MyTurn's week 3 CFB (9/14-9/16)

[Guyon]

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MT2R,

Your Rutgers/Ill pick in week 2 was a big winner. If you like to calculate EV, I was able to convince some Baton Rouge gamblers (who don't know much about football outside the SEC, still think highly of Illinois b/c of the 2001 Sugar bown, tout about Ron Zook (who coached at UF and Saints D-coor),and believe that still Rutgers sucks more than any team in the NCAA) to take Illinois at a Pick'em. Wow, I laughed so hard at their expense.

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Pick'em....that's AWESOME
lol

Funny, I thought they didn't really think much of Illinois either. Everytime I go down that way, I still get the "Tiger Bait" taunts and constant reminders of the Sugar Bowl if I wear anything that says Illinois.

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To some people, betting on a team that's +10.5=betting on a team to win outright. They just want to bet to either prove they are right or brag that the underdog won (in the event that they are aware that they are taking the UD).

Let me clarify about LSU fans thinking highly of Illinois b/c of the 2001 Sugar Bowl...They think highly of them because LSU won, so therefore Illinois being superior validates the win even more.

Speaking of LSU, what do you make of the LSU/Auburn line. I'm going to try and find an Auburn fan in my section who I can bet with while using "fanfare" to buy extra points.