OT: Weekend Betting - Week 9
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: 4-6; Overall season record: 32-33)
Saturday games:
Massachusetts at Army, 12pm: Army -9.5
Oklahoma at Kansas, 12pm: Kansas +9
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame, 3:30pm: Pittsburgh +21
Purdue at Nebraska, 3:30pm: Purdue +3
Tulsa at Rice, 4pm: Rice +10.5
Arkansas St at UL Monroe, 5pm: UL Monroe -1.5
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss, 7:30pm: Vanderbilt +24.5
Ohio St at Wisconsin, 7:30pm: Wisconsin +15
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 8pm: Georgia Tech +12
Oregon St at Arizona, 10:30pm: Arizona +3.5
Notable spreads of discussion:
Ohio St currently sits as a 15 point favorite over Wiscoonsin (at Wisconsin) Over/Under is 46
Oregon currently sits as a 6.5 point favorite over Utah (at Utah)
Louisville currently sits as a 6.5 point favorite over Duke (at Louisville)
Minnesota currently sits as a 7 point favorite over Michigan St (at Minnesota)
Georgia currently sits as a 14 point favorite over Florida (Jacksonville).
Other lines:
October 27th, 2023 at 4:52 PM ^
An Osu giving 15 AT Wiscy seems high to me. I don't think the Badgers win but that line is a bit large to my eye.
October 27th, 2023 at 7:04 PM ^
I called Wisconsin winning this game at the beginning of the year. Ill stick by it.
October 28th, 2023 at 1:41 AM ^
Didn't Wisconsin lose their starting QB?
October 27th, 2023 at 5:03 PM ^
West Virginia +7 at UCF. Tough last-play loss for WVU at Houston 2 weeks ago, and then they gave up a ton of points to Oklahoma State last week. So they're arguably "reeling" but they're still 4-3, with realistic Bowl chances and Neal Brown coaching for his job. They have reason to play hard still. UCF nearly beat Oklahoma last week so they may be getting a bump with the spread - most metrics don't justify a 7-point spread. Net: I see value with WVU.
Nebraska -3 vs Purdue. I know Michigan shredded Nebraska, but outside of that they've allowed 11, 14, 7 and 9 points in their last 4 games. Yes, caveats, none of the best offensive teams there but it's still a pretty good defense. Nebraska incredibly hasn't gone Bowling since 2016: they're 2 wins away from Bowl eligiblity and this appears to be a team that will play hard and with momentum the rest of thw way. Nebraska seems much better than a 50-50 shot to win so I'll give the small number.
Arkansas State +2 at UL-Monroe. Very tough start to the season for Ark State and Butch Jones. But they're 3-2 since, and haven't looked quite as terrible as they did. ULM has lost 5 in a row. Never love betting games between 2 pretty bad teams, but Ark State seems like they will care more about this one and have more "emotional momentum", so take them.
October 27th, 2023 at 5:40 PM ^
Bowman's Oklahoma St -7.5 over Cincinati
Sparty +7 over Minnesota
UCLA -15.5 over Coach Prime
October 27th, 2023 at 6:05 PM ^
I like The Brown Jug, though the Gophers don’t possess it at this time.
October 27th, 2023 at 7:26 PM ^
Your Wisconsin Badgers are Smooth Jimmy's Lock of the Week!