8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Brigham Young -1.5, Over/Under: 64 Happy holidays from everyone here at Oracle Sports, as the Bowl Season takes an exotic turn on Christmas Eve, with the Hawai'i Warriors playing host to the Brigham Young Cougars in the SoFi Hawai'i Bowl from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Over the years, this Bowl has served as the concluding destination for Hawai'i (9-5, 5-4 in MWC) quite frequently, with the school now … [Read more...]
Orlando Magic @ Toronto Raptors: Game Two
8:00 PM EST, TNT - Line: Raptors -9.5, Over/Under: 210 After a shocking slew of opening games, the NBA Playoffs rage on as the Toronto Raptors look avoid falling into a deeper hole against the upstart Orlando Magic in Game Two of their First Round Series from Scotiabank Arena, in Toronto, Ontario. While most of us were very quick to write off the lower seeded teams in the Eastern Conference as simple cannon-fodder, the Magic (42-40, 7th in … [Read more...]
Marshall vs South Florida
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Marshall -3, Over/Under: 54 A pair of teams that ended the Regular Season traveling in very different directions meet in Tampa, as the Marshall Thundering Herd look to earn yet another Bowl Victory while the South Florida Bulls are simply trying to end their 2018 campaign with a win in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl from Raymond James Stadium. For the second consecutive season, Marshall (8-4, 6-2 in CUSA) … [Read more...]
NFL Preview 2018: Philadelphia Eagles
Our 2018 Regular Season Preview travels down I-95 to the City of Brotherly Love, where we find the Philadelphia Eagles, for the first time in Franchise History, gearing up in defense of a Super Bowl Championship. Indeed, it was a special season for the Eagles, who steamrolled through the majority of the campaign before a stunning injury to Sophomore Quarterback Carson Wentz ended the MVP Candidate's run, and threatened to end the team's as well. … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Clippers @ Utah Jazz
10:00 PM EST, ESPN2 - Line: Clippers -1.5, Over/Under: 197 After a pair of tightly contested affairs in the City of Angels, Salt Lake City will serve as the venue as the Utah Jazz host the Los Angeles Clippers in Game Three of the First Round of the Playoffs from Vivint Smart Home Arena, looking to break the deadlock at one game apiece. After losing home court advantage in Game One, the Clippers (51-31, 4th in Western Conference) absolutely … [Read more...]
(17) Arkansas @ (10) Texas A&M
9:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Texas A&M -6, Over/Under: 50 A pair of undefeated SEC foes face off at College Station tonight as the tenth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies host the seventeenth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. Wouldn't you know it, but the SEC West has plenty to offer apart from reigning National Champion Alabama, as both of these teams have impressed mightily through the early stages of the campaign. In the case of Arkansas (3-0, T-1st … [Read more...]
Black Monday: As the Dust Settles
For some, the end of the Regular Season signals the beginning of the pursuit of a Super Bowl Championship. The ultimate form of validation after sixteen games of grueling work and endless hours on the practice field and in the meeting room. With that said, for many, the end of the campaign symbolizes a reprieve from four months of disappointment, along with the hope of potential improvement over the course of the Offseason. That's right, folks. For a … [Read more...]
Detroit Lions @ New Orleans Saints
8:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: New Orleans -2.5, Over/Under: 51.5 As the 2015 campaign races to it's conclusion, a pair of last-place teams wondering what might have been face off in the Louisiana Superdome, as the New Orleans Saints host the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. It's been hard times in the Motor City, as the Lions (4-9, 4th in NFC North) have absolutely collapsed just one year after arguably their most successful season in recent … [Read more...]
New England Patriots @ San Diego Chargers
8:25 PM EST, NBC - Line: New England -3.5 The race for the postseason is heating up as the regular season continues to wind down, as the New England Patriots travel across country to face the San Diego Chargers in a potential Playoff Preview. Even after last weekend's 26-21 loss at Green Bay, which snapped a seven-game winning streak, the Patriots (9-3) remain in the driver's seat in the AFC thanks to holding all of the tiebreakers against the … [Read more...]
Indianapolis Colts @ New York Giants
8:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Indianapolis -3 A pair of teams looking to rebound from disappointing defeats meet tonight at MetLife Stadium, as the New York Giants host the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football. After riding high via a five-game winning streak, the Colts (5-3) came back down to Earth last weekend at Heinz Field in a 51-34 drubbing at the hands of the Steelers. Before they even knew what hit them, the visitors trailed 21-3 at … [Read more...]