New Year’s 6, CFP patterns: Gamblers flock to Bama

• David Purdum, ESPN

  • Staff WriterDec 29, 2023, 02:45 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014
  • Journalist covering betting market since 2008

Bettors have actually overwhelmingly agreed Alabama over Michigan up until now, and bookmakers are anticipating the money to continue circulation in on the Crimson Tide ahead of the Rose Bowl on Monday.Sportsbooks were reporting heavy action on the underdog Crimson Tide this week. Approximately 3 times as much money had been banked on Alabama as Michigan at some sportsbooks. At BetRivers sportsbooks, the Crimson Tide plus the points was the most popular bet of any of the staying bowl games. The second-most popular was Alabama to win the game straight up.Editor’s Picks 2 Related In spite of the lopsided action on the Crimson Tide, the point

spread was

holding stable at Michigan -2, the like the opening line, Friday. Alabama was +105 on the cash line.Caesars Sportsbook briefly dropped the line to select ’em Dec. 13 and rapidly attracted a big bet on the Wolverines, according to lead college football trader Joey Feazel. “We evaluated the waters and went to pick and within a couple hours took a bigger bet, some sharp action on Michigan at the much better price for$79,000,”Feazel informed ESPN on Thursday.”So, as quickly as we went beyond the market [with the point spread] towards Alabama, it was instant buyback on Michigan. This tells me the lines are right where they’re supposed to be, but we’ll see.”The wagering action was more well balanced– and much lighter– on the other College Football Playoff semifinal in between Texas and Washington in the Sugar Bowl. The Longhorns were consensus 4-point favorites Friday, but roughly 60%of the betting action was on the underdog Huskies.The Rose Bowl in between Michigan and Alabama had actually attracted 3 times as much cash from wagerers at Caesars Sportsbook as the Sugar Bowl as of Thursday.

Wagerers are greatly siding with Alabama versus Michigan in the Rose

Bowl Game. Gary Cosby Jr./ USA TODAY Sports College football betting notables Capital One Bowl Mania Go best in your bowl choices and win as much as$1 million, plus more rewards! Make Your Picks – The early championship game have actually not respected the betting public, who have actually not been able to keep up with a mix of favorites and

underdogs winning and covering the spread in the very first few weeks.Entering Friday, bowl favorites were 16-12 straight-out and 14-14 versus the spread. There had actually been 15 overs and 13 unders, according to ESPN Statistics & Information research study.”It’s been a much better bowl season for us than in the past,”Feazel stated. “A great deal of the steam hasn’t been getting there. It hasn’t been the best bowl season for the bettors.

“- The point spread on the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in between UNLV and Kansas moved significantly in the hours leading up to Monday’s kickoff. The Jayhawks went from -13 to as low as -7.5 as sportsbooks tried to respond to rumors swirling that Kansas quarterback Jason Bean was sick and might be out. Bean started and threw 6 goal passes to lead the Jayhawks to a 49-36 win. – Georgia has gone from a 13.5-point favorite to a 20-point preferred over undermanned Florida State for Saturday’s Orange Bowl. Junior Tate Rodemaker, the Seminoles ‘expected beginning quarterback, has gone into the transfer website, and a few of the team’s NFL potential customers have pulled out of the game.”We’re going to require Florida State,”Feazel stated. – The greatest choice on a non-playoff bowl for Caesars Sportsbook was setting up to be the ReliaQuest Bowl between Wisconsin and LSU on New Year

‘s Day. The line opened at LSU -10.5, dropped to

-7 after quarterback Jayden Daniels pulled out, but has considering that grown back to Tigers -10.”I expect we’re going to need Wisconsin pretty bad early on,”Feazel told ESPN.