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Lines are Moving! How to Bet the Bowl Season & Continued CFP Coverage

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Marcel Reed's mobility against a Miami line that faced few elite pass rushes may be the difference in the game.

1. The VSiN College Football Betting Podcast episode "Lines are Moving! How to Bet the Bowl Season & Continued CFP Coverage" covers first-round College Football Playoff bets and early bowl line moves, starting from Army's 17-16 loss to Navy. 2. Host Tim Murray and VSiN colleague Adam Burke, who has written the VSiN CFP Betting Guide and bowl previews, trade bets throughout the hour. 3. The central idea is that bowl season is "a race to news," where transfer portal and opt-out reports move numbers faster than motivation angles. 4. On Oklahoma-Alabama, Murray says he bet Alabama early but now likes it "maybe not as much," while Burke calls it a coin flip and cites Tate Sandell going 23 of 24 on field goals against an Alabama kicker who is 13 of 20. 5. On Texas A&M-Miami, Burke has the Aggies at 5.5 and points to their 41 sacks versus Miami's 34 and Marcel Reed's 89 carries for 466 yards, while Murray bet the under and expects a defensive-line game with a total near 51. 6. On the G5 matchups, Tulane sits near 16.5 to 17.5 against Ole Miss, and Oregon is laying 21.5 against James Madison, with an under that dropped to about 48.5 and concerns about coordinators leaving for Cal and Kentucky. 7. Bowl news from Monday: Pete Thamel reported Brendan Sorsby, who had about 2,800 passing yards and 27 touchdowns, is entering the portal, moving Navy from a 6.5-point underdog to a 6.5-point favorite over Cincinnati. 8. Army is now an 8.5-point favorite over UConn, which lost coach Jim Mora Jr. to Colorado State and Cam Edwards to the portal, and the hosts note Army's condensed triple-option games and the lack of transfer options for service academy players. 9. Murray also bet San Diego State at +3.5 against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl, expecting quarterback Drew Mestemaker to sit out after coach Eric Morris left for Oklahoma State, while noting San Diego State lost its defensive coordinator to Nebraska. 10. Bettors tracking CFP and bowl line movement will get the most from this episode.

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