Early season betting questions.

Early season betting questions. I noticed some incredible differences in opening lines between Golden Nugget and Hilton. UNLV/Oregon St. was -14 at Nugget and -6.5 at Hilton. The current Nugget line is -10.5. My question is with two major points (7,10) being middled here, is this a definite play for middling the game? I figure losing the vig for one side for any result outside this margin being a 20:1 payoff if you can knock it down. What are the true odds of this middling working on a spread like this? Additionally, Utah/UNLV was 10.5 vs 7. What are the odds on this one?

Great middles, long gone. 3+ points is always fantastic for any middle.

We try to middle many games with 2 1/2 points IF key numbers are crossed. With the lines you got, we would bet the limit.

Update on the lines: UNLV/Oregon State is now 8.5 at Hilton and 10 at Nugget (some of you obviously took care of that spread) UNLV/Utah is 7 at Hilton and 10 at Nugget Those are as of 6 PM today. Thanks for the replies and suggestions.

UNLV is a curious animal, they get lots of home support in betting? Every year before the year begins. In 2006 and 2007 Vegas had their season wins at around 5/5.5. Reno (normally squaresville) knew better, and made them a full game lower in August. 2-10 and 2-10 and Vegas looked very silly. Fast forward to 2009, off a 5-7 year which included a miracle win @ASU, and they are POUNDING money on the Rebels AGAIN. Lines on GOYS seeing Rebels getting hit, AND season win ov/un up from 5 to 5.7. Reminds me of the love the Raiders got from all of us 2 years ago. We forget 1 thing......THEIR THE RAIDERS. HAving said that, I bet the Rebels in many GOYs, the numbers are just too good. And Utah is a total fraud IMO. The funny thing is NO ONE cares about the Rebels during the year in football. No one goes to the games, no one bets them in town. But the sharps seem to always love them in August.

[QUOTE=Fezzik;205] The funny thing is NO ONE cares about the Rebels during the year in football. No one goes to the games, no one bets them in town. But the sharps seem to always love them in August.[/QUOTE] What is a GOY? As far as saying no one goes to the games, I was at every game last year and watched the first 5 games draw great attendance. I honestly don't remember the final two (NM, Wyo) but Sam Boyd has been rocking. I do get that a lot of our opponents bring heavy numbers (Hawaii, BYU, Wisconsin) but the place IS full. Are you suggesting that the number will of 5.5 will fall for the Rebels? Right now, it's about universal in Vegas at over 5.5 being -130ish.

goy= game of the year. btw, the first five unlv games last year drew raucous crowds of 18,815, 25,567, 33,078 (unr), 21055 and 16127. the stadium seats 36,800 (most be one of the five lowest in d-I). yeah, those fans are devoted and dedicated like no other.

[QUOTE=goose148900;235] the stadium seats 36,800 (most be one of the five lowest in d-I). [/QUOTE] Not even close to the bottom 5. Below is a link with stadium sizes for NCAA and NFL. Note UNLV is 114 of 139 and the list is incomplete (I noticed Ball State is missing and they have around 24k seats.) But compared to most BCS schools, they are quite small. Something interesting to note. Schools with smaller football stadiums include Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Navy, Duke, and Washington State.

ok, not in the bottom 5 but still an apathetic crowd. btw, your link didn't attach.

Oops. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_football_stadiums_by_capacity