College Football Week 1 Betting: Oregon State vs TCU Odds

The 6th ranked TCU Horned Frogs will meet the #24 Oregon State Beavers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington Texas in college football week 1 odds for a key inter-conference opener that will have long term BCS championship game implications. Kick-off on ESPN is scheduled for 7:50pm EST and TCU has opened at online sportsbooks as a 13-point college football betting favorite with an over/under total of 50. It is “BCS Title or Bust” for the Horned Frogs this year as they had a perfect 12-0 regular season last year before a Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State. TCU is determined to show that they belong in the same class as the big boys as they were not happy about being matched up with Boise State and yet let down and lost the game after complaining that they deserved a shot against a high profile powerhouse.

Andy Dalton is the man to watch for TCU for this college football betting match-up in week 1. The quarterback is a bona fide Heisman Trophy candidate and has a career mark of 29-8 as a starter. Last year Dalton passed for 2,756 yards and 23 TD’s. “I feel like we should be better this year,” said Dalton this week. “Obviously the bowl game didn’t go as well as we wanted, but that’s not what defined the season.” TCU returns 24 of 30 lettermen on defense that will go up against new Oregon State starting QB Ryan Katz.

The Beavers have had a shot at the Rose Bowl on the final day of the season the past two years but have lost to hated arch rival Oregon both times. Oregon State has plenty of offensive college football betting weapons to surround Katz with starting with the Rodgers brothers. Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for 1,440 yards last year while James Rodgers caught 91 passes for 1,034 yards and 9 TD’s. This is the first ever meeting between the two teams.