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Mike's CFB betting picks against the spread for December 9, 2023, Every FBS college football game analyzed with his top wagers and NCAA best bets with the results from Week 14.
We are down to the last game of the last great college football season. Rivarly week and Championship week as we know them are gone. Regular season playoff games are gone. All that's left is money...but none for us. Well, unless you nailed some betting picks this year!
As always, the last game of the season is Army and Navy. This year they are squaring off in Foxborough, Massachusetts. That means this game will be the best football we have seen in that stadium this year!
First off, we need to crown a champion of the RotoBaller ESPN College Pick Em league. I went for it in the last week and wound up with just 19 points. dherman8 won the week with 47 points. No one else had more than 38! That great week propelled him to the championship by 11 points over 50Centi, who led the group for much of the year. dherman8, please contact me via Twitter to claim your prize! We had 11 entries over 500 points this year, so it was competitive throughout!
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CFB Betting Picks for Week 15 (12/9/23)
I will pick every college football game every week. Not a top-five. Not a top 10. All of them. Big deal, right? Lots of people make picks. Well, I do them all against the spread. I take the odds of each game and average them out at all the Vegas casinos and round to the nearest half. There will be no ties here. Ties are for the other (European) football.
Army (-2.5) vs. Navy at Foxborough, MA:
Betting Confidence Factor: 3
I will tally this up along with the bowl picks. I'm taking Army for under three points. They have looked like the better team this year, but I'm also not getting too crazy with it.
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CFB Betting Picks - Last Week's Results
I promised transparency and you will get it, warts and all. I don't like to be wrong, but I will admit when I am. Why listen to someone who won't admit the bad along with the good? Here are the results from this season so far. I am still updating the past year's results and adding them to the sheet. My first year of using the points system (2015) was a good one. This year hasn't been quite as good. Winners against the spread will be in bold. My result will follow.
New Mexico State at Liberty (-10.5): HIT!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 3
Liberty has a serious home-field advantage. Unfortunately, that will be nowhere to be found against Oregon.
(5) Oregon (-9.5) vs. (3) Washington at Las Vegas, NV: HIT!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 4
Fortunately, I hit my Friday parlay and went heavy on the Washington money line on this one to offset Saturday. I came out ahead on the weekend, but Saturday night was a disaster.
(18) Oklahoma State vs. (7) Texas (-14.5) at Jerry World: HIT!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 3
Texas was playing for a slot in the College Football Playoff and it showed. There was no way they were letting up in this one...even though they still did. Quinn Ewers only had one touchdown in the second half.
Miami (OH) vs. Toledo (-7.5) at Detroit: MISS!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 4
That Redhawks defense has been excellent all season and they were again when it mattered most. That matchup with Appalachian State is an intriguing one.
Boise State (-2.5) at UNLV: MISS!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 4
This was easily the worst game of Jayden Maiava's young career. Doug Brumfield wasn't any better in relief. At least he didn't throw any interceptions.
SMU at (22) Tulane (-3.5): MISS!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 5
SMU won its first conference title in 39 years with a backup quarterback. The SMU defense dominated the Tulane offensive line in this one. This is a Tulane team that beat USC in a bowl last year and had many of the same players back. Look out for that Kevin Jennings guy...
(1) Georgia (-5.5) vs. (8) Alabama at Atlanta: HIT!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 2
There's something about Nick Saban in Mercedes Benz Stadium. That's some sell-your-soul-to-the-devil voodoo going on there.
Appalachian State at Troy (-5.5): MISS!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 2
Yeah, Ollie Gordon? Kimani Vidal would like a word about who is the best running back in college football this year...
(14) Louisville vs. (4) Florida State (-1.5) at Charlotte: MISS!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 3
The Florida State defense held up their end of the bargain and then some. Then the CFP confirmed what we all knew: there was no way the SEC Champ or the team that beat the SEC Champ wasn't getting in.
(2) Michigan (-21.5) vs. (16) Iowa: MISS!
Betting Pick Confidence Factor: 4
The Iowa offense was Michigan's MVP. They couldn't get out of their territory and kept turning it over in their own territory. You can't avoid a cover playing like that.
College Football Betting Season Results
A great start to the week soured with a rough Saturday. I ended up 4-6 on the week after getting the first three games right. Ouch! That puts me at 368-382 on the season. I'm 14 games under .500 and I lost points this week. That's not what I was after in Championship Week.
The weekly totals follow the bet. Season totals are in parentheses.
1. 0-0 (24-43) = -19
2. 1-1 (135-150) = -30
3. 2-1 (128-125) = 9
4. 1-3 (53-45) = 32
5. 0-1 (27-19) = 40
I lost ten points this week, but I'm still up 32 points heading into the bowl games. The bowls are becoming harder with all of the transfers and guys sitting out to prepare for the draft, sometimes right before kickoff (DeWayne McBride last year). I'll be back with bowl picks too!
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