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IN THIS ISSUE
BACK TO SCHOOL: Don’t miss out on this 100/1 Heisman bet
EXPERT PICKS: MLB and WNBA best bets to kick off the weekend
ACTION REPORT: Anyone buying the Commanders as a sleeper?
FIGHT NIGHT: Latest odds and insights for two massive bouts
It’s the final day of Big 12 preview week, and former NFL QB Ryan Leaf and senior editor Max Meyer each have one more best bet to give out. After diving into win totals, they now choose their favorite Heisman picks among Big 12 players.
LEAF: Tyler Shough (+10000)
Red Raiders offensive coordinator Zach Kittley coached Patrick Mahomes ???? at Texas Tech and he knows how to get the most from his guys. Shough is a freak of nature, and I would say he’s a more athletic version of Justin Herbert.
MEYER: Quinn Ewers (+1100)
I’m already very high on this Texas team, and the former No. 1 overall recruit showed flashes of his potential last season. Ewers was completely carving ???? Alabama’s defense before he got hurt. After suffering that SC sprain to his left shoulder, he didn’t really look like the same guy.
Now Ewers is fully healthy and he has all he can ask for in this upcoming campaign. Elite playcaller in Steve Sarkisian? Check ✅. One of the best receiving corps in the country? Yep. All five starting offensive linemen back? Sure thing. The chance to feast on vulnerable Big 12 defenses? You betcha.
EXPERT PICKS
Ariel Epstein and Max Meyer went 3-0 with their picks yesterday, so let's run it back with them today.
THE PROP QUEEN
Red Sox @ Giants: F5 Under 4.5 Runs (-145) [10:15 p.m. ET]
“Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford has a 2.48 road ERA versus 6.03 at Fenway. Meanwhile, Giants righty Logan Webb has a 2.02 home ERA compared to 4.75 on the road.”
Giants SP Logan Webb Under 5.5 K’s (-110)
“A large majority of Webb’s strikeouts come on his changeup, but the Red Sox have the 11th-lowest K-rate against off-speed pitches. Boston also has the fourth-lowest K-rate versus righties.”
THE SENIOR EDITOR
New York Liberty -7.5 1H (-120) vs. Minnesota Lynx [8 p.m. ET]
“There aren’t many players who mean more to their team than Napheesa Collier, who is out with an ankle injury. It doesn’t help that Minnesota’s terrible perimeter defense faces a Liberty squad that takes and makes the most threes in the WNBA.”
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Believe it or not, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is next week. But we still have quite a bit to go before the regular season kicks off. To help speed ???? up the timeline, we have our daily NFL betting reports. We’ll be highlighting the betting action for individual teams in four Hustles per week, sorting them out by division.
We wrap up the NFC East today with the Commanders.
SUPER BOWL Odds: Opened +8000 (T-26th), currently +8000 (T-25th)
Action: 0.6% tickets (28th), 0.3% handle (28th)
WIN TOTAL Odds: 6.5 (Over +100, Under -125)
Action: OVER 53% tickets, OVER 54% handle
DIVISION Odds: Opened +1000 (4th), currently +1300 (4th)
Action: 10.4% tickets (4th), 1.5% handle (4th)
PERUSING THE PLAYERS
???? Terry McLaurin has seen his Offensive Player of the Year odds shift from +10000 ➡️ +8000. The talented Commanders wideout has grabbed 0.8% of the handle for this market, which is tied for 20th.
???? Washington took Emmanuel Forbes with the No. 16 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Forbes set the FBS record with six career pick-sixes at Mississippi State ????. His Defensive Rookie of the Year odds opened at +1600, but have since come down to +1300. Forbes has snagged the eighth-most money for DROY with 5.1% of the handle.
KEY FACTS: The biggest fight of the year in the boxing world will decide the undisputed welterweight title, as well as potentially answer the question ???? of who the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world is. Spence Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) and Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) bring their perfect records to Las Vegas on Saturday night.
CURRENT ODDS: Crawford -145, Spence Jr. +110
INSIGHTS: Spence Jr. 57% tickets, Crawford 64% handle
Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje 2
KEY FACTS: This massive rematch headlines a stellar UFC 291 card in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. Poirier was victorious in their first meeting with a fourth-round TKO back in 2018. Now the “BMF” title is officially up for grabs in this highly anticipated ???? sequel.
CURRENT ODDS: Poirier -150, Gaethje +125
INSIGHTS: Poirier 69% tickets, Gaethje 58% handle
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