College Football Betting Recap For Week 10
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Football content contributor Ron Marmalefsky offers his college football Week 10 betting recap as well as his lookahead to Week 11 of college football kicking off on Tuesday! What are his takeaways and look aheads from a betting perspective? Read below now!
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College Football Handicapping Motivation & Lookahead Spots
It's not easy for a football team to play its best every time they suit up. Some games are bigger than others, and some coaches are guilty of getting a team properly motivated for one game, but not for another. Each and every season we see teams have a letdown, often the week before a “bigger” game.
The three games I wrote about in last week's article were examples of when it's easy to get a team motivated. Lots of well-respected handicappers I know thought Notre Dame was going to run away and hide from Clemson, but I said “not so fast”.
Playing Notre Dame is often a motivator in itself. My take on Clemson was that if they didn't get over a touchdown behind early, then the crowd and the team would be engaged in the outcome. That turned out to be the case.
Rivalry games often bring out the best in the underdog, even if the favored team has a decided talent edge. That's why oddsmakers usually do not give full value to the favored team in season-ending rivalry games unless the favored team is playing for a national title or another coveted reward.
Last week I wrote about Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma. The Sooners were off their first loss, while the Cowboys were playing well, and of course wanted to send Oklahoma to the SEC with a final Bedlam loss.
Below I will bravely chart out a few teams and/or games where it might be wise to look beyond just the cold, hard stat sheet in handicapping the game.
Use this as a sample exercise, as there will be other games not listed here that are worth thinking about as you do you own handicapping.