By: Luke Maiers

College football fans rejoice. The football season is inching closer, and we now sit under 90 days from kickoff! It appears that it is going to be another year of domination by Alabama and Clemson (no surprise), but I’m here to give you a look at some future bets that caught my eyes while looking at favorites for the College Football Playoff and the Heisman Trophy.

Clearly everything about Bama and Clemson is going to have great lines, so I neglected them for this article and looked a little deeper. Here are some of the picks I like, value more than others, and picks I’m fading. Let’s get the party started with some Heisman Trophy odds.

Heisman (Lines from Bovada)

You will see that I am not big on Nebraska after looking this article over. Everyone is high as hell on the Cornhuskers this season, but I’m not buying it. Adrian Martinez is the quarterback for Nebraska and he is going off at +1200 to win the Heisman this season. I just don’t see it. I have heard people say that he is going to be the best QB in college football this season, but that just seems idiotic. He is in the second year at a rebuilding program that won four games last season. They play in a defense heavy conference that is known more for the battle in the trenches then airing it out. Fade Martinez at +1200.





I’m also going to be fading quarterback Justin Fields at +1100. He transferred this past offseason to Ohio State a year after being the #1 recruit in the nation. Fields was at Georgia but wasn’t going to be the starter last season or this season. It was a good move for him, but being a backup all last year had to have taken a little out of him. Plus, the Buckeyes should have a pretty good run game this season with JK Dobbins, and unless they run a lot of options with Fields, I don’t see him competing for the Heisman this year. Fade Fields at +1100.

One man that I do have some confidence in this season to win the Heisman is quarterback Jake Fromm from Georgia at +1800. The Bulldogs will compete again this season, and have a great chance to make the College Football Playoff. Fromm is a skilled player that plays in one of the toughest conferences in America. Fromm is coming into his third year as a starting QB after having two pretty damn good seasons before this one. If he can up his statistics a little from the previous two seasons and Georgia does great again, he should be a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. Value Fromm at +1800.

National Champion (Lines from DraftKings)

Like I said, I’m leaving Clemson and Alabama out of this because of course people are going to spread some money on them. I’ll start with the teams I am fading.

First on this list is Nebraska. They have stunk ever since Bo Pelini was canned there. Scott Frost has brought in a new, unprecedented hype train that is completely unwarranted. Their only Big Ten win last season came against Michigan State. They won that game 9-6. I have never seen a team so unworthy of all this hype. Fade the Huskers at +8000.

The second fade is Texas at +2500. Texas hasn’t been relevant since Colt McCoy left Austin. This team kind of has the Tiger Woods effect where everyone wants them to be good again, but it isn’t likely as this conference is run by Oklahoma. Tom Herman is probably already on the hot seat as boosters will want to see production quickly. I guess their one glimmer of hope is that they find a quarterback and Oklahoma chokes this season, but I don’t think that’s happening. Fade Texas at +2500.

My value pick to win the College Football Playoff this season is Oregon at +5000. The Ducks return quarterback Justin Herbert, and they play in the worst conference in America. If they can avoid getting slipped up by Stanford or USC, they should find themselves representing the Pac 12 in the CFP. Value Oregon at +5000.



And finally, one team that should once again be on everyone’s radar, Oklahoma at +1200. Lose Baker Mayfield, no drop off. Lose Kyler Murray, maybe no drop off? Jalen Hurts transferred in from Alabama over the last couple of months, and I don’t foresee a drop off coming. This guy already has one championship under his belt, so there will be no pressure when the Sooners have to play in big games. Plus, they have one of the three best coaches in America in Lincoln Riley. I think Oklahoma will win the Big 12 and find themselves in the CFP. Lock Oklahoma at +1200.



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