The college football season is about to wrap up and the most exciting time of the year is now here for college football fans…Bowl Season. There are now 35 bowl games to bet, beginning with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on December 15, 2012. From then on, there is a game almost every night through the Discover BCS National Championship Game on January 7, 2013 Rajabandot.
The beauty of the bowl games for bettors is that we have a lot more time to prepare for them. We do not have to pick from a changing slate of 60 or so games like we do for the regular season. There is about two weeks to prepare for the first game and a steady flow from that point forward. In other words, there is plenty of time to dismiss the non-plays and figure out the money-making opportunities.
Many of the early bowl games are dismissed by casual gamblers because of the lack of quality teams in these games. However, these games are often filled with mismatches that present huge opportunities. They are also packed with teams that are disappointed they did not win their championship games and have now been relegated to some obscure bowl taking place before January 1.
Of course, there is the other side of teams that are extremely excited to have one more game to play and they look at this as their opportunity to shine. These are the opportunities to find if you are going to bet on college NCAAF bowl games this post season.
Championship Week will play a large part in how you should bet the bowl games. Watch out for teams like Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Kansas State, etc… These are all teams that expect to win their conference and play in a major bowl. For instance, the winner of the Alabama-Georgia game will face off against Notre Dame for the National Championship. How will the loser respond?
Go back to 2008 to see just how devastating a loss in the SEC Championship can affect a team that expects to win a National Championship. Alabama was ranked number one in the country and faced off against number two ranked Florida in the SEC Championship game. Most had Alabama penciled in for a date in the National Championship Game, but they ended up losing the game 31-20.
While not the Championship Game, Alabama secured a bid in the Sugar Bowl as a heavy favorite against number seven ranked Utah. While the coaches tried to put on a good front, it was evident the team was devastated from the loss. They had simply lost their swagger. The result…a 31-17 thumping and their second loss of what was expected to be a perfect season.
Opportunities such as this will be up and down the bowl schedule. Find the teams that are young and excited to have an opportunity facing off against veterans who have been here before and that are disappointed in having lost out at a chance to go to a major bowl game. Just a little due diligence could turn your bowl season into your most profitable betting session of the season.