A surge of big bets on heavily favored Georgia began showing up at sportsbooks Monday in the hours leading up to the College Football Playoff championship game against underdog TCU.
Georgia was a 13-point favorite over TCU on Monday afternoon at Caesars Sportsbook. The line had grown to Georgia -13.5 at some sportsbooks, but bettors were undeterred by one of the largest point spreads ever in a college football championship game.
BetMGM and DraftKings each reported taking a $550,000 bet on Georgia when the line was at -12.5.
Caesars Sportsbook received 26 bets of $10,000 or more on the game since Sunday, with 23 of those big wagers on the Bulldogs, including $220,000 on Georgia -13 and a $184,000 money-line wager on UGA at -450.