No. 6 Oklahoma State is averaging 54 points and 607 total yards this season and is 3-0 against the spread.
Betting
Despite five turnovers by Cleveland, a 7½-point underdog, it was driving for a possible back-door cover before turning it over on downs at the Baltimore 23 with 32 seconds left in a 24-10 loss.
Lamar Jackson has been sensational this season, compiling 1,010 total yards and eight touchdowns while leading the No. 14 Cardinals to road wins against Purdue and North Carolina.
Sharp bettors were all over the Titans, who closed as a 2½-point favorite over the Raiders after opening as a 1½-point underdog.
Stanford has won its past three meetings with Southern California by an average of 15 points and seven of nine.
Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher is 6-1 ATS in his past seven openers and has perhaps his best defense since his 2013 national title team, which allowed 12.1 points per game.
The explosive growth of the Westgate SuperContest is due in large part to proxies, who enter selections each week for contestants who aren’t Nevada residents.
With UNLV set to hand the reins this season to highly touted redshirt freshman quarterback Armani Rogers, its win total is 5 at the Golden Nugget and CG Technology, which opened it at 5½ before it was quickly bet down.
The most popular prop was the total of 3.5 quarterbacks selected in the first round, and under bettors cashed their tickets.
More tickets have been wagered on Las Vegas’ future NFL franchise to win Super Bowl LII than on any other team at the South Point sports book, which has the Raiders at 15-1 odds to win their fourth Lombardi Trophy next season.
Vic Salerno pioneered satellite books, replaced handwritten betting tickets with a computerized betting system and developed Nevada’s first mobile betting app.
None of the eight highest-scoring teams in NFL history won the Super Bowl, with only the 2013 Broncos, 2007 Patriots and 1983 Redskins even reaching the title game.
I have a vivid memory of crying to my poor mother that I owed the whole school $13, which seemed like a fortune at the time.
Many of us have hit a cold spell where the Costanza Corollary has at least crossed our minds and we wondered if betting the opposite of our picks might be a better strategy.