http://mrsec.com/2012/10/vegas-and-the-sec-just-how-accurate-are-those-opening-lines/ Up to the minute SEC football and basketball news Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://mrsec.com/2012/10/vegas-and-the-sec-just-how-accurate-are-those-opening-lines/comment-page-1/#comment-100825 memphispete Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:15:30 +0000 http://www.mrsec.com/?p=259122#comment-100825 If the line is set at a point spread that will generate a balanced book (rule 1 above), isn’t that, by definition, a consensus of where the money thinks the result will be?  Granted the alumni base may put so much money on the homer school that it will skew the lines by the 1-4 points to get betting equilibrium, but for the remaining schools wouldn’t it be close?
 
On the lines that move a lot between the open and the final line, is that a meaningful signal for whether a line gets covered?

]]> http://mrsec.com/2012/10/vegas-and-the-sec-just-how-accurate-are-those-opening-lines/comment-page-1/#comment-100811 maroonandwhitenation.com » I Love Links – I Hate Bama Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:58:11 +0000 http://www.mrsec.com/?p=259122#comment-100811 [...] article about how Vegas sets the lines, giving insight into why MSU is such a heavy underdog this [...]

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