Seth Halvorsen earns ninth save for Colorado in 2025
Former Vol Jordan Beck started in left field for the Rockies. He went 3-for-5 and hit his 11th home run in 2025. Beck recorded two RBIs, two runs and one stolen base.
Former Tennessee pitcher Seth Halvorsen earned his ninth save of the season for Colorado. He pitched one inning and recorded two strikeouts. Halvorsen totaled 17 pitches, including 12 strikes, against four batters. He allowed one hit and zero walks.
Beck and Halvorsen were teammates at Tennessee in 2022. The Vols won SEC Tournament and regular-season championships in 2022.
Game No. 2 between the Rockies and Twins is slated for 8:10 p.m. EDT on Saturday. Sunday's series finale is scheduled for 3:10 p.m. EDT.
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College football betting preview: One bet I like for (almost) every week this season
Soon we'll get our reprieve from Coldplay/CEO memes, and Week 0 and Week 1 in college football will be here before you know it. Spreads and totals for all those games have been up for a while. If you've already perused the offerings for the 10-day stretch at the end of August (before the NFL season divides attentions), your thumb might have gotten a little frisky, scrolling down the oddsboard at BetMGM to find there are more than a handful of games for the rest of the season that are available to bet on already. These are commonly referred to as Game of the Year markets — a list of high-profile (or rivalry) games the most ardent college football fans may have already circled on their calendars. Be sure to shop around, as different books will have different numbers on games — and some will have more offerings than others. Why bet Games of the Year now? While waiting to bet on things like the 'Red River Rivalry' or 'The Game' between Michigan and Ohio State allows bettors to see the participants' season play out, it gives oddsmakers a chance to catch up too. Last summer, Florida State and Clemson were supposed to be, as usual, the cream of the ACC crop for 2024. In advance of hosting the Tigers, the Seminoles were 3.5-point favorites in the GOTY market. By the time they faced each other on Oct. 5, the 'Noles' season was already in the tank, and Clemson closed as a 16-point favorite. For bettors who bet the Tigers late, their tickets pushed when Clemson won 29-13. However, for those on the Tigers early, they cashed easily. Admittedly, we've cherry-picked the best possible example of buying a ticket on a side early, but with a GOTY line of FSU -3.5, what was more likely: The line would come back across the key number of -3, or the Seminoles would be so impressive in September they'd jump up to -6.5 or -7.5 (the next set of key numbers in college football spread betting)? In some cases, using the GOTY market to get the best of the number doesn't matter. Texas was -8.5 over Oklahoma last summer, and closed as 16.5-point favorites. They won 34-3 in the Cotton Bowl, covering all numbers. Ohio State, the eventual national champion, was -9.5 more than three months ahead of its game with Michigan in Columbus. By the time the regular season finale kicked off, the Buckeyes were three-TD favorites. Like the Red River Rivalry, it didn't matter, but for the opposite reason: Michigan pulled off the upset, and those bettors who beat the market with the Buckeyes were rewarded with a losing ticket. But in the long run, getting such significant closing line value will result in far more winners for you as a bettor. 2025 Game of the Year best bets As we prepare for the season, the GOTY market provides another layer of information as to how the betting market rates each of college football's most prominent teams. Conceptually, two teams matched up in Week 1 might be lined at a pick'em on a neutral field (or around -3 for the home team), but we don't know if oddsmakers rate both teams as equally good, bad or average. However, the more data points available, the better our understanding of where teams stand in the overall hierarchy. Using this compare-and-contrast methodology, there are some curious lookahead lines in the GOTY market. Starting in Week 2, we've got one bet worth making for each week until the end of the regular season. While no one has a crystal ball giving us a glimpse into the future on the field, the goal is to be holding a more valuable ticket than when the market closes at kickoff of each game. For simplicity, we compare teams on a rating scale out of 100 at THE WINDOW — using regular-season win-total markets and cross-referencing GOTY spreads in order to land on an estimated market rating for each team. Week 2: Iowa at Iowa State (-1.5) Projected line: Iowa State -4 For a state known for its tone-setting caucuses in the national election process, it's appropriate the Iowa teams play arguably their biggest game of the season so early on. I have both Iowa and Iowa State rated on the cusp of the betting market's top 25, at 70 out of 100. With the CyHawk played in Ames this season, the simple equation of four points of home-field advantage should make this line Iowa State -4. Iowa will have its fair share of fans, the weather should be neutral, and the travel isn't arduous. All of that might have something to do with the Hawkeyes winning five straight in Ames, so we'll excuse oddsmakers for not giving Iowa State full credit for home field, but, crossing the key number of -3 is too far. If oddsmakers were so enamored by the Hawkeyes, Iowa wouldn't be a 10.5-point underdog at home to Penn State and 2.5-point 'dogs at Nebraska in other lookahead matchups. The Hawkeyes seemed headed for their eighth CyHawk win in nine, until the Cyclones flipped last season's game in Iowa City, with a 12-point comeback in the second half. Rocco Becht returns for the Cyclones, while Iowa has its annual question mark at quarterback. Historically, we like Matt Campbell in the role of underdog, but being undervalued at less than a field goal favorite is fine too. Securing the Cyclones under a field goal is the ticket to have in hand. Bet: Iowa State -1.5 Week 3: Clemson (-8.5) at Georgia Tech Projected line: Clemson -2.9 Admittedly, the exercise of estimating Georgia Tech in the market has me confused. The Yellow Jackets are lined at 7.5 wins, and you're paying extra juice if you like the over — their best preseason outlook in a decade. With this game, and their annual tilt with Georgia, the schedule isn't particularly soft either, so this should be a team with a top-25 rating. From that viewpoint, Tech opens the season as fair 4-point favorites at Colorado. While the Buffaloes have lost key household names, cross-referencing some of their other big games (Utah, Arizona State), we have a conservative rating for Deion Sanders' 2025 group. Maybe the thought is that, while winning on the road against a mediocre team would be seen as a modest accomplishment, any step up in weight class for Georgia Tech means it should be a bigger 'dog than we think? The Ramblin' Wreck are not getting much respect against the Bulldogs either (+13.5, with our projection closer to +8). Lastly, are oddsmakers not familiar with Brent Key's work? In 2024, Tech won as big underdogs against Florida State and Miami, and pushed Georgia to all of the overtimes (eight, to be exact). With Haynes King and Jamal Haynes, the Jackets should again be pesky underdogs, and if they come in 2-0 and Clemson loses to LSU in the opener, this line should re-open under a touchdown — and still could, regardless of the first two week's results. Bet: Georgia Tech +8.5 Week 4: Florida at Miami (FL) (-4.5) Projected line: Miami -4 Last year's schedule was so rough for Florida I had to give them a 60% boost from their win total to their EMR. They were lined at 4.5 wins, won seven and went from a rating of 60 to 75. It doesn't get much cozier this year, as a really good Gators team is lined at 6.5 wins, but has games at LSU, at Miami, Texas, at Texas A&M, Georgia, at Kentucky, at Ole Miss and Tennessee, before hosting an allegedly rejuvenated Florida State. If we're backing the Gators, we want to do it early, before the mileage piles up. In Week 3, Florida is just a 6.5-point underdog in Baton Rouge, and while it's possible that's short, putting Miami (and its home-field advantage) just two points shy of LSU is setting a high bar for a Miami team that was dragged as far it could go last season by the NFL's first overall draft pick, Cam Ward, and even that wasn't enough to make the ACC title game. A Florida loss at LSU will be excused, but if Miami gets beat up by Notre Dame in the opener (it's a 2.5-point home underdog), we won't be getting as many as 4.5 points with the Gators in Week 4. Bet: Miami -4 Week 5: Alabama at Georgia (-4) Projected line: Georgia -6.3 Speaking of Florida State, new quarterback Thomas Castellanos was talking that talk ahead of its season opener with Alabama. That might be a mistake, given the Seminoles are 12.5-point underdogs in that game, but at least my estimated market rating of 60 leaves room for improvement for FSU. However, Alabama's rating — apparently on par with Georgia given the 4-point line in Week 5 — is setting a high bar for Kalen DeBoer's second season. Georgia's favored by a touchdown or more at Tennessee and Auburn, versus Florida (in Jacksonville) and at home to Ole Miss, but the telling comparison is it's -2.5 at home to Texas. Maybe Bama ends up being on the same tier as the title-favorite Longhorns, but we'll believe it when we see it. Bet: Georgia -4 Week 6: Miami (FL) (-7.5) at Florida State Projected line: Miami (FL) -6.1 We've hinted maybe Florida State will have a fresher outlook this season and outright questioned what Miami will be capable of with Carson Beck replacing Ward. So, it should come as no surprise the opportunity to bet those two opinions in conjunction comes when the teams converge in Tallahassee. The Seminoles' season won't be lost if they get beat at home by Alabama, since getting their in-state ACC rival Miami at home will give them a decent chance to stay in the conference title conversation. Of course, we won't even need the 'Noles to win here, as we can lock-in a point spread of over a touchdown by doing the market entry work early. Bet: Florida State +7.5 Week 7: Oklahoma vs. Texas (-10.5) Projected line: Texas -8.8 We referenced Red River as a good example of when taking an underdog in a rivalry game goes bad, but by the time that game was played in 2024, Oklahoma didn't have a legitimate quarterback. Historically, when both teams have a viable option at the pivot, things tend to come down to the wire at the Texas State Fair. While the Longhorns are right at the top of college football's market ratings, the Sooners are getting enough respect to be favored over Michigan early in the season. Perhaps scarred by a couple of embarrassing performances, Oklahoma went out and grabbed QB John Mateer from Washington State and RB Jaydn Ott from California in the transfer portal, and it won't take much for them to show that this lookahead line is a little high. Plus, Texas will be coming off a tough trip to Gainesville, while the Sooners tune up the week before against lowly Kent State. Bet: Oklahoma +10.5 Week 8: Penn State (-10.5) at Iowa Projected line: Penn State -6.7 How do you know you're estimating a team fairly? When you have a bet on and against it at the same rating point. Hawkeyes fans mad that we're fading them at +1.5 in the CyHawk, can take a deep breath now that we're on their side against a national contender. Price is everything in betting, and the high expectations for a Nittany Lions team that brings back almost everyone from coming a play or two away from the College Football Playoff Championship game has caused Penn State to be a 10.5-point favorite on the road. You can talk me into Penn State as a 4.5-point favorite in Happy Valley against Oregon in Week 5, and a line inside of a touchdown at Ohio State is reasonable, but Kinnick Stadium should be primed to give the Lions everything they can handle, and buying a line in the double digits now will likely show some value midway through the season. Week 9: Kansas State (-4) at Kansas Projected line: Kansas State -2.9 Cross-referencing point spreads means you have to look at a game like this, and ask, 'Are we too high on Iowa State?' No, the Cyclones aren't directly involved in this game, but assessing its opener with Kansas State (Wildcats are 3.5-point favorites) as a fair line means we have a decent beat on the Wildcats' rating. Should we estimate the Cyclones lower, the Wildcats have to come down, too. The CyHawk point spread tells us we shouldn't go much higher on Iowa State, so there's no way this line should be up to -4 unless Kansas is getting a huge downgrade from where it finished last year. The Jayhawks were rated around 70 out of 100 by the end of last season, and if QB Jalon Daniels can take another step in the offense for head coach Lance Leipold, they could end up favored here by the time Week 9 rolls around. Bet: Kansas +4 Week 10: Texas Tech at Kansas State (-4.5) Projected line: Kansas State -7.2 Here's another situation where we're off a team one week and on it another, but flipping in back-to-back weeks is a rare occurrence. If we think we have a pretty good handle on K-State's market rating (around 75 out of 100), then this is more about the perception of Texas Tech. In the last two seasons, the Red Raiders have hung out in the 60s (67 in 2023, 62 in 2024). Going into the 2025 season, I have their market rating estimated in the low-70s. The increased regard for Joey McGuire's team is due to an offseason shopping spree on defense and at offensive tackle to help support returning QB Behren Morton. Although, it seems just as likely the 'best team money can buy' strategy goes poorly as it goes well. As usual, the Red Raiders won't be testing themselves in the non-conference, so we won't have a better idea of how things are going in Lubbock until they leave West Texas for games at Utah and Arizona State. Those games are available in the lookahead markets, and spreads of just over a field goal look about right. This only gives more credence to our estimation that a trip to Manhattan should be lined closer to a touchdown than a field goal. Bet: Kansas State -4.5 Week 11: Indiana at Penn State (-16.5) Projected line: Penn State -14.5 Hand up — I was among those baffled by the congregation that didn't seem to notice Indiana was skating to last season's CFP without actually beating a good opponent in 2025. Frankly, having a non-conference schedule of Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and Indiana State this September is both embarrassing and transparent in the Hoosiers' efforts to make the playoffs by trying to convince the CFP committee that being the fourth-best team in the Big Ten is good enough for inclusion. Since there's no room for personal affronts in sports betting, we put that irritation aside, because it doesn't mean Curt Cignetti can't coach football and that he's not building a program in Bloomington. We would just like our playoff teams to be more proven. The Hoosiers have to go to Oregon as two-touchdown underdogs in Week 7, where they will either show they can hang with a top team or, like in 2024, they won't. If it's the latter, a 16.5-point spread shouldn't change much since it's built off Indiana getting beaten soundly by Ohio State and Notre Dame last year. However, if it's the former, and the Hoosiers can compete, this line could easily trickle down under two touchdowns. Bet: Indiana +16.5 Week 12: Oklahoma at Alabama (-13.5) Projected line: Alabama -9.7 Here's another case where there's a convergence of two teams we think might be headed in different directions, at least relative to their market rating before the season. For Alabama to warrant status as a two-touchdown favorite, it will need one of its three quarterback options to emerge. Ty Simpson seems the most likely option, but isn't the natural but raw talent Austin Mack and Keelon Russell are. With a better quarterback and possibly the better defense, we'll take the 13.5 points with OU, even if waiting for this line to creep up to two touchdowns is tempting. Bet: Oklahoma +13.5 Week 13: Arizona State (-4.5) at Colorado Projected line: Arizona State -6.1 Arizona State and Colorado have come up tangentially throughout our perusal of Weeks 2-12, but we don't have a bet on/against either team. Our projection suggests some value on the Sun Devils, but there's some art to go along with the science. Coach Prime has had one constant throughout the mayhem of going from the reality TV show set of Jackson State to the weekly visits from Fox and ESPN's pregame shows at Boulder: He's always had his son at quarterback (plus duel-threat superstar Travis Hunter). Now, Sanders has already acknowledged his health issues, but he's being asked to keep up the level for a team that had little more than a passing game and a star corner and went 13-12 in two seasons. If Colorado doesn't measure up, will Sanders even be on the sideline for Week 13? Will he be heading out the door? Meanwhile, Kenny Dillingham may get a mega-offer to leave Tempe, but watching his rebuild at Arizona State, it seems like the Sun Devils will give their best effort until the final whistle blows. Given these two diametrically opposed coaching circumstances, and the math giving a small edge to ASU, locking in the Sun Devils at anything under a touchdown seems like a good idea. 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