Originally Posted by
Willie Bee
Well Pinnacle opened at -10 on BYU, with two others starting at 9½. Several of the books that opened at 9 did so a day later than Pinnacle when their number had been worked down to 9. The Utes probably aren't as good as their score at UCLA indicates -- the Bruins really coughed that game up in my opinion as much as Utah won it with the home crowd and the altitude very much on their side.
I also don't think TCU is as good as many, myself included, thought they would be this year, so I'm not sure how much the Falcons' win over the Frogs really means.
Figure BYU is getting a good 5-6-7 points just for being at home, and this line isn't that weird to me.