It is a fair Question, tho? What triggered the line move...other than the Opener being a little fat?
No doubt, gotta question any drastic line movement like this one. I guess we’ll never know what happened. Just happy I was lucky to be on the winning side.
One thing to remember is line movements don't win games. The guys on the headphones telling coaches how to manipulate scores have all the power. When you bet this type of game you are just hoping that you will be at the right side of the fix at the end.
Similar movement happened on Hawaii vs Stanford.. Hawaii was +10 or maybe higher at one point and down to +2.5 by game time. Stanford beat em pretty easily.
Similar movement happened on Hawaii vs Stanford.. Hawaii was +10 or maybe higher at one point and down to +2.5 by game time. Stanford beat em pretty easily.
Mmm… the plot thickens. This is interesting as both games were PAC-12 v. Mt. West. Wasn’t as drastic but SJS v. OSU went from -16 to -14.5. I predict this game will be like the other two by covering not only the kickoff spread but the opening spread. 😁
One thing to remember is line movements don't win games. The guys on the headphones telling coaches how to manipulate scores have all the power. When you bet this type of game you are just hoping that you will be at the right side of the fix at the end.
Similar movement happened on Hawaii vs Stanford.. Hawaii was +10 or maybe higher at one point and down to +2.5 by game time. Stanford beat em pretty easily.
I'm guessing that was your typical "overreaction" because of how well and tough Hawaii played Vanderbilt in Week 0. on the road against an SEC school. and the misconception that Stanford was supposed to be horrible this year (and still very well may be)...A combination of these factors is probably what led to the line movement.
Speaking of which, two very "fishy" lines and "trap" games to keep an eye on for next week: Utah (-5.5) at Baylor and Oregon (-6.5) at Texas Tech. Both of these were head scratchers to me. Lines appear to be a tad bit too low considering how well Utah and Oregon looked and how shitty Baylor and Texas Tech played. It's almost like books are begging you and want you to take the Utes and the Ducks.
I'm guessing that was your typical "overreaction" because of how well and tough Hawaii played Vanderbilt in Week 0. on the road against an SEC school. and the misconception that Stanford was supposed to be horrible this year (and still very well may be)...A combination of these factors is probably what led to the line movement.
Speaking of which, two very "fishy" lines and "trap" games to keep an eye on for next week: Utah (-5.5) at Baylor and Oregon (-6.5) at Texas Tech. Both of these were head scratchers to me. Lines appear to be a tad bit too low considering how well Utah and Oregon looked and how shitty Baylor and Texas Tech played. It's almost like books are begging you and want you to take the Utes and the Ducks.
I’m no expert but both lines shouldn’t be higher but slightly lower (so I can wager them… lol). Seriously though, both Big 12 programs are decent and at home. I think it would be wrong if either Pac12 team is fav higher than a TD. I think both should be closer to -4 or -5 range. Basically, I don’t see anything wrong with these lines.
Utah v. Baylor was interesting where if you were an early Utah backer, then you won. If you were game time -7.5, then you lost. I see that game as similar to Oregon (-6.5) v. Texas Tech, won't bet at -7 but anything below a TD, then I'm taking favs.