Why should Vegas be beholden to sportswriter opinions?

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Oct 6, 2022
1:15:53pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Take a look at the human polls and the analytical rankings for BYU. There's a pretty sizeable gap there.

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Somebody smarter than me please explain this: how is it possible to be both

Mitty

10/6/22 1:15pm

Why should Vegas be beholden to sportswriter opinions?

Indy Coug

10/6/22 1:15pm

Vegas odds aren't just about who will win. It's about what will draw in the most

Fruff

10/6/22 1:22pm

Are you even a BYU fan?

Rat

10/6/22 6:41pm

Told you they were over rated...

Fruff

10/9/22 3:41pm

You’ve been waiting to post that one haven’t ya.

Rat

10/9/22 3:49pm

lol. yep.

Fruff

10/9/22 3:51pm

So the coaches and media are giving BYU too much credit? Interesting if so.

Mitty

10/6/22 1:22pm

Vegas has very very smart people doing their odds and do not rely on dumb polls.

ManicBlue

10/6/22 1:17pm

And yet all those very, very smart Vegas people are doing is trying to get the

basman

10/6/22 1:22pm

Sure but they are for the most part very close on the outcome too.

ManicBlue

10/6/22 1:26pm

Bingo

archie

10/6/22 11:53pm

I wonder why the poll people don't use the smarter Vegas people to do their jobs

Mitty

10/6/22 1:23pm

IMO, there are a LOT of people smarter than the media people voting in the polls that could do it better.

ManicBlue

10/6/22 1:27pm

Vegas is also doing it with a specific purpose in mind, make money.

TheLoneCougar

10/6/22 6:58pm

The thing to keep in mind is that Vegas doesn't care who wins. They also don't

cougarfan84

10/6/22 8:54pm

IIRC, Vegas lost approx 500 MILLION on the BYU LSU game in 2017

ALUF 1990

10/7/22 9:20am

Bet volume isn't anywhere near that high on regular season

MyTwoCents

10/7/22 9:57am

You are wrong. We crossed the 50 one time that game

indocoug

10/7/22 10:10am

Lol, no. They didn't lose 500 million on a BYU game. They probably didn't even

byubyu

10/7/22 10:29am

Poll voter rankings are beauty pageant corrupt trash.which is why

CarolinaCoug

10/6/22 1:19pm

Probably because the rankings (aside from the first couple weeks) are largely

Hooda88

10/6/22 1:19pm

Advanced analytics has Notre Dame rated #14 and BYU #42. Thats more likely

CarolinaCoug

10/6/22 1:23pm

The source you posted has Utah ranked #5. That should tell you all you need to know.

slatecoug

10/7/22 12:58am

Agreed. FEI is obviously the most accurate ranking system.

ALUF 1990

10/7/22 9:08am

BTW, your advanced analytics also have Iowa ranked ahead of Iowa St. and Texas A&M ahead of App St.

slatecoug

10/7/22 1:04am

College rankings are based primarily on wins and losses. LV cares about matchups

Boring

10/6/22 1:24pm

Nevada is Pacific Time Zone, no?

hxmCougar2000

10/6/22 1:26pm

It has been every time I have visited.

Real G Man

10/6/22 3:56pm

Not all of it.

byubyu

10/7/22 3:22am

Vegas lines are variable and move over time to help create less loss for the casino.

(Private)

10/6/22 1:31pm

Vegas is no respecter of Rankings

Gunga Galunga

10/6/22 1:31pm

Rankings are a macro view. Vegas knows individual games are about matchups.

seacougar

10/6/22 3:17pm

It’s simple dude. Folks voting in rankings are not the folks making the odds.

canofpicante

10/6/22 4:11pm

Its 100% about how people will bet. Has nothing to do with what team is better.

boctabulous

10/6/22 5:21pm

BYU has bad adv analytics and Notre Dame has better adv analytics?

Dr T-bone

10/6/22 6:21pm

Vegas is Not Predicting the Outcome

DrewGundy

10/6/22 6:23pm

Because...ND is better than BYU...unless BYU plays better Saturday

cougforever

10/6/22 6:26pm

Ummm... One word. T_A_L_E_N_T

canndyman

10/6/22 7:13pm

Rankings are to a degree earned by performance. At the beginning of the

RobDog

10/6/22 8:39pm

They've seen Tuiakis D vs the run these past 2 games vs bad teams.

Coug Dude

10/6/22 11:11pm

Well, it is a Notre Dame home game.

AZcougLawyer

10/7/22 12:28am

Vegas is right more times than polls

zerome4sooners

10/7/22 5:10am

Rankings based on 1st game to now, bet is based on how they are trending now.

ImuaKahuku

10/7/22 5:37am

Easy. Betters disagree with the rankings

Acorn

10/7/22 6:58am

Polls are backwards looking, Vegas is forward looking

krindorr

10/7/22 7:41am

Vegas odds are not set to predict the winner

davidmj10

10/7/22 9:56am

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