Monday, December 09, 2013

Vegas likes Florida State by more than a touchdown over Auburn

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/

FROM KEITH GROLLER


Finally, the farewell BCS championship matchup is set.
I don't know if most of the country, outside of northern Florida and Alabama will care, but it's Florida State vs. Auburn for the national title.
And I admit that even the Granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, seems a bit drabby with Stanford playing Michigan State. I personally would have rather seen Ohio State play Oregon in the Orange Bowl, or somehow, an Ohio State-Alabama matchup. Wouldn't that have been fun? Instead we have a bunch of ho-hummers in my opinion.
Here are some odds on some of the bigger games courtesy of RJ Bell of Pregame.com:
Early Bowl Lines

BCS Title: Florida State -8.5 vs. Auburn

Rose Bowl: Stanford -1.5 vs. Michigan State

Fiesta Bowl: Baylor -17 over Central Florida

Sugar Bowl: Alabama -14.5 over Oklahoma

Orange Bowl: Ohio State -4.5 over Clemson

BCS Title Odds BEFORE the season started (at LVH)

Florida State 40 to 1

Auburn: 1000 to 1

Alabama STILL Best Team (in the eyes of Vegas)

Alabama would be favored over ANY other college football team
(the closest matchup would be Alabama favored by 3-points over Florida State)

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