There are some interesting betting lines this weekend

Nitwit

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I don’t bet. But I find the lines interesting just to see who the casinos believe the bettors believe will win. They set the Penn State line as a 14 point PSU favorite. Pitt is a one point pick over WVA, and Iowa is a 28.5 pick over western Mich heading into the white out game. Also MSU is only a 16 point home dog to Washington with all the coaching controversy there.

I think PSU covers although road wins are always tough. I think CJF likes to beat the spread. Illinois woke up in the second half against Kansas but this Penn State team is just too good for them. If our defense is awake at noon, we dominate.

West Virginia beats Pitt outright, and Washington covers. Iowa seems like a lot of points but I guess their defense has been scoring this year. Western Michigan stinks so I think even Iowa can score enough to cover in that game.
 
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Nittany1865Farmer

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I don’t bet. But I find the lines interesting just to see who the casinos believe the bettors believe will win. They set the Penn State line as a 14 point PSU favorite. Pitt is a one point pick over WVA, and Iowa is a 28.5 pick over western Mich heading into the white out game. Also MSU is only a 16 point home dog to Washington with all the coaching controversy there.

I think PSU covers although road wins are always tough. I think CJF likes to beat the spread. Illinois woke up in the second half against Kansas but this Penn State team is just too good for them. If our defense is awake at noon, we dominate.

West Virginia beats Pitt outright, and Washington covers. Iowa seems like a lot of points but I guess their defense has been scoring this year. Western Michigan stinks so I think even Iowa can score enough to cover in that game.
WVA is hard to judge: They lost to us, a Top Ten team, but blows out Duquesne, which isn't saying very much on how they play. Maybe the odds makers don't want to invest too much house money into a game like Pitt / WVA that won't bring much attention in the first place, so keep the odds close to even at the beginning.
 

bbrown

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Jul 26, 2001
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I don’t bet. But I find the lines interesting just to see who the casinos believe the bettors believe will win. They set the Penn State line as a 14 point PSU favorite. Pitt is a one point pick over WVA, and Iowa is a 28.5 pick over western Mich heading into the white out game. Also MSU is only a 16 point home dog to Washington with all the coaching controversy there.

I think PSU covers although road wins are always tough. I think CJF likes to beat the spread. Illinois woke up in the second half against Kansas but this Penn State team is just too good for them. If our defense is awake at noon, we dominate.

West Virginia beats Pitt outright, and Washington covers. Iowa seems like a lot of points but I guess their defense has been scoring this year. Western Michigan stinks so I think even Iowa can score enough to cover in that game.
Pitt looked really bad on Sat. Their QB stunk. I think WVU beats them outright as well.
I can't see Iowa spotting anyone 28.5 pts, even Western Michigan. Iowa's run game, OL and QB aren't very good.
 

leinbacker

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Pitt looked really bad on Sat. Their QB stunk. I think WVU beats them outright as well.
I can't see Iowa spotting anyone 28.5 pts, even Western Michigan. Iowa's run game, OL and QB aren't very good.

Maybe Narduzzi needs to play his quarterbacks in a one word offense rather than a real offense.
 
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