Tonight’s FedEx Orange Bowl is one of the big games still left to be played and it is getting a ton of attention from bettors, as this nationally televised battle takes center stage all on its own. SportsBetting.com has made the Virginia Tech Hookies –3.5 point favorites over the Kansas Jayhawks.
“Kansas will have a chance to earn the respect of college football enthusiast tonight with a win in over Virginia Tech,” stated Sports-Odds.com American Football Betting Expert Brad Marchetti of Einstein Picks. “The Jayhawks will have plenty of fan support at the Orange Bowl as I saw tons of Kansas fans walking up and down Lincoln Road & Ocean Drive in South Beach today before the game.”
Both teams have a lot more to play for than simply celebrating a bowl victory. The Hokies would love to hit the 12-win mark, putting a positive exclamation point on a season that followed the spring tragedy on their campus. For Kansas, it is all about respect and finally being able to tell the sports world that they are legit, and not a function of a soft schedule and a few fluke plays.
What do Orange Bowl bettors think? They think Virginia Tech is going to deliver that storybook ending for their school, as 90% of the betting volume at SportsBetting.com is on their side.
A season that, in retrospect, was one of the wildest, craziest year’s anyone can remember. Even commentator Beano Cooke, who’s been watching college football since the days when Navy used to play on New Year’s Day, states that he can’t remember a season like this.
The curtain is getting ready to close on the 2007-2008 college football season there are still a pair of meaningful bowl games left on the card after the winner is decided in the the 2008 Orange Bowl tonight and before the BCS Championship kicks off on Monday night. These are the type of college football bowl games only family, friends and die hard school faithful really care about…oh…and of course us sports bettors care to.
The International Bowl between Rutgers vs Ball State will kicks-off Saturday the 5th. The Scarlet Knights are a 10.5 point favorite. As one might expect, Rutgers is getting most of the attention from the betting public, as 83% of the players at SportsBetting.com are placing their fortunes in the hands of the Scarlet Knights.
The GMAC Bowl follows on Sunday with the match-up between Tulsa vs. Bowling Green. Tulsa is a 4.5-point favorite, with a very lofty Over/Under number of 76. Tulsa is receiving 70% of the betting action, while that huge total is attracting mostly “Under” tickets, at a clip of 80%.
