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I hate to recycle a topic from Skip Bayless and the First and 10 crew on First Take, but after watching two games last night I think it's something the betting community should debate.
I was all fired up for the first meaningful football since February, but those games last night - at least the USC-NC State and Oregon-Boise State games - were borderline unenjoyable.
The Gamecocks and Wolfpack combine for 10 points in a 60-minute game while the Ducks and Broncos were having a competition of ugliest turnover.
The under went 4-0-1 in the five games with lines.
You have to ask if the quality of football would have been better had each team had more than just a few lively scrimmages for preparation.
Now some will tell me that there already is a preseason in college football. As Covers.com senior editor Jon Campbell pointed out in his column yesterday, Thirty-seven of the 78 games this weekend feature a D-1-A school against a D-1-AA program.
But is that what bettors really want to see? Should we be subjected to wager on games with pointspreads north of 40 or even 70 for that matter?
Of course there are some ways to make a buck in the opening weekend. The under is 47-38-2 in the first week in the last two seasons combined.
Here are the unders I like on Saturday (odds courtesy of Betjamaica.com):
Minnesota-Syracuse (Under 47)
Baylor-Wake Forest (Under 53)
Northern Illinois-Wisconsin (Under 50.5)
Good luck this weekend gang.
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