Football picked eighth in media poll

Started by nyc94, August 14, 2010, 03:40:27 PM

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Towerroad

Quote from: TrotskyWell, Harvard is #33 and we are playing in Alston.  I guess we are probably looking at about a 14 point betting line.

"I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!"

David Harding

Quote from: TrotskyWell, Harvard is #33 and we are playing in Alston.  I guess we are probably looking at about a 14 point betting line.
That close?

Killer

Quote from: Towerroad
Quote from: TrotskyWell, Harvard is #33 and we are playing in Alston.  I guess we are probably looking at about a 14 point betting line.

"I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!"

Folks are getting in the spirt for Atlantic City (that well-known hotbed of college hockey).

French Rage

Quote from: TrotskyWell, Harvard is #33 and we are playing in Alston.  I guess we are probably looking at about a 14 point betting line.

People bet on Ivy League football?  Were these people specifically forbidden to bet on good games?  :P
03/23/02: Maine 4, Harvard 3
03/28/03: BU 6, Harvard 4
03/26/04: Maine 5, Harvard 4
03/26/05: UNH 3, Harvard 2
03/25/06: Maine 6, Harvard 1

phillysportsfan

Quote from: French Rage
Quote from: TrotskyWell, Harvard is #33 and we are playing in Alston.  I guess we are probably looking at about a 14 point betting line.

People bet on Ivy League football?  Were these people specifically forbidden to bet on good games?  :P

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/sports/ncaabasketball/06ivy.html
It might not be a bad game to bet given the lack of knowledge and information about the teams by the people who set the betting lines. There was an article in the ny times a few years ago how a bunch of guys bet ivy league friday basketball games because there is nothing else going on and a lot of times the handicappers dont have great information on the teams