OT: Weekend Betting - Week 8
Please post your weekend bets, what you're thinking of betting, or whatever to do with betting for the weekend's slate of games. I'll start (all lines are from when they were placed):
(Previous week record: 7-3; Overall season record: 28-27)
Saturday games:
Memphis at UAB, 12pm: Memphis -6.5
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois, 3:30pm: Eastern Michigan +11.5
Pittsburgh at Wake Forest, 3:30pm: Wake Forest ML
South Carolina at Missouri, 3:30pm: Over 58
South Florida at Uconn, 3:30pm: Uconn +2
Tennessee at Alabama, 3:30pm: Alabama -8
Northwestern at Nebraska, 3:30pm: Nebraska -11.5
UTSA at Florida Atlantic, 6pm: Florida Atlantic +3
Colorado St at UNLV, 7pm: UNLV -7
Texas Tech at BYU, 7pm: Texas Tech -3
Notable spreads of discussion:
Michigan currently sits as a 23.5 point favorite over Michigan St. Over/Under is 46
Ohio St currently sits as a 4.5 point favorite over Penn St (at Ohio St)
Alabama currently sits as a 9 point favorite over Tennessee (at Alabama)
USC currently sits as a 7 point favorite over Utah (at USC)
Iowa currently sits as a 3.5 point favorite over Minnesota (at Iowa). Over/Under is 30.5
Florida St currently sits as a 14.5 point favorite over Duke (at Florida St)
Other lines:
October 20th, 2023 at 6:35 PM ^
Michigan -23.5 seems like a safe bet.
October 20th, 2023 at 8:53 PM ^
I think it will be a 14 point diff. Good guys
October 20th, 2023 at 6:48 PM ^
The Penn State Nittany Lions are Smooth Jimmy's Lock of the Week!
October 20th, 2023 at 7:52 PM ^
That is a big lock.
October 20th, 2023 at 7:07 PM ^
Iowa-Minnesota UNDER.
In unrelated news, Colorado just took a commitment from a '25 QB who is NOT Bryce Underwood. Would be vey nice to not have Coach Prime be a factor, now let's beat out the purple faced Cajun Leprechaun.
October 20th, 2023 at 7:08 PM ^
Iowa - Minnesota should be an explosive matchup.
October 20th, 2023 at 10:32 PM ^
By explosive you mean who can punt the most and kick the most field goals.....
October 20th, 2023 at 7:18 PM ^
Penn State to win or lose a close one. +4.5
October 20th, 2023 at 8:07 PM ^
I don’t trust James Field Goal Franklin in these games, plus at OSU? Yeah there will be a handful of calls go the way of the buckeyes. Might be close until halfway thru the 4th quarter but the bucks pull away with a 10 pt lead
October 20th, 2023 at 7:25 PM ^
Anyone else think Harbaugh "hangs a 100" on State?
October 20th, 2023 at 8:05 PM ^
No. If all goes according to plan JJ, BC2 and co will be out of the game half way thru the third quarter.
October 20th, 2023 at 8:03 PM ^
Michigan -23.5
Penn State moneyline
Alabama -9
Duke +14.5
USC -7
I’m much more confident with the first three, than the last two. I don’t bet a lot, just enough to make it fun. I’ll probably put $100 on Michigan, $50 ea. on PSU and Bama, and I’ll probably go with a $25 2 team parlay on the last two. I know it doesn’t make sense to parlay the least confident games, but that’s how I like to do it on the smallest wagers.
October 20th, 2023 at 8:11 PM ^
I like Tennessee +8 vs bama. Otherwise I would agree
October 20th, 2023 at 9:03 PM ^
I only bet 1 game last week and got killed picking USC.
Ohio State gets exposed tomorrow. I’m taking Penn State and the points.
October 20th, 2023 at 9:24 PM ^
I'd bet on Utah, they always seem like a viable spoiler. For some reason I expect PSU to go up early, and then the buckeyes to even up in desperation and squeeze out the win.
October 20th, 2023 at 10:18 PM ^
I usually follow Diamond Jimmy Gambone and his locks. He has been taking Vegas to the cleaners this season.
October 20th, 2023 at 11:35 PM ^
Congrats BeatOSU52 on getting above .500 for the season! I know you had a really rough start, like me, and to recover like you did is great! I haven't recovered in college football but have done pretty well in NFL. Thank you, Lions!
Just throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks:
Michigan -24 at MSU
M-MSU over 46
Utah +7 at USC
Alabama -9 home to Tennessee
Rutgers-Indiana under 39.5
OSU -5 home to PSU
October 21st, 2023 at 10:57 AM ^
Thank you, hope to now get out of the red (vig) soon but at least over .500 finally.
like the bets, go blue!
October 22nd, 2023 at 5:16 PM ^
Nicely done DB!
October 22nd, 2023 at 11:26 PM ^
Thanks, Rice. I appreciate it. Saturday went well for me. I placed some bets later in the day (after this post) that also won. Lost on Duke +14.5 though. But I can't complain. Some days you're the hero and some days you're the goat (NTG). The hero days are fun, the goat days...not so much.
I hope you and all of our fellow degenerates here did well!
October 23rd, 2023 at 1:15 PM ^
Took a week off. Hey are you a whiskey guy? If so shoot me an email. My user name @yahoo.
-Tony
October 21st, 2023 at 2:21 AM ^
I could see Iowa winning 9 to 6.
October 21st, 2023 at 2:23 AM ^
I could see OSU vs PSU coming down to a last second FG. Only way either team could win big is by turnovers.
October 21st, 2023 at 9:34 AM ^
Two unrelated thoughts:
First, It's pretty crazy that UNLV is playing for their sixth win (and bowl eligibility) this early in the season.
Second, it's very telling that, despite sporting a shiny 6-1 record, Iowa is only a 3.5 favorite at home against a pretty bad Minnesota squad. Iowa might be the crappiest one loss Power Five team I have ever seen. I really hope UM wins the East and gets to pound the fraudulent Hawkeyes into a fine powder.
October 21st, 2023 at 10:59 AM ^
Iowa -3.5 seems like the choice when I first saw it but something is telling me to stay away.