WAIT JUST A SECOND (9.8.26): College Football’s Week 1 dramatics, and a last look at NFL Futures

In this week’s episode of THE WINDOW: Sports betting podcast, Matt Russell (@mrussauthentic) looks back at the betting results for Week 1 of College Football, and the biggest storyline — Michigan beating Western Michigan thanks to a manufactured clock technicality. Western Michigan got screwed by the Big Ten, but not only does it not matter, does it actually help the Mustangs? More importantly, there’s a long shot bet to be made because of it!Maybe you missed it?Week 1 “Saturday 7”Week 1 Big Games (free for Yahoo!) and weeknight primetime gamesCFB Preview podcast and links to season-long betsThen, Matt reflects on THE WINDOW’s NFL betting previews before the first games kick-off for the 2026 season on Wednesday night.Here’s the list of pieces, both free and paywall’d, that contain a total of 88 bets in the form of team futures, season-long player props, player stat-leader props, NFL Awards, and everything in between: NFC TEAM BETTING PREVIEWAFC TEAM BETTING PREVIEWNFL AWARDS BETTINGNFL RUSHING LEADERSNFL PASSING LEADERSNFL RECEIVING LEADERSFinally, here’s a reminder of the weekly betting content schedule during football season at THE WINDOW:Monday:Monday Night Football betting preview (Free for Yahoo!)Tuesday: NFL market ratings updateCFB Big-game betting (Free for Yahoo!)Wednesday:NFL Survivor contest strategy (Free for Yahoo!)“On Blast” Podcast appearance with Sheldon AlexanderThursday: Thursday Night Football betting previewFriday:College Football best bets — The “Saturday 7”NFL best bets, with the RUMPSaturday:NFL — “The Player Prop Express,” with RATS and SGP+It’s time to head to THE WINDOW, let’s go!