2007-2008 CBB mechanical Home small faves System

[Paul B.]

Damn, close one today. I'm 6-10-1 YTD on this system [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. I have bad timing.

[crooked2412]

Looks like tomorrow gives a few options to bet for this particular system....

Eastern Mich
Michigan
Maryland
Valpo

just to name a few, should be interesting

[mulebennett]

Do ACC/Big 10 challenge games fit here? UMD beat Illinois in Champaign last year and it was a very emotionally charged game, don't know if that factors in at all.

[MicroBob]

Good point.
If we're discounting the big rivalry games then I think doing the same for the Big10/ACC challenge could be warranted because I think these games are kind of a big deal for many of the schools, similar in emotion to a conference game I suppose.

[MicroBob]

I know nothing about the area or the schools but I have to think Portland vs. Portland St is likely a rivalry game for those programs.
One is in the WCC and the other is in the Big Sky.


Lots of other games to watch tonight.
I'm looking at
EMU -3
CMU -4.5
Rich -3.5 (rivalry vs. Wm and Mary maybe?)
MICH -3
MD -2.5
ARK -4.5
Valpo -3.5
PSU -1.5
NEV -3.5
EKU -1.5
La Tech -3

The MD, MICH and PSU games I'm undecided on including as I think there is significant pride in this Big10/ACC showdown thing that they do.


Wm and Mary College is 50 miles from Richmond. Both teams might view this as somewhat rivalry-like.

And just outside of the home-fave system are a few other games that I like too including:
Wright St -5
Kent -5
Miami OH -6

FWIW - even if the Miami OH line was less than 5 I think their annual battle against Dayton is a big enough deal for both programs to count as a rivalry game.

[mulebennett]

NAJ NEED YOUR JUDGMENT CALL ON BIG10/ACC GAMES.

[CrushinFelt]

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[NajdorfDefense]

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Of course they count, they are not rivalry games. This only goes for Extremely Heated Rivalry games like Cinci-Xavier [in the same town, everyone knows and hates everyone else.]

Does not go for just any teams in same town. These are rare, like StJoes v Nova, not Drexel v Nova. No one at Nova cares about Drexel. In other words The Game of The Year in that town, where you'd rather beat them and lose 5 than the reverse.