{"id":231301,"date":"2022-09-11T07:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T12:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=231301"},"modified":"2022-09-12T13:59:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:59:02","slug":"college-football-big-underdogs-rule-saturday-thanks-to-massive-upsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/college-football-big-underdogs-rule-saturday-thanks-to-massive-upsets\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football: Big (Under)Dogs Rule Saturday Thanks to Massive Upsets"},"content":{"rendered":"

College football turned the crazy up to 11 Saturday, as there were upsets galore in some hallowed grounds.<\/p>\n

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Georgia Southern quarterback Kyle Vantrease dives for the endzone and scores the go-ahead touchdown in the final minute of the Eagles’ stunning 45-42 victory at Nebraska. Georgia Southern was one of four college football teams Saturday to score a straight-up win as a massive underdog. (Image: AJ Henderson\/Georgia Southern Athletics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three Sun Belt teams went to Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and Nebraska as double-digit underdogs. Those teams, Marshall, Appalachian State, and Georgia Southern, didn\u2019t just cover. They won outright, giving some bettors a hefty payday.<\/p>\n

Even a Power 5 school got in on the action, as Washington State went to Wisconsin and shocked the Badgers. As David Bearman, ESPN\u2019s<\/em> deputy editor of sports betting, noted, Saturday marked the first time since Division I split into the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision that four favorites of at least 17.5 points all lost straight-up on the same day.<\/p>\n

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Per @ESPNStatsInfo<\/a> <\/p>\n

6 Texas A&M (-18) lost vs App State
8 Notre Dame -20.5) lost vs Marshall
19 Wisconsin (-17.5) lost vs Washington St
Nebraska -23.5) lost vs Georgia So. <\/p>\n

1st time since the FBS\/FCS split in 1978 that 4 teams favored by 17.5 points lost on the same day<\/p>\n

— David Bearman ESPN (@DBearmanESPN) September 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n