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    Respected Bettors Backing Alabama, Georgia

    Respected bettors backing Alabama, Georgia
    David Purdum
    12/29/17

    Georgia and Alabama head into the weekend as the betting favorites in Monday's College Football Playoff semifinals.

    The Bulldogs are 2-point favorites over the Oklahoma Sooners at the majority of Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Crimson Tide are 3-point favorites over the Clemson Tigers.

    Both SEC schools have attracted the majority of the money that's been wagered on the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl as of Friday. The betting public, however, is gravitating to the underdog Sooners and Tigers.

    At William Hill sportsbooks, 61 percent of the point-spread bets on the Rose Bowl have been on Oklahoma, but 60 percent of the money that's been wagered is on Georgia.

    The Sooners have attracted twice as many bets as the Bulldogs at MGM sportsbooks, but more money has been bet on Georgia, twice as much, as of Thursday afternoon.

    "All the small fan bets are Oklahoma, but the bigger stuff is on Georgia," Jason Simbal, vice president of risk for sportsbook operator CG Technology, said.

    Simbal said Friday that there had been 24 bets on Georgia of $1,000 or more, while Oklahoma has attracted only seven bets of that size.

    The early betting action on the Sugar Bowl has been similar: The betting public is backing Clemson, while players monitored by the sportsbooks have sided with Alabama.

    The Crimson Tide opened as 1.5-point favorites, but the line quickly grew to -3.

    "Sharps got involved in Alabama early," said MGM assistant manager Jeff Stoneback on Thursday. "But since the line got to 3, it's pretty much been two-way action. We have 21 more tickets on Clemson than Alabama."

    The Cotton Bowl between Ohio State and USC (8:30 p.m. ET, Friday, ESPN) also has attracted some interest from sophisticated bettors who have sided heavily with the Buckeyes.

    Ohio State has grown from a 6.5-point favorite to as high as -9 at multiple sportsbooks.

    "The money is 4-1 in favor of Ohio State," the MGM's Stoneback said.

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    Georgia is gonna get smoked.

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    no such thing as a respected bettor

    It is called scalping and or buying back on other side but Vegas thinks they are sharps

    90% of big bets in Vegas other than whales are guys with PINNACLE ACCOUNTS

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    SEC is weak

    both may go down

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    Baker Mayfield has been sick, not sure with what. He’s been sitting out for a few days

    Anyone that’s ever been sick knows even after you get better, you feel lethargic and weak for a few extra days.

    Hope he’s close to 100% because Mayfield hasn’t played against a defense as good as Georgia’s in his entire career

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    I really respect Mayfield, but Oklahoma’s defense is a typical Big12 defnese, garbage. Georgia may not have to punt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JacketFan81 View Post
    Georgia is gonna get smoked.
    I suggest you look at the box score the last time Oklahoma played a team that could run the football the way Georgia can: Kansas State. Then throw a good defense on the other side of that. That's what is coming to face the Sooners in Pasadena on Monday. I'm worried about the Sooners run defense and the fact Georgia does something Big 12 teams don't: They play defense.

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    "Respected" bettors seem to always choose Alabama.
    They are the pedigree brand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JacketFan81 View Post
    Georgia is gonna get smoked.

    Close but no cigar

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    Sammy should have heeded those Respected Bettors

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    Sammy should have heeded those Respected Bettors
    its ok bro

    you were a homer and rooting against both

    that is your only problem...because you always root SEC

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    its ok bro

    you were a homer and rooting against both

    that is your only problem...because you always root SEC
    Rudy, your badge all the way at the end.....

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