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Friday’s Best College Football, MLB & WNBA Bets (9/1)

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No matter your sport of choice, there's always sports betting action to be had. We'll have you covered each and every day with our daily best bets. Here are all of our best bets across each major sport in action today.

Today's Best Bets

Here are today's best bets.

College Football Bets

Miami (OH) vs. Miami

Brett Gabbert is back in action for the Miami RedHawks. He played just four games last season and sat out the rest of the season with an injury. But he didn't refrain from starting the trash talk earlier this week. Gabbert was asked about which team was the real Miami. Gabbert suggested that Miami (OH) is and that they'll show them on the field. The RedHawks are projected to be one of the best MAC teams this season, and they'll face a Miami Hurricanes team that continues embarrassing themselves in bad spots. Last year, it was a 45-31 loss to Middle Tennessee State. The Hurricanes will still rely on Tyler Van Dyke at quarterback. He's been inconsistent for Miami and was the starting quarterback for that ridiculous loss to Middle Tennessee State. I'm sure he's improved a little bit, but how much? He was benched in the third quarter against Middle Tennessee State! The Hurricanes should win. But a cover of 16.5 points is unlikely. Take Miami (OH) +16.5.

Pick: Miami (OH) +16.5 (-110)

-Jason Radowitz

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MLB Best Bets

Tampa Bay Rays (-188) vs. Cleveland Guardians (+158) | O/U 7.5 (-122/+100) 

At one point, Cleveland Guardians righty Cal Quantrill won 14 consecutive decisions at Progressive Field, but those days are long gone, as he has been shelved since July 5 with right shoulder inflammation. Before the injury, Quantrill had a -1.0 WAR and is the only pitcher in the Guardians rotation with more than five starts and a negative WAR rating. With another loss, the Guardians would be seven games under .500 (matching a season-high), and that is precisely what we expect to happen when facing one of MLB's hottest pitchers.

Tampa Bay Rays righty Tyler Glasnow has the second-lowest ERA among all qualified starting pitchers since the All-Star Break (2.20) and also ranks third in FIP (2.64) and sixth in BABIP (.236) in that span. Glasnow is also one of 12 pitchers with a double-digit K/9 rate in the second half of the season and does a great job of keeping the ball in the ballpark, with a top 12 HR/9 rate (0.60) in that span.

Going deep in games is not an issue for this innings-eater, as Glasnow has pitched six-plus innings in seven consecutive starts and completed at least seven innings in three straight. Conversely, Quantrill was tagged for six earned runs (and three home runs) in a rehab start as recently as 11 days ago and should be no match for a Rays team that is 1.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for the best record in the AL.

Pick: Rays -1.5 (-104)

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WNBA Best Bets

Indiana Fever vs. Dallas Wings

These teams are playing the best basketball they have played all season long. The big reasons for the success of the Fever are Kelsey Mitchell, Nalyssa Smith, and Aliyah Boston. All three are playing phenomenal basketball. They are averaging 47 points per game combined. 

Even with the Fever's success, I like the Dallas Wings to cover the spread tonight. The Wings have been more consistent throughout the season, and Boston is in day-to-day status for the Fever. The Wings are better on both sides of the court and are averaging six more points per game than the Fever are. That is enough to cover the spread tonight.

Bet: Dallas Wings -5 (-110 DraftKings)


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