The night that the sport anticipates for the entire year is finally here, with a pair of College Football Playoff games on the slate Saturday night. Add some more excitement to your New Year’s Eve celebration and bet on the pair of matchups using an offer exclusive to Steelers Now readers. Get up to $2,000 in bet credits with PointsBet Sportsbook’s Second Chance. You get $500 in site credit if your fixed odds cash bet loses and $1,500 if your PointsBetting cash bet doesn’t hit.
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The first of the two clashes on the College Football Playoff marquee will be the Fiesta Bowl, which pits undefeated Michigan against TCU, whose only defeat came in overtime of the Big 12 Championship game to Kansas State. Thanks in large part to a powerful ground game, the Wolverines won the Big 10 for the second year in a row, knocking arch-rival Ohio State down in the process. The engine behind the Horned Frogs is veteran signal-caller and Heisman Trophy finalist Max Duggan.
With its smash-mouth style of play, Michigan is a 7.5-point favorite and is listed at -110 to cover the spread. TCU’s line is the same in that department, and the Horned Frogs are +250 underdogs on the money line. The Wolverines are -315 in that aspect, while the total is set at 58 points. The over and under are both fixed at -110.
Following that, the nightcap of the doubleheader will be an encounter between two of the country’s premier brands in top-seeded Georgia and unusual underdog Ohio State. Both crews boast Heisman Trophy finalist passers in the Bulldogs’ Stetson Bennett and the Buckeyes’ C.J. Stroud. Georgia is aiming to get back to the national title clash after winning it all last year, while Ohio State is hoping to redeem itself after an embarrassing loss to Michigan.
Georgia is favored by six points, with a -255 money line. Ohio State is -110 to cover the spread, while the total is set at 63 points. The over is -105, while the under is -115.
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