Manchester United stole a 3 - 2
road win at Crystal Palace on Monday while Liverpool drew 0 - 0 vs. Porto in the Champions League but easily progressed to the quarterfinals.
Florida is off
a road win at LSU, while FSU has been beating up on cupcakes for the last month or so.
Deshaun Watson entered the week at +1000 and got a big
road win at FSU, while Michigan's Jabrill Peppers (+800) was incredible against Michigan State.
Wisconsin at Michigan St (Saturday 12:00 pm ET) Michigan State has certainly exceeded my expectations and got a huge
road win at Notre Dame last week, while Wisconsin struggled at home against Georgia State.
The Tigers are a home win against Vanderbilt and
road win at Georgia away from making the Iron Bowl an SEC Championship play - in.
On the other hand, the Syracuse Orange won for the third consecutive time, while bracket newcomer NC State's Saturday
road win at UNC is the Wolfpack's fourth over a team ranking in the RPI's top 15.
Arkansas: The Razorbacks entered the game 30th in the NCAA's RPI ratings and likely well on their way to the NCAA Tournament following
a road win at Alabama over the weekend.
Collin Ellis returned two interceptions for touchdown to lead Northwestern to
a road win at Berkeley in its season opener.
A blowout win in the biggest non-conference game of the year, and
a road win at that, should be a jewel for OSU and the Big Ten.
FSU vs. Miami FL: Miami is coming off a great
road win at Duke while FSU struggled on the road in their win at Wake Forest.
Public bettors are actually on Purdue (62 %) after their big
road win at Mizzou last week.
Washington State, whose odds were up to +2500 last week after beating USC, comes in at +5000 this week despite a 33 - 10
road win at Oregon on Saturday.
The Tigers»
road win at a top - 10 Texas A&M team was awfully similar to Missouri's road win over top - 10 Georgia the previous week.
There are five unbeaten teams, and UGA's
road win at Notre Dame and blowout of Mississippi State are easily the two best wins out of that entire group.
The 6» 4» senior guard averaged 24 points during the Hilltoppers» 4 — 1 start, which included an impressive
road win at Alabama - Birmingham.
The Blues were coming off
road wins at Los Angeles and Anaheim, but couldn't keep the momentum going at home where they fell to 20 -15-0.
Not exact matches
His mother, Connie Carpenter,
won the first women's Olympic
road race,
at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Sagan
won the green jersey for points
at last summer's Tour de France and followed it up with an even more impressive performance
at the
Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, which he
won in crafty fashion — surging on an uphill cobblestone section and never looking back.
Located 65 miles west of Denver
at 3530 County
Road 83 in Tabernash, Colo., Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa is a year round, eco-friendly and award -
winning 6,000 - acre guest ranch resort, spa and corporate retreat, with full - service meeting and special event space for 10 to 350 people.
Located
at the end of Two Lights
Road on the rocky shores of Cape Elizabeth, Maine — The Lobster Shack is an award -
winning restaurant that has been a local landmark since the 1920s
Hiccuped early on the
road at Utah, and then unloaded on the Utes for a 38 - 28 conference
win.
We can
win at home but can we do it on the
road that's the question?
To put it another way, the Indians need to
win one game
at home, and the Cubs need to
win two games on the
road.
To quote my idiot self, I wrote that Marcus Mariota «is an average quarterback
at best» and that «he's not a guy you can expect to go into a
road playoff game and actually play well enough to
win.»
If Arsenal finishes 4th and gets eliminated
at the
road of 16 in the CL, they all
win.
But I just can't count on any
wins on the
road at this point.
As you can see, the
ATS winning percentage and return on investment (ROI) for college football
road teams steadily increases as we gradually lower the closing total.
The Colleges XV were also successful in their Varsity Match, securing a 27 points to 7
win at Grange
Road, their third successive victory.
City are big -400 favorites in that match, but we saw Arsenal struggle to a 3 - 2
win at Crystal Palace on Thursday, so it could be a tougher
road game than the big odds suggest.
Before the season we wrote our annual College Basketball and Betting Against the Public article, which found that
road underdogs of 10 - 20 points had
won at a 54.6 % clip since 2008.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (43 - 48
ATS overall, 22 - 24
ATS on the
road) are just one
win away from an NBA Finals rematch against the Golden State Warriors, but first they will need to take care of...
The Kings are also a poor
road team,
winning only 3 of 19 games played away from Sacramento while Miami has a stellar 13 - 2 record
at home.
Whether the
road dog
wins Game 1 or the big favorite
wins Game 1, the relative probability to advance is nearly the same
at around 14 %.
A rare
win on the
road for Arsenal could be the end of our poor away record in the league so far, and Arsene Wenger had good reason to defend that record because of the penalty incidents
at Stoke, Watford and Man City and the offside goal there as well.
With the sportbooks taking a pivotal half - point away from
road dog Miami, the betting public is giving the slight edge to Tom Brady and the Pats picking up
at least an 11 - point
win at Gillette Stadium.
Over the past twelve seasons,
road teams coming off a loss have gone 188 - 207 (+32.62 units, 8.3 % ROI) while home teams coming off a loss have essentially
won at the breakeven point (221 - 173, +0.37 units).
Chelsea were bailed out as an 88th minute winner from Cesc Fabregas helped Jose Mourinho's men to a 1 - 0
win over QPR in the west - London derby
at Loftus
Road.
Another rubber match, as both
won on the
road, though the Golden Bears»
win at Maples Pavilion came way back on December 30th.
With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a valuable point away from home dog Indy, the betting public is overwhelmingly in favor of Matt Ryan and Co.
winning by
at least 8 points on the
road.
Back
at the top of the table, rounding out the top five in action this weekend are Liverpool -LRB--205) on the
road against Crystal Palace (+550 to
win, +340 to draw) and Manchester United -LRB--475) hosting Swansea City (+1300 to
win, +500 to draw).
Following their convincing
win at Seattle this past weekend (which is one of the toughest places for opposing teams to play in the NFL), the public isn't just drinking the Cincy kool - aid, they're pounding it, with 7 out of 10 bets confident the high - rising Bengals can either
win straight up or lose by two or less on the
road.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (43 - 48
ATS overall, 22 - 24
ATS on the
road) are just one
win away from an NBA Finals rematch against the Golden State Warriors, but first they will need to take care of business against the Boston Celtics (52 - 46
ATS overall, 22 - 28
ATS at home).
After losing
at home to the middling Tennessee Titans, a
win on the
road would go a long way toward turning things around in the early going.
The chart below compares the home and
road winning percentages of NFL teams in the»90s (excluding Carolina and Jacksonville); the difference between the two figures is the statistical advantage that each club gains
at home — or loses on the
road.
The Denver Nuggets imposed their will on the Oklahoma City Thunder and
won on the
road, 114 - 104,
at Chesapeake Energy Arena Tuesday night to earn their 13th consecutive victory.
They tied the 1995 - 96 Chicago Bulls» previous record with a
road win against their top challengers in San Antonio, then sealed the deal
at home against Memphis on the final day of the season.
The Brooklyn Nets outlasted the Indiana Pacers and came away with a signature overtime
win on the
road, 89 - 84,
at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Monday night.
While the Bruins are a pedestrian 5 - 6 in
road / neutral games, their two best
wins came away from Pauley Pavilion — over Kentucky in late December in New Orleans and, more impressively,
at Arizona.
Texas A&M has
won two straight, both on the
road, heading into its regular - season finale on Saturday
at home against Alabama.
Despite playing four of their first five games on the
road and competing in a conference (Patriot League) that has only allowed athletic scholarships since 1998, the Bison are 5 — 0, including
wins at Syracuse and DePaul.