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NFL Week 13 & NCAAF Week 14 Thanksgiving & Black Friday Best Bets

Rob O'Connor

November 27, 2024

For the second week in a row, we went a perfect 7-0 on our football best bets last week, bringing our season record up to 51-36.

Let's see if we can keep this red-hot train rolling with an NFL pick for Thanksgiving and a college football pick for Black Friday.

We'll have 5 more picks coming out on Friday for the weekend's games.

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NFL Week 13 & NCAAF Week 14 Thanksgiving & Black Friday Best Bets

Dallas Cowboys -3 vs. New York Giants – Thursday, 4:30 pm ET
Colorado -16.5 vs. Oklahoma State – Friday, 12 pm ET

Dallas Cowboys -3 vs. New York Giants – Thursday, 4:30 pm ET

The Giants will enter this short week having to travel to Dallas to take on a Cowboys team coming off an upset win over the Commanders.

Meanwhile, in their first game since the Daniel Jones era ended, the Giants were absolutely embarrassed 30-7 by Tampa Bay on Sunday.

QB Tommy DeVito was banged up during the game, and there is a chance Drew Lock will start at QB for the Giants. Regardless of who plays at QB, this team is still a mess, and they have rookie WR Malik Nabers openly questioning the coaching and play calling in the locker room.

The Cowboys remain the better team despite some injuries. They have dominated this series, winning 14 of the last 15 games. Look for that to continue Thanksgiving day with a win and cover.

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Colorado -16.5 vs. Oklahoma State – Friday, 12 pm ET

Colorado will still be in the thick of things for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game when they take the field Friday afternoon. While they don’t control their own destiny, they must win Friday to have a chance.

The good news for Colorado is they are going up against an Oklahoma State team that has lost 8 straight games and seems to have given up on the season.

Their defense has been awful, and that will spell trouble against a Colorado team that can put up points, especially at home. Oklahoma State is allowing over 34 points per game during their losing streak, while Colorado is putting up 36 points per game at home this season.

Look for Colorado to put up a bunch of points and the struggling Oklahoma State offense to not be able to keep up as Colorado wins and covers on Friday afternoon.

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Rob O'Connor

Rob O’Connor is a veteran sports handicapper. He broke into the industry in 2002 and has continued to provide his clients with high quality sports handicapping advice ever since. He is currently a handicapper with Rob Veno Sports and prior to that ran his own sports handicapping service. Rob has been featured on ESPN Radio as well as on his hometown sports station WIP out of Philadelphia. Rob O'Connor handicaps the NFL, College Football, College Basketball, and Major League Baseball.

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