In this week’s episode of THE WINDOW: Sports betting podcast, Matt Russell (@mrussauthentic) opens the show by weighing in all things college football after the conclusion to the regular season, including but not limited to — why Steve Sarkisian is ALMOST right about the disservice that college football and the College Football Playoff Committee is doing by making the Longhorns Week 1 trip to Columbus count against them, even if Texas shouldn’t be in without it. All while explaining why the opening week’s head-to-head between Notre Dame and Miami needs to matter on a micro level. 

Plus, the CFP rankings, it it were up to THE WINDOW:

Byes:

• Ohio State/Indiana winner

• Georgia/Alabama winner

• Texas Tech (if they beat BYU)

• Texas A&M

Home games:

• Ohio State/Indiana loser (Committee probably swaps this with A&M)

• Georgia, if they lose

• Oregon 

• Ole Miss (Alabama, if they lose)

Road games:

• Oklahoma

• Miami (Out if BYU beats Texas Tech)

• Virginia/James Madison

• North Texas/Tulane

*Depending on what happens in the SEC, “fix it” so that Miami plays at Ole Miss, and Oklahoma goes to Oregon

Just out:

• Notre Dame

• Vanderbilt

• Texas 

Plus, Matt looks at the rollercoaster of holding futures on Texas A&M, Southern Miss, Oklahoma, and Duke, before making the case for why Diego Pavia should win the Heisman Trophy, the reason he was considered an underdog before starring in wins down the stretch and why the betting market is only just now catching up to the actual likelihood of Pavia winning.

Maybe you missed it?

• College Football’s Big Games of Week 14

• Best bets for College Football on “Black Friday”

• “The Saturday 7” — Week 14’s best bets for College Football

• Thanksgiving Football Spectacular

• NFL Week 13 “Sunday Best”

• The “Player Prop Express” for Week 13

• Monday Night Football betting preview: Giants-Patriots

• NHL Daily Moneyline Market Tracker

It’s an abbreviated edition of “Right or Wrong” for NFL Week 13, with THE WINDOW’s Thanksgiving Football Spectacular turning a small profit, but setting up for a hopeful Sunday in the RUMP, only to get tortured by the Saints in Miami. 

Finally, Matt touches on the first big move in the College Basketball futures market after Michigan won the early-season “Players Era Championship” in decisive fashion, drilling San Diego State, Auburn, and, most impressively, Gonzaga — by 40 points. The Wolverines are up to +750 for the national title. Back on the April 8th episode of THE WINDOW podcast, immediately after Florida beat Houston for last year’s title, we bet Michigan for 2025-‘26

It’s time to head to THE WINDOW, let’s go!