The 2025 NFL season has pushed its way into Week 16, and this is the point where early-season chatter starts to fade into the background. Now, the playoff picture becomes real, and every team with something to fight for treats each snap like it could make or break their year. Divisional races are tightening, wild-card hopefuls are scrambling, and bettors …
College football betting is all about spotting shifts before the crowd does, and Virginia Tech might be one of this season’s best test cases. Their odds have hovered in that uncertain range. Not hopeless, not hopeful, but volatile. When volatility meets opportunity, sharp bettors take notice. The Hokies’ path through the 2025 season is full of matchups that could move …
Every September, oddsmakers scramble to adjust their boards as quarterbacks either rise or stumble out of the gate. This year, the spotlight is brighter than ever with the expanded playoff format. A few signal-callers have the power to swing odds overnight, influencing rankings and how the playoff picture is priced week to week. With that pressure building, certain quarterbacks will …
As the 2025 football season draws near, Tennessee’s championship odds have become a hot topic in both college and professional football circles. Whether it’s the Volunteers in the NCAA or the Titans in the NFL, Tennessee’s football programs have seen their betting lines shift in ways that have caught the attention of sportsbooks and bettors alike. These shifting odds do …
Dak Prescott enters the 2025 NFL season under a cloud of uncertainty — and opportunity. After a season-ending hamstring injury cut his 2024 campaign short and with the Dallas Cowboys failing to qualify for the postseason, the team and its quarterback have something to prove this year. Let’s break down how the Cowboys’ team expectations directly impact Dak Prescott’s player …
The NFL Draft is always a big deal—it’s the moment when NFL teams pick their future stars, and fans get to see what their team’s next big move will be. But for some, it’s not just about watching, but also about getting in on the action by betting on the draft itself. Be it predicting the first pick, the number …
Super Bowl LIX has been won by the Eagles! The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs faced off for the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in three seasons, and the latest game was just a complete and utter dominance from the Eagles. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were trying to make NFL history by becoming the first team …
Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders’ remarkable season ended in Philadelphia on Sunday. Washington fell to the Eagles 55-23 in the NFC Championship Game, and while disappointment was evident on the sideline, there’s plenty of reason for optimism about the franchise’s future. Daniels is the frontrunner for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, while Dan Quinn is a strong Coach …
Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season left fans excited as playoff battles intensified. The Kansas City Chiefs secured another AFC West title with a dominant win, while the Philadelphia Eagles dramatically clinched their spot in the postseason. On the flip side, the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos stumbled, putting their playoff hopes on shaky ground. Now, all eyes are …
Jacksonville Jaguars’ commitment to growing the game of American football in the UK will come with added impact this summer. The club’s popular ‘Jaguars Academy’ initiative returns for a third season in 2018, but takes another step up with the introduction of pads and controlled contact throughout the three days of coaching. The Academy, already renowned for giving British amateur …
With the 2018 It’s A Penalty campaign to tackle child abuse and exploitation due to kick off at next month’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis, Gridiron caught up with the organisation’s driving force, CEO Sarah de Carvalho, to learn more… Q: Give us a little of the background to It’s A Penalty and explain what the campaign hopes to achieve? SdC: …
An SEC Championship game without Alabama would have been unthinkable for much of the season, but here we are. A revenge game for another former No. 1-ranked squad against the team that dumped both it and the Tide from top spot. Georgia and Auburn, both 7-1 in conference, stand on the brink of a place in the College Football Playoff, …
The Iron Bowl is rarely without consequence, carrying as it does the hopes and bragging rights of two of the SEC’s most fervent fanbases, but the 2017 edition has a little more riding on it than the ability to crow for 12 months… Auburn might just be the kingmakers in the SEC right now – and stand a chance of …
How quickly things can change in college football. After blowing out Florida in the ‘World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’, Georgia moved up to number two in the rankings – and even had some claiming they should actually be ahead of Alabama. One week later, following a 40-17 blowout by Auburn, the Bulldogs can’t even afford another loss if they still …
If the CFP battle looks like it’s Alabama versus everyone else, that goes double for the SEC, where inconsistency reigns just about everywhere outside of Tuscaloosa and half the coaches in the conference find themselves on the hot seat. But before Crimson Tide fans get too cocky, this might actually be bad news for Nick Saban’s team. Given the five-into-four-doesn’t-go …
Nine weeks into the NFL season and there will be more than a few GMs with an itchy trigger finger… Neil Reynolds lists the most likely targets in the firing line…
Neil Reynolds considers his latest candidates for NFL MVP honours after another interesting week on the gridiron.
As NFL 2017’s regular season rolls into its second half, Neil Reynolds picks out the studs and duds in Week 9, including the best players on offense, defense and special teams – and a familiar Goat of the Week… “>
Bedlam is one of college football’s biggest rivalries, but when the post-season is on the line, and two strong teams face each other, expect things to be even more insane. The showdown between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, more often than not, provides a Big 12 season finale of note but, this time around – for only the second time in …
Another International Series in the books, and another UK fan converted, as Ryan Peacock admits he was wrong about NFL games on this side of ‘the pond’… Well that’s it… The 2017 London games are complete and, while the quality on the field didn’t always live up to what could have been, they were, without doubt, a success. This year …
A better start for Neil this week as he stands 1-for-1 after correctly picking the winner of Thursday night’s Houston-Cincinnati clash in The Jungle, but how will he fare over the remaining games?
It’s that time of year again, when six remaining teams attempt to battle their way to the biggest game of the football year, Super Bowl LI in Houston, but, on this side of the pond, it’s also the signal for Gridiron to start the build-up to one of its legendary socials – the Super Bowl party with Houston, Texas. This …
With coaching casualties littering the field after the final weekend of the regular season, Week 17’s Tuesday Morning Touchdown takes a look at the NFL’s situations vacant column… Puttin’ Six On The Board BUFFALO BILLS General manager Doug Whaley kept his job while Rex Ryan walked the plank in Buffalo, despite their biggest issue being an absence of players who …
Having seen its regular slot hijacked by the announcement of next year’s London games, the Gridiron team give a belated take on Week 14 for the latest Tuesday (Wednesday?) Morning Touchdown… Puttin’ Six On The Board They shoot horses don’t they? If ever there was a microcosm of why the Indianapolis Colts have been so bad under Chuck Pagano …
