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In this post we’ll share three value-driven picks that can give you an edge in your 2020 college football bowl pick ‚em contests or confidence points pools. For a primer on our data-driven approach to dominating bowl pools, make sure to read our .This analysis is provided by TeamRankings, a site that has helped thousands of subscribers win prizes in football pools. To get customized pick recommendations for your 2020 college bowl pool, check out their .2020 College Bowl Picks: Three Underrated ValuesWith up to 29 games, college bowl pools typically present a number of opportunities for smart players to get an edge. In this article, well discu s Derrick Brown Men Jersey three picks that stand out as value plays based on their combination of win odds and pick popularity. They range from underrated favorites to unpopular underdogs that have a solid shot at pulling off an upset.Deciding whetherto choose these teams should be top of mind when you make your 2020 college bowl picksbecause they represent some of the best opportunities to differentiate your bowl pool entry from your competitors and gain ground on your opponents in the pool standings. Winning a college bowl pool is all about taking calculated risks, and the teams below offer excellent risk-vs-reward profiles.Keep in mind that the best picks for your specific college football bowl pool depend on multiple strategy factors, such as the number of entries in your pool,whether it uses confidence points,and the prize structure. If you want our game-by-game recommendations for your pool, check out our .Note: Win odds and projected pick popularity data quoted below may change between publication time and kickoff time. If you want to see the latest numbers, our product updates multiple times per day with the latest information.Value Favorites When a team is favored to win, yet is being picked by le s than half of your opponents, that’s as close to a no-brainer pick as you can get.Gator Bowl: Kentucky (vs. NC State)lKentucky was a lackluster4-6 this seasonwhile NC State went 7-3. Kentucky, though, is the favorite in this gameby 2.5 points.The Wildcats being a slight favorite is understandable if you dig a little deeper, but the public is heavily on the team with the better win-lo s record here, picking NC State around two-thirds of the time. That presents a great opportunity to pick a favored team while most of the public is going the other way.The SEC played a 10-game conference schedulewith no out-of-conference games this year, and Kentucky lost to powerhouses Alabama, Georgia, and Florida as part of their schedule.NC State, on the other hand, did not draw either Clemson or Notre Dame in its ACC scheduleand lost to North Carolina by 27. They did give Liberty their only lo s in a 15 Preston Men Jersey -14 game, but their only other win over a bowl team was by three against Wake Forest.Over the past six years, favorites that had at least two fewer wins and at least two more lo ses than their opponent in a bowl game have gone 10-3. Last year, there were four such games, and the favored teams went 3-1 (wins by Washington, Michigan State, and North Carolina; a lo s by Miami). In general, you should trust the betting markets when a team with a notably inferior win-lo s record is still a favorite.Peach Bowl: Georgia (vs. Cincinnati)Cincinnati went undefeated and got buzz for a College Football Playoff spot, though it ultimately finished a few spots out. Georgia has two lo ses, but those were to Alabama and Florida, the No. 1 and No. 7 teams in the country according to our predictive ratings.Georgia has also been much better offensively since a switch to J.T. Daniels at quarterback three games ago. He’s thrown nine touchdown pa ses and averaged over 10 yards per pa s.Georgia is up to No. 4 in our predictive power ratings and is favored by a touchdown in this game. With nearly 30 percentof the public going with the upset pick here, likely because of the undefeated status for Cincinnati, it’s wise to stick with the favored Bulldogs playing in Atlanta.If you are in a confidence pick pool, using Georgia as a high confidence play provides both excellent win odds and some value relative to how others are more likely picking.To see all the underrated Marcus Allen Men Jersey favorites of the 2020 bowl season, subscribe to TeamRankings for acce s to our and our .Value Gamble All underdogs are not created equal. If you’re going to take a risk on an upset pick, you want to focus on highly underrated teams that have a legitimate shot to win.Armed Forces Bowl: Mi si sippi State (vs. Tulsa)Are you sensing a theme? Another SEC team appears in our value picks. The public seems to be relatively down on the SEC this bowl season, but there’s a good reason why many SEC teams don’t have impre sive win-lo s records: They played a 10-game schedule in a very tough conference this year.Mi si sippi State is another team with a poor-looking record (3-7) because of having to play a 10-game SEC schedule. Meanwhile, Tulsa went 6-2, including going 4-1 in close games to reach the American title game before losing to Cincinnati.Tulsa is the slight favorite here (2.5 points) but is being picked by 70 percent of the public. For perspective, that’s about how often Georgia, a seven-point favorite, is being picked against Cincinnati.So, in a game where the Bulldogs are one of the smallest underdogs this bowl seasonbut the public is heavily on Tulsa, taking a modest risk on Mi si sippi State should give Lawrence Taylor Jersey you pick differentiation from the large majority of your opponents.To see all the value gambles of the 2020 bowl season, subscribe to TeamRankings for acce s to our and our See All Bowl Picks & Value Plays For 2020The three picks above provide just a few examples of how we use objective predictions and game theory to give players an edge in bowl pick ‚em contests and confidence point pools. By understanding which favorites are underrated and which underdogs the public is sleeping on, you can craft a differentiated pick sheet that gives you the best chance to win your pool.We’ve aggregated all the data and identified all the 2020 bowl teams being underrated by the public. You can see them all in the Data Grid feature of our (as well as get our customized recommendations on which ones you should pick in your pool).You can also read more about them in our post on the , or just see our .

INDIANAPOLIS New Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel touched on some specific personnel i sues when he conducted his scouting combine pre s conference at the Indianapolis Convention Center on Wednesday.Specifically, McDaniel was asked and talked about Mike Gesicki, Emmanuel Ogbah, the backup quarterback situation and Xavien Howard, this his answer on the last one was part of an inside joke with NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen.Gesicki is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in two weeks and his status has been a major topic of debate, in part because his blocking, um, deficiencies seems to make a le s-than-ideal fit in the expected scheme McDaniel will bring with him from San Francisco.I think theres multiple ways to use players that have skill sets that can help you do things offensively,“ McDaniel said. „Weve had tight ends in our history that have been featured pa s receivers and weve had featured blockers. On both ends of the system, they are expected and will do both things, majoring Alex Broadhurst Jersey or minoring in one or the other, depending on their skill sets.“I have no problem, no hesitation or no concern of Mike being able to contribute as a blocker and will use him the way its most appropriate for him, as well well do in the pa s game, really.The Dolphins signed former CFL and Cardinals quarterback Chris Streveler last Jamie McGinn Jersey week, but he’s more of a third quarterback or project than the player who’s going to back up Tua Tagovailoa in 2022.As it stands now, the Dolphins have three quarterbacks on the roster, but that number will become two March 16 when Jacoby Bri sett becomes a UFA.I can tell you this much, we are looking for another quarterback,“ McDaniel said. „Ive never seen, in the history of the NFL, having two on the roster, and thats very much important to us. You want a player that can help.Scroll to Continue“When youre looking for a No. 2 quarterback, theres two things: You want him to benefit the starting quarterback while the starting quarterback is the starting quarterback and empower him with how they approach their daily game plan responsibilities, how they develop when theyre training in the offseason; but you also want a guy that can win games should the starter go down. So, a veteran backup is definitely in our discu sions, but its the best player that we can find in whatever avenue and move forward from there.Along with Gesicki, Ogbah is the other high-profile Dolphins player scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent March 16 and we’ve mentioned he’s the most important pending UFA on the roster.McDaniel was asked about his level of confidence that the Dolphins will be able to bring back Ogbah for a third season in 2022.As confident as one can be with multiple variables that you cant control,“ McDaniel said. „Im excited about the guy, Im excited about the opportunity. I know we want him, were going to do our best to get him and its the same thing you have to do any time you have situations such as these. You have to be able to adjust if youre unable to keep him, but our hope is that that is not the case Pavel Bure Jersey . And if youre texting him right now (looking at a reporter), you can tell him as such.It’s Cliche Time When Talking About XThe final question of McDaniel’s pre s conference involved cornerback Xavien Howard and whether he had had meaningful conversations with him.Of course, Howard’s contract situation will need to be addre sed this offseason, but McDaniel instead took the opportunity to deliver on his promise, in answer tho a challenge from Eisen, to come up with three clichs in one statement.First of all, every conversation I have is meaningful,“ McDaniel began. „Im present. But weve had several great conversations, on the phone Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Jersey and in person. So Im excited to coach the guy but lets not forget, it is what it is. Me personally, I dont have a crystal ball, but really, the only guys I can talk about are the players that are here today.Upon hearing „It is what it is,“ „I don’t have a crystal ball“ and „The only guys I can talk about are the players that are here today,“ Eisen delivered on his own promise and went to the podium to give McDaniel a high-five before the Dolphins head coach walked off.

Von Miller has been doing his best to convince Odell Beckham Jr. to join him on his newest Super Bowl-bound hopeful team – the Buffalo Bills.Miller’s are already seen by many as top contenders for Super Bowl LVII and their chances would only improve with Beckham, the talented receiver who continues to linger on the free-agent market. Miller, of course, is an expert on what Beckham can bring to a championship contender as the two served as mid-season acquisitions for the Los Angeles Rams last season on their way to the Melvin Adon Jersey championship.Bills general manager Brandon Beane said Thursday his team has interest in Beckham. That only a week before the team opens its season against, ironically enough, the Rams at SoFi Stadium.Don’t however, expect Beckham to join Miller, at least not for the SoCal reunion.“Hes a talented player. Show me a talented player that Im not checking into,“ Beane said, per „Im always going to do that. Whether thats Duane Kuiper Jersey trade for someone, let a guy get healthy. Again, this cap factors into it, too.Despite playing a big role in the Rams‘ Super Bowl triumph, Beckham sustained a torn ACL in the final win over Cincinnati, leading to his prolonged free agency. It’s his second ACL tear in just over 15 months, having previously suffered the injury in October 2020. Beane and the Bills certainly know how hard the road back from such an injury can be: star cornerback Tre’Davious White has not played since November and is beginning the year on Hunter Pence Jersey the Physically Unable to Perform list.Scroll to ContinuePer , the Bills have just over $5.8 million in cap space now that the dust has settled from mandated roster cutdowns to 53 men.Beckham’s injury and potential cost, however, has not stopped Miller from campaigning for his services. He previously referred to the receiver as „the icing on the cake“ of a championship recipe and Beckham was intrigued by locker room real estate in Orchard Park when Miller showcased his offseason prep last month.Beckham is not the only reunion that Miller tried to muster: Beane declared that he was instrumental in after the two spent parts of two seasons together in Denver.“Anything Von Miller says Im going to respect. Von wants to win,“ Beane declared in . „Guys that have been around, knows what (a championship) takes, knows what it looks like, they’re going to offer up what they think. I’m going to Pat Burrell Jersey give him the time of day. Why wouldn’t I respect what he thinks? He’s been great. We’ve talked about players that he hasn’t put on social media before. Von sent me a text on Sam Martin.“Von wants to win. I want to surround myself with as many people like that as I can.“