10 handicappers pick their best five selections from today’s games.
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During the 1990s, Florida was known for former coach Steve Spurrier’s dynamic offenses. His 12-year tenure netted six Southeastern Conference championships and one national title.
Matt and Kelly are back, along with Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller, to give you their top football picks for the weekend.
Week 1 picks from Chuck Edel and Ken Thomson of Pregame.com and Erin Rynning and Ted Sevransky of Sportsmemo.com.
The newest Las Vegas show opens at noon today at the Golden Nugget, where 16 professional handicappers will duel over the next 15 weeks for $25,000.
South Point has become the fourth company to offer a mobile betting app after launching its service Tuesday at five Nevada locations, including four in Las Vegas.
Preseason hype is often a lot of hot air. But anything that has been said or written to pump up UCLA and its sophomore quarterback, Brett Hundley, was not an error.
MICAH ROBERTS THE LINEMAKERS, SPORTINGNEWS.COM (40-27-2)
After 10 underclassmen left for the NFL and eight players from the defense got drafted, few publications put LSU in the preseason top 10. But it says here the demise of the Tigers is greatly exaggerated.
Lightning strikes lit up the opening night of the college football season, and there was a threat of point-spread shenanigans after a severe weather delay chased Steve Spurrier off the field.
I am old enough to recall when statistical data was bare bones in the Daily Racing Form. Old-school handicappers, who kept their own records, had a big edge over those who relied solely upon past performances.
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