While the Ohio State Buckeyes are preparing for the upcoming 2024 college football season that will hopefully feature the first win over the Michigan Wolverines in three years, another massive story is circulating about their arch-rival.

It has been announced that Netflix will release a documentary about the Michigan cheating scandal involving former football analyst Connor Stalions.

As announced by Front Office Sports on X, formerly known as Twitter, the documentary will be released on August 27th as part of the UNTOLD series.

For those who may not know what happened with Michigan and Stallions, here’s a brief breakdown.

Stalions ended up resigning from the Wolverines last November. His resignation came from a massive allegation that he, along with others, were recording opponents and their sideline signals.

Due to the situation, former head coach Jim Harbaugh, who is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL, was suspended for three games. Despite the adversity and drama surrounding the team, Michigan did go on to win the National Championship.

Even though both Stalions and Harbaugh have both left the school since the allegations were made, the Wolverines are still under investigation by the NCAA. This documentary could be a major key in deciding what happens to Michigan.

Both Ohio State and Michigan fans are going to be very interested in tuning in to see what Stalions has to say. It will be his first opportunity to tell his side of the story in full.

Fans will want to make sure to watch the documentary when it’s released. It is a massive scandal and the outcome of the investigation has yet to be decided.

All of that being said, fans can tune in and find out a lot more about what happened, at least from Stalion’s side. The documentary is sure to be a massive hit for Netflix among college football fans.

Currently, two teams stand out atop the college football betting board.

Georgia is the favorite in 2024-25 College Football Playoff odds, in the first year of an expanded 12-team format. Ohio State is close behind as the No. 2 choice. Then comes Texas, Oregon, Alabama, Ole Miss and others. But South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews believes there’s a notable difference between the top two teams and the rest of the field.

“I’ve got Georgia and Ohio State a couple of points clear of everybody else in my power rankings,” Andrews said.

So South Point is offering an intriguing CFP championship prop bet: Georgia and Ohio State vs. every other FBS team. 

That’s 132 other teams in all, though, of course, only a handful are legitimate contenders.

Andrews and sharp college football bettor Paul Stone provide their insights on the market.

Let’s jump into the fun.

A Pick ‘Em Prop Bet

On July 17, Andrews decided to make his College Football Playoff oddsboard just a bit more attractive. Sure, you could take favored Georgia at +275, meaning a $100 bet could profit $275, for a $375 total payout. Or you could take Ohio State +300, with a $100 bet potentially profiting $300 ($400 total payout).

But why not both? So he posted Georgia or Ohio State to win the title, giving bettors the opportunity to take both teams. Or bettors can grab the rest of the field, which is attractive in its own right, with plenty of other stellar programs.

The price point: a -110 pick ‘em. So it would take a $110 bet on either side to profit $100 ($210 total payout). 

Stone said the odds are spot-on.

“When you look at a line, you ask yourself the question: which side do I like? And when you don’t see a side you like, then that means they probably made a pretty good line,” Stone said.

In standard CFP futures betting, Texas is the +700 third choice at South Point, followed by Oregon (+800), Alabama (+1200), and Ole Miss and LSU (both +1800). There’s certainly some firepower there, at least on paper.

Other teams will surely make their way into the mix as well, thanks to the expanded format. That includes name programs such as Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State and Oklahoma, and perhaps an under-the-radar team or two, such as Tennessee or Utah.

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Back-and-Forth Action

Andrews, an oddsmaker with a few decades of experience, won’t argue with Stone’s assessment. And as a pick ‘em bet might suggest, there’s action on both sides.

“The first bet came in on Ohio State/Georgia. So I moved five cents,” Andrews said of an adjustment to Ohio State/Georgia -115 and the rest of the field to -105. “But then money started coming back the other way, so we’re back to -110 on both sides. It looks like we’ve got a pretty good number.”

Andrews pointed to one key factor for singling out Georgia and Ohio State against the field.

“They both have a lot of depth. I don’t think one injury would really hurt either team, even at quarterback,” he said.

Joel Klatt sat down with Ohio State Buckeyes’ head coach Ryan Day.

Who To Pick

Stone will likely stay away from this prop bet, unconvinced that he’s got an edge on either side. But what if push came to shove, and he had to play it?

“I think Georgia and Ohio State are gonna be everybody’s 1 and 1A,” Stone said. “If forced to take one side or the other, I’d probably take the Georgia/Ohio State daily double, and let the other 132 teams take their shot.”

Patrick Everson is a sports betting analyst for FOX Sports and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He is a distinguished journalist in the national sports betting space. He’s based in Las Vegas, where he enjoys golfing in 110-degree heat. Follow him on Twitter: @PatrickE_Vegas.

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2024 COLUMBUS SECTIONALS

Ohio State ended Columbus Sectionals on Sunday the same way it began, with wins in all but two events at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

Rising Buckeye junior Krista Marlin continued her tear with her fifth lifetime best in the past four days, a 200 IM victory in 2:14.60. She dropped almost a second off her previous-best 2:15.31 from last November, going almost two seconds faster than her 25th-place finish at Olympic Trials last month.

Marlin’s new lifetime best would have placed 14th in prelims at Trials and earned her a second swim in the semifinals. She already clocked personal bests in the 100 back (1:00.78) and 100 breast (1:10.49) on Saturday, 400 IM (4:47.05) on Friday, and 200 back (2:10.19) on Thursday.

Marlin took the women’s 200 IM title over Tennessee commit (’24) Emily Brown (2:16.89), who was within a couple seconds of her best time from 2022 (2:14.93). Brown returned later in the session to place 3rd in the 100 free (56.93) behind Ohio State standouts Kit Kat Zenick (56.02) and Teresa Ivan (56.29). Zenick was just a tenth off her Trials time of 55.92 that placed her 44th and within a second of her personal-best 55.05 from last June. Ivan touched about a second behind her personal-best 55.18 that she registered en route to 10th place at the European Championships last month.

In the men’s 200 IM, rising Ohio State senior Alex Metzler outdueled classmate Will Bansberg (2:03.99) with a winning time of 2:03.65, narrowly missing his personal-best 2:03.49 from his runner-up finish at last month’s Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet. Bansberg reached the wall more than a second off his lifetime best of 2:02.62 that placed him 44th at Trials last month.

Rising Northern Colorado sophomore Kyra Rabess triumphed in the women’s 1500 free with a personal-best time of 17:13.10. The Northern Kentucky Clippers 19-year-old knocked more than a second off her best time from May (17:14.73).

Rising Ohio State junior Mason Edmund emerge victorious in the men’s 800 free (8:13.35), well off his lifetime best of 8:00.26 from last July. He placed 44th at Trials last month in 8:12.18. Rising Ohio State sophomore Josh Bedford was next to the wall in 8:21.42, just a second off his personal-best 8:20.35 from last August.

Another fun Buckeye showdown took place in the men’s 100 free, where rising junior Evan Fentress (50.56) eked past rising senior Daniel Baltes (50.64) by less than a tenth of a second. Fentress is coming off a 39th-place showing at Olympic Trials last month with a personal-best 49.86. Baltes fired off a personal-best 49.88 last month before clocking a 50.24 at Trials the following week.

Rising Cincinnati junior Joleigh Crye captured the women’s 50 breaststroke crown in 31.51, dropping almost two tenths off her previous-best 31.70 from last November. Rising Ohio State senior Karl Helmuth claimed the men’s 50 breast title in 28.07, almost two tenths quicker than her previous-best 28.25 from last June.

The Buckeyes swept the 400 medley relays, with the women winning in 4:11.67 and the men triumphing in 3:44.25. Marlin (1:01.70 back), Reese Dehen (1:11.65 breast), Zenick (1:01.48 fly), and Ivan (56.84 free) combined for the women’s victory while Eli Stoll (57.70 back), Helmuth (1:01.98 breast), Fentress (53.48 fly), and Baltes (51.09 free) worked together for the men’s win.