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The conversation is not about why books exist. He and others here suggest every week all lines are made to bait people to bet it all on one side.

It’s about not having a huge liability on one side. That’s it. Not marketability of the number.

So we’ve gone from vegas coming up with lines that make people wanna bet, meaning they aren’t off of pure projections, to they make lines bc it’s their business lmao. I mean yea

Wrong. It’s all projections made by computers. Setting a perfect line for both sides is not enticing to the masses. People bet when they believe they found an edge or for entertainment purposes. Trap lines to get people to bet, are few and far between.

In a perfect world they set perfect opening lines and never have to move it bc it’s 50/50 both sides. They’re guaranteed to win on every game. They do not like having huge liabilities. The lines will be set whether people bet or not.

“Lines are set to get people to bet” is wrong.

You think vegas just makes up lines that they think people will bet on? No. They have billion dollar computers and algorithms that project games, totals etc. They make lines accordingly and move them based on what bettors do. This isn’t 1970 anymore.

Lol

You aren’t really wrong it technically is a rivalry game. It’s just a real strange ordeal in this area. Duke could be playing for a national title and they’d have 43 fans there. All while UNC and State fans would probably not even know Duke made it there. It would be the last segment on local...

Prime time game against your “rival,” you have your best team in years, a win could get you to the top of the Coastal, and there wasn’t even traffic in Durham Saturday night. That game didn’t even lead the local news sports spot lmao. Not a single soul cares. What school we’re you at for 2 years?

Carolina/Duke in football is not a rivalry in any real sense of the word. Yes they play for a trophy, but UNC cares more about long tenured series vs Wake and UVA than Duke. Their FSU-like rival in football is NC St and I’d even argue Miami is now 1B bc of the Coastal battle. Duke does not have...

You people never stop with this.

I said this in week 3 and got laughed at. I’ll be shocked if they don’t put up 28 or more. Hope I’m wrong.

DO NOT LAY OVER A TD WITH THIS TEAM AGAINST ANY P5 OPPONENT