Week 1 Recap - CFB Version

We were able to have a very successful week in our college football positions.  We went 4-1 and won 3.9 units for about a 70% return.  This brings our college football record for the year to 7-4, +4.15 units and a 36% return.  Certainly that return % is unsustainable, but we won't complain.  A quick run through how we did.

Oklahoma St. -13.5: The Cowboys put up 37 points which is a little low for them, however Arizona had a difficult time staying with Oklahoma St.  Oklahoma St. ground game proved to be the difference.  Arizona ran up almost 400 yards throwing, but couldn't get anything going in the run game.  We had a nice relaxing cover.

Wisconsin -21 vs. Oregon St.: The Badger offense is going to be scary good all year.  The Wisconsin ground game and another stellar game from Russell Wilson gave Wisconsin 35 points.  Oregon St.'s running back injuries proved to be too much as they could only gain 25 yards on the ground and were behind much of the game.  The Badger defense bounced back after a less than stellar performance against UNLV to pitch a shutout.  

Utah +9 @ Southern Califonria: In what ended up being one of the craziest games of the night Southern Cal blocked a fg attempt in the last seconds that would have tied the game.  The Trojans recovered the block and returned it for an apparent TD, however an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty wiped out that touchdown.  Later in the evening the PAC-12 overruled the officiating crew that eliminated the TD making the final 23-16.  However, most sportsbooks do not honor protests or overturned decisions.  Todd Furhman who runs the Caesar's Sportsbook tweeted out, "We do not recognize defaults prior to the start of the event, suspended games, protests, or overturned decisions for wagering purposes."  Individual books have their own rules, however you should have at a minimum earned a push.  Some books even paid both sides of the wager.  

UNLV +14 @ Washington St.:  Ok, Washington St.  We see you, we respect you.  We get it.  We're glad betting against you got you motivated.  UNLV, your defense is horrible.  

Brigham Young +7 @ Texas: As we thought, these teams were fairly even.  Had BYU been more successful in the red zone they may have won this game out right.  It appears Garrett Gilbert is out as Texas' quarterback and there may be some animosity there moving forward.  Something we'll continue to watch.  

Here are the games that are on our initial list that we'll be looking deeper at:

LSU -3

Eastern Michigan +29

Kansas +14

Washington +17.5

Navy +18

Arizona St. -1.5

Utah +6

Oklahoma St. -14

Arizona +10