Take The Ducks and The Points in Friday Night's Pac-12 Championship

Every week I come up with my top underdog play for the popular sports betting website Scores & Stats. With this weekend's betting action dominated by the 10 college football conference championship games, I knew that this was a great starting point for this week's search.

Clemson is a huge favorite against Virginia in the ACC for good reason. Ohio State is the top team in the nation and a two-touchdown plus favorite against Wisconsin in the Big Ten. This is not the week to start betting against the Tigers or Buckeyes at 12-0 straight-up and 9-3 against the spread.

I have LSU beating Georgia SU and ATS as a seven-point favorite in the SEC and Oklahoma should complete the season sweep against Baylor while covering the nine-point spread. That left the Pac-12 when it comes to the title games in the five major conferences. The idea of betting against a team which is 8-0 SU and ATS in its last eight games goes against conventional wisdom. However, I think the Oregon Ducks as 6.5-point underdogs are going to end the Utah Utes' current winning streak with the only SU upset among the majors this weekend.

To get my full game preview and free betting pick for Friday night's Pac-12 showdown, please click through the link below to Scores & Stats.


LINK: Pac-12 Championship: Oregon Ducks vs. Utah Utes

Betting On The Lions to Cover in Columbus

Every week I release my top underdog play for the popular sports betting site Scores & Stats. I have had a good run of success in my college football picks this season, so I decided to focus my attention on Saturday's Big Ten showdown between Penn State and Ohio State in Columbus. Both teams are ranked in the College Football Playoff Top 10 with the Lions at No. 8 and the Buckeyes holding down the No. 2 spot. However, the Oddsmakers see a much wider spread between the two Big Ten East Division rivals. Ohio State is currently favored by 18.5 points at America's Bookie online sportsbook.

This is a great opportunity for the 10-0 Buckeyes to cement their spot as one of the best teams in the nation. It is also a chance for 9-1 Penn State to get back into the college football playoff picture following an earlier loss to Minnesota. While it is hard to see the Lions pulling off the straight-up upset on the road, recent history between the two rivals suggest that this game will stay much closer then the betting line at America's Bookie suggests.

For my full betting preview and pick for Saturday's 12 p.m. start, please click through the link below to Scores & Stats.

LINK: Penn State at Ohio State

Betting NASCAR's Cup Series Championship

The long extended NASCAR Cup Series schedule that began with the Daytona 500 ends this Sunday with the running of the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The final race of the year will determine this year's overall racing champion. The top four drivers in the Cup Series standings will square off against one another for one last run around the track.

Over the past five years, the racing champion also won this race. In those five races, a different driver has walked away with the racing title. Kevin Harvick claimed his only career Cup Series title with the victory in the 2014 race at Homestead-Miami. Kyle Busch won the championship the following season with Jimmie Johnson adding a seventh racing title to his Hall of Fame racing career in 2016. Martin Truex Jr. won the championship race in 2017 and Joey Logano bested the four-driver field last year.

Harvick, Busch and Truex have worked their way into this year's championship field along with Denny Hamlin, who is in position to win his first career Cup Series title. Hamlin started this season with a victory in the Daytona 500 as the first of six Cup Series wins this year. How fitting would it be if the No. 11 Toyota can end the season with a championship trip down Victory Lane.

Closing out this season's NASCAR Cup Series coverage for the popular sports betting site Sports Betting Stats, the link below is to my complete race preview and betting pick for Sunday's Cup Series Championship.


LINK: Ford EcoBoost 400 Preview & Betting Pick

Sunday's Cup Series Race in Phoenix Fills Out The Championship Field

The one thing that NASCAR fans and bettors know for sure is that past champions Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick will have a chance to add another racing title to their overall Cup Series resume. Each of these drivers won a race in the final elimination round of this season's 10-race playoff. The other six contenders for next Sunday's championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway are still trying to lock up an automatic berth in he final four-driver field with a win this Sunday in Phoenix.

Kyle Busch comes into the second-to-last playoff race as a +310 favorite to win and I see quite a bit of value in that number. He has not won a point race since early June but he also remains the type of driver that has a good chance to win anytime he is behind the wheel of the No. 18 Toyota.

Along with Busch, I have found two other drivers that offer quite a bit of value in their odds to win as posted by 5Dimes online sportsbook. Each week of the NASCAR Cup Series schedule I cover the races for the popular sports betting site Sports Betting Stats with my top-valued betting picks. The link below is to my three value picks for Sunday's Bluegreen Vacation 500 at ISM Raceway in Phoenix.

LINK: Bluegreen Vacation 500 To Valued Betting Picks

Betting The Underdog in a Huge SEC Showdown

Throughout the college football season there are some major showdowns on the slate. Games that will not only have a big impact on a conference title race, but on the quest to win a national championship. The 'best of the best' in college football showdowns highlight this Saturday's betting board with the No. 2 LSU Tigers squaring off against the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama is listed as a six-point home favorite for the 3:30 p.m. start on CBS. The total line is set at 62.5 points. The current betting consensus is leaning towards LSU at 60 percent and I would have to agree. I am going with the Tigers this week as my top underdog pick of the week for the popular sports betting site Scores & Stats. The link below to this site contains my full betting preview for this high profile SEC West battle.

LINK: Underdogs Ready to Bite the Books

Going Chalk With Kyle Busch as Martinsville Favorite

Things are heating up in the NASCAR Cup Series' race to the season title with eight drivers gunning for the championship with four events left on the slate. In the first of three races leading up to the season-ending championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 17, Kyle Busch has been set as a +275 favorite at America's Bookie online sportsbook for this Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway.

Busch has been one of the most dominant Cup Series drivers this season with four point-race wins and a first-place standing in the current Cup Series point totals. As good as the No. 18 Toyota has been, the team is still looking for its first postseason victory of the year heading into the seventh event in this year's 10-race playoff. Martinsville ranks as one of his better tracks in recent years to add even more value to Busch's betting odds to win.

I cover NASCAR's Cup Series on a weekly basis for the popular sports betting website SBR Picks. The link below is to this week's race preview and my top-valued bets for Sunday's First Data 500.

LINK: NASCAR Cup Series Picks: First Data 500

2019 Breeders' Cup Early Betting Preview

Even casual horse racing fans know that the biggest event of the season is the annual Breeders' Cup. While the Kentucky Derby may be the biggest race on the calendar, the two-day Breeders' Cup offers 14 major graded events highlighted by the $6 million BC Classic.

This year's event takes place at Santa Anita Park in Southern California on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2. The first day of racing is reserved for the best up-and-coming two-year old's in four separate million-dollar events. This card is highlighted by the $2 million BC Juvenile for the best contenders on the early 2020 Kentucky Derby Trail.

Saturday's slate at Santa Anita offers something for everyone with nine more high-dollar stakes races on the card. It all culminates with the BC Classic as the 'best of the best' Thoroughbred horses in the world compete for this coveted title.

If horse racing fans love the Breeders' Cup, horse bettors live for this event. Whether you are betting the races at an off-track venue or online through your favorite racebook, the action is non-stop over the two-day stretch. I cover horse racing for the popular sports betting site, SBR Picks and below is a link to my early betting preview for the upcoming Breeders' Cup.

LINK: Horse Betting Early Breeders’ Cup Preview