Friday, May 18th, 2012
Mack Brown and his Texas Longhorns head to Ames, Iowa to take on Iowa St. on Saturday night in an important Big 12 conference matchup for both teams.
This game will kickoff at 7:00pm eastern time and can be seen televised on the F/X network.
The opening line for this conference matchup was slated at -9 in favor of the road team, Texas Longhorns. The over/under number for this game opened at 50 points.
Since then the line has seen a bump of a ½ point to -9.5 points at all major Vegas sportsbooks including the Wynn, the Mirage, and Caesars.
For those who like to play the totals the over/under number has stayed steady at 50 or 49.5 during early wagering on the strip.
The money line crowd will lay -360 odds if they are looking to bet the Longhorns straight up at the Las Vegas Hilton, while those who believe in the home underdog Cyclones can take back +300 straight up with no points on their side.
Offshore books opened up this game with Texas as a -10 point favorite with the over/under at 50, in lock step with the Vegas strip number.
The early money has pushed the spread down to -9.5 on sites like Pinnacle, Bookmaker, and Bet Online. Like the original -10 point spread? Take a look at Bodog and Sports Interaction those books are still honoring the opening line and holding steady.
Offshore totals players will see that there is virtually no movement on the over/under number as of yet and as of now that number is not budging at 50.
Money line hawks who like the Longhorns will see the most attractive odds at Pinnacle and Just Bet where they will lay -350 odds. On the flip side Legends offers Iowa St. believers +280 odds.
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