Week 1 gave us some betting surprises (Houston losing outright as 36.5 pt chalk) and some games that opened our eyes with dominating performances (Oregon's first team offense, Alabama). However unlike the mass media that loves to rehash and extrapolate from one week’s results, we put the previous games to bed after a quick post mortem in the betting world. From a viewing standpoint week 2 may not offer a ton of make or break games but for the gambler, opportunity always abounds. It’s only Friday however we’ve seen a few strong line moves on a couple marquee games.
Virginia Opened -7 now sits -10
UNC opened -6.5 now sits -11
UGA opened -3 now sits -2
Florida -1 now sits Texas A&M -1
Oklahoma St opened -11, climbed as high as -13.5, now sits -10.5
Overall we had a good start to the 2012 football season. Thursday was a winner thanks to Vanderbilt and Friday was a winner with Boise. Saturday was a decent day but Sunday the public got a lot of their money back; well until Monday when GT made us very happy with their dog cover.
NFL lopsided: 85% of the money is on Texans and 80% of the money is on the Patriots.
For those just learning to understand football betting, spend a week picking games for fun to test your merits. Remember every point spread tells a story and line moves are usually an even better indicator of how the game will play out. As we keep working to raise that gambling IQ rest assured over the next 3 months you’ll know more about the industry than you ever imagined.
