We hope all our readers and followers had a Happy and Safe New Year’s Eve and have carried that into 2024.
Our plays here in our CFB “takes” column ended 2023 by going 1-1 ATS last Saturday with Maryland +7, winning easily in a 31-13 over Auburn in the Music City Bowl but losing terribly with Florida State +20 in a 63-3 rout by Georgia (but a loss is just a loss and we’d rather lose that way than in a late bad beat).
We then started 2024 by also splitting our CFB Playoff semifinal picks on New Year’s Day, with Alabama +1.5 losing 27-20 to Michigan in OT of the Rose Bowl and then Washington +4 upsetting Texas 37-31 in the Sugar Bowl.
The 2-2 ATS mark for the weekend leaves us at a respectable 6-4 ATS (60%) with our bowl picks heading into Monday’s CFB Playoff national championship game and 34-28-2 ATS (54.8%), including the regular season for a net profit of 3.2 units based on laying the standard -110.