Professional sports bettors and handicappers make predictions on NFL Week 16 games and College Football Playoff first-round games this weekend.
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Gamblersworld.net handicapper Chip Chirimbes won last season’s Las Vegas Review-Journal College Bowl Challenge with a 10-3-2 record against the spread.
The Seattle Seahawks are 1½-point home favorites over the Los Angeles Rams on “Thursday Night Football,” and the total is 42½ in a matchup of 11-3 teams.
CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides college football notes and trends for bowl games and College Football Playoff games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The 2026 World Cup will be played in North America for the first time since 1994, and the U.S. is a +125 favorite at Caesars Sportsbook to win its group.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have won 22 straight home games on “Monday Night Football” and are 3-point favorites over the Miami Dolphins. The consensus total is 42½.
NFL Week 15 favorites went 8-6 against the spread on Sunday, overs went 8-6 and double-digit favorites went 4-1 ATS.
Professional sports bettor Scott Pritchard analyzes every NFL Week 15 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Westgate SuperBook vice president of marketing Jay Kornegay went 4-1 against the spread last week and leads the NFL handicapping contest with a 38-30-2 ATS record.
CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides college football notes and trends for Army-Navy and early bowl games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The Eagles are consensus 11½-point home favorites over the Raiders in Sunday’s game at Philadelphia and the total is 38½.
Professional sports bettor Cris Zeniuk and CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall made the same best bet on the Broncos-Packers showdown Sunday in Denver.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are consensus 5½-point home favorites over the Atlanta Falcons on “Thursday Night Football,” and the total is 43½.
CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides NFL notes and trends for Week 15 games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, including the Raiders-Eagles game.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said his emotions got the best of him when he called for Pete Carroll’s murder after losing a bet on the Raiders-Broncos game.
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