College Football Betting Lines

Since being created in 1998, the BCS sports betting bowl system for college football has been met with much criticism from schools, fans, and bettors alike. Under the BCS system, it seems as though there is favoritism going on between the NCAA and specific powerhouse schools. In the old bowl system, while it was confusing which teams deserved to be in each game, it also seemed as though the best teams were always facing one another. Today we’ll look at the bookie software college bowl system and how a playoff format would make the most sense of both worlds.

Entering Monday night’s BCS National Title game, the SEC is assured of being named the conference to house the National Champion for the sixth time in a row. However, in theory, this should not have happened, as Pac-12 Champion Stanford or Big 12 Champion Oklahoma State should have been given the opportunity to face LSU and not fellow SEC rival Alabama. In fact, under the old system, Stanford would have won the right to face LSU, because the bowl game the National Title is using, would feature an SEC and Pac 12 champion facing one another. Alabama and Oklahoma State would then face one another in a different bowl game to determine the second best team in the country.

As we mentioned earlier, NFL handicappers have long felt that the NCAA owes them a playoff round to determine the National Champion. If that was to happen, then and only then, could the NCAA justify having two teams from the same conference face in the finals. After all, plenty of teams from the same conference are ranked in the top 10 of the AP 25 polls. But with that in mind, the current BCS format was designed for the very reason that the best teams from different conferences faced in bowl games. Except in the case of this year’s National Title game.

NCAA football betting players are gearing up for the next stage of the bowl season as the BCS bowls are on the horizon, and you should know all of your options before heading to your sportsbook. One of the concepts you should grasp is the idea of reverse bets, although it is a bet that isn’t very popular.

Basically, the idea of a reverse bet can be simplified if you think of it in terms of an “if/then” bet: if this happens, then this happens. It is essentially two two-game “if” bets that depend on each other, and it is a bet that is used predominantly by horse betting players, although some that use bookie software can find other uses for it as well. You may wish to use it during the bowl season to cover your losses. For example, you may have Florida State at -110 on the money line, while Notre Dame comes in at -120, and you make a $500 reverse bet. This means you’re betting $550 on Florida State and $600 on Notre Dame to win $500 in both cases. There are four possible outcomes: both teams win (and you clean up), Florida State wins (you profit from FSU, but lose your ND bet), Notre Dame wins (the exact opposite) or both teams lose (you lose it all).

It may seem complicated, but try it a couple of times with smaller amounts and if you get the hang of it, reverse bets can be a great weapon to have in your sports betting arsenal.