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Upset of the Week: LASK Linz (8.50x) take down Sporting CP

251 games, 3 big upsets, and how MockSport players did. Week ending October 26.

251 games, real odds, and plenty of drama. Here's your quick catch-up on the week in sports, told through the odds.

Upset of the week: LASK Linz beat Sporting CP 3-2 in the Champions League. The odds gave them only about a 12% chance at 8.50x, which means a 100-token pick paid 750 tokens of profit.

More underdogs barked too: Borussia Mönchengladbach (7.00x) over VfB Stuttgart, 3-2, and PSV Eindhoven (6.00x) over FC Porto, 1-0.

Favorites went 154-73 this week (68%). A pretty normal split: favorites win most of the time, but far from always.

Blowout of the week: The SMU Mustangs rolled 59-20 in college football over the California Golden Bears.

Highest-scoring game: Carolina Hurricanes at Edmonton Oilers (NHL) combined for 11 points, well above a typical NHL game.

Nail-biters: 32 games were decided by the slimmest of margins, including Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans, which finished 27-24.

On MockSport, players made 278 picks on these games. The most-backed team was Barcelona (23 picks). The best single hit of the week belonged to @theray: +3619 tokens on New York Giants at 4.90x.

That's the week. Fresh odds are live for the week ahead, so grab your free tokens and see if you can beat your friends. Play money only, 17+.

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