by tugboathunter » November 21, 2016, 8:29 pm
Mike, I have to respectfully disagree with almost everything you said in your last two posts. You mention that U-M hasn't covered the spread in several wins. I would argue that Vegas often doesn't have a clue what they are doing when they come up with these spreads. It's much better to not worry about what vegas thinks, and to just watch the games. You can learn something new every week by simply watching. Not every team plays the same way every week. For example, we have seen that Michigan State, despite a horrible season, can still play very inspired and competitive games against their biggest rivals. Vegas doesn't take that into account.
If you remember, for the Big Ten championship game in 2014, Vegas had Ohio State as the underdog against Wisconsin. OSU won by 59. Of course, I'm not really into betting, but I do my best to ignore anything the bookmakers say and simply focus on the results in the football field.
You also said that Washington and clemson deserve top 5 rankings, but OSU and U of M don't because of their schedules? What good team has Washington beat this season? Stanford? I don't think they're good at all. Clemson has played better competition, but they haven't blown anybody out, all their games have been closer than they should be. I remember you knocked Michigan for only beating Wisconsin by 7, but Clemson has played closer against much worse than wisconsin (who is ranked #5). Keep in mind that OSU had scored 62 points in back to back games before playing MSU on the road in the snow. That's hardly an excuse for how their offense looked, but last year OSU played horribly against MSU before bouncing back to clobber Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Mike, I have to respectfully disagree with almost everything you said in your last two posts. You mention that U-M hasn't covered the spread in several wins. I would argue that Vegas often doesn't have a clue what they are doing when they come up with these spreads. It's much better to not worry about what vegas thinks, and to just watch the games. You can learn something new every week by simply watching. Not every team plays the same way every week. For example, we have seen that Michigan State, despite a horrible season, can still play very inspired and competitive games against their biggest rivals. Vegas doesn't take that into account.
If you remember, for the Big Ten championship game in 2014, Vegas had Ohio State as the underdog against Wisconsin. OSU won by 59. Of course, I'm not really into betting, but I do my best to ignore anything the bookmakers say and simply focus on the results in the football field.
You also said that Washington and clemson deserve top 5 rankings, but OSU and U of M don't because of their schedules? What good team has Washington beat this season? Stanford? I don't think they're good at all. Clemson has played better competition, but they haven't blown anybody out, all their games have been closer than they should be. I remember you knocked Michigan for only beating Wisconsin by 7, but Clemson has played closer against much worse than wisconsin (who is ranked #5). Keep in mind that OSU had scored 62 points in back to back games before playing MSU on the road in the snow. That's hardly an excuse for how their offense looked, but last year OSU played horribly against MSU before bouncing back to clobber Michigan in Ann Arbor.