Opening Betting Lines for Week 8 Games of Note

[uaintn]

And an o/u at 52 or so. As quickly as that offense can score and with them averaging giving up nearly 30 a game to mostly lesser opponents, that's pretty tempting, too.

 

[JDCrimson]

I think this game bears watching. Mizzou and Auburn are similarly built teams. Their QBs are average to poor passers who rely on their running skills to move the offense.

I think the outcome of this game will tell us alot about the Auburn matchup...

Mizzou a 1.5 point underdog at Auburn? If I were a gambler, I'd take Mizzou in a heartbeat.

 

[Cruloc]

I still can't get over #12 Georgia Tech at Duke......and Duke is favored by -2.5. That line hasn't changed. I don't know much about either team other than Duke is a much heavier passing team.

QB Mensah has thrown for 1838 yards while QB King has only thrown for 971. I'm guessing the break point here is they expect Duke to overwhelm the GT defense and the GT offense will just not be able to keep up.

College Football Nerd's model has this one as Georgia Tech 34-27.

 

[uafan4life]

I still can't get over #12 Georgia Tech at Duke......and Duke is favored by -2.5. That line hasn't changed. I don't know much about either team other than Duke is a much heavier passing team.

QB Mensah has thrown for 1838 yards while QB King has only thrown for 971. I'm guessing the break point here is they expect Duke to overwhelm the GT defense and the GT offense will just not be able to keep up.

College Football Nerd's model has this one as Georgia Tech 34-27.

Casual gamblers love high-flying, high-scoring offenses. They always ask themselves the question, "How can the other team keep up?"...

Sharp bettors love strong defenses and positional matchups...

 

[PA Tide Fan]

I still can't get over #12 Georgia Tech at Duke......and Duke is favored by -2.5. That line hasn't changed. I don't know much about either team other than Duke is a much heavier passing team.

QB Mensah has thrown for 1838 yards while QB King has only thrown for 971. I'm guessing the break point here is they expect Duke to overwhelm the GT defense and the GT offense will just not be able to keep up.

College Football Nerd's model has this one as Georgia Tech 34-27.

Looking at the Sagarin ratings it makes some sense. The Sagarin ratings have GA Tech 79.23 and Duke 78.70. So GA Tech is only .53 better on a neutral field according to Sagarin but the game is at Duke so give Duke 3 more points and that gives you Duke 81.70 to GA Tech 79.23. The difference is 2.47 in favor of Duke and the pointspread is Duke -2.5.