel she survived. Instead of watching people tussle with a spiky beast, the citizens of Pasadena were treated to the first incarnation of a college football bowl.
With the two best teams from the East and West taking the field on January 1st, , the Rose Bowl was born. Featuring Michigan and Stanford, the college football game lasted a whopping eight minutes. After trailing by 49 points, the Cardinal threw their hands up in defeat allowing the Wolverines record the first-ever victory in a college football bowl.
Still better than having to wrangle a porcupine. After a year hiatus, college football bowl games came back with a fervor.
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