I was thinking there is so much human element to making the lines in college football and generally there can be very drastic changes week to week based on perception of a team based on their previous four quarters. So I got to thinking that obviously Vegas is going to adjust and have their perceptions while the general public is likely to have far more radical perceptions. Based on this I got to thinking surely every team will cover at least one of their first 5 games, whether it is based on an inspired performance, incorrect public perception or incorrect oddsmaker perception. Below are the conferences and how long it took teams to cover at least one game
SEC--Auburn and Ole Miss didn't cover until their 4th games of the season
Big 11--NW covered in their 4th lined game and Minnesota covered in their 5th game
Big 12--everyone covered before their 4th lined game of the season. Though Colorado covered -2.5 in OT against CSU and then didn't cover again until their 4th lined game
ACC--Maryland didn't cover until their 4th lined game. NC State didn't cover until their 5th lined game. Va Tech covered in their 5th lined game but they pushed in one of their first four games as well
PAC 10--Arizona didn't cover until their 4th lined game.
Big East--Louisville didn't cover until their 4th lined game. Syracuse didn't cover until their 4th lined game
As you can see, from the BCS conferences only 2 teams didn't cover until their 5th game of the year and one of those had a push in the first 5 meaning you would have actually only had 4 real bet games. I realize a lot of these teams are going to play each other early on and you may be forced into a position to bet both sides if you use this new system I just made up. Of course that doesn't make a lot of sense but it looks like it would work in theory.
If you bet 5 games in a row at $100 a game then you would stand to lose $1600 if a team doesn't cover. There are 65 BCS conference teams eligible for this "system." For it to fail you would need 4 of those teams to go on a 0-5 streak ATS to begin the season.
I just started researching this and haven't looked back at previous seasons or non-BCS conference teams so I'm not sure what that trend would show. I mainly wanted to post it here for someone to debunk it b/c it seems solid superficially. So please, debunk away
2007 Season would have yielded $6500 (+65 Units)
SEC--Auburn and Ole Miss didn't cover until their 4th games of the season
Big 11--NW covered in their 4th lined game and Minnesota covered in their 5th game
Big 12--everyone covered before their 4th lined game of the season. Though Colorado covered -2.5 in OT against CSU and then didn't cover again until their 4th lined game
ACC--Maryland didn't cover until their 4th lined game. NC State didn't cover until their 5th lined game. Va Tech covered in their 5th lined game but they pushed in one of their first four games as well
PAC 10--Arizona didn't cover until their 4th lined game.
Big East--Louisville didn't cover until their 4th lined game. Syracuse didn't cover until their 4th lined game
As you can see, from the BCS conferences only 2 teams didn't cover until their 5th game of the year and one of those had a push in the first 5 meaning you would have actually only had 4 real bet games. I realize a lot of these teams are going to play each other early on and you may be forced into a position to bet both sides if you use this new system I just made up. Of course that doesn't make a lot of sense but it looks like it would work in theory.
If you bet 5 games in a row at $100 a game then you would stand to lose $1600 if a team doesn't cover. There are 65 BCS conference teams eligible for this "system." For it to fail you would need 4 of those teams to go on a 0-5 streak ATS to begin the season.
I just started researching this and haven't looked back at previous seasons or non-BCS conference teams so I'm not sure what that trend would show. I mainly wanted to post it here for someone to debunk it b/c it seems solid superficially. So please, debunk away
2007 Season would have yielded $6500 (+65 Units)
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