Michigan's 13-10 upset of No. 2 Ohio State sent shockwaves through Northern football as the Wolverines leaned on their defense and special teams to beat the Buckeyes for the fourth straight time. Across the rest of The North, a bunch of teams handled necessary business, including Penn State's rout of Maryland, Notre Dame's win at USC, and Indiana's…

Bets of the North hit the Florida upset of Ole Miss last week, and there's another SEC underdog that Doug is taking a swing on this week. But the big bet is where Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker need a cash after getting busted by Iowa State last week. The call here? The red-hot Kansas Jayhawks. Find out why. With both guys ahead on their indiv…

Ohio State-Michigan gets the Big Game Breakdown treatment from Doug and Bill on a third day this week of Northern game previews on Kings of the North. Oregon-Washington, Penn State-Maryland, Notre Dame-USC, Indiana-Purdue, Illinois-Northwestern, and Rutgers-Michigan State are also previewed and picked. Plus there’s another upset call in the SEC pla…

Syracuse-Miami and Iowa State-Kansas State get the Big Game Breakdown treatment on this Kings of the North, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis continue to preview Northern games in Week 14. This episodes focuses on the ACC and Big 12 Northern games, including Boston College-Pitt, BYU-Houston, and Kansas-Baylor, with the Big Ten previews coming Wedn…

College football Rivalry Week is here with the final week of the regular season, and Kings of the North is jumping right into some previews, as all three episodes this week will dive into Northern games of Week 14. Among the games previewed by Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis here are Nebraska-Iowa and the Paul Bunyan's Axe game between Minnesota an…

College football in the North got wild Saturday afternoon, as Penn State survived by a point on the road at Minnesota, BYU got field stormed twice in a loss at Arizona State, and Illinois and Rutgers traded final-minute TDs before the Illini prevailed on a fourth-down game-winner. But the day started in the North with No. 2 Ohio State smothering No…

Iowa State, BYU, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Syracuse are among the Northern college football teams that Tyler Shoemaker and Doug Lesmerises are firing away on this week on Bets of the North. The guys bemoan their close Purdue miss on their $500 bet last week, and celebrate their big victory on their plus money swing. And they're back to bet ano…

From Penn State-Minnesota to Illinois-Rutgers, Nebraska-Wisconsin to Notre Dame-Army, Colorado-Kansas to BYU-Arizona State, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis preview and pick all the Northern college football games on this Thursday episode of Kings of the North. The Ohio State-Indiana preview of that Top 5 game was on the Wednesday show, but this edi…

Indiana at Ohio State is another Northern college football banger, the third Top 5 matchup involving the Buckeyes this season as the No. 4 Hoosiers take on the No. 2 Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium on Saturday. On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis break down both sides of the ball for this big game, as the two most efficient offense…

Georgia is actually right. It’s the rest of the SEC discussion that is wrong. Busting myths about the SEC in the College Football Playoff debate is a priority on this Kings of the North. Doug Lesmerises and Steven Godfrey dig into that to start the show, before Doug digs in deeper at the end of the show. Doug and Steven also discuss the Boise State…

From Colorado's Deion Sanders and Oregon's Dan Lanning, to Indiana's Curt Cignetti and Penn State's James Franklin, to Syracuse's Fran Brown and West Virginia's Neal Brown, Northern college football coaches are getting rated on this Kings of the North. With Cignetti getting paid over the weekend, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis use the results of W…

From Oregon-Wisconsin to Penn State-Purdue, from Colorado-Utah to Ohio State-Northwestern, from Notre Dame-Virginia to Kansas State-Arizona State, the biggest college football games involving Northern teams are covered on this KOTN Late Knight show with Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis. Plus ... SEC players are cold when it's 55 degrees? Thanks for …

Off another college football betting win, Bets of the North likes Penn State to take care of business this week. Now 7-4 on the season on their $500 bets, Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker turn toward the Penn State defense against Purdue for this major wager. Then it's a parlay with more on the Nittany Lions and a Big 12 team that could be in fo…

Week 12 college football picks and previews fill this Kings of the North as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis dig into 19 games, including eight between Northern teams: Iowa State-Cincinnati, Oregon-Wisconsin, Colorado-Utah, Ohio State-Northwestern, Illinois-Michigan State, Penn State-Purdue, Rutgers-Maryland and Kansas-BYU. Can Boston College, with …

Oregon is the undefeated No. 1 team in the country -- so are the Ducks headed toward a national title? On this Kings of the North, Yogi Roth of Y-Option and the Big Ten Network joins Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis to discuss Oregon's success, head coach Dan Lanning and whether the Ducks are entrenched as a new power. Then Doug and Bill ponder what…

College football's biggest upsets this season have happened in one area -- The South. Doug Lesmerises runs through them all and how they should affect the view of the second College Football Playoff Rankings that will be released Tuesday night. Along those lines, gambling expert Tyler Shoemaker from our Friday Bets of the North show stops by to tal…

From West Virginia and Colorado to Boston College, Kansas and Rutgers, Northern teams assumed at various times this season to be done rose up with big wins on Saturday. And that doesn’t even include BYU’s wild comeback against Utah in the Holy War. It all made for a great Week 11 in college football and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are talking g…

Miami was exposed as a fraud and Georgia exposed as a myth in college football losses on Saturday as the top two Southern teams in the College Football Playoff rankings went down. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis discuss that on KOTN Late Knight on Kings of the North, while noting how the top-ranked Northern teams that played before late night on Sa…

Why Notre Dame is the play against Florida State is the focus of Bets of the North this week, as Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker are still more than $1,200 ahead for charity off their initial $5,000 bankroll. The guys also like a parlay against Georgia coach Kirby Smart and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, and they explain best bets they like involv…

From Indiana-Michigan to West Virginia-Cincinnati, from Penn State-Washington to Syracuse-Boston College, from Minnesota-Rutgers to BYU-Utah, there are a load of interesting All-North bangers ready to kick off in college football's Week 11. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis run through them all with previews and picks on this Kings of the North, with…

The first College Football Playoff rankings are out with Oregon at No. 1, and where Penn State, Indiana, BYU, Ohio State, Iowa State and other Northern teams landed are on the minds of Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis. They’ll also talk about the arrival of MACtion this season with mid-week games underway, and they also wrap the show with Whatcha Wa…

How did BYU wind up at 8-0 and in the driver's seat for a College Football Playoff spot in a season where even a 6-6 record would have bene viewed as success? On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises is joined by BYU reporter Mitch Harper of KSL Sports to go inside the Cougars' stunning success. Then Doug and Dan Wetzel cover some potential tieb…

Preseason predictions on Oregon, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, West Virginia, BYU, Utah, Pitt, Nebraska, Notre Dame and more Northern teams are under the microscope on this Kings of the North. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis revisit the dumbest and smartest things they said about this college football season and why they were right or wrong. Plus …

Ohio State beat Penn State 20-13 in a 3-4 matchup on Saturday. Oregon lost a key player but handled its business at Michigan. Upset losses for Iowa State and Kansas State scrambled the Big 12 race. Indiana continued its dominant ways against Michigan State. And Pitt and SMU played a primetime ACC game that mattered a lot to the College Football Pla…

The college football best bets still have Tyler Shoemaker and Doug Lesmerises more than $800 ahead from their initial real money $5,000 bankroll on Bets of the North. The guys lost their $500 bet last week, but hit their Plus Money Swing, and they are back this week with betting thoughts and picks on Kansas State, Nebraska, Syracuse, South Carolina…