Saints on Thursday Highlight Betting This Week

This is the time of the year when you don't have to go too far to find all the action you can handle when it comes to wagering on sports.

Starting with the biggest games in the NFL for Week 12 of the regular season, you have the New Orleans Saints on the road against Atlanta in an NFC South matchup on Thursday night. The Saints are coming off a dramatic 23-20 victory over San Francisco this past Sunday on a last-second field goal in a game that ended as a PUSH. They have been opened as 8.5-point road favorites against a Falcons team that has only won two games all year long. The total for this contest has been set at 53.

Another huge divisional matchup in the NFL sends Dallas on the road against the surging New York Giants. The 5-5 Cowboys come off their bye as 3-point underdogs against a Giants team that has won its last four games. The total is set at 46.5.

If you are looking for a couple of big matchups in college football, you might want to start with Texas A&M on the road as a 4-point underdog against LSU. Later in the day, another huge showdown between ranked teams pits Baylor against Oklahoma State as an 8.5-point road favorite.

Looking at the week ahead in the NBA, circle your calendar for this Wednesday for a Texas-sized battle between Houston and Dallas. The Rockets are off to a 7-4 start through Sunday’s games that has them 2.5 games behind San Antonio in the Southwest. The Mavericks are just another half-game back at 6-4. Thursday’s double-header on TNT starts off with the 7-3 Los Angeles Clippers on the road against 6-3 Oklahoma City, followed by the 5-3 Chicago Bulls vs. the 4-5 Nuggets in Denver.

The first big matchup in college basketball this week has Memphis on the road against Oklahoma State on Tuesday night. Jumping ahead to Friday, Michigan State will face Virginia Tech in the semifinals of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.