BGSU Vs Boise state weird @ss crap!!

[redpimp]

I am one of those fools who are going to play Boise st instead of going with crowd favorite Bowling green. So i log into one of my books to check for a good line (i was looking for 6.5 but its at 7 now. It came down all the way from 8)

Here is the weird thing, they are paying $86.95 for every $100 (i post that number purposely like that for a good reason so please calculate it to terms you understand better by yourself)


That is a totally retarded line and i can not make heads or tails of it.


If the line moved from -8 to boise st -7 how the hell would they justify paying out rates like that? It makes no sense at all!!!!

If the book had a rush on BGSU, they would probably drop the line and probably pay it out 11/10 or at even money!!!!

the huge problem is that this is one of the most square books i have ever played at. They dont do too many gimmicks. This shit is twilight zone territory for them. From what i know they wont even let you wager over 2.5k on collge games!!! How could they be faced with a situation here by they have to resort to this tactic... (The current internet max on this game is at 1500.00 if you want higher than that they you have to call in)


Are there any ex bookies in the house who can speculate on what could be going on here?


Could it be that the book wants people on BGSU so bad that they dropped the line by a whole point and are paying 104 dollars for 110 bet if you take BGSU+7?

Thanks in advance!!!


Or may be they are baiting us who read alot into such weird line movement (i was already taking Boise at -8 but only decided to wait when i figured majority on the Rx are playing BGSU!!!! May be they think we shall see that and go heavy on boise!!!

 

[jwunderdog]

Looks like a standard 5cent line adjustment -115 on Boise, -105 on Bowling Green, seems pretty normal to me.

 

[redpimp]

Looks like a standard 5cent line adjustment -115 on Boise, -105 on Bowling Green, seems pretty normal to me.

Is that normal even when the line movement is going against boise in this case from -8 to -7?

 

[Dawoofdaddy]

I got bg + 8.5 +101 at pinny sunday evening.

 

[hellah10]

at one point today...pinnacle had BG +7.5 -122

they are forcing Boise players to buy it down to 7

 

[Railbird]

They dont want to be middled on an 8.5 to 6.5

 

[hellah10]

which means Pinnacle likes BG

 

[redpimp]

which means Pinnacle likes BG

If say my book liked BGSU wouldnt they then encourage people to play it by paying out better odds?

 

[hellah10]

well you gotta factor in teasers and what not...how many people here have already teased Boise and the Over? its a perfect setup...

 

[CapnHandi]

Pinnacle now has Boise -7.5 -105 with no buy down available; usually they do allow buying/selling up to 1.5 points. If they were allowing buy downs it would probably be -7 -120 ( This is what they show for buying with another game that is -7.5 -105)

 

[cincy_]

The juice doesn't matter to a lot of people - the extra hook does.

A lot of people don't worry about the vig because whether they lay -150 or -110, it makes no difference if they win the bet. With a -115 line, the book is not sending any message - they just feel that the extra 5 cents won't make a difference to their overall handle and will help the bottom line.

That is one of the reason that teasers are so popular - somehow, these people can justify buying 7 points AND parlaying it AND paying 30 cents in vig for a college game.

 

[redpimp]

I simply was over thinking the situation.... The answer was simple and its what i originally suspected (or at least i think) The book i was talking about simply did not want any more bets on boise st..


I am glad i stuck to my guns and bet on boise st anyway because there was no way i was gonna put money on a team that ever trailed ball st in the last 2 weeks alone!!!

 

[AlwaysKeen]

a lot of interesting line moves tonight...