The betting market watched Ole Miss lose in Austin and then made it a two-score favorite at home five days later. That is a rating, not sympathy. Five days ago Ole Miss was a 3.5-point underdog at Texas. This morning Ole Miss is favored by 13.5 over Auburn with a total of 55.5 and a money line of -530. Those are FanDuel numbers logged in the show's own betting sheet on Sunday, October 25. Auburn beat Georgia in Athens and then lost at home to LSU by twenty-one. The number is not about Auburn - it is about a program that has won fifteen straight at home, and a head coach whose two losses this season both came on the road. Then the first College Football Playoff rankings on November 3. Every team in this conference except Georgia and Kentucky already carries two losses or more. That committee is not sorting one great team from the rest; it is sorting two-loss teams by who they beat. Ole Miss gets Georgia at home on November 7. The honest counterweight: a big home number is a trap, and Ole Miss spent an entire half down 24-3 on Saturday. A first ranking is also not a final ranking. Where do you have Ole Miss on November 3? Comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #CollegeFootball #PeteGolding #CFBPlayoff
The betting market watched Ole Miss lose in Austin and then made it a two-score favorite at home five days later. That is a rating, not sympathy.
Five days ago Ole Miss was a 3.5-point underdog at Texas. This morning Ole Miss is favored by 13.5 over Auburn with a total of 55.5 and a money line of -530. Those are FanDuel numbers logged in the show's own betting sheet on Sunday, October 25.
Auburn beat Georgia in Athens and then lost at home to LSU by twenty-one. The number is not about Auburn - it is about a program that has won fifteen straight at home, and a head coach whose two losses this season both came on the road.
Then the first College Football Playoff rankings on November 3. Every team in this conference except Georgia and Kentucky already carries two losses or more. That committee is not sorting one great team from the rest; it is sorting two-loss teams by who they beat. Ole Miss gets Georgia at home on November 7.
The honest counterweight: a big home number is a trap, and Ole Miss spent an entire half down 24-3 on Saturday. A first ranking is also not a final ranking.
Where do you have Ole Miss on November 3? Comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #CollegeFootball #PeteGolding #CFBPlayoff