The new season is here. We were handed a small appetizer plate in Week 0, but this week, it’s an unending, infinite-course meal of football. When it comes to betting on outcomes, we all want to get off to a fast start, but the first week of the year presents challenges.
We think we know who these teams are, but we don’t. It adds a layer of mystery to figuring out how games will go, particularly in this age of the transfer portal. Some teams may be filled with experienced players, but how much is that experience worth when it was all with a different team?
But we aren’t the only ones working with incomplete information! The sportsbooks don’t know everything yet, either! Just look at what happened last week. Not only did all four underdogs cover the spread, they covered by an average of 15.5 points. So, how should we approach Week 1 knowing this? No differently than we would any other week.
Make the plays you’re confident in, and that’s precisely what I’m doing with these six games.
Odds via SportsLine consensus
Games of the Week
No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 14 Clemson: You have to love a matchup of two programs considered favorites to win their own conference right out the gate, which is what we have here. Georgia comes into the game after a disappointing season that saw the two-time national champions lose the SEC Championship Game to Alabama and get left out of the College Football Playoff. Clemson is coming off its worst season in more than a decade. The Tigers won only nine games last season, failing to win 10 games for the first time since going 6-7 in 2010.
The problem for Clemson is that while I have high hopes for it this season — I picked the Tigers to win the ACC — this is a difficult matchup at a bad time. I’ve never been a fan of…
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Author : Tom Fornelli
Publish date : 2024-08-29 15:03:04
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