About this episode

The episode previews key college football matchups and provides betting insights for Week 1.

Bear Bets is back with Chris 'The Bear' Fallica, Geoff Schwartz, and Sammy Panayotovich to preview Week 1 of College Football. Two big headliner matchups this week with Big Noon Kickoff heading to the Big House for a showdown between the #11 Oklahoma Sooners and the Michigan Wolverines & the #1 Ohio State Buckeyes taking on the #4 Texas Longhorns. The guys breakdown the matchups and give your their best bets for the big matchups.The crew throw some teams around for their Favorites Their Fading & Dogs They Like To Cover including some possible SEC powerhouses.In The Betting Rotation, the crew breakdown the rest of the games they are playing this week including San Diego State vs UCLA, #6 Oregon vs Oklahoma St & more. Former Crimson Tide QB & CFB analyst Greg McElroy joins the show to breakdown #12 Alabama heading to Kentucky and the showdown between #1 Ohio State & #4 Texas.Finally, the guys wrap up the show handling out their best College Football Bests you must make for week 2!Chapters:0:00 Intro1:00 Can Michigan Bounce Back Against #11 Oklahoma?5:00 CFP Implications with #1 Ohio St vs #4 Texas8:20 Dogs We Like To Cover: Cal vs Syracuse11:50 Favorites To Fade: #1 Ohio State vs…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris 'The Bear' Fallica, Geoff Schwartz, Sammy Panayotovich

Guest: Greg McElroy

Topics covered

• College Football Predictions
• Betting Analysis
• Matchup Breakdown
• Best Bets
• SEC Teams
• CFP Implications

Keywords

• Ohio State
• Texas
• College Football
• Betting
• Predictions
• Best Bets
• SEC
• Matchups

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ohio State Buckeyes, Texas Longhorns, Oklahoma Sooners, Michigan Wolverines, San Diego State, UCLA, Oregon, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Kentucky

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