NCAAF Week 8
point spread: Louisville vs. Connecticut, Texas and Michigan
As we continue our spread and
betting preview on the college football Week 8 games we look at
Louisville vs. Connecticut, Texas at Baylor and Michigan vs.
Illinois.
We
start with the Friday college football game between
Louisville (4-3) and Connecticut (5-1), which will
start at 8:00pm at Rentschler Field. At the betting website
Bookmaker Louisville is going
on the road as a favorite to win this game with odds -160 and
the hosting Connecticut is underdog with betting odds +140. The
point spread on the Louisville vs. Connecticut match-up
is currently posted at -3 points chalk Louisville with a total
at 62.5 points. So far Louisville is 2-4 against the spread in
its last 6 games. The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Louisville's
last 6 games on the road. Louisville wide receiver Mario Urrutia
remains questionable for Week 8 with toe injury and Connecticut
RB Donald Brown is questionable due to ankle injury.
On Saturday No.19 Texas (5-2)
will visit Baylor (3-4) and the bookie is certain that
Texas Longhorns will run over the Bears listing the Longhorns
with odds -2500 (you have to bet 2,500 to win 100) and Baylor
are the Week 8 ultimate underdog with odds +1500. With these
betting numbers on the books, most people will look for the
spread. The point spread for the Texas vs. Baylor game is
sitting at -25 points chalk the Longhorns and the total is
posted at 62 points. Texas is 4-2 against the spread in its last
6 games, but 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road. Baylor is
1-5 against the spread in its last 6 games when playing Texas
and the total has gone OVER in 11 of Texas's last 12 games on
the road.
Finally comes the game between No.24
Michigan (5-2) and Illinois (5-2), who dropped out of
the AP ranking this week, after holding the No.18 spot the week
before. It will be a close game, Michigan listed at
Bookmaker with odds -140 and
Illinois underdog with odds +120. The point spread on the
Michigan vs. Illinois game is favoring the Wolverines -2.5
points and the total is set down at 49 points. Betting trends
indicate that Michigan is 8-2 against the spread in its last 10
games on the road and Illinois is 4-1 against the spread in its
last 5 games. Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when
playing Illinois and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Michigan's
last 6 games on the road.
Published on
10/17/2007
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