We’re excited about the last week of August here in the Tuley’s Takes home office as that means the start of the college football season with what has become known as Week 0 (before the opening of most teams’ seasons on Labor Day weekend).
There are no marquee games and not a single ranked team in action, but it’s still “real” football. I mean, we’ve enjoyed betting on the NFL preseason, but it’s nice to have games where you know the players and coaches are giving it the old college try and trying to win.
We’ve been imploring everyone to get ready for the season with the VSiN CFB Betting Guide, and this is where we’re hoping it starts to pay off.
Wyoming + 10 at Illinois: Wyoming lost its top two QBs to the transfer portal as well as top RB Xazavian Valladay to Arizona State and top WR Isaiah Neyor to Texas. But the cupboard isn’t bare as Andrew Peasley comes in with a little experience (830 passing yards, 7 TDs, 5 INTs) from Utah State. The Cowboys usually rely on the running game (even when the Bills’ Josh Allen was there) and have averaged at least 212 rushing yards per game the last three seasons. Titus Swen (785 rushing yards, 7 TDs last year) is expected to carry the load. Illinois (5-7 last year, 4-5 in the Big Ten) showed improvement in coach Bret Bielema’s first season, including an upset of Penn State as a 24-point underdog, but I just don’t think the Illini are so much better than Wyoming to be double-digit favorites.
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