USA Today Line on Bama....

[Bama Lee]

The Hawgs are favored by 6 as of today. Bama is getting no respect. I suppose that is due to the weak competition that we have played to date and the loss of Brodie Croyle. THough, I must admit, I am not sure whether I would bet on this game.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/gaming/sheridan.htm

 

[bamanut_aj]

Since when does being an underdog equal no respect? All it means is that some guy in Vegas thinks that Vegas can win more with the line at Arkansas -6.

 

[RobK]

Sheridan sets the USA Today lines and he had been saying all along until last week that Alabama would be favored against Ark. I assume the Croyle injury is the reason for his change of opinion. Look at it this way: Bama as a six point underdog is a bargain for anyone that might choose to wager on it.

RTR :biga2:

 

[ihatefulmer]

tHAT SPREAD IS PROBABLY BASED UPON ARK. GIVING TEXAS A TOUGH GAME AND BRODIE.THE GENERAL PUBLIC OUTSIDE OF ALABAMA DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT US.

 

[RollTideinGA]

Typically by rule isnt the home team favored by 6 in close games? I see no problem with it. Besides then we can say we upset the piggies.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

If the teams are roughly equal...

then the home advantage is generally considered to be three points. I guess our QB uncertainties add the other three

 

[jdpas29]

well... if Arkansas wants to win this game, both sides of their team will have to play much better than they have so far. I don't look for 'sauce to score more than 20 points.

 

[TiderinMiss]

I'll tell you something from some recent experience...

I'm in an office pool this season, and last week, I had a hard trime deciding some games that were to be within a TD. I went with the odds from USAToday and Sheridan, being I had a hard time deciding who to pick. Guess what? Half of those picks ended up wrong.


The oddsmakers can make a pretty good guess, but there are some intangibles that can't be measured by numbers. We'll see Saturday.

 

[crimsonoldtimer]

I think in some instances it doesn't hurt to be the underdog. As long as we win it doesn't matter what the point spread is. I guess if you have money on the game it does, but I just want a win. :BigA:

 

[RobK]

The line on Saturday's game is starting to move back toward Bama. I've seen Arkansas now being favored by 5 and 5 1/2 in some places. That line should continue to decrease as the week goes on and the initial shock and emotion of the Croyle injury wears off.

RTR :biga:

 

[tennhogfan04]

jdpas29,

What do you mean when you say both sides have to play better than they have so far? Our offense is averaging over 40 pts a game. Now, defense, sure we need to and will improve as the season goes on as we are very young. But as a Hog fan, I couldn't be more excited about our offense's ability to move the ball. We have gained 1577 yards in 3 games. I'd say that is pretty impressive with such inexperience.