(06-28-2015 10:33 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  The Golden Nugget has begun taking bets ($1K limit) on about 150 of the "top" games of 2015 including the following UC games:

- Thursday, Sept. 24
Cincinnati at Memphis

- Thursday, Oct. 1
Miami, Fla. at Cincinnati

- Saturday, Oct. 31
Central Florida at Cincinnati

Here's the full list from ESPN - I just browsed it but I think those were the only UC games listed. I'll show the pointspreads in the next post in case you want to guess before knowing.

(06-28-2015 10:37 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 10:33 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  The Golden Nugget has begun taking bets ($!K limit) on about 150 of the "top" games of 2016 including the following UC games:

- Thursday, Sept. 24
Cincinnati at Memphis

- Thursday, Oct. 1
Miami, Fla. at Cincinnati

- Saturday, Oct. 31
Central Florida at Cincinnati

Here's the full list from ESPN - I just browsed it but I think those were the only UC games listed. I'll show the pointspreads in the next post in case you want to guess before knowing.

So here they are:

Memphis favored by 2 over UC
UC favored over U of Miami by 2.5
UC by 6 over UCF

(06-28-2015 05:10 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  our defense scares me

(06-28-2015 05:10 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  our defense scares me

(06-28-2015 06:00 PM)BearcatnKY Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 05:10 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  our defense scares me

I'm glad they scare someone.

(06-28-2015 11:00 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 10:37 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 10:33 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  The Golden Nugget has begun taking bets ($!K limit) on about 150 of the "top" games of 2016 including the following UC games:

- Thursday, Sept. 24
Cincinnati at Memphis

- Thursday, Oct. 1
Miami, Fla. at Cincinnati

- Saturday, Oct. 31
Central Florida at Cincinnati

Here's the full list from ESPN - I just browsed it but I think those were the only UC games listed. I'll show the pointspreads in the next post in case you want to guess before knowing.

So here they are:

Memphis favored by 2 over UC
UC favored over U of Miami by 2.5
UC by 6 over UCF

All reasonable after last year, I'll be interested to see how Miami looks without Duke Johnson, knowing just how heavily they relied on him last year.

(06-28-2015 06:14 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 11:00 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 10:37 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 10:33 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  The Golden Nugget has begun taking bets ($!K limit) on about 150 of the "top" games of 2016 including the following UC games:

- Thursday, Sept. 24
Cincinnati at Memphis

- Thursday, Oct. 1
Miami, Fla. at Cincinnati

- Saturday, Oct. 31
Central Florida at Cincinnati

Here's the full list from ESPN - I just browsed it but I think those were the only UC games listed. I'll show the pointspreads in the next post in case you want to guess before knowing.

So here they are:

Memphis favored by 2 over UC
UC favored over U of Miami by 2.5
UC by 6 over UCF

All reasonable after last year, I'll be interested to see how Miami looks without Duke Johnson, knowing just how heavily they relied on him last year.

2 of their other running backs who I believe are back this year lit us up for 200 yards combined.

(06-28-2015 06:16 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  People have been expecting big things from Green for most of a decade.

(06-28-2015 06:16 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  People have been expecting big things from Green for most of a decade.

Quote:Bettors lined up at the three designated betting windows at 1:30 p.m. PT Friday and were allowed to bet up to $1,100 (to win $1,000) on five games before having to move to the back of the line. The lines were consistently four- to five-deep for the first half hour of wagering as about 15-20 bettors got in and out of line while checking the odds board and seeing what lines were moving.

It was apparent right away that BYU was one team getting a lot of support as several of the Cougars' lines moved toward them. Professional handicapper Paul Stone was among the sharp bettors jumping all over BYU.

"I was second in line and got BYU plus-6 against Boise State in my first set of bets," said Stone, who has a service called Paul Stone Sports and won the Golden Nugget's football contest during the 2013-14 season. "By the time I got back to the front of the line, it was already down to 1. I like the quarterback, Taysom Hill, but he's had a history with injuries so I was looking for spots to play BYU in the first half of the schedule when he should still be playing."

In addition to that five-point move toward BYU from plus-6 to plus-1, other BYU games to steam were the Cougars' Sept. 5 opener at Nebraska as the line was bet from BYU plus-6 to plus-4; Sept. 19, BYU plus-14 to plus-12.5 at UCLA; Sept. 26, BYU plus-7 to plus-6 at Michigan; Nov. 14, BYU plus-12 to plus-7.5 versus Missouri (game in Kansas City, Mo.); Nov. 28, BYU pick-'em to minus-4 at Utah State.

Auburn was another team that bettors felt the Nugget had underrated. The Tigers opened as 6.5-point road dogs at Arkansas in their Oct. 24 meeting and that was bet all the way down to 1.5. Auburn also went from a 4-point home fave over Mississippi to minus-6 in its Oct. 31 game; from minus-1.5 to minus-2 at Texas A&M on Nov. 7; from pick-'em to minus-2.5 over Georgia on Nov. 14; and from a 3.5-point home dog in the Iron Bowl against Alabama on Nov. 28 to plus-2.5.

As for teams that the early bettors were fading -- Boise State and Arkansas were bet against consistently in their games and Stone said he also was fading TCU and Baylor.

"Both those teams are overrated coming off last season," Stone said. "I took Oklahoma plus-5 and again at plus-4.5 against TCU [on Nov. 21]. Oklahoma hasn't been a home underdog since Bob Stoops' first season in 1999, and that's a tough spot for TCU as it's a week before their game with Baylor."

Most of the action at the Golden Nugget occurred in the first 30 minutes of wagering and then the crowd started to thin out.

Here are the biggest moves (four points or more) from the first hour, including several that have already been mentioned:

Sept. 4: Washington plus-13 to plus-8.5 at Boise State
Sept. 12: BYU plus-6 to plus-1 versus Boise State
Sept. 19: Colorado minus-1 to minus-5 at Colorado State
Sept. 26: Texas A&M plus-6.5 to plus-1.5 versus Arkansas (Arlington, Texas)
Oct. 10: Florida plus-10 to plus-5.5 at Missouri
Oct. 24: Auburn plus-6.5 to plus-1.5 at Arkansas
Nov. 14: LSU minus-1.5 to minus-5 versus Arkansas
Nov. 14: BYU plus-12 to plus-7.5 versus Missouri (Kansas City, Mo.)
Nov. 28: North Carolina plus-6 to plus-1.5 at NC State