Chris Fallica
FOX Sports activities Wagering Professional
Faculty soccer Week 9 is right here, and I could not be extra pumped.
This implies the following few days shall 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 finest bets for Week 9 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 offer you some entertaining speaking factors to tug from as you watch the soccer festivities with family and friends or banter along with your coworkers on the water cooler. Listed here are the largest nuggets that caught out to me whereas doing my analysis.
(All occasions ET)
FRIDAY, OCT. 25
Rutgers @ USC (11 p.m., FOX and FOX Sports activities app)
Notable data since October 12, 2023 — SUNJ 7-7, Vanderbilt 5-7, Cal 6-8, UCLA 6-9, Colorado 5-8, Florida 5-8, USC 5-9 and Kentucky 5-9.
SATURDAY, OCT. 26
Nebraska @ No. 4 Ohio State (midday, FOX and FOX Sports activities app)
Matt Rhule’s groups have been underdogs towards ranked opponents 21 occasions. They’ve received twice outright, each situations coming at Temple. Since, his groups are 0-14 as underdogs taking up ranked opponents. Even worse, the Huskers have misplaced 26 straight video games to ranked opponents. That is the second-longest streak amongst Energy 4 groups (Rutgers 40). Nebraska hasn’t crushed a ranked crew since 2015 (Michigan State).
No. 12 Notre Dame @ No. 24 Navy (midday, ABC)
Since 1978, there have been 17 groups 6-0 or higher that had been a1t least 13.5-point underdogs in an everyday season sport. Three received outright — Liberty +17 at Virginia Tech in 2020, Auburn +17 at Florida in 1994 and Georgia Tech +13.5 at Virginia in 1990. Eleven of the 14 losses got here by at the very least 14 factors and 7 had been by at the very least 24 factors.
Ohio State vs. Nebraska: CFB Week 9 Tremendous Six
Oklahoma @ No. 18 Ole Miss (midday, ESPN)
Oklahoma hasn’t been this large an underdog because the closing sport of the 1997 season when the Sooners had been a 24-point ‘canine at Texas Tech and pulled the outright 32-31 upset.
No. 11 BYU @ UCF (3:30 p.m., ESPN)
Since 1978, there have been 336 video games the place a crew 7-0 or higher confronted a crew with a shedding file. Just one has seen that crew enter as an underdog. That got here in 1993 when 9-0 Auburn went to 4-5 Georgia and beat the Bulldogs. Will BYU proceed to defy expectations and hold the right file going?
Alabama Crimson Tide: Will the Tide make the 12-team playoff?
No. 21 Missouri @ No. 15 Alabama (3:30 p.m., ABC)
That is the primary time because the season opener in 2008 that Alabama will play an everyday season sport ranked fifteenth or decrease. That was 198 video games in the past.
No. 20 Illinois @ No. 1 Oregon (3:30 p.m., CBS)
Since 1990, there have been 27 totally different top-20 matchups with an expansion of at the very least 21 factors. Favorites have coated 20 of the 27, together with 9 of the final 11. Two underdogs have received outright — BYU over Oklahoma in 2009 and Arizona State over Nebraska in 1996.
No. 5 Texas @ No. 25 Vanderbilt (4:15 p.m., SEC/ESPN Community)
Vanderbilt has coated every of its final 5 video games (three this 12 months, two final 12 months) as a double-digit underdog, profitable 3 times outright. That is the primary time since 2008 Vanderbilt will play a sport as a ranked opponent.
Florida State @ No. 6 Miami (7 p.m., ESPN)
There have been three situations within the Florida-Miami rivalry through which the house crew was favored by at the very least 20 factors. The house crew received all three by a mixed margin of 129-31, with none being fewer than 24 factors.
Michigan State @ Michigan (7:30 p.m., BTN)
That is the primary time since 2008 — and simply the second time within the final 25 years — that neither Michigan nor Michigan State are ranked when the groups face one another.
CFB Week 9 Finest Bets: Ohio State vs. Nebraska, Akron vs. Jap Michigan
Penn State @ Wisconsin (7:30 p.m., NBC)
Journeys to Madison have not often been simple for Penn State: 2021, the Nittany Lions received 16-10; 2013, received 31-24; 2011, misplaced 45-7; 2008, received 48-7; 2006, misplaced 13-3; 2004, misplaced 16-3; 2002, received 34-31; 1998, misplaced 24-3; 1996, received 23-20. Since becoming a member of the Massive Ten in 9 conferences at Camp Randall, there have been 4 losses, 5 wins and 4 one-score video games. The Nittany Lions have received 23 straight video games as a ranked crew towards an unranked opponent relationship again to their 2021 loss to Illinois. As well as, they’ve additionally received 26 straight common season video games when favored, relationship again to a 2021 loss at Michigan State.
Auburn @ Kentucky (7:45 p.m., SEC Community)
Auburn final began 0-5 in SEC play in 2012. The next season, Gus Malzahn was introduced in as head coach and the Tigers received the SEC and reached the nationwide championship sport.
Louisiana
Faculty soccer followers in Louisiana have had lots to cheer about this season. Since its Week 1 loss to USC, LSU has received six straight and is again within the prime 10 for the sport at Texas A&M. Tulane is 5-2 and undefeated within the American, whereas Louisiana and UL Monroe every have just one loss, with each being undefeated in Solar Belt play. For the aim of this train, we’ll simply fake 3-4 Louisiana Tech doesn’t exist.
Chris “The Bear” Fallica has coated sports activities for almost three many years. 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 not too long ago received 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 guess, the extra you lose if you win!” Observe him on Twitter @chrisfallica.
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