Will Hill
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
Thanksgiving weekend is right here and someway we have already reached the conclusion of the school soccer common season.
It appears like only a few weeks in the past we have been counting down the times till the beginning of the season. I vividly bear in mind wanting ahead to Week 0 and all the massive conferences over Labor Day weekend the next Saturday.
The common season is ending with a bang, with stunning upsets shaking up College Football Playoff prospects this previous Saturday. Ole Miss and Alabama have been picked as heavy favorites and each groups now discover themselves with three losses.
Indiana suffered its first lack of the season at Ohio State. But until the Hoosiers lose once more this week to Purdue as 30-point favorites, they are going to end the season with only one loss, and a really forgivable one at that. With that in thoughts, Indiana is protected, assuming it will get a win on Saturday.
As for the remainder of the sphere, Oregon and Ohio State are positively there and Penn State and Texas are probably there as nicely. But what else do we actually know concerning the subject of 12 as we enter the ultimate weekend?
It appeared like Georgia simply wanted to beat Georgia Tech within the season finale, as that may finish the Dawgs’ season with two losses, securing them a spot within the playoffs. But with all of the upheavals, Georgia will now play in an SEC championship sport and will undergo a 3rd loss.
Here’s one thing else to contemplate. Can the winner of this weekend’s South Carolina-Clemson sport now enter? Does the ACC contain two groups?
What makes the following two weeks so enjoyable is that we’ve far more questions than solutions.
So, whereas we settle in with soccer on the display screen and leftovers within the fridge, is there a guess on the nationwide champion?
Warning: Some followers will not even just like the Thought of this risk.
Alabama National Champion +4000
Are you 100% positive that the loss to Oklahoma final week eradicated the Crimson Tide? They actually aren’t, and neither are the predictions.
Alabama is an underdog to make the College Football Playoff, however at odds of +180, it actually is not priced as one thing fully unimaginable.
Once once more, I’ve extra questions than solutions.
Alabama and Ole Miss: Will they each miss the playoffs after struggling their third loss?
For instance, what if Tennessee and/or Notre Dame misplaced this weekend? Or what if the ultimate spot got here right down to a two-loss SMU workforce and a three-loss Alabama workforce? Which would the committee select?
Alabama’s model, the Tide’s win over potential SEC champion Georgia, and the opportunity of an upset-filled weekend make it arduous for me to fully write off Alabama, even when I do not essentially agree that it belongs within the playoffs with three defeats.
Yes, Alabama is unlikely to get in, however as we noticed final weekend, upsets occur on this sport and what’s unlikely can someday shortly flip into actuality.
If the Tide can get in, regardless of their shortcomings, they may make a run in what’s a wide-open yr in school soccer. And at odds of 40-1, it is a guess I could not deny making.
Bears Bets podcast contributor Will Hill has been betting on sports activities for over a decade. He is a betting analyst who has been a visitor on VSiN and Goldboys Network.
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