No offense to Week 0, but college football'returns this weekend. And so does this column after a 29-20 performance in 2021.
Now our attention turns to 2022, which kicks off with a handful of big games, most notably Georgia-Oregon and Notre Dame-Ohio State. But for anyone new here, this column doesn’t talk about the biggest games of the week. In fact, it won’t cover a top 25 game all season.
Here, I’ll go over my favorite plays in games that likely won’t be on the national radar. But that’s just fine because the winning bets cash all the same.
Without further ado, let’s dive in with my Week 1 best under-the-radar plays:
Kickoff: Friday at 10 p.m. ET
Picture this in your head. The work week is over, Labor Day weekend has begun. And you’re starting it by watching TCU demolish Colorado.
Clearly, you can see how I envision this game playing out. And the betting public clearly agrees as this game has moved up almost a full touchdown from the opening line of TCU -7.5 way earlier in the summer.
So why is there so much TCU love and so much Colorado hatred? Let’s start with the Horned Frogs, who replaced long-time coach Gary Patterson with Sonny Dykes, who recently conducted an impressive turnaround at local rival SMU. Dykes went 30-18 at SMU and 25-10 over his final three seasons. He built a prolific offense at SMU that finished inside the top 13 in total offense each of the last three years.