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Walk the Line: What Vegas Thinks About Cal and the Pac-10

I have a gambling problem. Not a gambling addiction (other than one bad incident that I deserved, I’ve been fairly frugal with my betting habits).
No, my problem is that I’m no good at gambling. I.e. I lose a lot of money. I seem to have terrible patterns at predicting who will win and even worse [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

The Big Game Line, Cal (-13.0) at Stanford

I had bad feelings about the Washington line going into that game, and I was annoyingly proven right again.

Cal gambling lines

Opponent
Line
Score
Public %
Cover?

Tennessee
-7.0
45-31
55.68
Yes

at CSU
-14.0
34-28
75.52
No

La Tech
-34.0
42-12
55.14
No

Arizona
-14.0
45-27
75.73
Yes

at Oregon
+6.5
31-24
50.78
Yes

OSU
-14.0
28-31
70.54
No

at UCLA
-3.0
21-30
72.13
No

at ASU
+3.0
20-31
54.35
No

Wazzu
-14.0
20-17
67.71
No

USC
+4.0
17-24
46.19
No

at Washington
-7.0
23-37
66.03
No

at Stanford
-13.0
?
63.71
?

Yes, Cal has failed to cover the spread since the Oregon win, with much delight to sports bookies everywhere. The square gamblers out there must be blind [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

The Line: Cal (-7) at Washington

So this is what it’s come down to. From #1 for two hours to mere seven point favorites against the worst team in the Pac-10, most likely without their star quarterback.
Just for the record, Cal’s record against the spread this year? A whopping, awesome 3-7, including five straight downers! (Public % stands for the percentage [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007