Bear Bets: A FOX Sports Gambling Show

Oregon vs USC: The CFP Matchup That Changes Everything + Week 4 Best Bets

Bear Bets: A FOX Sports Gambling Show

Show Notes

Big slate of games for Week 4 of College Football & Chris 'The Bear' Fallica, Geoff Schwartz, and Sammy Panayotovich have you covered! The #20 Oregon Ducks head to Los Angeles to take on the #12 USC Trojans with huge College Football Playoff implications. Arch Manning & the #1 Texas Longhorns face off against the #14 Tennessee Volunteers for a tough SEC matchup. Then finally, the #4 Ole Miss Rebels fresh off their win over the LSU Tigers head to Gainesville to take on the #21 Florida Gators.The crew provide their best underdogs to cover and their best favorites to fade including the #13 Penn State Nittany Lions. Fox Sports College Football analyst Brady Quinn joins the show to give his thoughts on the biggest matchups of the week. Finally, the guys wrap up the show handling out their best College Football Bests you must make for week 4!

Chapters:0:00 Intro1:15 Bear Bets Top Betting Record2:30 Matchup For West Coast Supremacy: #20 Oregon vs #12 USC7:40 SEC Showdown: #1 Texas vs #14 Tennessee12:00 Trap Game? #4 Ole Miss vs #21 Florida18:00 Underdogs We Like To Cover22:00 Favorites To Fade For Week 425:30 Best of The Rest Games For Week 435:30 Best College Football Bets For Week 442:30 Brady Quinn Interview1:08:18 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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