Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes
Saturday, 11/27/10, 12:00 PM EDT, TV: ABC
Opening Point Spread: Ohio State -17.5
Current Betting Line: Ohio State -16.5
Opening Total: 63
Current Total: 64
Current Moneyline: Ohio State -725 / Michigan +575
Ohio State Buckeyes at Iowa Hawkeyes
Saturday, 11/20/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV: ABC
Opening Point Spread: Ohio State -3.5
Current Betting Line: Ohio State -3
Opening Total: 48
Current Total: 48
Current Moneyline: Ohio State -155 / Iowa +135
Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes
Saturday, 11/13/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV: ABC
Opening Point Spread: Ohio State -17
Current Betting Line: Ohio State -18
Opening Total: 49
Current Total: 49.5
Current Moneyline: Ohio State -1000 / Penn State +700
The Ohio State Buckeyes are still playing for a BCS bowl, and maybe another trip to Pasadena. They host the Penn State Nittany Lions this Saturday afternoon in the Horseshoe in the hopes of keeping those dreams alive.
It’s hard to find someone who does not believe that the Ohio State Buckeyes (29-8, 14-4 Big Ten) fit somewhere in the top five of college basketball. In 2009-2010, the Buckeyes tied for first in the conference, won the Big Ten Tournament and at the Big Dance made it to the Sweet 16. In that round, Tennessee eliminated them 76-73. This year, OSU will take to the court without the star power of swingman Evan Turner. Turner, who turned pro after last season, was a massive force with a huge amount of talent as he averaged 20.4 PPG, 9.2 RPG and 3.7 APG. Still, this team is filled with a boatload of returning talent and the best incoming class in the Big Ten, including center Jared Sullinger, who is considered to be one of the nation’s top three recruits.
Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio State Buckeyes
Saturday, 10/23/2010, 12:00 PM EST, TV: Big Ten Network
Opening Point Spread: Ohio State -23
Current Betting Line: Ohio State -23.5
Opening Total: 47.5
Current Total: 47
The Ohio State Buckeyes are college football’s new number 1 team, thanks to Alabama’s loss at South Carolina. The Buckeyes have a tough test for their first game as the new top dog as they travel to Madison, Wisconsin to take on a Badger team looking to make a national statement.
Miami at Ohio State
Saturday, 9/11/10, 3:40 PM EDT, TV: ESPN
Opening Point Spread: Ohio State -10
Current Betting Line: Ohio State -9
Opening Total: 45
Current Total: 47
Current Moneyline: Ohio State -360/Miami +300 Point Spread Info from above taken from Bookmaker Sportsbook.
Every year in college football there are a couple of high profile, very popular teams that draw a whole lot of public action and then put the money in a big pile and burn it up. Last year Texas was a brutal team against the college football spreads – 5-7-1. The year before USC wasn’t a particularly good bet. In 2007, neither USC nor LSU performed for bettors like the top five teams that they were. The betting public assumes that a team that wins consistently and does it in impressive fashion is a good bet, so when they aren’t regularly covering spreads it can be costly. Here’s a look at five teams that have the potential to be high profile betting disappointments this year: