BleedGopher
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Go Gophers!!
Go Gophers!!
Vegas must be expecting an emotional letdown.Wow. I would have guessed 17.5 but 23 is a lot.
Vegas must be expecting an emotional letdown.
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So any emotional betting on the Gophers is going to be down, hence an emotional letdown.... in betting.Vegas sets it based on how they think people will bet, not by what they think will actually happen.
You are right that oddsmakers are not emotional. But if oddsmakers didn't have a hunch (what they thought would happen) then the spread would start at zero and move rapidly away as the early easy bets came pouring in.
Vegas sets it based on how they think people will bet, not by what they think will actually happen.
There are several reasons to think this is a bad spot for the Gophers:
- We lose the "Win one for the Gipper" effect of last night.
- We're coming off a gut wrenching loss.
- OSU is coming off a bye weak.
- OSU won't forget the Gophers losing by only seven last year. For a week or two, they thought that might have knocked them out of the playoff. I know the fans were livid!
There are several reasons to think this is a bad spot for the Gophers:
- We lose the "Win one for the Gipper" effect of last night.
- We're coming off a gut wrenching loss.
- OSU is coming off a bye weak.
- OSU won't forget the Gophers losing by only seven last year. For a week or two, they thought that might have knocked them out of the playoff. I know the fans were livid!