We’re gonna have a celebration of points in Holiday Bowl: Best Bets for Wednesday (Dec. 28)

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FILE - Oregon quarterback Bo Nix (10) plays during an NCAA college football game against Oregon State in this Saturday, Nov 26, 2022, file photo in Corvallis, Ore. The Holiday Bowl will usher in a new era with potentially a retro look. The No. 15 Oregon Ducks will play North Carolina on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at Petco Park, the downtown home of baseball's Padres. It'll be the first football game at the ballpark and the first Holiday Bowl since 2019. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman,File)

Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer.

Here are our best bets for Wednesday, Dec. 28:

TOP PLAY

The play: Holiday Bowl, Oregon-North Carolina over 75.5

The odds/bet: -110 ($33 to win $30)

The book: FanDuel

Time/TV: 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Our take: This game has multiple opt-outs with most of them coming on the defensive side of the ball. And while this total keeps going higher and higher and … well, you catch the drift. This isn’t a Jackie Wilson song!

Normally, that would be frightening, especially with the highest total one will see all bowl season (even higher than Ole Miss – Texas Tech in the late game), but seriously., we’re not sure either team can stop the other.

With North Carolina’s defense, it would be somewhat of a surprise if the Ducks don’t score every time they touch the football.

HOLIDAY BOWL PLAYER PROP

The play: Oregon quarterback Bo Nix to pass for more than 287.5 yards

The odds/bet: -114 ($11.40 to win $10)

The book: FanDuel

Our take: To go along with our earlier theme, the Ducks are averaging 291.5 yards passing per game, while North Carolina is 121st in the nation in pass defense. The Heels gave up 448 passing yards to Wake Forest and more than 365 in three of four games in October.

Meanwhile, Oregon has had 287 passing yards or more in three of their past five games (and 280 or more in the other two), including a 327-yard effort on Nov. 26 at Oregon State and 412 at California a few weeks earlier. They also posted 446 passing yards against Washington State in September.

HOW WE’VE FARED

Tuesday’s best bets

NBA: Clippers +4 over Raptors (WON $30)

NBA: Rockets +14.5 over Celtics (LOST $11)

Tuesday’s profit/loss: +$19 (1-1)

Total for the week: -$4 (2-2)

Total for December: -$46.20 (22-28)

Total for 2022: +$160.70 (334-359)

NOTE: If a line or odds are minus, it considers the juice one must lay to place the bet. Ex: Team A is -160 on the money line, one would have to bet $160 to win $100 (or $16 to win $10). OR Team B is a 5-point favorite at -110, one would have to bet $110 to win $100 (or $11 to win $10.)

Conversely, on positive lines, if Team C is +140 on the money line, a $100 would bring in $140 (or $10 to win $14).

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