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BCS Championship Game Betting: Props

Written by Steve Janus

bcs-betting-010709 The BCS National Championship game between the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners is scheduled for tomorrow at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida. I always think it’s fun to take a look at some of the proposition bets that the online sportsbooks put out to bet on. Let’s look at some of the more interesting ones over at Sportsbook.com. The regular point spread on the game has Florida -4.5 over Oklahoma and the total set for 69.5 points.

While it’s a crap shoot for the most part (a lot of prop bets are), you probably have a pretty good idea who scores the most touchdowns for each team on the field Thursday night. You can bet on the player to score the first touchdown of the game in the BCS Championship. Right now the overall favorite is Chris Brown of Oklahoma (+450) with Tim Tebow following right behind (+500), but that’s not saying much considering that “the field” (every player not listed) is at +500 odds as well. If you want to get a little crazy and think the game will be a defensive struggle, you can also bet that there will be no touchdowns scored in the BCS Championship Game at +20000 odds, an intriguing, though highly-unlikely proposition.

A very interesting proposition is the margin of victory in the national title game. The most likely outcome, according the Sportbook.com, is a victory of 1-3 points by the Florida Gators (+350), followed by a victory of 4-6 points by the Gators (+400), followed by a victory of 1-3 points by the Oklahoma Sooners (+450). All indications are that this will be a close game, as the odds get much bigger (more unlikely) as the margin of victory increases. A win by 18-21 points by Florida is given +1200 odds and a win by the same margin from Oklahoma is given +2000 odds.

You can also bet on how many yards Tim Tebow will have passing in the BCS Championship game. Oddsmakers project that Tebow’s most likely output will be between 220 and 229 passing yards (+250), while it’s unlikely he only throws for 190-199 yards (+1000).

For Sam Bradford the props are a little bit different. You can bet on how many completions the Oklahoma quarterback, and Heisman Trophy winner, will have in the big game. The best odds fall right on 27 completions (+250), while Bradford having less than 22 completions or more than 32 completions come in at a whopping +1200 odds.

For the MVP of the game Tim Tebow, unsurprisingly, is the favorite to win the award (+300), with Bradford coming in a close second (+350). Other candidates include Chris Brown of Oklahoma (+600) and Percy Harvin of Florida (+500) (provided that he plays in the game).

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