For those who thought school soccer was a rollercoaster final Saturday, it’s time to buckle up for larger matchups and much more intrigue this Saturday.
FOX’s “Massive Midday Kickoff” units the desk brilliant and early from Provo, Utah, then we’ll be blessed with 12 straight hours of top-25 matchups throughout the nation.Â
So, now could be the time to start out cooking up excuses for any weekend plans.
Twenty of the AP Ballot’s Prime 25 groups are in motion, highlighted by a top-five showdown at Autzen Stadium, the legendary Pink River Rivalry, a top-15 assembly underneath the lights at LSU, Penn State’s and BYU’s quest to remain good, and Colorado famous person Travis Hunter’s hopeful Heisman Trophy push. Â
Are you prepared?
“We’re hoping for excellent deal with,” Wynn Resorts senior dealer Motoi Pearson informed FOX Sports activities. “Faculty soccer takes a backseat to the NFL, which is king, so once we get these higher-ranked matchups, we attempt to discover the quantity as shortly as we are able to and write as a lot motion as potential from there.”
Fairly than wax poetic and take my candy time build up every marquee recreation, I assumed it might be extra enjoyable to play “fast hearth” with Uncle Mo.
Right here we go.Â
No. 3Ohio State (-3.5, O/U 53) @ No. 2Oregon
Saturday, 7:30 pm ET, NBC/Peacock
Pearson:“I’ve this quantity a lot greater. My numbers have Ohio State -8. That may sound just a little ridiculous contemplating how strong Oregon was ranked within the preseason, however I’m sticking to my weapons. Ohio State is a lot stronger defensively and [Dillon] Gabriel must show to me that he can win an enormous recreation in opposition to an elite opponent. I’ll eat my phrases if he does.”
No. 1Texas (-14, O/U 50.5) vs. No. 18Oklahoma
Saturday, 3:30 pm ET, ABC
Pearson: “I assumed the quantity was proper from the soar. And it is a recreation the place you’ll be able to transfer off your rankings a bit due to the rivalry. It’s such a bizarre spot, too. Each groups are available off a bye, Oklahoma is attempting to get wholesome on offense and Texas has Georgia on deck. We’ll in all probability be rooting for Oklahoma behind the counter, and we anticipate an enormous deal with.”
No. 9Ole Miss (-3.5, O/U 62) @ No. 13 LSU
Saturday, 7:30 pm ET, ABC
Pearson: “Night time video games in Baton Rouge are typically constructive for LSU. Nonetheless, most of us within the room made Ole Miss round -5/-5.5 or so. Neither staff can afford to slide up and the SEC is sort of a multitude proper now. The loser right here might be on the skin trying in for the playoff. I’m an enormous fan of Ole Miss personally, and I’ll undoubtedly be rooting for that facet.”
CFB Week 7 Finest Bets: Texas vs. Oklahoma, Penn State vs. USC
No. 4 Penn State (-5, O/U 50.5) @USC
Saturday, 3:30 pm ET, CBS
Pearson: “Penn State might be the hardest staff I’ve needed to gauge together with Oregon by way of the attention check. After they dominated West Virginia within the opener, they sleepwalked by quite a lot of their video games. I lastly dropped Penn State a smidge, then, after all, USC threw a wrench into the entire equation by dropping at Minnesota. The upside is stronger for Penn State.”
Arizona @ No. 14 BYU (-3.5, O/U 48.5)
Saturday, 4 pm ET, FOX/FOX Sports activities App
Pearson: “It is a large adjustment from the summer season. Arizona clearly isn’t pretty much as good because it was speculated to be and BYU is surprisingly undefeated. Man, the Massive 12 is huge open proper now. I believe I’m nonetheless low on BYU, and I’m not even certain how the general public will wager this one. There’s not a lot of an opinion on my finish, however I’m excited to observe and see the way it performs out.”
No. 18 Kansas State (-4, O/U 56.5) @ Colorado
Saturday, 10:15 pm ET, ESPN
Pearson:“Colorado is such an enigma. And it’s very simple to root in opposition to them due to the media hype and the noise that’s virtually not possible to disregard. On the identical time, the Buffs are clearly higher than they have been projected to be within the offseason. This appears like a nasty spot for Colorado and a fairly respectable state of affairs to put a brief quantity with the Wildcats.”
For those who thought Pearson was leaving our telephone dialog with out a greatest wager, assume once more.
“Chattanooga is the transfer in opposition to Furman,” he stated. “That’s the wager of the week over any of these different ridiculous video games that we talked about.”Â
Sam Panayotovich is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports activities and BetQL Community. He beforehand labored for WGN Radio, NBC Sports activities and VSiN. Comply with him on Twitter @spshoot.
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