Iowa @ Illinois line

[hawkstats1979]

Opened at -12.5 and immediately went to -3.5. Is someone injured or suspended?

 

[docholihawk]

Opened a little strong in my opinion. I'd favor IOWA by 4-7.

 

[mopkins]

Seems like a mistake or misprint or something. It opened at -12.5 at 12:20pm and then went to -3.5 at 12:30pm. Unless someone saw that and immediately put $4,000,000 on it.

 

[mopkins]

yeah if you look here:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college...-@-illinois-urbana.cfm/date/2-07-16/time/1300

Some offshore opened it at -12.5 and then took it down 1 minute later. Then another offshore opened at -3.5. So it didnt jump from -12.5 to -3.5, it was the result of a bad posting, and then another casino opening.

 

[Dadman]

yeah if you look here:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college...-@-illinois-urbana.cfm/date/2-07-16/time/1300

Some offshore opened it at -12.5 and then took it down 1 minute later. Then another offshore opened at -3.5. So it didnt jump from -12.5 to -3.5, it was the result of a bad posting, and then another casino opening.

This is why I don't sports gamble!

 

[hawkstats1979]

yeah if you look here:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college...-@-illinois-urbana.cfm/date/2-07-16/time/1300

Some offshore opened it at -12.5 and then took it down 1 minute later. Then another offshore opened at -3.5. So it didnt jump from -12.5 to -3.5, it was the result of a bad posting, and then another casino opening.

Good catch--thanks.

 

[STILLBUSTER]

I expected 11-12 to be the opening line. Sagarin averages to be 11.74. At 3-1/2 - a number that's significantly lower than just about every metric would indicate - definitely means something is up.

Wait, the 12-1/2 was correct, it was the 3-1/2 that was the error.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college...-illinois-urbana.cfm/date/2-07-16/time/1300#N

 

[99topdawg]

I see on espn that the line is 10.0.

 

[atomicblue224]

I don't care about the line as long we beat Chief Wonka into the cresspool of B1G.

 

[mopkins]

Yeah those early offshore lines are usually out of whack. It's -10 almost everywhere. Makes sense since iowa wins almost every game by 10. Still @illinois scares me for some reason. Especially after most if the other top teams struggled this weekend

 

[PCHawk]

I sure hope we don't play like **** and only win by single digits.

 

[ohhawk]

The target on our back just got a little bigger overnight. We are the prized catch for all those who have yet to bag much of anything.

 

[SteveGarvey]

I sure hope we don't play like **** and only win by single digits.

Wow, now we think we're this good to say something like this? Personally, I'd take us playing well and winning by one point and be happy with that.

 

[PCHawk]

Wow, now we think we're this good to say something like this? Personally, I'd take us playing well and winning by one point and be happy with that.

If we play well we will win by a lot more than 1 point. I was kinda joking tho.

 

[ibahawkeye]

Iowa wins by double digits. I think Id lay the 10

 

[mopkins]

They covered the -9, which was the line I saw right before tipoff.