and will be televised on ABC (at least, that's how it's listed on ESPN at this time). Bleah. I prefer day games (except in early September).
I'm in Portugal now so the game starts at or after 11pm the next two games. Hope it's worth staying up for.
The one time I don’t want a night game, we get a night game. Candidly, I just don’t get it. We have the marquee game against Alabama and it’s an 11 AM start. We’re playing a much lower interest game next Saturday, and it starts at 6:30. I suppose the strategy for the networks is to hook the audience with a good game early, and then try keep them.
I’ll be attending that game, so at least the 6:30 kick means I can have a leisurely breakfast, a leisurely lunch, a leisurely drive to the campus, a leisurely hunt for a parking space, and plenty of time to wander the campus and enjoy the pre-game activities at my leisure. Oh yeah, and then watch the game. And probably get back to the hotel after midnight. Nothing wrong with night games*, I just prefer college games be played in the afternoon. *Except for the 1994 Texas~Rice game, which was moved to a Sunday night to please ESPN. That kind of sucked.
I downloaded a VPN (NordVPN) to my Amazon Firestick. It's not free. But it allows me to watch my YouTube TV. And every other streaming service I use.
Obrigado. It was a good night. Little more stressful than I would've liked. Another late night next Saturday. Hopefully with the same results.
Here we go again. I'll believe it when I see it. Did no oddsmakers watch a relatively poor passer Martinez light up the Texas secondary? It makes me sick to think about what Duggar will do. Can Texas outscore them?
Texas will beat tcu. They have played 4 conf games at home and haven’t dominated anyone. We play well at home. Patterson will have lots of info for us.
Agree Run. I don't get it. TCU undefeated and ranked #7? I don't bet so maybe I don't get it I know odds are to bring money in so are they trying to hook as many people who like giving TCU points as they can? If you look at the cumulative stats it makes no sense
So the real number is 9.5, but upon further thought YotS is correct - for some reason other than trying to lure TCU money, odds makers have lost their mind with that spread (-6.5 or -9.5).
Which doesn’t bode well for us given our pattern in the late third/fourth quarter. We will probably need to be up by 20+ at that point to hold on for a three or four point win.
The oddsmakers did get it right against wheat aggy, and had it should have been right against osu, isu, and sand aggy, if only Texas would play a complete offensive game (defense wouldn’t look so bad then).
I said all year that part of the 2nd half defense problems have been bad offense production. Yes, the D should step up, but that also applies to the offense. Point is we are close to being favored in every game and then making it happen.
Home field is generally considered a 3 or 4 point advantage but some can be more or less so oddsmakers are still considering Texas would be a favorite on a neutral field with a 6.5 point spread. Let’s say 3 points. Having said that, oddsmakers set lines to try and generate equal betting on both sides. If they get the same amount bet each way or close to it they are guaranteed money as their 10 -20% juice kicks in. If they are getting more money bet on one side they will adjust the line to get more play the other way but they can’t adjust too much or they run the risk of getting middled and lose both ends. That’s why it’s important to set a good line early. Some teams just get more public play for whatever reason so their lines can be inflated. But again the goal is to get close to equal amounts bet each way so they are guaranteed money because of the juice or commission they charge to place the bet.
I would also say college game day being there generally adds to the home field advantage. It’s a night game. The crowd will be into it. Look at the crowd at the Alabama game and it was an 11 o’clock game.