Reply #80: A great Ohio State win, but hardly unexpected in Las Vegas [View All]

[Awsi Dooger]

Hey sasquatch, the Vegas sportsbooks were rooting bigtime for Miami! Every joint in town lost huge when your Buckeyes prevailed.

The straight up money line plummeted as gametime approached, with virtually every Vegas wiseguy loading up on Ohio State to win, taking 4-1 odds. The pointspread dropped as well, down to 11 1/2 or 12 from a high of 14. The only thing that saved the sportsbooks somewhat was the OTs, which pushed the game over the listed total. The wiseguys had parlayed Ohio St and under.

As a 'Cane fan, that is one game I would have listed here and will never get over. Forget the controversial ending, I was in Miami leading up to the game and was livid that no one, especially the Miami offensive linemen, had any idea how awesome the Buckeye front seven was. I feared that opponent, and no one else, all year and took a piece of Ohio State +14 and money line +425, desperately hoping to lose the latter. Miami would have toyed with upstart, talkative USC.

Our tailback, BTW, was Willis McGahee, who was drafted first round by Buffalo but never played.