| Daily Blog •June 7, 2013 |
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PhilSteele.com is a pure college and pro information site. There is no gambling information on this site. Any mention of the point spread of a game is to let you know who was favored and expected to win when the games were played.
Every year I do about 300 radio shows and a popular question this time of year is “Who do you think will be favored when XXX and XXX meet?” This is asked by callers and the hosts of the radio stations. I can always speculate during June but there is a casino in Las Vegas that is the first to put out some lines on the upcoming games for the 2013 season.
As you know gambling in Las Vegas is legal and the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas has released their numbers earlier this week. Below is a list of all the marquee games that the Golden Nugget has posted for the upcoming year. This information is posted for news matter only.
Golden Nugget Early Lines For 2013's
Marquee College Football Games
| Thursday, August 29 | Friday, October 25 |
| UNLV at Minnesota (-13) | Boise St at BYU (-1) |
| North Carolina at South Carolina (-12) | Saturday, October 26 |
| Mississippi (-4) at Vanderbilt | Utah at USC (-18) |
| Saturday, August 31 | Arizona (-20) at Colorado |
| Washington St at Auburn (-11.5) | NC State at Florida St (-20) |
| Northwestern (-10.5) at California | Louisville (-13) at USF |
| Nevada at UCLA (-15) | Oklahoma St (-14) at Iowa St |
| Colorado vs Colorado St (-3.5) | South Carolina (-7) at Missouri |
| Temple at Notre Dame (-24) | Penn St at Ohio St (-16) |
| Penn St (-6.5) vs Syracuse | Texas Tech at Oklahoma (-14) |
| Mississippi St vs Oklahoma St (-14) | Stanford (-3) at Oregon St |
| BYU (-3.5) at Virginia | Vanderbilt at Texas A&M (-16) |
| Boise St at Washington (-2) | California at Washington (-17) |
| Alabama (-17) vs Virginia Tech | Tennessee at Alabama (-27) |
| Georgia (-3.5) at Clemson | Notre Dame (-18) at Air Force |
| LSU (-4) vs TCU | Northwestern (-12) at Iowa |
| Monday, September 2 | West Virginia at Kansas St (-9) |
| Florida St (-13) at Pittsburgh | UCLA at Oregon (-20) |
| Saturday, September 7 | Texas (-3) at TCU |
| Washington St at USC (-21) | Arizona St (-15) at Washington St |
| South Carolina at Georgia (-4) | Friday, November 1 |
| Syracuse at Northwestern (-13) | USC at Oregon St (-2) |
| South Florida at Michigan St (-16) | Saturday, November 2 |
| Notre Dame at Michigan (Pick ‘em) | Auburn at Arkansas (-3.5) |
| San Diego St at Ohio St (-21.5) | Arizona (-11) at California |
| West Virginia at Oklahoma (-16) | Colorado at UCLA (-22) |
| Texas (-7.5) at BYU | Miami at Florida State (-8) |
| Oregon (-21) at Virginia | Georgia (-4) vs. Florida |
| Florida (-2.5) at Miami | Navy at Notre Dame (-18) |
| Arizona (-17) at UNLV | Michigan at Michigan State (-3) |
| Thursday, September 12 | North Carolina (-2.5) at NC State |
| TCU (-4) at Texas Tech | Illinois at Penn State (-19) |
| Saturday, September 14 | Kansas at Texas (-31.5) |
| Mississippi St (-1) at Auburn | Clemson (-13.5) at Virginia |
| Wisconsin at Arizona St (Pick ‘em) | Iowa St at Kansas St (-13.5) |
| Ohio St (-21) at California | Ohio St (-17) at Purdue |
| Boston College at USC (-21.5) | Mississippi St at South Carolina (-15) |
| Nevada at Florida St (-26) | West Virginia at TCU (-10) |
| Iowa at Iowa St (-4) | Thursday, November 7 |
| Louisville at Kentucky (+14) | Oregon (-4) at Stanford |
| UCLA at Nebraska (-6) | Oklahoma (-6) at Baylor |
| Tulsa at Oklahoma (-18) | Friday, November 8 |
| Alabama (-6) at Texas A&M | Louisville (-10.5) at Connecticut |
| Mississippi at Texas (-8) | Saturday, November 9 |
| Oregon St at Utah (-6) | UCLA at Arizona (-4) |
| Washington (-11) vs Illinois | USC (-17) at California |
| Central Michigan at UNLV (-4) | TCU (-9.5) at Iowa St |
| Tennessee at Oregon (-25) | Nebraska at Michigan (-4) |
| Notre Dame (-14) at Purdue | Penn St (-8) at Minnesota |
| Vanderbilt at South Carolina (-11) | Florida St (-18) at Wake Forest |
| Thursday, September 19 | Kansas at Oklahoma St (-29) |
| Clemson (-11) at NC State | Notre Dame (-10.5) at Pittsburgh |
| Saturday, September 21 | BYU at Wisconsin (-8) |
| Oregon St (-6.5) at San Diego St | Texas (-12) at West Virginia |
| Arizona St at Stanford (-10) | LSU at Alabama (-11.5) |
| Michigan (-12) at Connecticut | Virginia Tech at Miami (-3.5) |
| Tennessee at Florida (-12) | Auburn at Tennessee (-8) |
| North Carolina at Georgia Tech (-4.5) | Thursday, November 14 |
| Michigan St at Notre Dame (-6) | Georgia Tech at Clemson (-9) |
| Auburn at LSU (-18) | Friday, November 15 |
| West Virginia (-2) at Maryland | Washington at UCLA (-2) |
| Arkansas at Rutgers (Pick ‘em) | Saturday, November 16 |
| Kansas St at Texas (-9) | Georgia (-15) at Auburn |
| Utah at BYU (-7.5) | Oregon St at Arizona St (-4.5) |
| Colorado St at Alabama (-41) | Washington St at Arizona (-19) |
| Thursday, September 26 | Stanford at USC (-1) |
| Virginia Tech (-1) at Georgia Tech | Syracuse at Florida St (-16) |
| Saturday, September 28 | Michigan at Northwestern (-3) |
| Texas A&M (-17) at Arkansas | Houston at Louisville (-17) |
| USC at Arizona St (Pick ‘em) | Michigan St at Nebraska (-6) |
| Miami (-10) at USF | Iowa St at Oklahoma (-20) |
| LSU at Georgia (-6) | Purdue at Penn St (-13.5) |
| Southern Miss at Boise St (-21.5) | Oklahoma St at Texas (-6.5) |
| Oklahoma at Notre Dame (-2) | Alabama (-23) at Mississippi St |
| Florida (-20) at Kentucky | Ohio St (-23) at Illinois |
| Florida St (-17) at Boston College | TCU at Kansas St (-4.5) |
| Wisconsin at Ohio St (-11) | Utah at Oregon (-28.5) |
| Colorado at Oregon St (-22) | Florida at South Carolina (-5) |
| Wake Forest at Clemson (-21) | Saturday, November 23 |
| Arizona at Washington (-5) | Oregon (-12) at Arizona |
| Stanford (-18.5) at Washington St | California at Stanford (-22) |
| Oklahoma St (-11) at West Virginia | Arizona St at UCLA (-3) |
| Mississippi at Alabama (-17) | USC (-24.5) at Colorado |
| South Carolina (-14) at UCF | Kentucky at Georgia (-29) |
| California at Oregon (-34) | Michigan St at Northwestern (-3) |
| Thursday, October 3 | BYU at Notre Dame (-11) |
| Texas (-12) at Iowa State | Memphis at Louisville (-24) |
| UCLA (-5) at Utah | Texas A&M at LSU (-1) |
| Saturday, October 5 | Wisconsin (-10) at Minnesota |
| Washington at Stanford (-10) | Indiana at Ohio St (-25) |
| Oregon (-37) at Colorado | Baylor at Oklahoma St (-11) |
| Arkansas at Florida (-17) | Washington at Oregon St (-5) |
| Ohio St (-8) at Northwestern | Nebraska at Penn St (Pick ‘em) |
| Arizona St vs. Notre Dame (-4) | Michigan (-10.5) at Iowa |
| Minnesota at Michigan (-15) | Oklahoma (-4) at Kansas St |
| Clemson (-8) at Syracuse | Virginia at Miami (-15) |
| Kansas St at Oklahoma St (-9) | Vanderbilt at Tennessee (-1) |
| TCU at Oklahoma (-9) | Thursday, November 28 |
| Louisville (-17) at Temple | Texas Tech at Texas (-16) |
| West Virginia at Baylor (-7) | Mississippi (-6.5) at Mississippi St |
| North Carolina at Virginia Tech (-6.5) | Friday, November 29 |
| LSU (-9) at Mississippi St | Iowa at Nebraska (-14) |
| Michigan St (-9) at Iowa | Miami (-7) at Pittsburgh |
| Georgia Tech at Miami (-7) | Washington St at Washington (-14) |
| Kentucky at South Carolina (-23.5) | Iowa St at West Virginia (-7.5) |
| Georgia (-11) at Tennessee | Oregon St at Oregon (-16) |
| Thursday, October 10 | Saturday, November 30 |
| Arizona at USC (-7) | Alabama (-24) at Auburn |
| Rutgers at Louisville (-10) | Arizona at Arizona St (-5) |
| Friday, October 11 | Notre Dame at Stanford (-5.5) |
| Temple at Cincinnati (-18) | UCLA at USC (-7) |
| Saturday, October 12 | Florida State at Florida (-2) |
| South Carolina (-12) at Arkansas | Georgia (-9) at Georgia Tech |
| Colorado at Arizona St (-27) | Tennessee at Kentucky (+7.5) |
| California at UCLA (-16.5) | Arkansas at LSU (-17) |
| Missouri at Georgia (-18) | Minnesota at Michigan St (-14) |
| Alabama (-30) at Kentucky | Ohio St (-6) at Michigan |
| Florida at LSU (-4) | Texas A&M (-13) at Missouri |
| Texas A&M (-4) at Mississippi | Virginia Tech (-10) at Virginia |
| Michigan (-2.5) at Penn St | Penn St at Wisconsin (-9) |
| Boston College at Clemson (-22) | Northwestern (-13) at Illinois |
| Oklahoma vs Texas (Pick ‘em) | Kansas St (-21.5) at Kansas |
| Georgia Tech at BYU (-3) | BYU (-7.5) at Nevada |
| Stanford (-13) at Utah | Clemson at South Carolina (-4.5) |
| Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech (-13.5) | Baylor at TCU (-5) |
| Oregon (-14) at Washington | Thursday, December 5 |
| Oregon State (-13) at Washington St | Louisville (-3) at Cincinnati |
| Northwestern at Wisconsin (-6) | Saturday December 7 |
| Baylor at Kansas St (-5) | Oklahoma at Oklahoma St (-3) |
| Thursday, October 17 | Texas (-8) at Baylor |
| Miami at North Carolina (Pick ‘em) | Saturday, December 14 |
| Friday, October 18 | Army vs Navy (-9) |
| UCF at Louisville (-11) | |
| Saturday, October 19 | |
| Washington at Arizona St (-5) | |
| Utah at Arizona (-12) | |
| UCLA at Stanford (-10) | |
| Oregon St (-13) at California | |
| Minnesota at Northwestern (-15) | |
| USC at Notre Dame (-5) | |
| Florida (-6) at Missouri | |
| LSU at Mississippi (-2) | |
| Iowa at Ohio St (-23) | |
| TCU at Oklahoma St (-10) | |
| Florida St at Clemson (-2) | |
| Georgia (-10) at Vanderbilt | |
| Auburn at Texas A&M (-24) | |
| Arkansas at Alabama (-29) | |
| Washington St at Oregon (-35.5) |
Quick Notes:
Defending national champion Alabama, to no surprise, is favored in all of their games posted with the road trip to Texas A&M being the closest spread at 6. The Tide are even favored by 11.5 points over LSU!
Other teams who are favored in all of their games posted by the Nugget are Ohio St, Georgia, Louisville and Oregon. All of those teams have yet to appear in my preseason Top 40 countdown which continued today with #12 Virginia Tech and #11 Stanford. Texas is also favored in all of their games posted with the exception of the Oklahoma game being a pick'em.