Civil War spread opens at Oregon -8

That's a big spread for a rivalry game featuring two top-15ish teams. Thoughts?

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Nifty.

Maybe they’re looking at the advantage of Autzen (I know, I know.)

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by qrsouther on Nov 29, 2009 12:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Makes sense

Autzen is worth about a TD and this game would otherwise be about even.

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by skywaker9 on Nov 29, 2009 1:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

For two teams at the top of the Pac-10? That seems awfully high. Both offenses are very good, Oregon State has been questionable all year on defense and Oregon isn’t exactly coming in with momentum on that side of the ball either. That line just seems way out of left field to me.

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by dvieira on Nov 29, 2009 1:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You do have to remember

Lines are not intended to be predictive but to encourage bettting. Still this is strange because Oregon’s lines have always started this year on the low side (for them) and then moved up as Oregon had money bet on them. This seems designed to encourage OSU bets.

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by skywaker9 on Nov 29, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

OSU fans can barely show up and buy tickets. How are they gonna put bets down?

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by NEP on Nov 29, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The over/under is also at 61, so they’re expecting about a 35-27 game. Doesn’t sound all that outlandish to me.

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by jtlight on Nov 29, 2009 2:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I’d be surprised if either team holds the other to under 35. But hey, I thought the same about Boise.

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by ProbablyMonty on Nov 29, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think there will be nerves on both sides to start the game, so the game may start off pretty slow… but once the fireworks start…watch out!

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by Matt Daddy on Nov 29, 2009 2:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Although itf we are leading at the half

We’re in great shape.

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by skywaker9 on Nov 29, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If we lead at the end of the fourth quarter, we should be in pretty good shape

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by CaDuck on Nov 29, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If we're leading at the end of the game, I'll be happy

by gamedaytribe on Nov 29, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Good strategy,

Lets see how this works out

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So, how is it that one brother is named "James", and the next one "Jacquizz"?
Anyways, based on the picture; they look as if they have a relationship thats a little too comfortable.

by CaDuck on Nov 29, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My guess is the spread narrows through the week

.. to something like -6.

I like the over here. I can see this being something like 45-35.

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by benzedrine on Nov 29, 2009 4:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I don't know, I think a TD plus one is a pretty fair estimate.

You get any closer than that and OSU is a pretty tough sell. Maybe the -8 is going to make folks come out of the woodwork and push it, but I have my doubts.

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by everett on Nov 29, 2009 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I would say that the over is a lock.

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 29, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Of course I would have said that about the Zona game

And had it not been for the tying drive by Masoli we wouldn’t have hit the 58.5 over.

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by skywaker9 on Nov 29, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

But Vegas doesn't care if it's overtime..

The final score obliterated the over.

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by benzedrine on Nov 29, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I know

I know, Just saying.

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by skywaker9 on Nov 29, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

good call.

61 will go up for sure.

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by everett on Nov 29, 2009 4:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Juju shall will it.

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by Jeff Daddy on Nov 29, 2009 7:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

My guess is that they’ve seen the same stats jtlight posted earlier this week – Oregon has been ridiculously dominant at home. If the game is played in Corvallis, it would probably be a pick em.

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by Gorbachav5 on Nov 29, 2009 9:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs