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Team Health Concerns and the Pandemic Prompt USC to Pass on Bowl Season

Team Health Concerns and the Pandemic Prompt USC to Pass on Bowl Season

USC announced Saturday evening it will join several of its Pac-12 counterparts in opting out of any opportunities this bowl season, citing continued COVID-19 concerns and player-personnel reasons. The No. 13 Trojans (5-1) lost to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday night at home in the LA Memorial […]

Rose Bowl Relocates to Texas as LA County ICUs Hit Capacity

Rose Bowl Relocates to Texas as LA County ICUs Hit Capacity

It looks like the coaches and committee members who complain the loudest get their way, as the College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled for the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 is moving to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The announcement came Saturday night as the Tournament of Roses was denied a […]

Notre Dame, Clemson Coaches Criticize California’s Shelter-in-Place Laws as State Reaches Pandemic Breaking Point

Notre Dame, Clemson Coaches Criticize California’s Shelter-in-Place Laws as State Reaches Pandemic Breaking Point

Though the college football nation awaits the result of No. 2 Notre Dame’s match vs. No. 3 Clemson in Saturday’s ACC Championship Game, it was the two programs’ coaches who made headlines Friday with their comments about the Rose Bowl. Earlier this week, the College Football Playoff commissioners discussed whether […]

Alabama has been covering spreads easily most of the year, and Saturday’s SEC Championship game against Florida should be no different. (Image: USA Today Sports)

One Bet, $100: Alabama Should Crush Florida, Win SEC Championship

Alabama is the No. 1 team in the country and will show how dominant they are this weekend against Florida in the SEC Championship game. The Crimson Tide is favored by 17 points, and that might not be enough. That’s why with this week’s One Bet, $100, I’m backing Alabama […]

Max Johnson shone in his first career start against Florida. He could provide great DFS value this week against Ole Miss. (Image: Sports Illustrated)

College Football DFS: Ole Miss-LSU Could be a Barnburner

It’s conference championship week, finally, but it won’t look anything like normal. In addition to being two weeks later than usual, we’ll see our share of makeup games from previously scheduled contests delayed due to the pandemic. DraftKings offers a 10-game slate for the day games, with several likely competitive […]

Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers are the top two MVP favorites. (Image: Peter Carini/Getty)

NFL MVP Betting Odds: Patrick Mahomes or Aaron Rodgers?

With three weeks remaining in the NFL’s regular season, the MVP race is down to a two-pony sprint between Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers. According to a recent update by DraftKings, Mahomes is -200 odds to win his second MVP in the last three seasons. Rodgers is the second favorite […]

Clemson and Notre Dame is one of 10 college football conference championship games set for this weekend. (Image: USA Today Sports)

Conference Championship Games Create College Football Playoff Friction

Ten college football conference championship games are scheduled for this weekend, including the Power 5 conferences. The odds haven’t moved much since they opened Sunday night, but there are plenty of College Football Playoff implications with some of the games. Undefeated and No. 1-ranked Alabama will face No. 11 Florida […]

Washington has led a resurgence in the NFC East, where they and Dallas, Philadelphia and the New York Giants have improved greatly. (Image: USA Today Sports)

NFL’s NFC (L)East Teams Going from Futile to Fruitful 

All of sudden, the NFC East isn’t such a joke anymore. The weakest division in the NFL is still bad, but the four teams are nowhere near as awful as they were after the first six weeks of the season. Washington, Dallas, Philadelphia, and the New York Giants have all […]

Josh Allen leads the Buffalo Bills to their tenth win of the season. (Image: Marco Esquondoles/Getty)

Bills Mafia Bump, Buffalo Now 10/1 Super Bowl Odds

If the Buffalo Bills advance to the Super Bowl, the entire city will jump off the roof of a bus onto a burning table to celebrate their beloved team securing a spot in the Big Dance. The Buffalo Bills defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-15 on Sunday Night Football to improve […]