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Ugh. Hate it when the Cats are favored. Ugh does too.'Cats minus 3. Sounds about right.
I'd relish the day(s) when NU is favored by 14 or more every game.Ugh. Hate it when the Cats are favored. Ugh does too.
Me too.I'd relish the day(s) when NU is favored by 14 or more every game.
Ugh did not make the travel squad to Purdue. (I believe due to upper body injury) However, he will be available on Saturday, hence the 'Cats are minus 3.Ugh. Hate it when the Cats are favored. Ugh does too.
Exactly how I see the game. Equal teams on a neutral field.'Cats minus 3. Sounds about right.
Exactly how I see the game. Equal teams on a neutral field.
Similar talent levels (or perhaps a slight nod to us), but it all comes down to execution.
Will be a harder game than the Purdue game imo because Duke is less error-prone and better disciplined than Purdue.
Well, if Fitz scheduled pushovers like Collins then maybe that will happen. Even Akron, perhaps our weakest opponent, was in a bowl.I'd relish the day(s) when NU is favored by 14 or more every game.
Ugh did not make the travel squad to Purdue. (I believe due to upper body injury) However, he will be available on Saturday, hence the 'Cats are minus 3.
No.Did “no” make the trip?
No made the trip, but did not dress. Lower body issue sustained getting off the bus, but should be ready for the BIG schedule. The guys I'm really concerned about are Moar and Dang. Like Vault they appear to be MIA.Did “no” make the trip?
...but Duke has Jones. I have heard that NU may have found some kryptonite to keep those superpowers in check....but Purdue has Brohm ...
Well, if Fitz scheduled pushovers like Collins then maybe that will happen. Even Akron, perhaps our weakest opponent, was in a bowl.
Our weakest opponent is likely Illinois. And if not them, then probably Rutgers.
Should have scheduled Kent St. or Western.Well, if Fitz scheduled pushovers like Collins then maybe that will happen. Even Akron, perhaps our weakest opponent, was in a bowl.
New Mexico State looks really, really bad in their first two games. And Wyoming who shellacked NMSU got steamrolled by Washington State. We shall see.I get the feeling that the wheels may come off for Minnesota pretty quickly once B1G play starts.
Should have scheduled Kent St. or Western.
Because we worry. It’s just our thing.Akron got smoked by Penn State 52-0 to open last year, then 41-14 by Iowa State in the third game, then absolutely obliterated by FAU 50-3 in the Boca Raton Bowl.
Why are we worried about them again?
Our weakest opponent is likely Illinois. And if not them, then probably Rutgers.
Because we worry. It’s just our thing.
We just can’t have nice things.It is bizarre just how difficult it is for NU fans to comprehend that we have a real live, good football team.
It is bizarre just how difficult it is for NU fans to comprehend that we have a real live, good football team.
I believe it. But, to paraphrase you from another thread, as long as “#18 is on this series count bs,” I think some fretting is reasonable.
And little Brohm!
'Cats minus 3. Sounds about right.
They have tended to have a pretty weak OOC schedule over the yearsI get the feeling that the wheels may come off for Minnesota pretty quickly once B1G play starts.
I know little about odds making. Please explain your thinking here.From a bettor perspective, if I had to lay it today, I'd take Duke +3 or even Duke moneyline. I certainly won't since I don't bet against a team I'm rooting for, but it's the apparently sharp play here (when I get hammered for this after NU wins, I remind you that consistently-winning "sharps" win only about 53% of the time).
I know little about odds making. Please explain your thinking here.
I get it now. Sharps are the elites who play off the Squares.The teams are essentially power rated evenly on a neutral field, so a 3 point line is pretty much dead on. Despite 83% of the early bets on NU (per SportsInsights), the line hasn't moved off the initial posted number, which means public perception is not driving the number up to 3.5, where sharps would pound the underdog. I'll take a +3 dog in a coinflip game where the public is all over the favorite almost as a rule.
I get it now. Sharps are the elites who play off the Squares.
Now I know why I was always called "square" in elementary school by the kids who would take my lunch money.Correct!
Now I know why I was always called "square" in elementary school by the kids who would take my lunch money.