School soccer Week 7 is right here, and I could not be extra pumped.
This implies the following few days will probably be thrilling for followers who love soccer and for bettors searching for enjoyable methods to wager a couple of dollars.
I’ve already given you my greatest bets for Week 7 video games, however now it is time to have just a little enjoyable with my “Bear Bytes.”
These little “bytes,” as I name them, are simply nuggets that provide you with some entertaining speaking factors to drag from as you watch the soccer festivities with family and friends or banter together with your coworkers on the water cooler.
Listed below are the largest nuggets that caught out to me whereas doing my analysis.
(All occasions ET)
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
Washington @ Iowa (midday, FOX and FOX Sports activities app)
Courting again to 2015, Iowa has gained 16 of its final 17 video games through which it was favored by a discipline aim or much less. The loss got here earlier this 12 months, when the Hawkeyes fell at residence to Iowa State as 2.5-point favorites.
Miami OH @ Jap Michigan (2 p.m., ESPN+)
In its final 17 video games as an underdog, Jap Michigan is 13-4 in opposition to the unfold (ATS), with eight outright wins.
No. 1 Texas vs. No. 18 Oklahoma (3:30 p.m., ABC)
Courting again to 1988, there have been 13 conferences with a double-digit unfold on this rivalry. Underdogs coated 10 of the 13 and gained 5 outright, together with 2015, when Texas upset Oklahoma as a 16.5-point ‘canine. That was the final assembly with an expansion this excessive. Within the final two weeks, 5 undefeated top-10 SEC groups have misplaced. Will Texas add its identify to the record on Saturday? Texas has held every of its opponents to 14 factors or fewer. In every of its three video games in opposition to Energy 4 opponents, Oklahoma has scored precisely two offensive touchdowns. The Sooners rank 117th nationally in offensive EPA and have a Energy 4-worst 13 performs of 20-plus yards and 26.5% third-down conversion price.
Texas vs. Oklahoma greatest bets, predictions & odds in CFB Week 7
No. 4 Penn State @ USC (3:30 p.m., CBS)
Penn State has gained 25 straight regular-season video games when favored, relationship again to a 2021 loss at Michigan State. This, nonetheless, will probably be simply the fourth time within the streak that Penn State is lower than a TD favourite. Over the past calendar 12 months, since Oct. 12, 2023, SC is 5-7. That is the identical mark as Washington State and TCU. The Trojans are worse than Cal, UNC, Minnesota, Maryland, Virginia and Syracuse (amongst others).
Arizona @ No. 14 BYU (4 p.m., FOX and FOX Sports activities app)
BYU is the one workforce within the nation with two wins over groups presently ranked within the AP Ballot (No. 18 Kansas State and No. 25 SMU). The Cougars are 5-0 ATS this 12 months, masking by a median of 16.3 factors per sport.
Ole Miss @ LSU (7:30 p.m., ABC)
LSU has gained seven of its final 9 video games as a house ‘canine in opposition to groups not named Alabama.
No. 2 Ohio State @ No. 3 Oregon (7:30 p.m., NBC)
That is the primary time since 2014, when No. 2 Auburn was a 2.5-point favourite at No. 3 Mississippi State, {that a} street workforce was favored in a top-three matchup. Eleven of the final 17 regular-season top-three matchups have been determined by double digits. This snaps a streak of 32 straight video games at residence through which Oregon was favored. The final time Oregon was a house ‘canine was in 2018. That point, the Geese beat No. 7 Washington as 3.5-point underdogs. Ohio State has misplaced its final two and 4 of its final six video games in opposition to top-10 opponents. The Buckeyes had been 14-3 of their earlier 17 video games vs. top-10 opponents. It’s important to return to 2008-09 to search out the final time Ohio State misplaced three straight video games to prime 10 groups.
CFB Week 7: Ohio State vs. Oregon greatest bets, predictions & odds
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky (7:45 p.m., SEC Community)
Do folks perceive how shut Vandy is from being 5-0? The Commodores allowed a TD with 15 seconds left at Georgia State in a 36-32 loss, then misplaced in OT to Missouri.
Syracuse @ NC State (8 p.m., ACC Community)
NC State has been outscored by 64 factors within the first half this 12 months. That is the worst mark for a Energy 4 workforce by 11 factors (UCLA -53).
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Iowa State @ West Virginia (8 p.m., FOX and FOX Sports activities app)
In its final 25 video games as an underdog vs. a ranked opponent, West Virginia has pulled off one upset. That was in 2021 when it beat No. 22 Iowa State in Morgantown as a 7.5-point canine. Iowa State has a +45 factors off TO margin this season, trailing solely SMU and Tulane.
Kansas State @ Colorado (10:15 p.m., ESPN)
That is the primary time since 2016 that Colorado has not been an underdog of at the very least a landing in opposition to a ranked opponent. That spans a stretch of 24 video games vs. ranked opponents. Colorado’s opponents have dedicated an FBS-high 4 pink zone turnovers this season.
Trying Forward
Coming off massive upset losses, each Alabama and Tennessee are massive favorites forward of their assembly in Knoxville subsequent week. Illinois is a large favourite over the worst workforce within the Huge Ten (Purdue) with a house sport in opposition to Michigan subsequent week. Georgia is a five-TD favourite over the worst workforce within the SEC (Mississippi State) with a visit to Austin on the slate subsequent week. Louisville, off two one-score losses the final two weeks, is a TD favourite at Virginia, with a house sport in opposition to undefeated Miami subsequent week.
Chris “The Bear” Fallica has coated sports activities for practically three a long time. Whereas faculty soccer has been his focus, he additionally enjoys the NFL, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, MLB, NHL and Horse Racing, with an “occasional” wager on such occasions. Chris lately gained the inaugural Circa Soccer Invitational and completed within the High 10 of the Golden Nugget Soccer Contest. He’s a multiple-time qualifier for the NHC Handicapping Championship. Bear in mind, “The much less you wager, the extra you lose whenever you win!” Observe him on Twitter @chrisfallica.
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