Bookies Preparing for College Football Season (2016)
It’s almost that time as bookies are gearing up for the competitive College Football season. 2016 kicks off Friday August 26 with Hawaii taking on California. Then things really heat up on Thursday September 1 with over a dozen games on tap.
While there were plenty of college football teams that ended last season with ten or more wins, few were able to cover the spread more than ten times…..Good news for the regional bookies.
In fact, only four accomplished this feat in 2016: Southern Mississippi, Sanford, Washington State and Bowling Green.
If bookies weren’t stung by the side betting, OVER wins did take a bite out of one’s business as the public typically leans towards the high scoring outcomes.
Syracuse, for example, went 10-2 on the OVER while Texas Tech went 10-3, Indiana went 10-2-1, Western Kentucky and Air Force each went 10-4. Arizona and New Mexico State each had 10-2 records on the OVER.
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