Last week, Caleb Williams and the Trojans poured it on Colorado early, and our -12.5 first-half bet was never in doubt. I'm glad we avoided the full game back door that I knew was coming from Shedeur Sanders and the Buffaloes.

2023 Record: 3-2

Week 6 features a lot of teams taking an early season bye before conference play truly kicks off, so we don't have as many games to watch or lines to bet on. For that reason, I'm turning my attention to Friday night's game between Illinois and Nebraska for this week's best bet.

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Nebraska @ Illinois

Illinois -3.5 | O/U 43.5

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