You do understand that Vegas isn't trying to predict the winner, right?Originally Posted by dawg80
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You do understand that Vegas isn't trying to predict the winner, right?
I think Vegas is trying to make a buck. I don't try to understand Vegas' motives, beyond the obvious. They certainly don't follow any scientific system, algorithms based on real facts. The closest I've seen in sports is the handicap system in thoroughbred racing, setting "the morning lines." Since it's pari-mutuel and the "house" gets a percentage of the pool, they don't care how the winnings are distributed. So, they operate a realistic, accurate methodology.
Vegas lives to entice people to bet, and so setting the lines for individual games is designed to get ding-a-lings to bet money on 18-22 yr olds.
As for this game....I'd say for all intents and purposes, it's a toss-up, comparing the teams. On a neutral field it should be a "pick-em" game. Flip a coin. But, Vegas doesn't take into consideration the distinct homefield advantage, especially for UH, and doesn't even KNOW, let alone consider, the intangibles. All things considered, I say it's UH -17
Dawgs to Hawai'i
To play an old WAC time foe
Rainbow Warriors!
You are making me feel old.
So tanuki, what makes you guys RAINBOW Warriors vs just Warriors? ....Asking for a friend......
How close of a friend?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii...Rainbow_Wahine
Rainbow Warriors...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZMLzkdzxg
If you're into some great rock-n-roll, with a little hard edge to it: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. One of their best is "Light in the Black."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrW...rt_radio=1#t=0
Deep Purple.
That's almost worse.
Not unless blown up by French spies.That's almost worse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkin...ainbow_Warrior
That's almost worse.You won't find many Greenpeace lovers in our neck of the woods or on the Gulf Coast in general. Unlike California's liberal government (note their yearly destructive and life threatening fires), we know how to manage our forest. And we manage our sea life and future seafood pretty dang well down here too.
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