College football and NFL season are officially over. Football fans everywhere may find this sad, as we will not have professional football until August. Good news! There is still football happening, and happening THIS WEEKEND. The XFL is starting their season, and we at the Kota Sports Gambling Network are very excited for that! We just had a college football pick ’em contest this past year (shoutout to Beast Picks on a win there), but we decided to keep the pick ’em contest going, and we will now be starting a XFL Pick ‘Em Contest.
Here’s how it is going to work: We are going to have 13 handicappers at the Kota Sports Gambling Network bringing plays for the XFL games weekly. All of the plays are going to be to win one unit, unless otherwise noted. Some cappers are fortunate enough to live in a state where sports gambling is legal, and have sportsbooks that give out more lines than those that live in a state where it is not legal and have to bet another way. For this reason, all plays will only be spreads, moneylines, and totals. The winner at year-end will get a prize.
Now then, here are the XFL games happening Week 1 (lines via Draft Kings, some handicappers use different books):
Vegas Vipers @ Arlington Renegades
Saturday, February 18 at 2:00 PM on ABC
Renegades -3.5
O/U 36.5
Orlando Guardians @ Houston Roughnecks
Saturday, February 18 at 7:30 PM on ESPN
Roughnecks -3.5
O/U 35.5
St. Louis BattleHawks @ San Antonio Brahmas
Sunday, February 19 at 2:00 PM on ABC
BattleHawks -3.0
O/U 36.5
Seattle Sea Dragons @ DC Defenders
Sunday, February 19 at 7:00 PM on ESPN
Sea Dragons -1.5
O/U 35.5
Here is what our handicappers are riding with for Week 1 (Note: This will be updated as picks are given).
@KotaCapperKyle’s Picks
- Renegades -3.5
- Roughnecks -3.5
- Guardians – Roughnecks Under 35.5
- Brahmas +2.5
- Defenders -1.5 (3 u)
@KotaCapperPace’s Picks
Orlando +140
Vegas +135
@BRuss35’s Picks
@djlo4422’s Picks
Vegas +3.5
Vegas/Arlington o36.5
Orlando +3.5
Orlando/Houston o35.5
@Toast’s Picks
Vegas/Arlington over 36.5
St. Louis/San Antonio over 36.5
Houston/Orlando over 35.5
Seattle/DC over 35.5
Seattle Sea dragons ML
To win 1 u each
@danangell11’s Picks
- Renegades – Roughnecks Under 35.5 (2.2 u to win 2)
@PotatoGobbler’s Picks
- Renegades ML (-150)
- Guardians – Roughnecks Over 35.5
@DPJr911’s Picks
@DonThomasMiller’s Picks
- Renegades -3.5
- Guardians – Roughnecks Under 35.5
- BattleHawks – Brahmas Under 36.5
- Sea Dragons – Defenders Under 35.5
@DGBets’ Picks
- 3-Leg Parlay
- BattleHawks ML + Defenders +1.5 + Guardians – Roughnecks Under 35.5 (+501 – 2 u)
@KotaCapperBeast’s Picks
- Vipers – Renegades Under 36.5
- BattleHawks – Brahmas Under 36.5
- Guardians – Roughnecks Under 35.5
- DC Defenders +1.5
@biggame15018249’s Picks
- Sea Dragons -1.5
- BattleHawks -2.5
- BattleHawks – Brahmas Over 36.5
- Renegades -2.0
@MitchellBiever’s Picks
- Vipers +3.5
- Vipers – Renegades Over 36.5
- Guardians – Roughnecks Over 35.5
- Defenders -1.5
May the best handicapper win, and let’s have a great XFL season!
