OFFICIAL PICKS: Week of October 29, 2024

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October 28, 2024

2% max recommended unless otherwise noted for American football. 1% max recommended for all soccer picks unless otherwise noted. NFL Player Prop picks to come.

American Football

College Football

Friday, November 1

SDST +24 Boise (ok to +23)

Saturday, November 2

SYRACUSE +3.5 Va Tech (ok to +1)

ARKANSAS +6.5 Ole Miss (ok to +3)

PURDUE +2.5 Northwestern (ok to +1)

ILLINOIS +2.5 Minnesota (ok to +1)

OHIO ST -3.5 Penn St. (ok to -6)

STANFORD +10.5 NC St. (ok to +10)

5% AUBURN -6.5 Vanderbilt (ok to -7)

APP ST. +2 Old Dominion (ok to +1)

MICHIGAN ST. +7 Indiana (ok to +3)

FSU +3 UNC (ok to +1)

FLORIDA +17 Georgia (ok to +14)

TEXAS TECH +14.5 Iowa St (ok to +13)

HOUSTON +13 Kansas St (ok to +10)

MICHIGAN +15 Oregon (ok to +13)

OKST +2.5 ASU (ok to +1)

WISCONSIN-IOWA UNDER 43 (ok to 41)

KENTUCKY +14.5 Tennessee (ok to +14)

SMU -7 Pitt (ok to -7)

NEVADA +1 Colorado St. (ok to +1)

GA SOUTHERN +6 S.Alabama (ok to +3)

USC -2.5 Washington (ok to -6)

UCLA +7 Nebraska (ok to +6)

Longshots (1% max recommended)

ARKANSAS +200 Ole Miss (ok to +180)

MICHIGAN ST. +215 Indiana (ok to +180)

TEXAS TECH +340 Iowa State (ok to +180)

HOUSTON +260 Kansas St (ok to +180)

NFL

Thursday, October 31

JETS -1 Texans (ok to -2)

Sunday, November 2

PANTHERS +7 Saints (ok to +6)

DOLPHINS +6.5 Bills (ok to +6)

GIANTS +3.5 Commanders (ok to +3)

BROWNS +2 Chargers (ok to +1)

CARDINALS -1 Bears (ok to -2)

COWBOYS-FALCONS UNDER 52 (ok to 51)

JAGS +7.5 Eagles (ok to +6)

SEATTLE +1 Rams (ok to -1)

PACKERS +3.5 Lions (ok to +3)

BUCS +8.5 Chiefs (ok to +8)

Longshots (1% max recommended)

PACKERS +145 Lions (ok to +125)

DOLPHINS +230 Bills (ok to +200)

JAGS +275 Eagles (ok to +200)

BUCS +350 Chiefs (ok to +300)

Soccer

Tuesday, October 29

Italy Serie A

ACMILAN pk -130 Napoli (ok to -150)

Wednesday, October 30

Italy Serie A

MONZA +2 -190 Atalanta (ok to -200)

PARMA +1.5 -135 Juventus (ok to -150)

Thursday, October 31

Italy Serie A

GENOA +1 -185 Fiorentina (ok to -200)

0.5% GENOA +340 Fiorentina (ok to +300)

COMO pk +105 Lazio (ok to -125)

Friday, November 1

Spanish La Liga

ALAVES pk -150 Mallorca (ok to -175)

English Championship

LUTON pk -140 West Brom (ok to -160)

Saturday, November 2

English Premier League

NEWCASTLE +0.5 Arsenal (ok to -130)

0.5% NEWCASTLE +280 Arsenal (ok to +250)

EVERTON pk Southampton (ok to -130)

BRIGHTON +1.5 Liverpool (ok to -130)

BOURNEMOUTH +1 Man City (ok to -130)

0.5% BOURNEMOUTH +425 Man City (ok to +400)

WOLVES pk Crystal Palace (ok to -130)

Italy Serie A

LECCE +1 -135 Bologna (ok to -150)

UDINESE +0.5 Juventus (ok to -130)

MONZA +1 -135 ACMilan (ok to -150)

English Championship

OXFORD pk Swansea (ok to -130)

PLYMOUTH +2 Leeds (ok to -130)

QPR +0.5 -145 Sunderland (ok to -160)

COVENTRY +1 -150 Middlesbrough (ok to -160)

CARDIFF pk Norwich (ok to -130)

Spanish La Liga

VALENCIA +1 +105 Real Madrid (ok to -130)

German Bundesliga

HOFFENHEIM -115 St Pauli (ok to -130)

HEIDENHEIM pk -120 Holston Kiel (ok to -130)

BOCHUM +1.5 -105 Frankfurt (ok to -130)

UNION BERLIN +2 -105 Bayern Munich (ok to -130)

Sunday, November 3

English Premier League

MANU pk Chelsea (ok to -130)

Spanish La Liga

LAS PALMAS +2 -170 Atletico Madrid (ok to -190)

ESPANYOL +2.5 -125 Barcelona (ok to -130)

SEVILLA pk +100 Real Sociedad (ok to -130)

English Championship

MILWALL pk Burnley (ok to -130)

French Ligue 1

NANTES +0.5 -130 Marseille (ok to -150)

Italy Serie A

TORINO +0.5 -150 Fiorentina (ok to -160)

VERONA +0.5 Roma (ok to -130)

VENEZIA +2.5 -165 InterMilan (ok to -180)

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