The coaching carousel is in full swing with plenty of high profile jobs available this offseason. Bo Pelini was another such casualty this past weekend and there’s a laundry list of high profile names being thrown around to assume the reigns in Lincoln.  Earlier today Bovada released their preliminary odds board of prospective candidates.  No surprise that a former Husker man, current Oregon OC, Scott Frost is the leader in the clubhouse NCAA – Who will be the Head Coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers for the 2015-2016 season? Scott Frost                   5/2 Greg Schiano                15/4 Tom Herman                 4/1 Pat Narduzzi                  9/2 Jim McElwain                5/1 Jerry Kill                       13/2 Matt Wells                    ...

Just in time for those long holiday commutes (or to drown out family members once you get there)…the boys and I come at you full speed with holiday winners! You know the games, we just offered our spin on rivalries, playoff teams, and everything else in between. Most importantly we want to wish you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving. If life is like a Thanksgiving feast, we just see the OTL podcast as the stuffing Widget not appearing? Click here to listen to the call directly or follow the links below Listen below, listen on  iTunes (where you should totally subscribe and tell others to subscribe) or listen on your Android device. Wherever you listen, we hope you enjoy....

…and then there were 2 weeks to go in the college football regular season.  There’s still so much to be decided in regards to crowning the 4 best (most deserving teams) worthy of a playoff bid.  Alabama, Oregon, and Florida St are all poised to control their own destiny while its anyone’s guess who will snag that fourth spot. However we’ve been here before, simply assuming teams will win out making the decision even more difficult to name the top 2 teams.  I’ll still contend that at least 1, maybe 2 teams will lose this weekend creating an even messier title picture allowing a school like UCLA or Georgia to come bursting through that playoff door. All prices courtesy of the Westgate Superbook FLORIDA ST 7 OREGON 9-2 ALABAMA 8-5 UCLA 20 OHIO ST 7 BAYLOR 7 WISCONSIN 100 ARIZONA ST 100 MISSOURI 50 GEORGIA 30 ARIZONA 300 KANSAS ST 100 MISSISSIPPI ST 7 GEORGIA TECH 100 TCU 7...

What a podcast we have for you…there’s more banter this week than arguably any week of the season thus far given the pathetic slate of games we were left to discussed.  From the major stories in the Big Ten to the thinned out card in the SEC, we tried to hit on damn near every game that the casual fan would be interested in this upcoming weekend.  As always there was plenty of “colorful” chatter along with questionable best bets from our quartet.  I hope you’ll be entertained Widget not appearing? Click here to listen to the call directly or follow the links below Listen below, listen on  iTunes (where you should totally subscribe and tell others to subscribe) or listen on your Android device. Wherever you listen, we hope you enjoy....

Everything you may have missed from a busy weekend in college football consolidated into short gambling friendly game capsules. Buffalo 55 – Akron 24 There was nothing fluke like about the Bulls domination of the Zips. Buffalo outgained them by 306 yards while racking up 30 first downs compared to Akron’s 15. Northern Illinois 27 – Toledo 24 Toledo scored the game’s most important touchdown of the game with 2:14 remaining to sneak in the backdoor as +3.5 point underdogs. Toledo lost starting QB Michael Julian to a concussion and normal starter Logan Woodside made attempted 5 passes before being removed for Dwight Macon. Neither team turned the ball over and yards were pretty evenly matched, accurately reflecting the game’s final score. UMASS 24 – Ball St 10 The Minutemen dominated Ball St, outgaining the Cardinals 569-286. Umass gained 424 of their 569 yards through a high flying passing attack led by Blake Frohnapel who left the game with a lower body injury later. After Blake’s departure the Minutemen wouldn’t attempt a single pass in the games final 8 minutes. Bowling Green 30 – Kent St 20 It appeared the Falcons would soar to an easy cover en route to a 2nd straight MAC east title…but that wasn’t the case. BG built a 20-0 lead 4 minutes into the 2nd quarter but wouldn’t score again until the beginning of the 4th. Colin Reardon relieved ineffective Kent starter Nathan Strock leading the Flashes to a cover despite being outrushed 212 to 22 on the evening. Cincinnati 54 – East Carolina 46 ECU and Cincy combined for over 1,100 yards in freezing conditions at Paul Brown Stadium. The Pirates faced a 38-20 deficit early in the 3rd before they stormed back to take a 46-45 lead...

More dominoes fell this past weekend as the college football national championship picture begins to take form. With their win over Mississippi St, Alabama moved to the national championship front runner at a price just over 2-1.  UCLA remains one of the most intriguing sides on the board given a potential 11-2 finish with wins against USC, Stanford, and Oregon could have them sneaking in as a darkhorse longshot.  Here’s the complete updated list of future odds from the Westgate Superbook. FLORIDA ST 6OREGON 4ALABAMA 9-4UCLA 40OHIO ST 6BAYLOR 7MICHIGAN ST 1000WISCONSIN 100ARIZONA ST 100MISSOURI 100OLE MISS 25 GEORGIA 20 USC 500 ARIZONA 300 KANSAS ST 300 MISSISSIPPI ST 7 NEBRASKA 1000 GEORGIA TECH 100 TCU 6 DUKE 9999 FIELD...

 Wondering what the national championship picture would look like in the eyes of Las Vegas? Well put your mind at ease as Tony Miller and Aaron Kessler of the Golden Nugget have opened a laundry list of potential semifinals or national championship matchups for betting just minutes ago.  Here’s the complete list of current numbers Alabama -3 vs Oregon Alabama -5.5 vs Ohio St Alabama -6.5 vs Florida St Alabama -9 vs TCU Alabama -7 vs Baylor Alabama -7 vs Mississippi St Alabama -16 vs Arizona St Oregon -3 vs Ohio St Oregon -3 vs Florida St Oregon -4 vs TCU Oregon -5 vs Baylor Oregon -4 vs Mississippi St Oregon -10 vs Arizona St Ohio St -1 vs Florida St Ohio St -2.5 vs TCU Ohio St -2.5 vs Baylor Ohio St -2.5 vs Mississippi St Ohio St -9 vs Arizona St Florida St -1 vs TCU Florida St -1 vs Baylor Florida St -2 vs Mississippi St Florida St -8.5 vs Arizona St TCU PK vs Baylor TCU PK vs Mississippi St TCU -6 vs Arizona St Mississippi St -1 vs Baylor Baylor -8 vs Arizona St Mississippi St -6 vs Arizona...

This pod needs no introductions…and quite frankly putting this week’s edition into words wouldn’t do it justice.  Apparently Bud Elliot was afraid to come on and break down FSU/Miami so the 4 horsemen turned into a trio of idiots. Widget not appearing? Click here to listen to the call directly or follow the links below Listen below, listen on  iTunes (where you should totally subscribe and tell others to subscribe) or listen on your Android device. Wherever you listen, we hope you enjoy....

Every game won’t be included but the statistical anomalies and finals will be here in all their blazing glory Bowling Green @ Akron Maction kicked off in fashion with an Akron vs Bowling Green game that was hard on the eyes. The two teams combined to run 175 plays but only generate 37 points in ugly conditions. Akron finished the game with 5 turnovers to Bowling Green’s 1, negating the Zips +11 advantage in total yards. Buffalo @ Ohio Ohio completely smothered Buffalo, holding the Bulls to 7 first downs and only 134 yards. The Bobcats offense leaned heavily on their ground game with 55 of their 74 offensive snaps coming in the rushing game. Buffalo only held the ball for 23:21 running just 53 plays in the process Northern Illinois @ Ball St It’s hard to win football games when you turn the ball over 5 times as Ball St found out in their loss to Northern Illinois. NIU finished with 11 more minutes of possession than the Cardinals.  NIU used a muffed kickoff to go 18 yards early in the game for a TD and a late interception to put the game away in the 4th quarter. Clemson @ Wake Forest Wake Forest’s offense continues to be offensive. The Deacons picked up a whopping 119 yards in their losing effort last Thursday. Clemson held Wake to 7 yards rushing on 34 attempts. Wake actually led the game 7-0 and 14-10 early but couldn’t muster a sustained attack to pull off the upset as 3 TD dogs. Utah St @ Wyoming Utah St had 2 big plays in the first quarter; an 80 yard punt return and 66 yard touchdown run that proved enough to hold off the home bound Cowboys. USU scored...

The boys and I are back with another installment of your favorite college football podcast.  Unfortunately we recorded shorthanded this weekend without our glue guy Adam Kramer.  As if there was any doubt we attacked every playoff elimination game head on along with a smattering of other match-ups from the power conferences.  Thanks for all the interaction on twitter when it comes to questions for us and games you wanted us to cover. Sit back…grab a cold one and let us entertain you headed into a busy college football weekend Widget not appearing? Click here to listen to the call directly or follow the links below Listen below, listen on  iTunes (where you should totally subscribe and tell others to subscribe) or listen on your Android device. Wherever you listen, we hope you...

Lights. Camera. #MACtion. We were teased with a couple weeks of Tuesday night Sun Belt (or Fun Belt if you happened to be a ULL Ragin’Cajun’backer) but the real degenerate Holy Grail returns this week. The week day MAC games started with four games over Tuesday and Wednesday night this week. I imagine this is what it’s like when somebody going through withdrawals finally gets their fix. But as hardened #MACtion vets know, betting these weekday tilts are not for the faint of heart. Throw out everything you’ve ever learned betting on college football over the years, none of those rules apply. Luckily for you guys I’m here to provide you with everything you need to know about betting weekday MAC games. Written by Ted McNamara (Note: While I hold these #MACtion truths to be self evident, you may want to take this guide with a grain of salt when doing your research for these games). There will be weather. It must be something about the way the winds swirl off of Lake Erie into MAC country this time of year but for some reason it seems like every MAC game is played in some sort of less than desirable weather condition. It may be raining, it may be snowing, it may be freezing or incredibly windy. Never, EVER assume a weekday MAC game will be played in good conditions. Normally most people would tend to take the under if bad weather is in play, the problem is that’s not the way #MACtion works. Last year o/u’s were 6-6 in weekday MAC games regardless of mother nature. There will be missed extra points and field goals. No kick is guaranteed in these games. It doesn’t matter if it’s an extra point or a 30...

Reviewing boxscores are an important part of handicapping.  Final scores tell one story while stats, turnovers, and non-offensive scores often tell a very different tale.  Here are quick game capsules of what stood out to me reviewing the weekend’s results.  Note every game is not included if the box score and final told similar stories. Florida St @ Louisville Florida St spotted Louisville a 21-0 lead before outscoring the Cardinals 42-10 over the final 30:33. The Seminoles racked up 574 yards of offense against the nation’s #1 defense, a unit that was surrendering less than 300 yards per game coming into Thursday. Troy @ Georgia Southern Georgia Southern continued their ground assault on FBS opponents, this time racking up 421 of the pedestrian variety against Troy. GSU outgained Troy 461-154 and out first downed the Trojans 28-9 in their 42-10 obliteration. Cincinnati @ Tulane Cincinnati was -2 in the turnover department, compiling the same amount of first downs as Tulane in a game that wasn’t close. The Bearcats built a 24-0 halftime lead before the Green Wave trimmed the deficit to 24-14 mid-way through the 3rd quarter. Munchie Legeaux came off the bench to relieve Gunner Kiel (0-1, 1 INT) going 16-24 for 211 yards. Tommy Tuberville’s team finished the game with 265 yards rushing (Moore 15-124 and Boone 15-113). Tulsa @ Memphis Memphis spotted Tulsa a 14-3 early in the 2nd quarter. That was when the Tigers came to life, scoring 37 of the games next 43 points. Memphis only had a +15 differential in total yardage but found much more balance than Tulsa. Air Force @ Army Army picked up 8 first downs in getting dusted by their service academy rival Air Force 23-6. The Falcons ran 74 plays on offense compared...