Following today's UEFA Champions League group stage draw, the most prominent European football/soccer competition is ready to kick off. And so is betting on the same. In this article, we will review all the groups and present them to you. Manchester City is the top contender for winning the trophy, and … Read More... about UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw Completed
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FCS Playoffs: 2021 Quarterfinals Preview and Championship Futures Odds
I didn't intend to be covering North Dakota State's 2021 FCS playoff run on-location in Fargo, but that's how it worked out. While there are many analytical reasons why the NDSU Bison have been able to pick up the pieces and bid for yet another FCS championship, I was reminded of the biggest reason while shopping in Fargo on Saturday. An older lady clerk was stuck working at … [Read more...] about FCS Playoffs: 2021 Quarterfinals Preview and Championship Futures Odds
UEFA Champions League First Leg Semi Final Odds, Prop Bets, and Predictions
Pardon the tardiness on WagerBop's account, readers, but to be candid, it feels like a treat that we're previewing the upcoming UEFA Champions League matches at all. Europe's 2020-21 cycle will be forever marred by the "Super League" concept, the specter of up to 12 clubs threatening to detach from national and international federations and form a closed-shop league that … [Read more...] about UEFA Champions League First Leg Semi Final Odds, Prop Bets, and Predictions
Updated: News and Developments in the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championships
4/23/21 Update: Well, well. It would appear that either WagerBop is cursing the women's international field, or we just know exactly the wrong time to put out IIHF predictions. The Women's World Championship was cancelled just a day after an expansive 2021 IIHF WWC preview below was posted on the blog, echoing all-too-well what happened in 2019, when our preview was … [Read more...] about Updated: News and Developments in the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championships
FA Cup Semifinal Preview: Best Odds on Chelsea vs City and Foxes vs Saints
Your blogger broke a cardinal rule of headline writing for tonight's FA Cup preview, mixing official brand names with club nicknames in the fashion of an awkward prep school kid saying "New York beat the Cowboys." Alas, it's important to keep headlines short enough that punters scrolling through Google results can see all or most of them, prompting WagerBop to hurry to the … [Read more...] about FA Cup Semifinal Preview: Best Odds on Chelsea vs City and Foxes vs Saints
FCS College Football: Week 9 Game Previews, Odds, and Predictions
I've been interested in FCS pigskin ever since Appalachian State took down Michigan as a 32-point underdog in 2007. Enough fellow college football fans are like-minded that ESPN is able to turn a profit with the occasional prime-time FCS kickoff in fall or winter. The iconic '07 upset was no fluke, and the Football Championship Subdivision has gotten better since then. … [Read more...] about FCS College Football: Week 9 Game Previews, Odds, and Predictions
UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal Previews, Match Odds, and Predictions
It's a good idea to avoid looking at UEFA headlines on a daily basis. Tabloid soccer blogs have gotten proficient at a whole new kind of "clickbait," in which real news is spun into fake headlines with as many alarming words as possible even if it violates the rules of grammar or common sense. That's how Paul Pogba of Manchester United can be an "IMMINENT TRANSFER!!!" every … [Read more...] about UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal Previews, Match Odds, and Predictions
CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 Preview and Betting Odds
If there was ever a year when CONCACAF Champions League futures odds would be exciting to handicap - as opposed to the banal chore of comparing rival Mexican clubs - it's the Year of Our Lord 2021. MLS teams from the USA and Canada have demonstrated over the last 3 cycles that they're not just showing up for the Champions League to lose in late rounds. (Or early … [Read more...] about CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 Preview and Betting Odds
UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 Predictions and Picks: Why City Odds are Thinner than Liverpool and Chelsea
WagerBop hopes newcomers aren't confused by this week's UEFA Champions League headline, since the Las Vegas-London uses of "fat" and "thin" odds are the opposite meanings from what people hear on TV every day. When Captain Picard says, "what are Starfleet's odds of success?" he is referring to his "team's" chances of a successful mission, not "odds" in the way gamblers think of … [Read more...] about UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 Predictions and Picks: Why City Odds are Thinner than Liverpool and Chelsea