{"id":168983,"date":"2025-08-23T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168983\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:05:14","slug":"best-bets-for-week-0-aug-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168983\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bets for Week 0 (Aug. 23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Football is finally back with College Football\u2019s Week 0 on Saturday, August 23<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Obviously, we need ot show the books what time it is, and we\u2019re definitely going to do that<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>See below for both of my Week 0 nukes that the books will never see coming<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look alive, people, it\u2019s football season! It\u2019s Week 0, and even though the haters say it\u2019s not \u201creal\u201d football, it is. <\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you something about haters: they lie about stuff all the time. The idea that Week 0 doesn\u2019t count is crazy. Anytime football is on TV and the game counts in the standings, it\u2019s real. What makes it even more real is the fact that we\u2019re betting on it. <\/p>\n<p>There are profit boosts galore all over the place, and I found two games tomorrow that were screaming for a little boost. If we\u2019re being honest, I think we\u2019re going to point to this Saturday as the day it all got even better for us. Just a feeling.<\/p>\n<p>All odds as of Aug. 22 from Caesars &amp; FanDuel. Claim the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/sportsbooks\/fanduel\/bonuses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel promo code<\/a> to sign up and tail our picks.<\/p>\n<p>The first game of the day is Iowa State versus Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland. If we\u2019re being honest with ourselves, we need to be on this thing. I couldn\u2019t imagine not having a little cash on the first NCAA Football game of the season. These kids went all the way to Ireland for this thing. We can\u2019t have them playing for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Something tells me Kansas State will be ready to roll.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, both of these teams will be ready to go at the kickoff of this thing, but it\u2019s Kansas State that is getting my love (and money). It\u2019s Avery Johnson season, guys. In the early-season matchups, I\u2019m always taking the better quarterback. This kid is highly skilled and loaded with talent on his side of the ball. The expectations are there for Johnson this season, and this time around, he looks ready to hold up to them.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just about Johnson and his cannon for an arm; this is about the entire team. Narrative street is a wild place, but the fact that Iowa State beat the Wildcats in late November last year will play a factor. The Cyclones ruined everything for Kansas State, and now it\u2019s time for a little revenge. Throw in the fact that we\u2019ve got a little 50% boost to use at Caesars, and now we\u2019re looking at a certified banger. Feels easy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/promos\/daily-boosted-odds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Slop-odds-boosts.gif\" alt=\"Sports betting odds boosts ad\" class=\"wp-image-630537\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, the move for us gamblers was to get loose all day Saturday, hit the town at night, and then throw a ton of cash at the over in Hawaii and whoever they were playing in Honolulu. Those games were at midnight, and they were electric because Tommy Chang went all video game on people. Some say those were the greatest days of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, those same people are now saying those days could be back, and we need to be here for it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very ready for Pofele Ashlock &amp; Nick Cenacle ball out this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Micah Alejado with some of the best weapons Hawaii has had in a long time is going to create for some epic late night game this season. <\/p>\n<p>Big time CFB on the island could be back <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ECUfgcW0qJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ECUfgcW0qJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Garrett Armbrust (@4thandsaturday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4thandsaturday\/status\/1957972274880893338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clearly, times are different now, but it\u2019s fine. This game isn\u2019t at midnight, so there is that, but it\u2019s still the last one of the night. Chang is no longer the quarterback, but he is the head coach, and he has a kid in Micah Alejado, who is similar to a young Chang (kind of). <\/p>\n<p>The Rainbow Warriors looked to be on the right track at the end of last season, and the expectations are that they will take a step forward this season. I say we turn back the clocks and throw our FanDuel boost at these guys Saturday night. Feels like the move.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sbd-newsletter-logo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-658480\" style=\"width:220px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign Up for SBD\u2019s Newsletter Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you want the latest sports betting news, analysis, picks, betting trends, and relevant data straight to your inbox? If so, you\u2019ll want to subscribe to SBD\u2019s newsletter now!<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football is finally back with College Football\u2019s Week 0 on Saturday, August 23 Obviously, we need ot show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-168983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115077757279154553","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}