2009 BCS Championship Game Betting
Written January 8, 2009 by Jack Jones
The Florida Gators are getting a lot of action for tonight’s BCS Championship game and sportsbooks everywhere are adjusting their football lines to try and balance out the action. While this game isn’t as big as the Super Bowl, for college football betting enthusiasts this is the last chance of the year to make money on the NCAA gridiron.
Sportsbook.com is reporting that 83% of their action so far is on the Gators, who opened as three-point favorites but are now up to five. It seems that bettors believe that the Sooner offense is going to have a little more trouble against this Gator defense than they did all year against the weak Big 12 defenses, when Oklahoma amassed 54 ppg on 562.8 ypg. Those stats might look a little padded though when you see that Oklahoma has played just two defenses ranked in the top 60 over their last nine games compared to five ranked 89th or worse.
Another thing bettors are looking at are the struggles the Big 12 conference has had in winning bowl games this year. Missouri’s offense seemed to struggle against Northwestern and the Tigers couldn’t pull out the win as a 12.5 point favorite until overtime. Oklahoma State was sixth in total offense this year but lost to Oregon in their bowl game. Texas Tech was the top passing team in the country this year but lost to Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl. Even the mighty Texas struggled to beat Ohio State, largely due to not getting into the end zone for the entire first half. The Longhorns had ranked fourth in points scored this season.
The Florida defense is going to be the best Oklahoma has faced all season with the Gators ranked 8th in total defense, 4th in points allowed, 16th agains the pass, and second with 24 interceptions. With their offense also scoring 45.2 points per game against a schedule that included some tough SEC defenses it’s no wonder bettors are backing the Gators.
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The BCS should be renamed the BS Championship. What a joke! Neither of the two best teams are in the title game. I’ll put up $40,000,000 to have Utah play USC for the real national championship.
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T Reply:
January 8th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I’m actually pretty tired of hearing this argument. How can you say that Florida and Oklahoma aren’t deserving to play for the National Championship? Are there other teams that are deserving as well? A few are close. But to say that Utah and USC are MORE deserving that these two teams just isn’t right. If it were a Utah/USC BCS game there would still be people complaining about Florida and Oklahoma not getting in. Even if they switched to some kind of playoff there would be a team like TCU or even Utah that might get left out of the bracket. Then what? You’re right back to where you are now, complaining that the system is flawed. Guess what? There is no such thing as a perfect system. Welcome to the world! =)
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mike Reply:
January 8th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Same old tired answer. It’s really all about money and contracts. The “most” deserving teams is the real question. How about a national vote after the bowl games are over? The arguments are much stronger for USC or Utah than any other teams.
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T Reply:
January 8th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
A national vote would just rank all of the teams in the most populated areas highest, I don’t think that’s a very valid way to pick a National Champion. How do you define “most” deserving? You can make a strong case for Utah now that they beat Alabama, but before that win, nobody really knew how good that team was. It’s simply a limitation that they have for playing in a crappy conference. USC is a good team, but they have one loss just like Florida and Oklahoma. The Trojans aren’t any more deserving than those two teams. I can buy the argument for money with Utah because they are in such a small market, but why would the BCS purposely keep USC out? They are in one of the biggest markets in the US! There’s no conspiracy here. An arbitrary math model spit two teams out as the “best” this year. Both teams are deserving enough, so what’s the problem?
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Seth Reply:
January 8th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
PLEASE! If it’s all about money than why would they put Oklahoma in it? Yea, like Oklahoma is the booming mecca of the US and has such a huge consumer base. If it was about money don’t you think it would be USC? Little more population to draw from there. Money is a factor always but quit crying. As long as the SEC is as stacked as it is they will always be in the BCS.
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