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After the first few hours of action at the Las Vegas Golden Nugget Sports Book, director Tony Miller and his crew had already booked more action on their College Football Games of the Year than they did last season, and this was with close to 80 games less. Action opened just after noon on Friday and the bettors lined up to get all they could at the 100 or so games offered and picked on several teams in the fashion a lion does to a wounded gazelle in the Serengeti.
Wagers were limited to $1,000 per bet and only three bets could be made per window visit and then it was back to the end of the line. The bulk of the bettors had the same ideas on quite a few teams. They seemed to think higher than the Golden Nugget on teams like Notre Dame, LSU, Georgia and Tennessee. They also thought less of Auburn, Michigan and TCU than the Nugget did.
Below is a list of all the opening lines and what they moved to during a four hour betting period. You'll notice that all Auburn games seem to be the biggest move againsts of the day.
The Golden Nugget will have all these lines posted throughout the season until the week the games start.
Opening lines from the Golden Nugget Las Vegas (6-10-11 12pm PDT) and where the bets took the number.
Home teams listed on the bottom.
WEEK1
TULSA
OKLAHOMA -21 bet down to -20
LSU
OREGON -3 bet down to -2
BOISE STATE -6 bet down to -1.5
GEORGIA
MIAMI-OHIO
MISSOURI -20.5
SMU
TEXAS A&M -17 bet down to -16
MIAMI-FLA -3.5
MARYLAND
WEEK 2
MISSOURI
ARIZONA STATE -3 bet up to -4
ALABAMA -9
PENN STATE
MISSISSIPPI STATE bet to -1
AUBURN -3.5
SOUTH CAROLINA -3 bet down to -2.5
GEORGIA
NOTRE DAME bet to -3
MICHIGAN -2
BYU
TEXAS -7.5
UTAH
USC -8
TCU -6.5 bet down to -1.5
AIR FORCE
WEEK 3
LSU bet to -3
MISSISSIPPI STATE -1
OKLAHOMA -3.5
FLORIDA STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE -8
TULSA
MICHIGAN STATE
NOTRE DAME -6
WEST VIRGINIA -3 bet up to -4
MARYLAND
UTAH
BYU -2.5 bet up to -5
TENNESSEE
FLORIDA -13.5 bet down to -11.5
AUBURN
CLEMSON -1 bet up to -6
WEEK 4
MISSOURI
OKLAHOMA -13 bet up to -14
ARKANSAS
ALABAMA -11
LSU -4 bet up to -4.5
WEST VIRGINIA
TULSA
BOISE STATE -24 bet down to -22
OKLAHOMA STATE
TEXAS A&M -6
NOTRE DAME -4 bet up to -5
PITTSBURGH
USC
ARIZONA STATE -3
SAN DIEGO STATE
MICHIGAN -8 bet up to -9
FLORIDA STATE -7 bet down to -5.5
CLEMSON
WEEK 5
SMU
TCU -12 bet down to -11
ALABAMA -6
FLORIDA
ARKANSAS
TEXAS A&M -2.5
AUBURN
SOUTH CAROLINA -7.5 bet up to -9.5
NEBRASKA
WISCONSIN -2.5 bet up to -3
MISSISSIPPI STATE
GEORGIA -3.5 bet up to -5.5
WEEK 6
OKLAHOMA -8 bet down to -7.5
TEXAS
FLORIDA
LSU -5.5 bet up to -7.5
AUBURN
ARKANSAS -7.5 bet up to -9
MIAMI-FLA
VIRGINIA TECH -7 bet down to -6
ARIZONA STATE -2
UTAH
CONNECTICUT
WEST VIRGINIA -13.5 bet down to -12.5
AIR FORCE
NOTRE DAME -10 bet up to -11
GEORGIA -3.5
TENNESSEE
MICHIGAN -4 bet down to PK
NORTHWESTERN
TCU -6.5 bet down to -5.5
SAN DIEGO STATE
WEEK 7
SAN DIEGO STATE
AIR FORCE -3 bet up to -4
ARIZONA STATE
OREGON -11
OKLAHOMA STATE
TEXAS -3
FLORIDA -1 bet up to -3
AUBURN
MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE -3.5 bet up to -7
SOUTH CAROLINA -1.5
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UTAH
PITTSBURGH -4 bet up to -6
LSU -9.5 bet down to -8.5
TENNESSEE
WEEK 8
AUBURN
LSU -9.5 bet up to -11
OKLAHOMA STATE
MISSOURI -2.5
WISCONSIN
MICHIGAN STATE -1
USC
NOTRE DAME -4 bet up to -5
MARYLAND
FLORIDA STATE -16
AIR FORCE
BOISE STATE -20
TENNESSEE
ALABAMA -21 bet down to -19
PENN STATE pk
NORTHWESTERN
WEEK 9
CONNECTICUT
PITTSBURGH -10
BYU
TCU -7 bet down to -3.5
STANFORD -2
USC
MISSOURI
TEXAS A&M -7.5
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
FLORIDA STATE -14.5
MICHIGAN STATE
NEBRASKA -7.5
GEORGIA bet to -1
FLORIDA -3
SOUTH CAROLINA -10.5 bet down to -7.5
TENNESSEE
WEEK 10
TEXAS A&M
OKLAHOMA -7.5
LSU
ALABAMA -9
SOUTH CAROLINA
ARKANSAS -4
NORTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA -12
WEEK 11
ALABAMA -7 bet up to -8
MISSISSIPPI STATE
OREGON -1
STANFORD
TCU
BOISE STATE -13.5 bet up to -14.5
MIAMI-FLA
FLORIDA STATE -7.5
AUBURN
GEORGIA -4.5 bet up to -9
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA -6
NEBRASKA -1
PENN STATE
TEXAS
MISSOURI -2
NOTRE DAME -7.5 bet up to -8.5
MARYLAND
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS -14 bet down to -13
WEEK 12
USC
OREGON -11
MISSISSIPPI STATE
ARKANSAS -9
NEBRASKA -1 bet up to -3
MICHIGAN
BOISE ST -17.5
SAN DIEGO STATE
CALIFORNIA
STANFORD -12
WEEK 13
TEXAS
TEXAS A&M -7
PITTSBURGH
WEST VIRGINIA -6 bet down to -4
ARKANSAS
LSU -4.5
ALABAMA -8 bet up to -12
AUBURN
NOTRE DAME
STANFORD -6.5 bet down to -4.5
FLORIDA STATE
FLORIDA -1
PENN STATE
WISCONSIN -7 bet down to -6
MARYLAND
NORTH CAROLINA STATE -6.5
MICHIGAN STATE -3.5 bet down to -2.5
NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA -6.5
GEORGIA TECH
MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI STATE -12 bet down to -10
CLEMSON
SOUTH CAROLINA -12 bet down to -11
OREGON STATE
OREGON -14
UCLA
USC -6.5 bet down to -7.5
WEEK 14
OKLAHOMA -2
OKLAHOMA STATE
