Seattle beat New England 13-10 on Wednesday night. The margin was three points, and of all the NFL Week 1 spreads on the board, that one was sitting right on the number. At the Seahawks -3 that DraftKings moved to on Monday, a three-point win is a push and every stake goes back. At the … Read more
DraftKings posted Seattle as a 3.5-point favorite over New England in mid-May and then left it alone. “There was absolutely no movement for months,” DraftKings oddsmaker Johnny Avello told FOX Sports on Tuesday. Monday it moved. Half a point, to Seahawks -3 at -118, with the Seahawks Patriots betting splits behind it pointing in four … Read more
LSU beat Clemson 51-10 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, and nothing else in Week 1 came close to that margin. The Tigers went in ranked 11th by the AP and 13th by the coaches. Both polls come out this afternoon, and every projection I’ve seen has LSU climbing into the top ten. The college … Read more
Three FCS teams beat FBS teams on Saturday. Tarleton State won 20-13 at Bowling Green, The Citadel won 43-41 at Charlotte in triple overtime, and Idaho State won 29-17 at Utah State. NCAA.com counted four such wins across all of last season, spread over three separate dates, so three FCS over FBS upsets in one … Read more
UMass went 0-12 last season. The Minutemen hadn’t beaten an FBS opponent since October 2023, and on Thursday night they walked into Piscataway and beat Rutgers 37-21 as roughly a four-touchdown underdog. Two hours later Colorado won at Georgia Tech on a blocked field goal as time expired. College football underdogs went 2-0 outright to … Read more
Back in May, sportsbooks made Green Bay a 1.5-point favorite on the road at Minnesota for the Week 1 opener. The same game now sits at Vikings -1.5. Three points, one direction, and the Packers Vikings line movement has been explained three separate ways by three separate outlets. Only one of those explanations can be … Read more
Clemson plays at LSU on Saturday night, and depending on where you looked this week, the Clemson LSU odds made the home side anywhere from a 78 percent favorite to an 83 percent favorite. Same game. LSU’s moneyline has appeared in print at -355, -376, -380, -405, -425, -450 and -480 over the past four … Read more
Seattle closed at 4.5 in Super Bowl LX and beat New England 29-13 in Santa Clara, on a neutral field. The two teams open the 2026 season against each other on September 9, this time at Lumen Field. The Seahawks Patriots odds have Seattle laying 3.5. A defending champion, at home, against the team it … Read more