Bookies Make Out Big to Kick Off College Football: Aggies 40-1 to Win Championship
The Texas A&M Aggies stunned South Carolina Thursday propelling the oddsmakers at Sportsbook.ag to slash their odds of winning the National Championship from 100-1 to 40-1.
65% of the betting public was backing South Carolina in a game that was seeing significant volume Thursday night.
Texas A&M defeated South Carolina on their own home turf by more than three touchdowns, 52-28. The Gamecocks were a -10.5 favorite to win this game.
Pundits mostly wrote off the Aggies with the loss of Johnny Manziel and what was viewed as a porous defense.
Instead, Texas A&M could do no wrong.
Aggies new starting quarterback Kenny Hill broke Manziel’s record for single game passing.
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com