Future Props

It will be a few days more of waiting for the first week games, but there are future props waiting for us. These are season long wagers, so it will be months before we know the results, unless there’s a complete rupture on some issue. Here we go!

• One Star Future:The futures on the 2009-2010 BCS National Champ are pretty intriguing. Tim Tebow and the Gators are the chalk at 2/1. The Oklahoma Sooners follow at 9/2. The Texas Longhorns are 11/2, and the USC Trojans are 6/1. My choice: Texas, with 16 returning starters, including QB Colt McCoy. They’re focused, they were close last year and this year will be the charm.


• Two Star Future: This one falls in behind my One Star pick. Texas is 13/10 to win the Big 12 Championship Game. OK is 8/5. It's a long ride from here to the Rose Bowl, and this will be a stepping stone. The Longhorns gotta get the Big 12 if they’re going to get the Big 1.


• Three Star Future: The Northwestern Wildcats win total for over and under is 6 ½ . Yes, I have a Wildcat bias...at heart. This is money, and it's just as solid as my allegiance: bet the OVER. NU has four non-conference opponents scheduled, three of them (Towson, E Michigan and Syracuse) to open the season and Miami O as opponent #6. Those four are a 3 victory lock, and 4 wins isn’t an unreasonable expectation. Conference foes Minnesota, Indiana and Purdue promise W’s. The NU regular season has Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin as the final three games, all winnable. A 7 win year is good for three stars.


• Four Star Future: Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators are a prohibitive favorite to win the SEC, sitting now at 1 / 2 . Keep TT healthy and this one looks like a lock. Normally, I'd stay away from a 1/2, but we're going four months out. Take the sure thing for a little payback.

So, there are our future props. The grades won't come back on that exam for a few months, but that's the way we're starting out. Punch up your internet casinos now and take it to the bank later.