Sentences with phrase «sharp initial move»

Not exact matches

The line has remained unchanged over the last two days, but it's quite clear that sharp bettors were responsible for initial 1.5 - point line move.

Public money was responsible for the initial three - point line move, and sharp money on Washington caused the line to drop from 16.5 to 14.

Following that initial move, sharp money continued to hammer Penn State which caused the Nittany Lions to move from +3 to +1.5.

In other words, injuries were responsible for the initial 1 - point line move and sharp action was responsible for the subsequent 1.5 - point move.

Both of these moves yielded profitable returns in the first week of the season, and they validate our initial assertion that sharp bettors have pounded the road underdog in this matchup.

The line graph below shows a perfect illustration of initial sharp money on Boise before an influx of public money to move the line back down:

With the line movement correlating directly with our public betting percentages, it would appear that public money was responsible for the initial 1.5 - point line move on the spread; however, sharp bettors were happy to take this artificially inflated line and bet Ole Miss back to +4.5.

You will notice that I have highlighted two steam moves triggered on Saint Mary's, which validates my initial claim that sharp money was responsible for this 1.5 - point line move.