| Daily Blog • June 17, 2014 |
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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 2014 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 2014's
Marquee College Football Games
| Thursday, August 28 | Thursday, October 23 |
| Texas A&M at South Carolina (-9) | Miami, Fl at Virginia Tech (-1) |
| Boise St vs Ole Miss (-9) (Atlanta) | Friday, October 24 |
| Friday, August 29 | Oregon (-34) at California |
| UNLV at Arizona (-23.5) | USF at Cincinnati (-19) |
| BYU (-16.5) at Connecticut | BYU (-3) at Boise St |
| Saturday, August 30 | Saturday, October 25 |
| Arkansas at Auburn (-24) | South Carolina at Auburn (-7) |
| Colorado St vs Colorado (-4) (Denver) | Oregon St at Stanford (-13) |
| Clemson at Georgia (-9) | Ole Miss at LSU (-7.5) |
| California at Northwestern (-9.5) | Michigan at Michigan St (-7.5) |
| UCLA (-21.5) at Virginia | West Virginia at Oklahoma St (-19) |
| Ohio St (-14) vs Navy (Baltimore) | USC (-10) at Utah |
| Penn St (-2.5) vs UCF (Ireland) | North Carolina (-14) at Virginia |
| West Virginia vs Alabama (-27.5) (Atlanta) | Arizona St at Washington (-6) |
| Florida St (-17) vs Oklahoma St (Arlington) | Texas at Kansas St (-3.5) |
| LSU (-7) vs Wisconsin (Houston) | Alabama (-20) at Tennessee |
| Monday, September 1 | Ohio St (-9) at Penn St |
| Miami, Fl (E) at Louisville | Thursday, October 30 |
| Friday, September 5 | Florida St (-17) at Louisville |
| Pittsburgh (-9) at Boston College | Saturday, November 1 |
| Saturday, September 6 | Arizona at UCLA (-14) |
| USC at Stanford (-3.5) | Florida vs Georgia (-9) (Jacksonville) |
| San Diego St at North Carolina (-21) | Oklahoma (-22.5) at Iowa St |
| BYU at Texas (-6) | Auburn (-7) at Ole Miss |
| Michigan St at Oregon (-13) | Boston College at Virginia Tech (-16) |
| Michigan at Notre Dame (-3) | Oklahoma St at Kansas St (-3.5) |
| Virginia Tech at Ohio St (-18) | North Carolina at Miami, Fl (-1) |
| Colorado St at Boise St (-10) | Notre Dame (-3) at Navy |
| Saturday, September 13 | Stanford at Oregon (-10) |
| Boise St (-10) at Connecticut | Tennessee at South Carolina (-18) |
| USC (-23) at Boston College | Texas at Texas Tech (-1) |
| Tennessee at Oklahoma (-19) | Thursday, November 6 |
| UCLA (-8) vs Texas (Arlington) | Clemson (-20) at Wake Forest |
| Louisville (-7.5) at Virginia | Saturday, November 8 |
| Nebraska (-4) at Fresno St | Texas A&M at Auburn (-14) |
| Iowa St at Iowa (-9.5) | Notre Dame at Arizona St (-4.5) |
| Georgia at South Carolina (-3) | Michigan (-3) at Northwestern |
| Purdue vs Notre Dame (-21) (Indianapolis) | Alabama (-2.5) at LSU |
| Thursday, September 18 | Louisville (-15) at Boston College |
| Auburn (-13) at Kansas St | Ohio St at Michigan St (-1) |
| Saturday, September 20 | Iowa (E) at Minnesota |
| Clemson at Florida St (-17) | Baylor at Oklahoma (-11) |
| Mississippi St at LSU (-12) | Florida (-9) at Vanderbilt |
| San Diego St at Oregon St (-13) | West Virginia at Texas (-13) |
| Virginia at BYU (-17) | Oregon (-20) at Utah |
| Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (-7) | UCLA (-3.5) at Washington |
| Oregon (-23) at Washington St | Kansas St (-4) at TCU |
| Oklahoma (-17) at West Virginia | Thursday, November 13 |
| Florida at Alabama (-21) | California at USC (-34) |
| Miami, Fl at Nebraska (-3) | Saturday, November 15 |
| Thursday, September 25 | LSU (-14) at Arkansas |
| UCLA (-7) at Arizona St | Washington at Arizona (-5) |
| Texas Tech at Oklahoma St (-7) | Utah at Stanford (-14) |
| Saturday, September 27 | South Carolina (-6) at Florida |
| Oregon St at USC (-17) | Clemson (-6) at Georgia Tech |
| Tennessee at Georgia (-17) | Auburn at Georgia (-1) |
| Minnesota at Michigan (-12) | San Diego St at Boise St (-7.5) |
| Florida St (-30) at NC State | Pittsburgh at North Carolina (-10) |
| Notre Dame (-5.5) vs Syracuse (East Rutherford) | Texas at Oklahoma St (-2) |
| Cincinnati at Ohio St (-21) | Arizona St (-2) at Oregon St |
| North Carolina at Clemson (-4) | Missouri at Texas A&M (-6) |
| Arkansas vs Texas A&M (-11) (Arlington) | Nebraska at Wisconsin (-7) |
| TCU (-10) at SMU | Florida St (-14.5) at Miami, Fl |
| Missouri at South Carolina (-11) | Oklahoma (-10) at Texas Tech |
| Thursday, October 2 | Northwestern at Notre Dame (-8) |
| Arizona at Oregon (-25) | Thursday, November 20 |
| Saturday, October 4 | Kansas St (-7.5) at West Virginia |
| Louisville (-1) at Syracuse | North Carolina (-3) at Duke |
| LSU at Auburn (-6.5) | Saturday, November 22 |
| Arizona St at USC (-11) | Ole Miss (-5) at Arkansas |
| Miami (-4) at Georgia Tech | Stanford (-17) at California |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia (-24) | USC at UCLA (-4.5) |
| Wisconsin (-7) at Northwestern | Cincinnati (-10) at Connecticut |
| Alabama (-9) at Ole Miss | Oklahoma St at Baylor (-9) |
| Virginia Tech at North Carolina (-10) | Arizona at Utah (-2) |
| NC State at Clemson (-23) | Miami, Fl (-10) at Virginia |
| Baylor (-3) at Texas | Oregon St at Washington (-7.5) |
| Texas A&M at Mississippi St (-3) | Wisconsin (-6) at Iowa |
| Texas Tech at Kansas St (-7) | Missouri (-4) at Tennessee |
| Boise St (-6) at Nevada | Louisville at Notre Dame (-8) |
| Oklahoma (-14) at TCU | Thursday, November 27 |
| Florida (-4.5) at Tennessee | LSU (-5) at Texas A&M |
| Stanford (-6) at Notre Dame | TCU at Texas (-9.5) |
| Nebraska at Michigan St (-8) | Friday, November 28 |
| Saturday, October 11 | Arizona St (-1) at Arizona |
| Alabama (-24) at Arkansas | Stanford at UCLA (-3) |
| USC (-7.5) at Arizona | UCF (-21) at USF |
| Oregon (-3) at UCLA | Virginia at Virginia Tech (-14) |
| LSU (-9) at Florida | Nebraska at Iowa (-1) |
| Georgia (-7) at Missouri | Saturday, November 29 |
| Florida St (-21) at Syracuse | BYU (-11) at California |
| Texas vs Oklahoma (-9) (Dallas) | Notre Dame at USC (-10) |
| Louisville at Clemson (-10) | Florida St (-17) at Florida |
| Ole Miss at Texas A&M (-1) | Georgia Tech at Georgia (-14) |
| Auburn (-9.5) at Mississippi St | West Virginia (E) at Iowa St |
| Cincinnati at Miami, FL (-11) | Illinois at Northwestern (-9.5) |
| West Virginia at Texas Tech (-10) | Kentucky at Louisville (-15) |
| North Carolina at Notre Dame (-2.5) | Arkansas at Missouri (-10) |
| Penn St at Michigan (-7) | NC State at North Carolina (-20) |
| Thursday, October 16 | Michigan at Ohio St (-8) |
| Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (-1) | Oregon (-13) at Oregon St |
| Fresno St at Boise St (-4.5) | South Carolina (-3) at Clemson |
| Saturday, October 18 | Tennessee (-3) at Vanderbilt |
| Georgia (-14.5) at Arkansas | Washington (-4.5) at Washington St |
| Stanford (-6.5) at Arizona St | Minnesota at Wisconsin (-13) |
| UCLA (-22) at California | Auburn at Alabama (-6) |
| Notre Dame at Florida St (-24) | Kansas at Kansas St (-25) |
| Missouri at Florida (-3) | Pittsburgh at Miami, Fl (-7) |
| Nebraska (-2.5) at Northwestern | Nevada (-5) at UNLV |
| Clemson (-18) at Boston College | Baylor (-6.5) at Texas Tech |
| Tennessee at Ole Miss (-12) | Saturday, December 6 |
| Kansas St at Oklahoma (-14) | Oklahoma St at Oklahoma (-11) |
| Baylor (-16) at West Virginia | Kansas St at Baylor (-6) |
| Texas A&M at Alabama (-16.5) | Saturday, December 13 |
| Washington at Oregon (-20) | Navy (-13) vs Army (Philadelphia) |
Quick Notes:
Defending national champion Florida St, to no surprise, is favored in all of their games posted with the road trip to Miami, Fl being the closest spread at 14.5. The Seminoles are even favored by 24 points over Notre Dame!
Other teams who are favored in all of their games posted by the Nugget are Alabama, Oklahoma and Oregon. Alabama is only favored by 2.5 points on the road at LSU while Oregon is a 3-point favorite at UCLA. The Sooners are actually favored by at least 9 points in every game.
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