North Carolina Tar Heels Football: Wreaking Havoc on Sportsbooks
The suspension of several North Carolina Tar Heels players continues to cause wild fluctuations in the North Carolina vs. LSU College Football game scheduled for Saturday evening. As of 3 pm EST, Gambling911.com reported that the Tar Heels football line had moved all the way to +10 at betED.com. This is after opening at -1.
“Brutual!” observes Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com. “And the oddsmakers can only move the line so far without placing their respective books in jeopardy of losing on both sides.”
More than 90 percent of the betting action was still going towards LSU. The Tigers were the single most bet on side of the day and sportsbooks will find themselves seriously hurting should LSU manage to cover.
North Carolina Tar Heels football is in absolute turmoil coming into Week 1 of the 2010 regular season.
An ongoing investigation into whether Marvin Austin and wide receiver Greg Little received improper benefits from agents resulted in an announcement last week that academic violations may have been uncovered involving a former undergraduate tutor and multiple student-athletes on the team.
The tutor in question is a former academic coach and advisor for Coach Butch Davis' son.
The fallout: Thirteen players remain ineligible to play with one more suspended indefinitely.
Tar Heels football players who did not travel with the team include: Defensive tackle Marvin Austin, cornerback Charles Brown, cornerback Kendric Burney, wide receiver Greg Little, defensive end Michael McAdoo, defensive end Robert Quinn, tailbacks Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston, defensive end Linwan Euwell, and safeties Brian Gupton, Da’Norris Searcy, and Jonathan Smith.
Their season has no doubt been compromised….but gamblers are certainly licking their respective chopscoming into this one.
“It’s like taking candy from a baby,” Shapiro suggests in regard to betting on LSU.
This is believed to be one of the biggest line moves ever seen in College Football.
Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
