With public punters talking about the battle of quarterbacks heading into Thursday’s BCS Championship Game between No. 1 Florida (12-1, 10-2 ATS) and No. 2 Oklahoma (12-1, 10-2 ATS), it could be the defenses that make the difference. Get on board with the Pinnacle Sportsbook before kickoff for the sharpest BCS Championship lines on the season finale and for the best odds anywhere on online college football betting.Get -105 BCS Championship Game betting lines and live betting, exlcusively at PinnacleSports.com.Sign-Up Now for 50% Better Bowl Game Betting OddsThe BCS title game is billed as a showdown between Sooners QB and 2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford and Gators pivot and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. While that’s the case in mainstream media circles, the reality is both teams have potent offenses that could break out at any given moment.
The gamebreaker is Florida’s defense, which performed significantly better than its counterpart on the Oklahoma sideline. The Gators held opponents to only 12.8 points per game in the SEC, while allowing an average of 279.3 yards offense per contest.
Contrast that with the Sooners’ defense, which surrendered 24.5 points per game to go along with 359.1 yards offense in the Big 12. Square bettors have taken notice of the disparities between the two sides, and have put their money on Florida to take home its second BCS crown in three years.Pinnacle Sports Betting Lines currently has the Gators as 3.5-point* favourites for the game, with close to 60% of bets having come in on Florida through the weekend.
Sharp handicappers know the Sooners’ defense doesn’t need to be dominant in order for Oklahoma to cover. The Sooners scored at least 58 points in each of their last six games of the season (6-0 ATS), with an average margin of victory of 33.3 points during the streak.
Florida won nine in a row (8-0 ATS) to end the schedule, including a 31-20 win as 10-point chalk over then-No. 1 Alabama in the SEC championship game. The Gators’ last and only defeat of the season came way back on September 27 in their 31-30 upset at home to Mississippi, which walked to the bank as 23-point underdogs.
Oklahoma cemented its berth in the BCS title game with a 62-21 drubbing of Missouri in the Big 12 final, as the Sooners covered easily as 16-point favourites. Oklahoma (-7) fell 45-35 to Texas at the Cotton Bowl on October 11 in its only loss of the season, a game that has many observers arguing the No. 3 Longhorns deserve to be taking the field at Dolphin Stadium in Miami in Oklahoma’s place. *All odds subject to change
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