Free Betting Tips for the 2016 College Bowl Season

The 2016 College Football Bowl Season gets underway next Saturday, Dec. 17 and it runs right through New Year's Day leading up to the College Football Playoff Championship Game on Monday. Jan. 9. In between there are over 40 different games to bet on at BetAnySports as the top online sportsbook for US sports bettors. As part of this week's series of betting articles for Sportsbook.net, I was tasked with coming up with some highly effective betting tips to cash in on this once-a-year college football betting extravaganza.

Creating a separate betting strategy for bowl games gives you the best chance at closing out the college football betting season on a positive note. While the game is the same as the regular season, there are some unique nuances to postseason football that must be taken into account. By applying these tips to your overall handicapping efforts, I am confident that you will be able to improve your winning percentage on all the bowl season bets you make over the next few weeks. Good luck and please feel free to check out the link below at Sportsbook.net for all my betting tips for the upcoming 2016 College Football Bowl Season.

LINK: Betting Tips for College Bowl Season

ACC Championship Free Pick- Clemson vs. Virginia Tech

Saturday night's ACC Championship between Clemson and Virginia Tech is one of three Saturday college football games that will go a long way towards deciding which four teams will compete for a national title in this season's College Football Playoff.

Clemson comes into this conference tilt at 11-1 and a victory on Saturday night should be enough to punch a ticket back to the four-team playoff for the second-straight season. The Tigers have been listed as 10-point favorites with BetAnySports and the betting line for the game has been set at 58 points. Virginia Tech won the ACC Coastal Division title with a 6-2 record in conference play as part of an overall record of 9-3. Both teams come into this game with identical 6-6 records against the spread. Head-to-head in this matchup, Clemson holds a 3-0 edge both SU and ATS in the last three meetings and the total stayed UNDER in all three games.

While it will be a tall task for Virginia Tech to derail the Tigers' postseason plans, the Hokies do have enough firepower on offense to make things interesting deep into the fourth quarter. For my complete preview and free pick for this championship tilt please check out the link below at SportsBettingStats.com.


LINK: VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES AT CLEMSON TIGERS BETTING ODDS - FREE PICK

Cowboys at Vikings- Free NFL Thursday Night Football Pick

I cashed in on Pittsburgh's lopsided win last Thursday night against the Luckless Indianapolis Colts so now it is time to turn my attention to this Thursday night's Cowboys vs. Vikings game to try and stay hot with my weekly picks for SportsBettingStats.com.

Dallas has been the hottest team in the NFL this season both on the field at 10-1 straight-up and at the betting window at 9-1-1 against the spread. Minnesota jumped out to a hot start at 5-0 both SU and ATS, but with just one win in its last six games it now finds itself at 6-5 (SU and ATS) on the year and trailing Detroit by a game in its quest to win a second-straight NFC North Division title.

This could be a potential trap game for the Cowboys as 3.5-point road favorites with BetAnySports following a tough battle against NFC East rival Washington last Thursday in which they failed to cover in a five-point win as 5.5-point favorites at home. That being said, they bring a perfect 5-0 road record this season both SU and ATS into Thursday night's NFC showdown. Please check out the link below at SportsBettingStats.com for my complete game preview and free pick.

LINK: DALLAS COWBOYS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS BETTING ODDS - FREE PICK

NFL Week 12 Free Player Prop Bet Picks

Each week of the NFL season I come up with a few top prop picks for Pay Per Head Guide and this week's top picks cover props for New York Giants' safety Landon Collins and Philadelphia Eagles' wide receiver Nelson Agholor. Collins has been on a roll lately with five interceptions in four games, while Agholor remains in the dog house after committing a few costly mistakes that went a long way towards his team's loss to Seattle last Sunday afternoon.

The Giants go on the road to face the winless Cleveland Browns this Sunday while the Eagles play host to Green Bay in a primetime matchup on Monday Night Football. This week's top prop picks involve both of these players so please check out the link below at Pay Per Head Guide for "best bet" picks.

LINK: TOP NFL PROP BETTING PICKS FOR WEEK 12

Steelers vs. Colts Free NFL Thursday Night Football Pick

It is Thanksgiving Day and according to the oddsmakers the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready to feast on the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Night Football as heavy nine-point road favorites. Both teams are 5-5 on the year and Pittsburgh needed a win last Sunday against the winless Cleveland Browns to snap a four-game skid both straight-up and against the spread. The reason for such a large spread is that the Colts are out of luck in this matchup. Actually, they will not have their All-Pro quarterback Andrew Luck in the lineup as he continues to recover from a concussion he sustained in Indianapolis's win against Tennessee last Sunday.

The Steelers opened as 2.5-point road favorites before Luck was diagnosed with a head injury. They moved to seven-point favorites when he was listed as doubtful and now that he is definitely "out" for Thursday night the current spread has jumped to nine points with BetAnySports. That is quite a few points to give up on the road for any NFL matchup, but the Colts were not a very good team even with Luck under center and now that they have to go with Scott Tolzien as their quarterback things could get ugly fast in the backend of a Thanksgiving Day NFL triple-header.

The following link is my complete preview and official "best bet" pick for this game on SportsBettingStats.com

LINK: PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS ODDS - ATS PICK

NFL Sunday Night Football Free Pick- Packers at Redskins

Before the 2016 NFL regular season got underway, I was one of those so-called football experts that had Green Bay pegged for a run all the way to Super Bowl LI. I just felt that it was Aaron Rodgers' year to rise up and take this team farther than it has gone in the past few seasons. Nine weeks into the season, the Packers are struggling at 4-5 and the playoffs are probably the farthest thing from their mind. They first need to concentrate on getting back to .500 with a victory against Washington this Sunday night.

The Redskins are 5-3-1 on the year and still in position to make a run at another NFC East title if they can keep winning and have the red-hot Cowboys falter somewhere along the way. At the very least, Washington would have to be considered one of the frontrunners for a wild card spot in the NFC. This is not the most prettiest team to watch in the NFL, but the Redskins still have a knack for finding ways to win.

Sunday night's matchup should be a good one and if you are looking for the best way to bet on this game at BetAnySports please check out the link below at SportsBettingStats.com for my complete preview and "best bet" pick.

LINK: GREEN BAY PACKERS AT WASHINGTON REDSKINS BETTING ODDS - FREE PICK

Go Chalk with Jimmie Johnson this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway

NASCAR's 2016 Sprint Cup season is down to one final race for the title and the top four drivers in the current point standings will put everything on the line this Sunday in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This year's Chase started in Chicago with 16 drivers vying for the championship, but when the engine smoke finally cleared following three elimination rounds, NASCAR's version of the Final Four includes six-time Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson, last year's series champ Kyle Busch, 26-year old Joey Logano and NASCAR veteran Carl Edwards.

The betting odds to win both Sunday's race as well as the 2016 Sprint Cup title all lean towards Johnson. This makes perfect sense considering everything he has already accomplished in a highly impressive racing career. The driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet also comes into this race in excellent form with previous Chase victories at Charlotte and more recently at Martinsville to earn an automatic qualifying spot in this Sunday's winner-take-all event. Busch is a solid second-favorite after placing in the Top 5 in six of the first nine races in this year's Chase and both Logano and Edwards are a bit further down the list in search of their first career Sprint Cup title.

Anything can happen this Sunday at Homestead-Miami and picking winners in any NASCAR race can be a tall task, but you will not catch me betting against Johnson to get it done for the seventh time in his storied stock car racing career.

The following link to SBR Picks is my complete preview of Sunday's Sprint Cup Championship race.

LINK: NASCAR Betting - Sprint Cup Championship Round Preview