The Mid-American Conference is one of the more exciting conferences to watch throughout the season, mostly because of it's high scoring offensive teams and unpredictability. The East division has had five different champions in the past five seasons. In '08, Ball State went to the MAC Championship Game with a prefect 12-0 record and a top 10 ranking in both polls but was upset by Buffalo (7-5). … [Read more...]
Conference USA – 2009 Football Betting Preview
The '08 Conference USA season brought new national respect and recognition. With 2 straight shocking upsets by East Carolina over ranked West Virginia and Virginia Tech at the begriming of the season that shot the Pirates all the to 14th in the national polls and made them the early favorite to bust the BCS. But that was wishful thinking as the Pirates fell apart soon thereafter, leaving the … [Read more...]
Big East – 2009 Football Betting Preview
The Big East had a tough '08, as the Mountain West success gave rise to the question who deserves an automatic BCS Bowl berth more? The Big East or Mountain West? To us it is shocking to see how short the media's memories are. The Big East won 3 straight BCS Bowls from '05-'07, with victories over the SEC, ACC and Big XII champions. With that said, the Big East regrouped in the postseason, posting … [Read more...]
Big 12 – 2009 Football Betting Preview
The Big 12 had a great 2008 year, highlighted by and incredible league-wide offensive explosion. 6 teams averaged 35+ points per game. Another major story was the emergence of the Big 12 South as one of the nation’s top divisions. In fact, the controversy which surrounded the tie breaking process between Texas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma atop the division standings brought alot of publicity to the … [Read more...]
ACC – 2009 Football Betting Preview
When you think ACC you think - Basketball. Programs like North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are all nationally successful and respected in the hoops world. In 2005 after the ACC expanded to 12 teams nobody could have predicted the effect it would have had on it's conference’s teams in football. You would have thought that Miami and Florida State, would be the superpowers of the … [Read more...]