It’s college football bowl season. Here’s the lowdown on betting.

Some facts, fun and frivolity ahead of college football bowl season, which finally is at hand on Friday.

There’ve been two significant line moves: Western Michigan (Quick Lane Bowl) went from plus-6.5-point to minus-4.5 after Nevada quarterback Carson Strong announced he was skipping the game to go pro. Nevada’s coach (Jay Norvell) also bounced.

Tennessee (Music City Bowl) went from plus-2.5 to minus-4.5 as two of Purdue’s top players — WR David Bell and DE George Karlaftis — also said they’re going to the NFL.

“If it’s a quarterback, it’s a big deal with the drop-off between an NFL prospect and a backup. Obviously, the earlier the lines are posted, the more volatile they are. But in today’s state of affairs, you have issues with COVID too, so you could have more players being out from that,” said Adam Pullen, assistant director of trading at Caesars Sportsbook. “I’m sure that’s going to come into play and there will be players who decide last-minute if they want to play or not. You would think early on is where you’d have the most volatility with the lines, but I think you’ll see some late volatility as well here.”

The next shoe: Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett has a year of eligibility left, but will probably be a mid-first-round draft pick. As of Wednesday evening, he had not announced his intention. Pitt plays Michigan State on Dec. 30 in the Peach Bowl. The Panthers opened minus-3.5, but have moved to plus-1.5.

The first game: Friday in the Bahamas. Toledo (7-5) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-6). The line is Middle Tennessee State -10.5. The UV index figures to be a 7. Pass the lotion.

The biggest underdog: Cincinnati +13.5 against Alabama in the first playoff semifinal (Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m.).

The other semifinal: Georgia continues to be a 7.5-point favorite over Michigan (Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.).

The highest over/under: 71, Virginia-SMU (Dec. 29, 11 a.m.). It’s down a point after opening at 72.

The lowest over/under: 42.5, Arizona State-Wisconsin (Dec. 30, 10:30 p.m.).

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What’re you doing here? Hawaii, which uncoincidentally hosts Memphis in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve, is the only team with a losing record at 6-7. There are 21 teams that are 6-6. Hawaii, which is a 7-point underdog, was a 13-point dog when it won at Wyoming on Nov. 27 to get its sixth win of the season.

Five best bowl teams against the spread: Michigan (11-2 ATS), Pittsburgh (10-3), Notre Dame (9-3), Old Dominion (9-3), North Texas (9-3).

Five worst bowl teams against the spread: Missouri (3-9), Florida (3-9), Clemson (4-8), Maryland (4-8), Ball State (4-8), Central Florida (4-8), Memphis (4-8). Central Florida is playing Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl.

NFL: PointsBet’s odds on the Eagles to make the playoffs are +160. To miss the playoffs, they are -200.

NBA: The Cleveland Cavaliers entered Wednesday night’s game against Houston on a 12-0 run against the spread. (They were 8-4 straight up.) The consensus line was 9.5. They won by 35.

Whoa: A New Jersey bettor banged a remarkable $25 25-leg parlay on Saturday for $237,553.11 off Caesars. The player hit 23 college basketball games (13 money lines/10 spreads) and two NBA games (both MLs). The closest calls: Arizona was laying 2.5 to Illinois, and won by four; and Pepperdine, which was laying 14.5 to Alabama State, trailed by 10 in the first half, and led by only two at the break. Pepperdine won by 17.

Golf: Love the format of the PNC Championship, which pits twosomes against one another starting Saturday. One of the players has to have won a major. Because Tiger Woods is playing with his 12-year-old son Charlie, you’ll have to go offshore for odds. U.S. jurisdictions won’t allow action on competitions involving children. “I would have Team Woods at 12-1 if we could offer it,” said Jeff Sherman of Westgate’s SuperBook in Las Vegas. Oddsshark has the Woods at 10-1 with Team Thomas (Justin and his father Mike) favored to defend their championship at slightly less than 2-1 (+180).

NFL: This time last month, Josh Allen was favored to win the MVP at +300 with Tom Brady next at +350. Now, after Brady beat Allen and the Bills with a 58-yard touchdown pass in overtime, Brady is the overwhelming favorite at -170. Aaron Rodgers is next at +500. Allen is +2500.

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Strong work by industry expert “Captain” Jack Andrews who took to Twitter to point out a glaring mistake from an otherwise innocuous college basketball game last weekend.

Andrews got a tip that the final score of Illinois State’s 80-71 win over Chicago State was off by a point because a made free throw in the final minute was never calculated by the stat crew. Naturally, the point spread was in play as Illinois State was laying 9.5. The oversight was clear on video replay and Illinois State’s Josiah Strong, who made the free throw, even chimed in.

The score eventually was corrected, and Caesars wound up paying both sides of the wager. Not all books followed its lead.

“I get guys DM’ing me every day talking about how they were screwed, but they never hold water,” Andews told The Inquirer. “[But] when I saw this one — and the video — I was like WTF?!?”