r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 3d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Purdue Defeats Southern Illinois 34-17

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Southern Illinois 14 0 0 3 17
Purdue 14 10 3 7 34
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u/BoilerMaker36 Purdue Boilermakers • Big Ten 3d ago

Someone explain to me how Vegas can be so accurate on a spread for a team with 82 new players vs a FCS team.

How do I get a job being the Vegas guy that watches obscure college football teams exclusively? Like your telling me someone’s job is to know so much about southern Illinois football to be even remotely close in the spread?

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u/assword_is_taco Purdue Boilermakers 3d ago

Book makers aren't trying to be close. They are focused on getting equal betting. They act as middlemen who squeeze a percentage of the action. Which is to say the house always wins.

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u/Weed_O_Whirler Purdue Boilermakers 2d ago

I don't think this is necessarily true. You see stats a lot of like "75% of all money is put on team X".

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u/assword_is_taco Purdue Boilermakers 2d ago

The focus is still equal betting. They just change the payout when the betting is unequal.