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Alabama's now a 2 1/2 point favorite and Georgia's a 1 1/2 favorite in Vegas
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:30 am
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:30 am
What's up with that!
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:35 am to coachcrisp
Sounds like Vegas needs more action on Clemson and OU right now to achieve their optimal 50/50 split. Nothing more nothing less.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:39 am to elposter
Vegas saw tua in practice, bama moving to -17
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:40 am to coachcrisp
It's all about money. This is not a true indicator of who is favored.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:43 am to elposter
That's a shallow answer, elposter. WHY are the 2 "best" teams in college football the underdogs, AND are being bet against by the gamblers?
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:45 am to labamafan
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This is not a true indicator of who is favored.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:46 am to coachcrisp
crazy !!Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:47 am to labamafan
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It's all about money. This is not a true indicator of who is favored.
It kinda is an indicator. The people in Vegas think Alabama will win in a close game.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:50 am to labamafan
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It's all about money. This is not a true indicator of who is favored.
TF?!?!?!
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:51 am to coachcrisp
How did that work out for you in the IB. Vegas knows that the Bama Nation will bet the house on any Bama game.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:54 am to coachcrisp
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That's a shallow answer, elposter. WHY are the 2 "best" teams in college football the underdogs, AND are being bet against by the gamblers?
Alabama is historically a favorite of bettors, sometimes too much so.
People probably have some concerns with OU and their Big XII defense matching up with Georgia.
Also these are really close lines, virtually pickems, and these are the 4 best teams in the country so none of this seems very surprising to me.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:57 am to Irons Puppet
No team is invincible, but if you play the percentages, the favored teams win far more times than the underdog. Congrats to Auburn for beating the odds this year....
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:58 am to labamafan
But Vegas gets the line close enough to correct enough times that people buy it as truth.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:58 am to coachcrisp
The public money's frequently behind the curve. They're confused by the hype train caused by the last decade of SEC success.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:08 am to elposter
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Sounds like Vegas needs more action on Clemson and OU right now to achieve their optimal 50/50 split.
This is how it is typically interpreted but I would guess that more bets have been placed on Clemson and OU up to this point. Vegas might be using a bit of reverse logic to make betters believe that they have insight and that Bama and Georgia will actually win the games and cover the minimal point spread.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:22 am to labamafan
So people bet against a team they think will win???
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:33 am to RTRinTampa
As Lee Corso always says, the folks in the dessert know something I don't know. The whole world thinks Clemson is the better team, yet they make Bama the favorite. I say Bama wins.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:46 am to prisonpunk
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As Lee Corso always says, the folks in the dessert know something I don't know. The whole world thinks Clemson is the better team, yet they make Bama the favorite. I say Bama wins.
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:47 am to prisonpunk
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This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 10:49 am
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:53 am to prisonpunk
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the folks in the dessert
Ummm...dessert.
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