Does anyone on this board know Bob Mueller? Let's get him doing something important for the country. The credibility of the electoral college (CFP) is at stake.
This is why, while I was concerned, I felt this rumor was more smoke with no fire. The Vegas guys are pretty sharp and if they felt the rumor was credible, they would have taken the game down.
Its not like the guy is Pat Dillingham..
It's not about a win / loss situation, but rather the point spread. Gamblers will bet against that point spread, and not the win or loss.
The gnomes of Las Vegas aren't going to dare risk putting out a line unless they have a pretty good idea about a specific game's situation. Otherwise, they'd easily open themselves up to losing shitloads of money, and that's not going to make the gambling bosses (legitimate ones or otherwise) happy at all. Heads tend to roll when that occurs, and I suspect that statement is both figuratively and literally...
Yes, a single player can certainly change the line.
I remember the 1995 Fiesta Bowl's line, where Colorado was certainly favored over our mismatched 1994 squad. Once they announced that Bobby Taylor, our best defensive player, was suspended for that game, the line tilted even more in Colorado's favor about two or three points, if I recall correctly.
all together. I can see if there was concern over not knowing who would start because then you don't know to shift line or not, or by how much...but if the rumor had been credible, then Book would be suspended so they know who would start, Wimbush. My doubt is that going from Book to Wimbush would be enough to make them take it off all together as fedman said, or would they just change the line significantly.
I'm no betting expert, but just going by what I recall seeing in similar situations in the past, my thought is they would slide the line not take it off.
The board is based on the point spread. There has been a great difference in performance between Wimbush - ND averaging 23 points per game - and Book with ND averaging almost twice that. If they were unsure who was going to start, the bookies would have taken the game off the board. They would have no way of knowing where to set the line until they had clarification on the Book situation.
Uranium One USA 0......