Interesting point spreads this weekend

[LA_Mustang]

A few that really caught my eye:

UNT (+44)
@ LSU
I don’t think I have ever seen a point spread this big.

UT
@ Okie St. (+37)
When was the last time Okie St was a 37 point dog at home? I know Okie St is down, but that tells you how good the Vegas guys think the Horns really are.

Texas Tech
@ Baylor (+11)
Granted Tech was the most overrated top 10 school ever, but they are still pretty good. Baylor is actually getting some respect....that must be nice.

[Hoop Fan]

too bad we didnt have Okie State scheduled this year, instead of the Rashad Woods and Josh Fields teams. And we play a much improved Baylor this year instead of all those years when they sucked worse than we did. I guess this is just bad luck, but it also might be some miscalculations along the way. Should try to get Illinois on the schedule right now. They are one of the slowest, worst college football teams I have ever seen and that is saying something.

[Stallion]

I think Notre Dame or UH was favored by 59 or something the first back from the DP.

[HorsePower]

Yeah, you're right.

And it wasn't uncommon in the 1980s to see Oklahoma and Nebraska favored every week by 40-plus points.

As for LA_Stang's comment: I don't know if the oddsmakers think UT is that good. But clearly they think the betting public will think so. Personally, I expect the money that's bet between now and then to drive that line down to about 33. Doesn't sound like a lot, but considering the amount of money that's bet each week on college football, that would represent a massive number of people betting OKState to cover the spread.

[PK]

Yeah, you're right.

And it wasn't uncommon in the 1980s to see Oklahoma and Nebraska favored every week by 40-plus points.

As for LA_Stang's comment: I don't know if the oddsmakers think UT is that good. But clearly they think the betting public will think so. Personally, I expect the money that's bet between now and then to drive that line down to about 33. Doesn't sound like a lot, but considering the amount of money that's bet each week on college football, that would represent a massive number of people betting OKState to cover the spread.

So, as the spread goes down, do the people who bet based upon the original spread get to change their bet? If not...you would have to be an idiot to place a bet based upon the first announced spread. (Please excuse my ignorance, but I don't bet on games and thus have no idea how that works.)

[Charleston Pony]

That Andre Ware Houston team was favored by 55 pts over SMU that year. I remember having the discussion with a co-worker in Durham that year who laughed and said he and a bunch of his buddies could beat that spread. I remember telling him...bet the Cougars. What was it...95-21 that day?

That game is what made it SO GREAT that the same group of FR & RS FR who took that beating came back and beat Houston at their SR Homecoming game something like 35-16 (can't remember the score, but it was a convincing margin)