Sharp money moves line on Alabama-Georgia CFP title game

As Georgia built a 27-3 pb implicit Michigan successful the archetypal fractional of Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal successful the Orange Bowl, the Westgate SuperBook made the Bulldogs 1½-point favorites implicit Alabama successful Monday’s nationalist title game.

The fig rapidly climbed to 2½, contempt the SuperBook taking a $185,000 wealth enactment wager Friday nighttime connected the Crimson Tide astatine +125.

Sharp wealth connected Georgia connected Saturday pushed the statement Las Vegas enactment to 3, wherever it remained Monday.

“We went to 3 erstwhile 1 of our guys — he’s stake with america a mates years and we person him labeled a crisp — stake $40,000 connected Georgia,” SuperBook vice president of hazard Ed Salmons said. “I wouldn’t beryllium amazed if this happening bounces backmost and forth. I deliberation determination volition beryllium truthful overmuch enactment connected some sides.”

Before the CFP semifinals, Caesars Sportsbook took a six-figure wager connected Georgia to triumph it each astatine +135 from a bettor that vice president of trading Craig Mucklow described arsenic “a reddish blistery customer.”

Mucklow said that aforesaid respected lawsuit placed 2 $110,000 wagers to triumph $100,000 each Saturday connected the Bulldogs -2½.

Station Casinos besides reported aboriginal crisp enactment connected Georgia -2½.

“They pushed america to three,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “We were connected the precocious side. We opened it up astatine 2½ erstwhile 1½ was retired there, and they pushed america to three.

“Just based connected the eyeball trial watching the assemblage playoff games, though Alabama did triumph easy against Cincinnati, they weren’t astir arsenic awesome arsenic Georgia’s show against Michigan. I deliberation we’ll beryllium Alabama fans, to a degree, erstwhile the crippled kicks Monday. But I deliberation they’ll stake Alabama connected the wealth line.”

The Crimson Tide — who covered arsenic 13-point favorites successful their 27-6 triumph implicit Cincinnati successful the Cotton Bowl — crushed the Bulldogs 41-24 arsenic 6½-point underdogs successful the Dec. 4 Southeastern Conference rubric game.

“They stake Georgia successful the archetypal game,” Esposito said. “We were intelligibly Alabama fans successful that game.”

Salmons said Georgia, which is connected a seven-game losing streak to the Tide, has had a higher powerfulness standing than Alabama each season.

“That’s wherefore Georgia opened arsenic a favourite to statesman with and wherefore they pushed it up,” helium said. “In the past of these repetition games, the squad that loses Game 1 usually wins Game 2.”

Bengals believer

Cincinnati finished past successful the AFC North the past 3 seasons. But that didn’t halt a Caesars bettor from placing 2 $10,000 wagers to triumph $200,000 each astatine 20-1 likelihood that the Bengals would triumph the part this season.

The gambler won his bets erstwhile Cincinnati thrice rallied from 14 points down to Kansas City en way to a 34-31 triumph Sunday that clinched the Bengals’ archetypal part rubric successful six years.

Chase is on

Cincinnati wideout Ja’Marr Chase overtook Patriots backmost Mac Jones arsenic the favourite to triumph the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year grant aft finishing with 11 catches for 266 yards and 3 TDs successful the triumph implicit the Chiefs.

Chase is the -220 favourite astatine Boyd Gaming to triumph the award, portion Jones is the +175 2nd choice.

Bengals QB Joe Burrow has closed the spread connected Cowboys QB Dak Prescott successful the likelihood to triumph the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award. After throwing for 971 yards and 8 TDs (with nary interceptions) the past 2 weeks, Burrow is present the +110 2nd prime astatine Boyd Gaming down Prescott, the -150 favorite.

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