College Football Odds Week 1

The Las Vegas Sportsbook have released their College Football odds for Week 1 and Sports Handicapper Ron Raymond has provided them for your review below. Don’t get sucked into betting a bad line, as the Offshore Sportsbooks and the Las Vegas Sportsbooks have been doing this for a very long time and they will take you to the cleaners if you don’t know what you are doing. Bet with your head, not your heart!

If you need some help reading the line, check out Ron Raymond’s 50 Greatest Sports Betting Secrets and learn how to avoid the sucker lines. Here’s an example of one of Ron’s secrets from his book.

A) First Game on the Las Vegas & Offshore Schedule: Every week, the Las Vegas and offshore Sportsbooks release their official NFL and College football (CFB ) odds schedules. Keep an eye out on the first game at the top of the NFL and College Football schedule; this is usually the “Sucker line of the week” game. The Sportsbooks will review the games going on that week and try to find the easiest game to trap the BETTING public. Then, they set their sucker lines, knowing Joe Public will hammer that team. Again, you need to have a sharp eye; the sucker line could be the total!

**VERY IMPORTANT**: Think about it, when you bring up the weekly NFL or College Football schedule, the Sportsbooks know it’s the first game you’re going to review, and your instinct will tell you “subconsciously”, easy game to pick. Plus, the Sportsbooks know if you’re betting parlays, you’re going to include that first game at the top of the schedule in your parlay and from a Sportsbooks point of view, if they can kill your parlay with your first pick, then their job is over! To the Sportsbook, that first game they put at the top on a busy College Football Saturday and that first game at the top on a busy NFL Sunday, that’s the game they want the silver bullet to kill your parlay.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Game Time: 6:00 pm (ESPN)

South Carolina 44.0 vs. North Carolina State -3



8:00 pm (MTN)

Utah State 52.0 vs. Utah -21



9:15 pm (ESPN)

Oregon 60½ vs. Boise State -6



6:00 pm Added Game

Troy -5½ Bowling Green 59½



6:30 pm (ESPNU) (TM CH)

North Texas 56½ vs. Ball State -17½



Friday, September 04, 2009

7:00 pm (ESPN)

Tulsa -13½ vs. Tulane 63½



Saturday, September 05,

11:00 am (ESPN)

Navy 44½ vs. Ohio State -22½



11:00 am (B10)

Akron 58 vs. Penn State -27



2:30 pm (ABC) (TM CH)

Western Michigan 54 vs. Michigan -12



6:00 pm (TM CH)

Connecticut -4 vs. Ohio 48½



2:30 pm (NBC)

Nevada 57½ vs. Notre Dame -13½



2:30 pm (ABC)

Georgia 62½ vs. Oklahoma State -5½



11:00 am (ESPNU) (TM CH) @ Cincinnati, OH

Kentucky -14 vs. Miami Ohio 46



6:00 pm (ESPN) (TM CH) @ Arlington, TX

BYU 68 vs. Oklahoma -22



2:30 pm (ESPN) @ St. Louis, MO

Missouri 60.0 vs. Illinois -6½



3:00 pm

Rice 62½ vs. UAB -4½



2:30 pm (ESPN2) (TM CH)

Baylor 53 vs. Wake Forest -1



11:00 am (ESPN2) (TM CH)

Minnesota -6½ vs. Syracuse 48½



6:00 pm

Army 47½ vs. Eastern Michigan -5



6:00 pm (B10)

Northern Illinois 51 vs. Wisconsin -16



11:00 am (TM CH) (B10)

Toledo 51½ vs. Purdue -12½



7:00 pm (TM CH)

Stanford -16 vs. Washington State 56



6:00 pm (ESPNU) (TM CH)

Louisiana Tech 45 vs. Auburn -13



6:00 pm (TM CH)

New Mexico 56 vs. Texas A&M -14



7:00 pm (ABC) @ Georgia Dome

Virginia Tech 37 vs. Alabama -5



7:00 pm

Idaho 54 vs. New Mexico State -3½



8:00 pm (CBSC)

Buffalo 60 vs. Texas El Paso -6



9:00 pm (ESPN2)

Maryland 52 vs. California -21



2:30 pm (FSN) (TM CH)

San Jose State 50 vs. USC -34½



9:00 pm

Central Michigan 53½ vs. Arizona -12



6:30 pm (FSN) (TM CH)

San Diego State 52½ vs. UCLA -17½



9:30 pm (ESPN)

LSU -16½ vs. Washington 53



6:00 pm (TM CH) Added Game

Florida Atlantic 60 vs. Nebraska -20½



5:00 pm (TM CH) Added Game

Middle Tennessee State 49½ vs. Clemson -19½



6:00 pm Added Game

UL Monroe 62½ vs. Texas -40½



11:20 am (TM CH) Added Game

Western Kentucky 44 vs. Tennessee -30



Sunday,

2:30 pm (ESPN)

Mississippi -16½ vs. Memphis 54



6:00 pm (FSN)

Colorado State 54 vs. Colorado -10½



Monday, September 07, 2009

3:00 pm (ESPN)

Cincinnati 50½ vs. Rutgers -5½



7:00 pm (ESPN)

Miami Florida 48½ vs. Florida State -4½