True. But the openning lines are based on a ton of research. Much more effort

Jul 15, 2019
6:28:29pm

Josef K All-American

is put into those opening lines than the average fan, or even the average local radio guy, spends. They have to be as smart as the sharp bettors or they will get killed right out of the gates.

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Why are so many people misreading the William Hill story

Adrielle Lone Biker of the Apocalypse

7/15/19 6:25pm

True. But the openning lines are based on a ton of research. Much more effort

Josef K

7/15/19 6:28pm

Opening lines are often the least accurate, especially before camp starts

Adrielle

7/15/19 7:00pm

Least accurate compared to subsequent lines, which often reflect subsequent info

Josef K

7/15/19 7:37pm

Over under bets in this situation are absolutely an educated

ColumbusCoug

7/15/19 6:30pm

No it's not. They can't win 5.5 games. Is their best fire to get

Adrielle

7/15/19 7:03pm

I’ve sports bet a good portion of my life. I’ve had a bookmaker.eu account for

ColumbusCoug

7/15/19 7:09pm

Would you take the over or under?

puntersarepeople

7/15/19 7:30pm

Definitely over...I’m bias but I think we are staring down a 8-9 win seson

ColumbusCoug

7/16/19 12:01am

It’s their best predictor of public opinion. It isn’t necessarily

gwalker

7/15/19 8:36pm

Correct, but they don't assume the public will be wrong.

zerome4sooners

7/16/19 7:06am

They don't assume the public will be right either. They look at historical

gwalker

7/16/19 9:30am

For 90+ percent of the lines they don’t care what the general public thinks

Josef K

7/16/19 10:34am

True. Replace “general public” with “those that are likely to bet.”

gwalker

7/16/19 12:56pm

^^^THIS^^^

zerome4sooners

7/16/19 7:03am

you're wrong - last year BYU won 7.5 games...

Str8CashCougar

7/16/19 8:00am

As a Ute fan and a betting fan...

DocPimp

7/15/19 6:48pm

We have three surefire wins

puntersarepeople

7/15/19 6:54pm

Hence, despite not knowing too much about this yr’s BYU

DocPimp

7/15/19 7:03pm

Not when we surprise people and you make a bunch of money

puntersarepeople

7/15/19 7:08pm

The House only wants even money.

Left Shark Coug

7/15/19 7:51pm

The general public doesn’t bet the moment a line is posted. Only the sharp

Josef K

7/15/19 8:23pm

The over/under is the prediction for number of wins

zerome4sooners

7/15/19 8:13pm

Nope

Adrielle

7/15/19 9:05pm

It’s all about the juice

zerome4sooners

7/15/19 10:03pm

I need to figure out where I can bet the farm on the over

Tuskaloosa Cougar

7/15/19 10:17pm

Google William Hill sportsbook and you’ll find plenty

zerome4sooners

7/15/19 10:24pm

Wendover's a quick bus ride.

displacedute

7/16/19 12:16am

If they're reading it it doesn't matter if they're misreading it-House viewpoint

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