Vegas is not releasing our line - Tulane QB ?

[huskypantz]

Still waiting on the line - looks like their formerly starting QB is still listed as questionable. I am not sure either QB is a significant difference either way, but would obviously prefer the backup who threw maybe one pass before the Memphis game. I think we're -3 when the dust settles.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Tulane is favored by 2.5

 

[whaler11]

Tulane is favored by 2.5

It seems to be off the board on the injury - I'd put the open at UConn -3.5/-4.

 

[Dooley]

If we're getting points, I'm playing heavy.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

Tulane is favored by 2.5

That is nuts. They've beaten Maine and UCF and are favored?

 

[Colt house75]

Interesting.... will be curious if their starting QB comes back off of injury.
Their backup QB who started last week was supposed to be a GA and Tulane talked him into
playing this year instead(with a scholarship thrown in of course).

 

[UConnJim]

Using the Sagarin ratings, UConn would be a 6 to 7 point favorite.

 

[SAMCRO]

opened at Tulane -2.5, hasn't moved much yet. I think by kickoff it will be under a point to even.

 

[UConnJim]

opened at Tulane -2.5, hasn't moved much yet. I think by kickoff it will be under a point to even.

The sites I check say no line, although Vegasinsider listed Tulane -2.5, but I don't think that is a real line.

 

[SAMCRO]

That is nuts. They've beaten Maine and UCF and are favored?

I was looking at Tulane's schedule, they're 0-4 in AAC, but in fairness to them they lost to Memphis, Houston, Temple, and Navy. The OOC losses are Duke and GT. I think UConn wins, but since Vegas is trying to get money played on both sides of the bet, setting the line somewhere between -2 to Even doesn't seem that off.

 

[SAMCRO]

The sites I check say no line, although Vegasinsider listed Tulane -2.5, but I don't think that is a real line.

Ya, I saw it on VI, so will see what it comes out from the sport books. I think it will be close to that mark, maybe move down a point or 1.5.

 

[gioff23]

I prefer to be the dog. After game 2 there was one game where I saw us as the fav and that was USF. And I am still ticked at the effort we then put forth. We're road dogs until we earn otherwise. More importantly, I want these kids to enter that place with a chip on their shoulder.

 

[businesslawyer]

I prefer to be the dog. After game 2 there was one game where I saw us as the fav and that was USF. And I am still ticked at the effort we then put forth. We're road dogs until we earn otherwise. More importantly, I want these kids to enter that place with a chip on their shoulder.

Effort? Seriously? The offense gained a gazillion yards and the D was great for 30 minutes. I don't think lack of effort explained anything.

 

[Dooley]

I will take the points and play the ML like the ECU game and be giddy about it. I hope by the time my site releases a line, we are still a dog.

 

[Dooley]

And I am still ticked at the red zone execution we then put forth.

Fixed.

 

[gioff23]

if only it were a 30 min game, we'd be 6-2. I'm sorry, but there were so many missed opportunities that day. You could feel them losing their grip with every mistake. To me, the inability to execute (other than between the 30s or at all on D in 2d half) was a lack of effort. That was the only game we lost this season where we were the better team.

 

[businesslawyer]

if only it were a 30 min game, we'd be 6-2. I'm sorry, but there were so many missed opportunities that day. You could feel them losing their grip with every mistake. To me, the inability to execute (other than between the 30s or at all on D in 2d half) was a lack of effort. That was the only game we lost this season where we were the better team.

So we were working hard until we got to the 30, and then we stopped caring? That really makes sense to you?

 

[gioff23]

I'm not sure what it is you are arguing about. if you feel we gave a full effort and got beat by a better team, you win the argument. I think we were the better team. I'm not sure how you give full effort to an inferior team and lose, but since you periodically see yourself as board wizard, I'm sure you'll explain why your thoughts about the effort that day are far superior to my views

your witness

 

[Waquoit]

I figured out how they came up with the original line. The linemaker thinks, "No one knows what these two teams are gonna do. I'm calling it even, three points for the home team gives Tulane -3. Wait a sec, it's UConn fans! I'll give 'em 2 1/2, they'll be happy to get it!"

 

[sportsart]

I'm not sure what it is you are arguing about. if you feel we gave a full effort and got beat by a better team, you win the argument. I think we were the better team. I'm not sure how you give full effort to an inferior team and lose, but since you periodically see yourself as board wizard, I'm sure you'll explain why your thoughts about the effort that day are far superior to my views

your witness

So you are saying all the players have to do is give 100% effort and they will beat inferior teams everytime?

Ring, ring....hello coach Diaco? You got a minute?

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Looks like according to http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/, "CG Technology" has us at -7. No idea who that is.

 

[Nostical]

I'm not sure how you give full effort to an inferior team and lose

At the risk of starting us down a dark hole of discussion--the way you lose, even with full effort--is at the very time when scoring is imminent the coaches fail the players via poor play calls or time mismanagement. My sense is with the lessons learned since USF, Cincy and ECU, if we played USF again, our red zone management would be vastly different.

 

[businesslawyer]

At the risk of starting us down a dark hole of discussion--the way you lose, even with full effort--is at the very time when scoring is imminent the coaches fail the players via poor play calls or time mismanagement. My sense is with the lessons learned since USF, Cincy and ECU, if we played USF again, our red zone management would be vastly different.

That is one way. Another is that flaws and disadvantages get magnified in a short field, and coaching can't overcompensate for it as easily as on a large field.

See -- you were right. You shouldn't have taken us into a dark hole.

 

[whaler11]

Looks like according to http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/, "CG Technology" has us at -7. No idea who that is.

Cantor Gaming.

 

[whaler11]

That is one way. Another is that flaws and disadvantages get magnified in a short field, and coaching can't overcompensate for it as easily as on a large field.

See -- you were right. You shouldn't have taken us into a dark hole.

Another thing is there is a lot of potential variance over the course of a handful of plays in a football game.

It's weird how the coaches are generally better at home and generally better against teams that aren't as good.

It's almost as if a team being down to their third and fourth quarterback could make a defense look better.