[NU Sports] Early lines, etc.

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Along those lines, the Cats are 30-1 to win the Big Ten, as is Illinois and
Purdue placing all three in seventh behind odds on OSU at 2/5, followed by
Iowa and Wisconsin at 4/1.

The Cats are 100/1 to win the national championship. Alabama is 4/1, OSU is
5/1
Nebraska is 2/5 to win the Big XII North and 2/1 to win the conference, as
is Texas.

One other thing, in Sports Illustrated preview, in homes today as they say,
the Cats were picked to finish in a tie for fifth with Michigan State at 4-4
in the conference and 8-4 overall.

OSU was tabbed to win the conference at 8-0, 12-0 overall.
Mark

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:30 PM, <wildelk2 at aol.com> wrote:

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>    Early lines are out; NU giving 3 to Vandy.  Other Big 10 lines: The
> surprises;  Purdue getting 11 from EE?  A new coach, replacing an
> All-American caliber QB, and EE is laying 11?  Hmmm..   Additionally,
> Minnesota getting 4 on the road; at Middle Tennessee.  Middle has handled
> Maryland in the past, but I'd think that the Gophs should be giving 4
> points, not getting 4 points.
>   OSU giving 29 against Marshall, Michigan giving 3 against UConn, and
> Wisky laying 19 and a half on the road against UNLV.
>   Also of note: Boise St. giving 2 and a half in Landover, Md. on Labor Day
> vs. Va. Tech, and Kentucky only laying 3 at Louisville?  Me thinks
> Louisville needs more, a lot more than 3 points.
>   In case any one missed it, single game tickets, as well as (3) packs are
> now on sale at nusports.com.  There was something at laketheposts.comindicating season ticket sales are up this year; attributed to the game at
> Wrigley Field.  I would hope that a small part of that increase has
> something to do with 2 good seasons in a row.
>   My only question is if Steven can last 4 more weeks?!?
>
> GO CATS!!!        Eric
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> To: NU Sports List <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>; Jonathan Hodges <
> jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
> Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 9:52 pm
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SjT - this book is for you
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>
> :) - you had me at the title!
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>
> I'll probably wait for the movie ... but interesting to examine some of
> their
>
> points ...
>
>
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> • The flawed math and corruption that determine which teams participate in
> the
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> national championship
>
>
>
> Hmm ... maybe Nebraska will being some of that math with them where you can
> not
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> win your league but still play in the B(C)S title game?:) Or how you jump
> over
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> teams that beat you if your last name is Bowden?
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>
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> • How the system hurts competition by perpetuating "cupcake" schedules
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>
>
> And here's one of my bigger problems with the system. We get cupcake city
> now.
>
> It's going to be real interesting to watch how they handle this new Big
> XII. The
>
> national championship game should, in most years, be the winner of the SEC
> title
>
> game vs. the Big Ten title game winner. Especially if those teams are
> unbeaten
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> or have one loss and beat another top 10 team in the league title game.
> Texas
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> and Oklahoma will have each other and nothing else on their schedules for a
> year
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> and no title game. They better not get a kind computer bump.
>
>
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> • How a comprehensive sixteen-team playoff plan can solve the problem while
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> enhancing profitability
>
>
>
> And that's why it will ultimately happen - the B(C)S is stubborn and evil,
> but
>
> everyone can see the writing on the wall. As each argument gets debunked
> year
>
> after year (student athletes first? Stop playing on Tuesday or Thursday
> night!
>
> ... #1 vs. #2? What about when Texas beats OU and still loses out? Etc.),
> it
>
> gets closer and closer. A playoff would be bigger than March Madness and
> rival
>
> the Super Bowl for viewers (especially if they worked it out for the
> weekend
>
> prior to the NFL's big game).
>
>
>
> It will happen and it will be fun to watch. I just wish that in the mean
> time we
>
> could enjoy a traditional bowl schedule instead of the B(C)S, which is the
> worst
>
> of both worlds.
>
>
>
> GO CATS!!!
>
> -SjT
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> * * * * * * * * *
>
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
>
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
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> GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
>
> Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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