3. The Most Overrated Thing Was …
By the very nature of being rated, the most overrated thing this weekend turned out to be the … over.
That, and the favorites, who were overrated by the oddsmakers and the general public.
There were four games this weekend that had point totals posted by the major books. Out of those seven, the under came in in four of them, and three went over with UAB (45-35 over UCA with a 48 point total), BYU (55-3 over Navy on a 49.5 total) and North Texas 57-31 over Houston Baptist with a 68 total) taking care of business.
The shootout between SMU and Texas State – total at 70.5 came in at just 55 – never materialized, and Memphis-Arkansas State – combined 61 points with a 74 point total – wasn’t the expected firefight.
There was plenty of offense, but with Navy scoring just three points against BYU and Middle Tennessee getting shut out by Army, some of these became big duds.
In all, out of the seven games with lines, the favorite came through in just two of them – BYU -1.5 over Navy, and Army -3 over Middle Tennessee.
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