http://ncaasportbetting.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:22:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en School's almost in for thousands of student-athletes, participating in everything from baseball to wrestling. Here are five defending champions of note on the men's side: FBS: Louisiana State FCS: Appalachian State Soccer: Wake Forest Water Polo: California Cross Country: Oregon LSU is 20-1 on the futures market to retain the BCS championship. Appalachian State's football team ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-sports/the-most-likely-mens-d-i-team-to-repeat/ Football is easily the most popular sport in America. So you'd think with all the attention it gets, people would have figured out by now how important the offensive and defensive lines are to a team – especially in college. Nope. The casual fan is still fixated on the "skill" players ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-football/how-to-win-more-online-college-football-bets/ Thanks to the ubiquity of the Internet, you can see thousands of college athletes drinking right from the comfort of your own home. College students drink alcohol? Shocking. But this is more than just a college thing. Studies show that college athletes drink more heavily than non-athletes. And this relationship extends ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-sports/is-drinking-a-problem-among-college-athletes/ The critics have spoken, and the Arizona State Sun Devils are this year's top college sports program. Sports Illustrated put together a Top 25 last month that praised ASU for its strength in baseball, golf and track. The Stanford Cardinal were second, followed by the UCLA Bruins. That's three Pacific-10 ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-rankings/college-sports-most-consistent-well-rounded-programs/ You won't find too many people saddened by the end of Billy Packer's 34-year run as color commentator for the Final Four at the men's college basketball Tournament. For all his hoops credentials, as both an analyst and a former guard at Wake Forest, Packer was considered a grouch behind ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-basketball/billy-packer-sent-packing/ Brandon Jennings (above photo) is boldly going where no basketball prodigy has gone before: straight to Europe, bypassing the Arizona Wildcats to sign a pro contract with Virtus Roma of Italy's Serie A. Is this the end for college basketball? Jacob Leibenluft pondered that question for Slate; in his view, a ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-basketball/college-basketball-mass-exodus-or-mass-hysteria/ Is making the USC Trojans the preseason college football favorites just a case of inertia? They had to settle for the Rose Bowl again last year after going 10-2 (6-6 against the spread). Now they're changing starting quarterbacks – again – and yet they were 3-1 favorites earlier this summer ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/bcs-championship-odds/early-college-football-predictions-division-i/ We'll learn next month who will go into the 2008 college football season with the No. 1 ranking in the polls. USC was a near-unanimous choice last year, and the Trojans could find themselves right back up top – they're the 3-1 favorites to win the BCS championship. The Georgia Bulldogs ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-football/college-football-preseason-rankings/ College baseball continues to make inroads in the sports gambling scene. If they keep cranking out exciting College World Series like this year's, it won't be long before they're king of the mountain. Fresno State beat Georgia two games to one to win the first national men's championship in school ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-sports/college-world-series-results/ We've had another contentious offseason in American college sports, and it's still only June. Crimson Tide LB Jimmy Johns was let go after his arrest on five charges for selling cocaine; would-be Arizona point guard Brandon Jennings might go play in Europe if he doesn’t pass his SAT exams. The NCAA ... http://ncaasportbetting.com/college-football/college-basketball-vs-college-football-whos-smarter/