[Husker] Odd Odds

[Ryan Lohr]

If there is no line on the game, it may be because the starting ISU QB left the game with an injury last week against Baylor.  I have not heard if he is expected to play or not.  Once that is decided, you should see a line by more betting services.

 

 

Ryan
 
> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:47:47 -0500
> From: slimmer37 at hamilton.net
> To: marklandin at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Odd Odds
> CC: husker at tssi.com
> 
> I believe that if there is no line no bets are taken.
> 
> Tony Lambert
> 
> Mark Landin wrote:
> > People sometimes think vegas odds are an indication of what the
> > bookies think about the probable outcome of a game. Untrue. Bookies
> > profit when the $ amounts bet on each side are equal, because
> > otherwise the bookies have to payoff the difference out of their own
> > pockets. Spreads are there to encourage equal betting on both sides of
> > a non-equal contest. If anything its a measure of the BETTORS' opinion
> > on the game, and even a single large wager can cause the line to
> > change even though nothing directly related to the teams has changed.
> > What I don't know is the meaning of 'no line'. Does this mean wagers
> > are not accepted at all?
> >
> > On 10/19/09, Scott R Lawson <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu> wrote:
> > 
> >> Jon I'm not sure, honestly I don't follow betting 'logic' either but I
> >> do like to look at the spread to get an idea of what to expect on
> >> Saturdays. Usually the spreads are not too far off. If Iowa State were a
> >> 3 point favorite in this game then I would spend the rest of the week
> >> worrying, but I figured Nebraska would be a couple touchdown favorite or
> >> so. Of course, it doesn't always work out the way the oddsmakers say it
> >> will (see last week).
> >>
> >> Scott in NY
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: jon johnston [mailto:jon.johnston at gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:22 AM
> >> To: David Strong
> >> Cc: Dick Karre; Scott R Lawson; Husker List
> >> Subject: Re: [Husker] Odd Odds
> >>
> >> Why would they put a line on this game?
> >>
> >> I know next to nothing about betting..... but I don't see how you can
> >> actually put a line on this game after Pelini's comments about shaking
> >> up the starters.
> >>
> >> Jon Johnston
> >> http://www.cornnation.com
> >> http://www.twitter.com/cornnation
> >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 10:05 AM, David Strong wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>> I checked with the service I am familiar with and they have it off
> >>> the board as well.
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >>>
> >>> --- On Mon, 10/19/09, Scott R Lawson <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: Scott R Lawson <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>
> >>> Subject: RE: [Husker] Odd Odds
> >>> To: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>
> >>> Cc: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
> >>> Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 10:53 AM
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Dick, I figured it would be around 15 or 20 (although perhaps
> >>> it
> >>> should be much less!)
> >>>
> >>> Scott in NY
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On
> >>> Behalf
> >>> Of Dick Karre
> >>> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:50 AM
> >>> Cc: Husker List
> >>> Subject: Re: [Husker] Odd Odds
> >>>
> >>> Scott R Lawson wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> I'm not sure how to interpret this, but when I checked to see the
> >>>> 
> >>> point
> >>> 
> >>>> spread for Iowa State this morning all the 'oddsmakers' had "OFF" as
> >>>> 
> >>> the
> >>> 
> >>>> line for this game, so I wonder if the QB uncertainty is the reason
> >>>> 
> >>> for
> >>> 
> >>>> this...I realize it's only Monday, but most if not all of the other
> >>>> matchups had point spreads and totals.
> >>>> 
> >>> The Tucson paper has NU an 18-point favorite. Don't know where they
> >>> get
> >>> their spreads.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Dick Karre
> >>> dkarre at comcast.net
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