Early Odds for Opening Week
Via Vegas (viva!):
OSU -20 @ Indiana (didn't know was Thursday)
SUNY-Buffalo @ Minn -31
Washington -33! @ Rutgers (LOL)
Utah State? @ Wisc -37
Bowling Green State @ MSU -18 (LLLLLLLLOL)
Wyoming @ Iowa -11
Louisville -27 @ Purdue (=ˍ=)
Nevada @ NW -28
Ball State @ Illinois -11
Michigan -4 @ Florida
FSU @ Bama -7
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OSU is suprising - chaos?
NW looks too high
Michigan is gonna win by 14.
Bama going to win by 14.
August 21st, 2017 at 7:43 PM ^
I may go toss some dollars on that shit. M wins by 7 at least.
Also, I am biased and always think M will win by at least 7.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:50 PM ^
If Florida dies, they die.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:03 PM ^
If Ohio State finds a way to lose that game, I may very well succumb to alcohol poisoning. In a celebratory manner, of course.
August 22nd, 2017 at 11:31 AM ^
The OSU game should be close into the 3rd quarter before the buckeyes pull away. I could see them cover -20.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
I know Rutgers is bad, but do we really think Washington will beat them by 33 factorial?
August 21st, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
As bad as our game against them last year.
/s
August 21st, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
Factorial. First I was like what? then I was like ohhh.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
Can't wait to see Indiana unleash the DeBord on OSU:
August 21st, 2017 at 8:13 PM ^
Let's check out the last time Debord went up against Ohio State
http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273210130
Hmm, 91 yards of total offense. Looks promising. Oh, and the program record setting QB averaged 2.0 yards per pass attempt. Impressive!
August 21st, 2017 at 8:30 PM ^
Sigh...the last game I attended as a student....
August 22nd, 2017 at 8:50 AM ^
How does that man stay employed as a football coach?
August 21st, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
i think it qualifies as hate speech. i erased that game from my memory. until now. thanks....
August 21st, 2017 at 9:32 PM ^
Oops, sorry I didn't put a trigger warning on it!
August 21st, 2017 at 9:24 PM ^
Put that more on Carr. After the first few series it was fairly obvious Henne couldn't throw but Carr let him play just about the entire game.
August 22nd, 2017 at 10:15 AM ^
the most frustrating thing about carr was his hesitation towards in-game adjustments, but his penchant for random, sneaky, mid-game, onside-kicks
August 21st, 2017 at 9:24 PM ^
Put that more on Carr. After the first few series it was fairly obvious Henne couldn't throw but Carr let him play just about the entire game.
August 21st, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
Holy shit the two starting QB QBR in that game. Yikes
August 21st, 2017 at 9:32 PM ^
had a busy, helluva game though.
August 22nd, 2017 at 8:46 AM ^
How sad was Michigan football during the Hoke and RichRod years? Sad enough that many fans pined for years like 2007. Of course, some whitewashing occurred. Those same fans remember only the Florida game. They also forget that Tressel pretty much owned Lloyd Carr. (It helped that he probably cheated.)
August 21st, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
Pep Hamilton will spread Florida out and Michigan runs for 220 yards and wins 27-7
August 21st, 2017 at 8:30 PM ^
I really like how Coach Harbaugh is going to blast our opponents with his power sets. Then Coach Hamilton is going to catch them flat footed with his wide open passing game.
One fist is iron, the other is steel. If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
Go Blue!
August 21st, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^
I know nothing about how good Wyoming is supposed to be (and little about Iowa), but I would expect an middle+ B1G program at home to be favored by more than 11 over a Mountain West team that was 8-6 last year with a losing record the prevoius 4. Maybe folks are betting on Iowa punting inside Wyomings 40?
August 21st, 2017 at 8:46 PM ^
Not sure what all they have back but I think they won their division in the MWC last year, and their QB is being talked about as possibly one of the better qb's in the 2018 draft.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:46 PM ^
Not sure what all they have back but I think they won their division in the MWC last year, and their QB is being talked about as possibly one of the better qb's in the 2018 draft.
August 21st, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
Possibly due to Wyoming's QB. he is set to be a top pick in next years draft
August 21st, 2017 at 8:38 PM ^
I like Michigan also in this game if I was making a play.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:49 PM ^
I'll take Wyoming +11 in a new Ferentz contract year.
August 21st, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
Cant wait till we beat the brakes off florida!!
August 21st, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
Cant wait till we beat the brakes off florida!!
August 21st, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
Cant wait till we beat the brakes off florida!!
August 21st, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^
I wasn't too sure about the Florida game at first. Then the backup RB started running his mouth on twitter. Something similar happened during Carr's last game as a coach. Michigan was warming up and then Florida started talking trash which fired the boys up. I realize there is a difference between talking trash face to face 10 minutes before the game and talking trash on twitter a month ahead of time. But Harbaugh is going to use that as fuel. "You gonna let a backup talk to us like that?! I don't think so!" They have a good defense but their offense is laughable. I think we should cover rather easily.
August 21st, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
Not only is OSU playing Thursday, but ESPN is laughably doing their megacast for that game. It's OSU versus INDIANA and ESPN is doing their lame megacast, as if it's such a huge game. ESPN loves to suck OSU's balls.
Also, LOL at MSU -18.
August 22nd, 2017 at 5:52 AM ^
Some of those lines you gave are the "opening" lines which should always be ignored as they often aren't realistic and usually come from an offshore house. Current vegas lines that are much different than the opening lines are:
Wisc -28
ILL -7
NW -24
Minn -26
There are also four games this Saturday 8/26. Oreg St and Col St start it off at 2:30, followed by Hawaii at Umass, USF at San Jose St, and then Rice vs Stanford in Austrailia at 10pm.
August 22nd, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
And win we will. Every week!
GO BLUE!!
August 22nd, 2017 at 5:36 PM ^
I would take Utah State getting 37 against Wisconsin. Wisky wins easy but will be closer then 37. I also like Wyoming getting 11 at Iowa, I think that could be a close game.
Noticed there are some games this Saturday. Looking forward to actually seeing some live college football.
August 22nd, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^
There was a time (under Tiller) when Purdue would have stomped Louisville. My how things have changed.