Where the action is: Line moves and weather-affected games

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Randy Scott is the sportsbook manager of betED.com. Each week he reveals the sharp action and weather impacting lines.

Iowa St 62.5
Oklahoma St -30
Sat 3:30 pm ABC
- The total was hit by wise action at: Under 64.5
- The pointspread is down from: -31
- Where the public is: Oklahoma St by a ratio of 4.1 to 1.2
- Where the money is: Oklahoma St and under
- This is an extremely lopsided match. We give Iowa St no shot at wining this game but a moderate favorite to cover the spread.
 
Florida -6.5
Georgia 56.5
Sat 3:30 pm CBS
GAME BEING PLAYED AT JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL STADIUM JACKSONVILLE, FL
- The pointspread was hit by wise action on: Georgia +7
- The total is down from: 57
- Where the public is: Florida by a ratio of 15.6 to 4.6
- Where the money is: Florida
- Florida should win this one. We have them as moderate favorites to win outright but the wise action is telling us to keep the pointspread low.
 
Kansas St 72
Kansas -9
Sat 12:30 pm FSN

- The point-spread was hit by wise action on: Kansas St +10
- The total is up from: 71.5
- Where the public is: Split
- Where the money is: Kansas St
- We have Kansas as big favorites to win the game but give them only coin-flip odds to cover.
 
Texas -4
Texas Tech 75
Sat 8:00 pm ABC
- The total was hit by wise action at: Under 75.5
- The pointspread opened at: Texas -6
- Where the public is: Texas by a ratio of 13.0 to 6.0
- Where the money is: Split
- We have Texas Tech down as decent underdogs to cover the spread but only give them a slim chance to win outright on home field.
 
Florida St 42
Georgia Tech -2.5
Sat 3:30 pm ABC
- The pointspread was hit by wise action on: Georgia Tech -1
- The total is down from: 41.5
- Where the public is: Florida St by a ratio of 5.2 to 2.3
- Where the money is: Split
- We have this game very close to even odds, but will be leaning towards Georgia Tech due to the wise action.
 
TCU -14.5
UNLV 53.5
Sat 8:00 pm CBC
- The pointspread was hit by wise action on: UNLV +15
- The total opened at: 53.5
- Where the public is: TCU by a ratio of 10.6 to 3.0
- Where the money is: TCU
- We don’t give UNLV much of a chance to win this game outright, but the pointspread might be high enough for them to cover as home dogs.

Weather-affected games

Oregon 59.5
California -3
Sat 3:30 pm ABC

- 70 percent chance of rain.
- The total was hit by wise action at: Under 60.5
- The pointspread opened at: California -3
- Where the public is: Split
- Where the money is: Split
- The weather could have an impact on the total of this game, plus we have wise action on the under. We have this matchup as almost even odds but give California the home-team edge to win and cover.
 
 
Washington St 53.5
Stanford -30
Sat 5:00 pm
- 70 percent chance of rain.
- The point-spread opened at: Stanford -30
- The total opened at: 53.5
- There has been no movement on this game.
 
Arizona St 53.5
Oregon St -15
Sat 10:15 pm
70 percent chance of rain.
- The total was hit by wise action at: Under 54
- The pointspread opened at: Arizona St -14
- Where the public is: Oregon St by a ratio of 5.1 to 1.7
- Where the money is: Oregon St
- The weather could have an impact on the total of this game, plus we have wise action on the under. We have Oregon St as a big favorite to win the game but we also give Arizona St equal odds to cover the spread.

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