Rockne's Roundtable

The Michigan line surprises me. I know we're home, but that isn't really much of an advantage lately.

Honestly I think 12 is being nice considering all the talk about how we will get dominated in Norman

I saw a couple more spreads on twitter yesterday.

ND -9.5 over Miami
It said its the first time since 1982 that ND is favored over the Canes. (Could that be right?)

ND +13 over USC
Said ND hasn't been a double digit dog since 2008, but they are twice this season (USC and Oklahoma)

So if it's say -9 that means ND is favored by 9 points?

And a +12 would mean ND is expected to lose by 12 points?

Sorry guys, my gambling knowledge extends to poker and that's about it.

BYU is a trap game if I've ever seen one. Watch out for Purdue as well. They should be a much improved team with 19 starters returning, and they made through spring ball healthy for the first time in awhile.

That's funny! You may be the only real gambler on here!

BYU will be a top 20 team when we play them. A game against a ranked team CANNOT be considered a trap game!

First of all, LOVING IT that there is a posting about gambling lines, I thought it was possibly taboo here, but this opens up a world of possibilities for future posts and entertaining reads.

The Maestro and 19blueandgold85.

Maestro, good question about us NOT being favored against Miami. 1989 and 1990 stick out. The first one we were ranked #1 going into the game vs #7 Miami in the Orange bowl. Though Miami was riding like a 25 game home winning streak. 1990 we both had one loss, they were #2, we were #6, we were at home. IT would be surpinsing we werent favored in either, yet it is possible.

19BnG85, "trap" is a word I often use to illustrate where "the HERD" is moving, which is I think what you mean also. We all know that Sheep travel in herds, and sheep get slaughtered. I have made it a habit to watch closely for traps, pick them selectively(maybe 1 every week or two), and bet the other way when I see it.

To illustrate a quick example(of which there are dozens upon dozens), I remember one in particular for an NBA playoff game. The whole series, depending WHERE(home or away) the game was being played, the home team was giving 3. In this particular game 6 the home team(whom I was a fan of) was GETTING 2.5. I remember thinking, "Its over, we're sunk... we wont win tonight" and I sat and listened with head shaking to talking heads on TV or on the radio speak of how great an opportunity on the line it was. An opportunity it certainly was, to go with the AWAY team who wound up winning by 7 or 8.

Navy only minus 13.5 scares me, I would like our chances more at 14.5. Also Miami at 9.5 would be liked better at 10.5 by me. But USC at 13 is nice, at 14.5 or 15 we have a tougher uphill battle.

Watch out for TRAPS everybody! :)

I love the Navy 13.5 but then again I don't gamble. I was expecting that game to be around -20