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Vegas: Ohio State title odds take a small slip
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Money was moving away from the Buckeyes throughout Monday.
After the Oklahoma Sooners rolled out of Columbus, Ohio with a win against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday night, Vegas took notice. Lincoln Riley’s OU squad moved up a tad in the recent batch of odds, while Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes took a small slip, according to the sports book Bovada.
The odds were shuffling around on Monday afternoon, as OSU went from 8/1 odds, to 9/1. Entering the contest with Oklahoma, the Scarlet & Gray held 6/1 odds of being the kings of college football again.
Oklahoma entered the Ohio State contest with 14/1 odds of winning the whole shebang, and with the 31-16 win, improved their odds to 8/1 early Monday. However, the money was moving toward the Sooners, as those odds closed in—and improved— to 7/1 by the late afternoon.
Both schools are still behind the reigning national champion runner-ups, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Leading the odds futures at 7/4 is warranted, as Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide defeated then-No.3 Florida State in Week 1.
USC has the second best title odds at 6/1. This week, the Trojans face Texas in a rematch of the 2006 Rose Bowl — the national championship that season.
With Alabama, USC, Oklahoma and Ohio State holding the top four odds, a couple Big Ten schools are knocking at the door. Penn State and Michigan, who are both on OSU’s schedule this season, and each hold 14/1 odds of regining supreme in college football.
Odds are a very fluid situation, and can change at a moment’s notice depending on the money that’s being put down/away from teams.
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Geoff Hammersley via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Money was moving away from the Buckeyes throughout Monday.
After the Oklahoma Sooners rolled out of Columbus, Ohio with a win against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday night, Vegas took notice. Lincoln Riley’s OU squad moved up a tad in the recent batch of odds, while Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes took a small slip, according to the sports book Bovada.
The odds were shuffling around on Monday afternoon, as OSU went from 8/1 odds, to 9/1. Entering the contest with Oklahoma, the Scarlet & Gray held 6/1 odds of being the kings of college football again.
Oklahoma entered the Ohio State contest with 14/1 odds of winning the whole shebang, and with the 31-16 win, improved their odds to 8/1 early Monday. However, the money was moving toward the Sooners, as those odds closed in—and improved— to 7/1 by the late afternoon.
Both schools are still behind the reigning national champion runner-ups, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Leading the odds futures at 7/4 is warranted, as Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide defeated then-No.3 Florida State in Week 1.
USC has the second best title odds at 6/1. This week, the Trojans face Texas in a rematch of the 2006 Rose Bowl — the national championship that season.
With Alabama, USC, Oklahoma and Ohio State holding the top four odds, a couple Big Ten schools are knocking at the door. Penn State and Michigan, who are both on OSU’s schedule this season, and each hold 14/1 odds of regining supreme in college football.
Odds are a very fluid situation, and can change at a moment’s notice depending on the money that’s being put down/away from teams.
Continue reading...