Alabama vs. Georgia Early Betting Action on Bulldogs, Spread Extends to Field Goal

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Alabama and GA testament fill for a rematch of the SEC Championship a hebdomad from today, Jan 10. But this time, the stakes will be yet higher, as the gamy is for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

No. 1 AL (12-1) testament go for to swage No. 3 Sakartvelo (12-1) as the Crimson Tide did on December 4 inwards Atlanta. The rematch testament follow played at Lucas Oil Stadium inward Indianapolis, and Alabama is once again in the unusual role of underdog.

Oddsmakers aren’t habitual to having Alabama train Nick Saban as the dog. But the experts trust GA is the ameliorate team, and with the too soon litigate favoring the Bulldogs, the spread is only if extending. After gap with Heart of Dixie being spotted between 1.5 to 2.5 points, the spread out has since increased.

I didn’t want to spell to -3 until we took a existent bet,” Ed Salmons, a college football game oddsmaker at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, told ESPN. “One of our respected players set -2.5 for $40,000, so we went to -3.”

With a week before the prominent game, the betting consensus is Sakartvelo favourite(a) by three. The over/under is 52.5 points.

As for the moneyline, Peach State is at -145 and AL +125. On those lines, a $100 winning wager respectively nets $68.97 and $125.

Notable Action

The Bulldogs made easy work of stops past winning the Orange River Bowl 34-11. Alabama River handled its playoff opponent rather easily, too, the Crimson Tide defeating Cincinnati 27-6 inward the Cotton Bowl.

Bettors were expected to come out betimes on Georgia. Most agreed that the Bulldogs’ win over the Wolverines was a more telling showing than the Tide’s triumph o'er the non-Power Five Bearcats.

The ahead of time bets worthy of place have got been on Georgia.

Caesars Sportsbook said Saturday that its foremost major wager on the college football claim came on the world-class of the young year. That’s when a wagerer position push down $115,000 on Georgia, spotting Alabama River 2.5 points. The sportsbook later reported taking ii separate $110,000 bets on Peach State on the same spread. Caesars afterwards familiarized its line to terzetto points for Alabama.

BetMGM reported that its betimes litigate prompted the volume to also move Empire State of the South to -3. The MGM Resorts sports betting building block said its tickets and money on the biz are comparatively split at this point.

DraftKings, also at present at -3 Georgia, confirmed taking a $117,500 for the first time half moneyline play on Sakartvelo at -235. If the Bulldogs are winning at halftime, the bet would sack up $50,000.

No other sound US sportsbook is currently offering Sakartvelo spotting AL fewer than leash points.

The College Football Playoff National Championship is ane of the most-bet championships inward US sports. But for a indorsement consecutive year, the biz will regard ii schools from states that doh not experience sound betting on collegiate or professional person sports.

Thirty states feature in operation(p) effectual sports betting. Thomas More are expected to conjoin the market place inward 2022. But the betting odds of Alabama and Peach State joining the growing industry remain long.

Alabama and Peach State are two states that have got a late account of strongly opposing nearly all forms of gambling.

Alabama does not experience commercial message casinos, and is one of only when V states without a lottery. Peach State also does not hold commercial-grade casinos — nor tribal gaming venues — but does experience a lottery.