Chris Falica
FOX Sports Betting Expert
College soccer Week 10 is right here and I could not be extra pumped.
This signifies that the following few days can be thrilling for followers who love soccer and for bettors searching for enjoyable methods to guess some cash.
I already gave you mine finest bets for week 10 video gameshowever now it is time to have some enjoyable with my “Bear Bytes”.
These little “bytes,” as I name them, are simply nuggets that provide you with some enjoyable dialog starters to attract from as you watch soccer events with family and friends or joke along with your coworkers on the water cooler. Here are the largest nuggets that caught with me throughout my analysis.
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2
No. 4 Ohio State @No.3 Pen State
Penn State has misplaced 12 straight common season video games towards top-10 opponents since an upset win over Ohio State in 2016 as a 19-point underdog. The Nittany Lions had been ranked in all 11 video games and within the high 10 in seven of them.
Penn State has misplaced 14 of its final 16 video games as an underdog. The two victories got here towards Wisconsin at Camp Randall.
Under James Franklin, Penn State is 3-17 towards Michigan (2-8) and Ohio State (1-9).
Ryan Day is 2-6 towards top-five groups. However, three of these losses got here towards groups that received the nationwide championship that season (Alabama 2020, Georgia 2022 and Michigan 2023). The final three losses have come by a mixed eight factors, together with two one-point losses.
Florida @No. 2 Georgia
Georgia has received the final three conferences with Florida by a mixed rating of 119-47, every by at the least 22 factors.
Minnesota @No. 24 Illinois
Since 2021, there have been six cases the place an unranked group was favored on the highway over a ranked group. Five of the six House Dogs received outright, whereas the lone loser solely misplaced by a landing.
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USC @ Washington
Since 2021, Lincoln Riley has been the away favourite 16 instances. His group has received 10 of these 16 video games, however is simply 3-13 ATS (2-10 at USC).
No. 1 Oregon @ Michigan
This is simply the second time since 1978 that Michigan has had a two-TD canine at residence. The different occasion occurred in 2013, when the Wolverines misplaced 42-41 to No. 3 Ohio State as a 16.5-point canine.
North Carolina @ State of Florida
Since the beginning of 2022, Mike Norvell has gone 21-3 with Jordan Travis as QB, successful his final 17 video games. Without Travis at QB, Norvell and FSU’s mark drops to 3-8 in that span, together with 1-7 this yr.
Duke @No.5 Miami
Duke has misplaced 21 consecutive video games towards top-five opponents relationship again to the 1960 win over Navy. None of the losses got here by fewer than 12 factors and 17 got here by at the least 21 factors.
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No. 18 Pitt @No. 20 SMU
Pitt has misplaced six straight highway video games towards ranked opponents by a median of 25.1 PPG relationship again to a win at No. 23 Virginia in 2018.
Going again to 1978, there have been 21 common season video games during which a group that was 7-0 or higher was underdogs by greater than seven factors towards a group that had misplaced. Undefeated groups went 4-17 in these 21 video games. However, many have been shut. The undefeated group has lined six of their final seven, successful twice. And 4 of the 5 losses got here by six factors or fewer.
Air Force @No. 21 Army
Since 1978, solely as soon as has an Air Force group with a dropping report defeated an Army group with a successful report. This occurred in 2018, when 3-5 Air Force misplaced to 6-2 Army 17-14. Also related is 2013, when Air Force beat Army 1-7, with a rating of 3-5 42-28.
Chris “The Bear” Fallica has been overlaying sports activities for practically three many years. While school soccer has been his focus, he additionally enjoys the NFL, soccer, golf, tennis, MLB, NHL and horse racing, with an “occasional” wager on these occasions. Chris lately received the primary Circa Football Invitational and completed within the Top 10 of the Golden Nugget Football Contest. He has certified for the NHC Handicap Championship a number of instances. Remember: “The much less you guess, the extra you lose if you win!” Follow him on Twitter @Chrysphallic.
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