Aloha Wisconsin: Public pounding Badgers
The strange numbers sportsbooks present for teams traveling to Hawaii are confounding bettors once again.
According to one 5Dimes.com, the public is playing the Wisconsin Badgers hard for their clash with the Hawaii Warriors tonight. The Badgers are currently 7-point road favorites.
?Everyone thinks the Badgers will win and cover,? says the linesmaker, who preferred to remain anonymous. ?We?ve got a lot of people on Wisconsin and very few on Hawaii.?
A win would give No. 22 Wisconsin third place in the Big 10 and a likely spot in a lucrative second-tier bowl game. They?ll face a Hawaii team that?s 4-6 on the season and just 2-3 at home, despite the extra ?hardships? that come with teams traveling to the Aloha State.
?You have to expect that this is the first trip to Hawaii for these kids,? says the linesmaker. ?We take into consideration the fact that if the team has a little extra free time, they may hit the beach for a couple hours ? do things they may not be able to do during other road trips.?
Those who turn their nose at that theory need only to look to last season. The Warriors faced Big 10 teams in back-to-back late November games. Hawaii beat Northwestern 49-41 and then Michigan State 41-38, both as 7-point underdogs.
?Michigan State and Northwestern were good games for us last year,? adds the linesmaker.
That Hawaii team won and covered its last seven home games. This season, the Warriors are 3-2 against the number at home, with both ATS loses coming as underdogs versus ranked teams.
The Badgers sound confident they can extend that to three too, even if their 94-ranked passing offense is up against Warriors quarterback Colt Brennan and the nation`s second-ranked air attack.
?I know what they are going to do. They are going to throw it, and they are going to throw it well,? head coach Barry Alvarez said. ?We`ll be fine.?
The strange numbers sportsbooks present for teams traveling to Hawaii are confounding bettors once again.
According to one 5Dimes.com, the public is playing the Wisconsin Badgers hard for their clash with the Hawaii Warriors tonight. The Badgers are currently 7-point road favorites.
?Everyone thinks the Badgers will win and cover,? says the linesmaker, who preferred to remain anonymous. ?We?ve got a lot of people on Wisconsin and very few on Hawaii.?
A win would give No. 22 Wisconsin third place in the Big 10 and a likely spot in a lucrative second-tier bowl game. They?ll face a Hawaii team that?s 4-6 on the season and just 2-3 at home, despite the extra ?hardships? that come with teams traveling to the Aloha State.
?You have to expect that this is the first trip to Hawaii for these kids,? says the linesmaker. ?We take into consideration the fact that if the team has a little extra free time, they may hit the beach for a couple hours ? do things they may not be able to do during other road trips.?
Those who turn their nose at that theory need only to look to last season. The Warriors faced Big 10 teams in back-to-back late November games. Hawaii beat Northwestern 49-41 and then Michigan State 41-38, both as 7-point underdogs.
?Michigan State and Northwestern were good games for us last year,? adds the linesmaker.
That Hawaii team won and covered its last seven home games. This season, the Warriors are 3-2 against the number at home, with both ATS loses coming as underdogs versus ranked teams.
The Badgers sound confident they can extend that to three too, even if their 94-ranked passing offense is up against Warriors quarterback Colt Brennan and the nation`s second-ranked air attack.
?I know what they are going to do. They are going to throw it, and they are going to throw it well,? head coach Barry Alvarez said. ?We`ll be fine.?
