06-19-2018, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2018, 12:43 PM by OutsiderFan.)
No need to be Pollyanna about the DL, and that isn't the intention, but it does seem it's being discounted a bit too much by outside observers. I believe whole-heartedly that the loss of Harrison Phillips from a less than great 2017 unit is leading to some assumptions that may not be true for 2018. "If they weren't that good with Phillips, and they are lost him, they aren't going to be very good."
This is why I always believe College Football is the easiest sport to bet, even though the numbers suggest it's baseball IIRC. Fans who pay attention closer than national guys can clean up early in the season. By way of example, if Stanford is -14 over SDSU based on an assumption the DL isn't very good, and you think the DL is better than the experts think, lay the points and take Stanford.
This is why I always believe College Football is the easiest sport to bet, even though the numbers suggest it's baseball IIRC. Fans who pay attention closer than national guys can clean up early in the season. By way of example, if Stanford is -14 over SDSU based on an assumption the DL isn't very good, and you think the DL is better than the experts think, lay the points and take Stanford.