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36 WGM #60 2018/07 wgm8.com 体育 SPORT 大 学美式足球被戏谑为体育博彩界的快餐，其实不 无道理。大学美式足球的比赛数目众多，看多了 让人生厌；适可而止地享受，却有如明知不健康 但令人难以抗拒的快餐薯条。此外，对北美地区以外的投 注者而言，大学美式足球的规则往往令人摸不着头脑。 简而言之，大学美式足球即美国大学级别的业余美式 足球项目，运动员均来自国家大学体育协会旗下的大专院 校及军事学院等。 大学美式足球的业余性究竟有多强，实属见仁见智。 国家大学体育协会第一级别美式足球碗赛分区是大学美式 足球最高等级的赛事类别，旗下包括来自11个联赛的125 支球队。球队在每个赛季只进行12场常规赛，排名则由一 系列投票决定，其中以美联社的投票排名最为可信。排名 最高的四支球队得以进入半决赛，并以淘汰赛方式决定全 国冠军。 对入门级投注者而言，大学美式足球涉及的球队实在 太多，因为美国全国有合共800多所大专院校参与美式足 球比赛。刚开始投注大学美式足球时，不妨聚焦在特定的 两三个联赛上，并以此为基础，迅速掌握有关这些联赛和 球队的信息和数据。与其他体育项目相比，大学美式足球 的信息量极大。 大学美式足球由于涉及在校学生乃至校友，信息渠道 并不限于传统媒体，更包括博客、推特及其他社交媒体 等。我们尤为喜欢脸书上与ESPN.com赛前预览同步进行 的评论，其虽不乏偏见及玩笑，却提供众多关于球员状 态、伤患及天气等资料。 投注国家橄榄球联盟比赛的玩家，往往会被大学美式 足球所吸引，尤其是后者极具吸引力的赔率数据。国家橄 C ollege Football could best be described as the fast food of the sports betting world. It’s not hard to find, it can be unpalatable if you consume too much but there’s a guilty pleasure to a giant serve (with fries). And for most punters outside of North America, the ingredients can be more than a little confusing. To all intents and purposes, College Football is played by amateur student athletes in American universities, colleges and military academies under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Just how “amateur” is open to interpretation. The top tier – the Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) – consists of 125 teams alone and is spread across 11 conferences. Teams play just 12 regular season games and are ranked via a series of polls, with the Associated Press poll rated the most credible. The top four teams in the country play in semi-final games (1 v 4, 2 v 3) with the winners advancing to the national championship game. For the casual punter, there’s simply too much College Football to possibly process. Across the United States, there are almost 800 colleges and universities that offer football programs, so if you’re considering adding College Football to your betting portfolio, maybe focus on two or three conferences to start. That said, you’ll quickly get up to speed on the news and data relating to those schools and conferences. The amount of information available on College Football is staggering. Due to the massive following in the sport of students