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Vegas Knows Best Can't Tell Akron and Syracuse Apart
Don't be fooled, it's not another MAC team. Penn State's line against Syracuse this week opened with them as a 28-point favorite with the over/under set at 53. Then a funny thing happened: the line started moving up while the total went down. That's confidence, especially when you consider there...
Vegas Knows Best Roars Back For The Big Ten Tournament
After a long absence, I've dusted off the old "Vegas"* bookmark list for some pre-game numbers. *Called "stats" on my work computer, of course. The lines are 'open' numbers and subject to change, but I'll attempt to keep them updated until tomorrow. Round One - Indiana "@" Penn St....
Vegas Knows Best: The National Championship Picture
Great news: even though I'm moving on, Vegas hasn't given up on Penn State yet. With the dread (or more specifically: whatever the opposite of euphoria is) just now leaving my system, I decided I would see what the world thinks a one point loss for an otherwise undefeated team means as far as...
Vegas Knows Best: Who You Are Rooting For This Week
While I normally am not one for bye weeks, I have to say that for the first time since I can remember I'm rather looking forward to this one. Maybe it was the high strung nature of Saturday's game, or maybe I just like knowing that nothing bad can happen. This doesn't mean, however, that we...
Vegas Knows Best: Yesterday Was Once Tomorrow
After taking last week off, this week's Vegas segment will look at preseason expectations and determine how badly "we" misjudged based on against-the-spread numbers. The conclusion will be that preseason expectations are crap, but you already knew that. One way to judge a team against prior...
Vegas Knows Best: Things Get Less Exciting
This is an experimental post in which we'll look at the Big Ten lines and try to make some sense out of them. Format is subject to change, but for now I will give an initial reaction to the line, mention some of the relevant points, and then see if, after a deeper look at the matchup, I can...
Vegas Knows Best: Other Big Ten Matchups
This is an experimental post in which we'll look at the Big Ten lines and try to make some sense out of them. Format is subject to change, but for now I will give an initial reaction to the line, mention some of the relevant points, and then see if, after a deeper look at the matchup, I can...
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