Weekend Recap: NFL Favorites, Oregon Ducks & Daniil Medvedev

NFL Week 1 Review

With our first NFL Sunday in the books, I hope your account is in the green and your fantasy lineup out performed mine. Let’s recap yesterday

The NFC West looks a lot different than the NFC North…

• NFC West: 4-0 (Seahawks, Cardinals, Rams, 49ers)

• NFC North: 0-4 (Packers, Bears, Vikings, Lions)

Of the 15 Week 1 games in the books, only four betting favorites covered spread

• The Seahawks covered -3 on the road vs the Colts

• The Panthers covered -4 at home vs the Jets

• The Broncos covered -3 on the road vs the Giants

• The Rams covered -9 at home vs the Bears

With two minutes left in the game, the 49ers had a 99% chance of covering their -9.5 spread, but then the Lions went crazy

• 49ers were up 41-17 at the two minute warning

• Lions scored and converted the two-pt conversion, 41-25

• Lions recovered the onside kick

• Lions scored and converted the two-pt conversion, 41-33

• 49ers fumbled, Lions couldn’t score but finished with the backdoor cover

The Cardinals destroyed the Titans on the road, winning 38-13. Kyler Murray had five total TDs, and Derrick Henry was held to 58 rushing yards. Anyone who bet the under enjoyed the second half

• The total o/u closed at 54 pts

• 51 pts were scored through three quarters

• 0 pts were scored in the fourth, under ✅

• Cardinals won 38-13

The Saints opened up as 2.5 pt home favorites vs the Packers. However, the game was moved to a neutral site (game was played in Jacksonville), which swung the line all the way to Packers -4

• The Saints won 38-3

• Rodgers had 133 total yards and 2 INTs. This was the worst opening day loss of his career

• Winston only threw for 148 yards, but still managed 5 TDs

Best hit of the day? Someone took a Points Bet that paid out $200 for every point the Eagles won by. Philly won by 26 and were +2.5 pts, so the bettor took home $5,700 🤑

NCAAF Headlines

There were very few upsets in Week 2 of College Football, with most of the favorites coasting to wins

• No. 12 Oregon beat No. 3 Ohio State 35-28 on the road

• No. 10 Iowa beat No. 9 Iowa State 27-17 on the road

• Vanderbilt won their first game since 2019, beating Colorado State on the road

• Stanford beat No. 14 USC 42-28 on the road

The most unexpected of the bunch was definitely Oregon taking down Ohio State, which was the most bet on game of the weekend. OSU was favored by 14.5 pts

• Oregon RB CJ Verdell rushed for 161 yards

• OSU QB C.J. Stroud threw for 484 yards

Oregon shot up in the newest rankings, and now have a path to the College Football Playoffs. If they can win out, they’ll be the first Pac-12 team to play in the CFP since Washington in 2017

• Oregon jumped from No. 12 to No. 4

• Ohio State fell from No. 3 to No. 9

• OSU is now +1500 (from +650) to win the National Championship

• Oregon sits at +3000

Medvedev Denies Djokovic

Daniil Medvedev upset Djokovic in yesterday’s US Open Finals, denying Novak of his Calendar Slam

• In his third finals, Medvedev finally secured his first Major title

• He beat Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in a match he dominated from the start

Djokovic opened the tournament as a heavy favorite, with Medvedev owning the second best odds

• Djokovic: -160 odds to win it all at the beginning of the tournament

• Medvedev: +500

However, Medvedev entered Sunday’s match having only dropped one set the entire tournament, while Djokovic had lost five sets in his previous four matches. Medvedev was still an underdog, but the line was closer expected based on the recent play from both finalists

• Djokovic: -270

• Medvedev: +230

While it was heartbreaking watching Djokovic shed tears after the loss, you have to be happy for Medvedev. He earned it ✊