oklahoma -52.5, biggest game spread in the history of wagering?

[RobFunk]

anyone seen anything bigger for basketball or football?

 

[sfeiner]

cant be....first wager i ever made was okla -56 and that was in 79 or 80.

 

[SrMuny]

Back in the 80's the GLOBETROTTERS where 76pt favs over some HIGH SCHOOLS.....

 

[Duke1]

ESPN said that this was the 6th or 7th biggest spread in history. I think the biggest one was in the early 90s when Houston was favorite over SMU by 59, and still covered.

 

[Dante]

I saw a -63 once can not remember the team might have been nebraska many years ago

 

[PO69]

NEB -56 against Akron

Final Score Nebraska 59-14

 

[GreenDoberman]

According to USA Today article, Oklahoma spread is 5th highest.
Their top 4:
4th: Miami -55 McNeese ST (2000) Final: Miami 61-14 (surprised a line on same with McNeese St.
3rd: Florida -56 la-monroe (2001) Final: Fla 55-6
2nd: Nebraska -58 akron (1997) Final: Neb. 59-14

1st: Houston -59 smu (1989) Final: Houston 95-21.

 

[PatrickMcIrish]

Looks like you got to take the points here men. BTW I am throwing some on the ML too. Wonder what the money line is?

 

[Journeyman]

When I was booking back in the early 90`s Notre Dame was favored by like 54 against Navy...And we had a guy that worked wih us who put a dime down on Navy (a dime was unheard of for me back then) and damn if Navy didn`t barely cover and we lost...I think it was 1991....I would like to look back at that score...

 

[bucsfan67]

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER THE UCONN WOMEN BEING FAVORED BY 60+ IN A BASKETBALL GAME....CANT REMEMBER WHO IT WAS AGAINST, BUT THEY COVERED....

 

[RIOSHILL]

some added games had to be higher. What about the years when Nebraska was great and they played someone like Monroe. I think there were lines in the high 60's but i could be wrong.

 

[Railbird]

all the squares are on baylor

 

[SoundofSilence]

That may be... But they'll be right. OU's got no reason to run up the score, and Stoops has already said his starters wouldn't play the 2H. Combine that with Baylor having a decent running game, and this one doesn't get near as bad as people think it does.

 

[TEASERGURU]

Sound, your posts makes perfect cents! and I mean big CENTS! Baylor has at times scores points this year, and maybe they can get lucky enough to score once or twice on this Oklahoma Machine. Railbird, let's not forget that the "squares" win a few also. And let's also not forget that any "real" professional gambler would never lay that #, so who are you to make the conclusion that the squares are on Baylor. Believe me, if you speak to every Large professional gambler like Baxter, Tiger, etc. etc. NONE of them would lay 53, so in essence there really isn't a square side here as there is no established "wise guy" side. thanks for your time railbird as I am sure that you are unable to dispute the latter.

 

[THE SHRINK]

Teaser,

EXCELLENT POINT!

 

[Revere14]

Think they'll let me parlay the side and the total?

Revere14

 

[LogansRun]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Think they'll let me parlay the side and the total?

Revere14 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

LMAO!! Good one Revere!

 

[JJF]

Anytime the line is this high, I would take the dog or just not bother with the game.

The only time I've bet a line this high was the Florida-LA,Monroe game mentioned from 2001. I took the 56- points with Monroe. An early turnover from Florida let Monroe get 6 quick points. And Florida had a big game coming up the next week so even the mighty Steve Spurrier didn't waste time running the points up in the 4th quarter.

Keep in mind that for Oklahoma to cover a 52- point number, they really have to play nearly perfect football for 60 minutes. No turnovers, no back door touchdowns allowed in the second half, no special team miscues. And coming off a 77-0 win last week, I am sure the point spread is a little inflated.

Yes, Baylor is an awful team and is every year. Yes, there's a great chance they can lose 56-0 in this game or even worse. But taking Oklahoma hardly seems worth it.

Personally, I think the number is right on the money. 50-50 chance of a 49 point win and 50-50 chance of 56 point win. I don't see any value either way. With so many other games on the board, I think this is a good one to just not bother with.