NCAA Football Betting: Georgia Bulldogs vs. Arizona State Sun Devils
by Tim Furious
Game-day: 9/20/2009
Kick-off: 8:00 pm EST.
The real season begins for the sportsbook fans too much. The Bulldogs are a fantastic team. Sure, they barely beat the Gamecocks, they were favored by more than a touchdown and won 14 to 7, but that’s not a serious issue. Not really. SEC games are almost always close.
A more serious issue can be found in Tempe where the highly touted Arizona State Sun Devils dropped a game to the Stanford but then, obviously, didn’t versus the Running Rebels.
Here are the NCAAF betting odds for this game.
Georgia Bulldogs - 8 - 110 - 300 O 50 ½ - 110
Arizona State Sun Devils + 8 - 110 + 250 U 50 ½ - 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.
The Georgia Bulldogs are 5 and 0 versus a team with a winning record.
The Georgia Bulldogs are 5 and 1 against the spread in their last 6 non-conference games.
The Arizona State Sun Devils are 1 and 6 against the spread in their last 7 games overall.
The Arizona State Sun Devils are 1 and 4 against the spread in their last 5 games at home.
The online betting odds went from Georgia – 7 to Georgia – 8 in a few days. To me, that means that college football betting fans are making a statement in favor of Georgia and against the Sun Devils.
It doesn’t matter really because the fact of the matter is that the Sun Devils have little chance of stopping that excellent Georgia offense. South Carolina did, but South Carolina has a very good defense.
Georgia should score at will, but the Sun Devils should be good for at least 21 to 24 points in this game. The Sun Devils will find out early that if they are to have any chance against the Bulldogs they will have to air it out with abandon. Because of that, I really like the over in this game.
The BetUS online sportsbook over/under in this game is + 50 ½. It seems high, but these two teams could end up involved in a Cowboys/Eagles type slugfest this Saturday.
I’ll be making an online bet on this game to go over the BetUS online sportsbook over/under of 50 ½.
