Nick's Daily Picks

  • January 13, 2025

    Best Bet

    Vikings/Rams under 47.5 (-105)

    8:00PM: Rams offense might be thrown off a bit with having the game moved and worrying about their home town. Vikings offense did not look great against the Lions in a meaningful game. Vikings do stop the run well on defense which is what the Rams like to do with Kyren Williams. Minnesota’s defensive line can also get to the quarterback. With all the moving parts of this game I think we will see a lower scoring game. Also when these 2 teams played in the season, the Vikings were coming off a loss to the Lions. Same as this week. That game however, scored 50 points total and went over the number of 47. I do like the “home” team as well but like the under more.

  • January 12, 2025

    Best Bet

    Tampa Bay Buccaneers -3 (-105)

    8:00PM: I think people are underrating this Tampa team. They have a strong run game, pass game and solid defense. Yes the almost lost to the Saints with the playoffs on the line. They are facing the Commanders today who they faced in week 1. All the rage is about Jayden Daniels and how good he has been this year. Todd Bowles has been known to scheme up a good defense against running quarterbacks and rookie quarterbacks. Commanders really have not beaten a good team all year. Their best wins are against the Eagles (without Hurts), Bengals early in the year and the Falcons with Penix at quarterback which required overtime. I think this is a small spread for the home team against a rookie quarterback. I’ll lay the points in tonight’s matchup.

  • January 11, 2025

    Best Bet

    Steelers/Ravens under 44.5 (-115)

    8:00PM: I don’t think the Steelers will be able to score much just based on the past few weeks. Their offense has been abysmal. But I do think their defense will step up. They have had a good track record against Lamar Jackson and being able to limit him. Zay Flowers ebing out for the Ravens kind of slows their offense down a bit as well. I think there will be a lot of field goals in this game and I expect a low scoring tight game tonight.

  • January 10, 2025

    Best Bet

    Ohio St/Texas over 51.5 (-115)

    7:30PM: This number has dropped from 53.5 to 51.5 just today. A lot of money is coming in on the under. Kind of the same as yesterday with Penn St, started the day as 1.5 underdog and finished as a 1.5 favorite. They lost. Hard to say that Ohio State and their offense are going to be held down after putting up 40+ in both of the playoff games so far. When you’re hot, you’re hot. I think Texas can put up 17 or more in this game. Expect some points tonight.

  • January 9, 2025

    Best Bet

    Notre Dame/Penn State under 45.5 (-115)

    7:30PM: Both teams are very evenly matched. Defenses are both top 10 if not top 5 in college. Notre Dame has an edge in turnovers, leading all of college in this. Penn State has an edge in quarterback and Penn State has the edge in play makers. PSU has Tyler Warren and Notre Dame doesn’t really have much on the outside. Both run games and running backs are evenly matched. I think Notre Dame has the edge in special teams and in coaching. I think both teams can shut down the opposing outside threats so it is going to come down to the running game and who can break a couple big runs and who can stop the run. It could also come down to a special teams play whether its punt/kick return or making field goals. I’ll take the under between these 2 evenly matched teams.

  • January 8, 2025

    Best Bet

    Arkansas Razorbacks -3.5 (-110)

    7:00PM: Following the same pattern. An SEC team coming off a loss to a better team and now they are a favorite over a ranked team at home. Arkansas has lost 2 games all year, both to ranked teams (at the time Illinois was not ranked but are now), and they lost by double digits in both games. This line is telling you something. I’ll take the home unranked team over a ranked team.

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