Capper: Huge spreads warrant little attention
Brian Covert
Is this sports betting or chemistry class?
With spreads for some of college football’s season openers resembling the atomic number of zinc rather than a legitimate betting line, some bettors might think these games warrant some cash on the underdog.
But Dave Malinsky believes bettors should think otherwise before putting money on the Idaho’s and Florida Central’s of the world in Week 1 of the college season.
“These games are just too difficult to handicap,” says Malinsky. “Sometimes you’re better off to walk away”
Malinsky highlights Thursday`s Temple at Arizona State as a 32-point underdog as a prime example of why bettors would be better off staying away from these massive spreads.
“It all depends on what the coaches are thinking,” Malinsky says, “and sometimes you don’t know that until the second quarter. Arizona State has a big game against LSU next week and if they come out and look good their first couple of drives [head coach] Dick Koetter might pull his starters and go with the second-stringers for the rest of the game. "If they don’t maybe he’ll keep them out there and hammer through their struggles. The same might be true for Temple’s Bobby Wallace who might save his players from taking a beating by a far superior football team, saving them for games they may actually have a chance to win.”
“You just never know.”
JT
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