one cool thing about early in the season is you can find spreads that just seem way-off........ don't get wrong, they probably aren't way off... just that early on, it is so easy to see obvious picks by your own metrics/thinking..
so here goes........ the way I present is what I think is wrong.. so I'd take the 2nd team listed in all cases....AND, NOT SURE OF MY SOURCE ON THESE OPENS, BUT THE SPREADS I'M DESCRIBING ARE IMHO "WAY OFF".....
Arizona -1 vs. SDSU
Arkansas +3.5 vs. Texas
Iowa State -5 vs. Iowa
Washington +1 @ Michigan
Minnesota -19 vs. M-O
Nebraska -11 vs. Buffalo
Oregon State -11 @ Hawaii
Syracuse +2 vs. Rutgers
NOT AS CONFIDENT, but spreads that stood out to me,
Ohio State -11.5 vs. Oregon.... is Thibadoux sp? out for Oregon? moved to 14.5..
Tennessee pick vs Pittsburgh
ND - 19.5 vs. Toledo
USC -14.5 vs. Stanford
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one cool thing about early in the season is you can find spreads that just seem way-off........ don't get wrong, they probably aren't way off... just that early on, it is so easy to see obvious picks by your own metrics/thinking..
so here goes........ the way I present is what I think is wrong.. so I'd take the 2nd team listed in all cases....AND, NOT SURE OF MY SOURCE ON THESE OPENS, BUT THE SPREADS I'M DESCRIBING ARE IMHO "WAY OFF".....
Arizona -1 vs. SDSU
Arkansas +3.5 vs. Texas
Iowa State -5 vs. Iowa
Washington +1 @ Michigan
Minnesota -19 vs. M-O
Nebraska -11 vs. Buffalo
Oregon State -11 @ Hawaii
Syracuse +2 vs. Rutgers
NOT AS CONFIDENT, but spreads that stood out to me,
Ohio State -11.5 vs. Oregon.... is Thibadoux sp? out for Oregon? moved to 14.5..
If wondering whether a line might be off a bit ..... the best free source BY FAR, is Bill C's SP+ numbers. That is unless a team has undergone many changes from the previous year, a serious issue for all PR. In that case maybe adjust yourself from point-spreads. He adjusts fairly quickly tho.
Pains me to say this, but #2 is probably ESPN's PI ratings. Used to be Sagarin, but his are mostly useless early in the season - later on not bad. Massey the same, definitely a notch or two behind Sagarin.
Sagarin maybe still #3 ..... with that Dr K (Kambour.net) and Massey next.
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If wondering whether a line might be off a bit ..... the best free source BY FAR, is Bill C's SP+ numbers. That is unless a team has undergone many changes from the previous year, a serious issue for all PR. In that case maybe adjust yourself from point-spreads. He adjusts fairly quickly tho.
Pains me to say this, but #2 is probably ESPN's PI ratings. Used to be Sagarin, but his are mostly useless early in the season - later on not bad. Massey the same, definitely a notch or two behind Sagarin.
Sagarin maybe still #3 ..... with that Dr K (Kambour.net) and Massey next.
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