This is telling.
Yikes. When you think about it though, seems like we beat the spread when we’re underdogs and not the opposite. For the year, Georgia beat the spread as a favorite against Clemson, and three times when the underdog – Texas twice, and Tennessee.
Fwiw, we were favored against Alabama and Ole Miss.
Dayuuuummmmm, didn’t think that would work, gave it a shot, and damned if it didn’t.
“I had a lot more fun being 20 in the 70’s, than I do being 70 in the 20’s.
-Joe Walsh
“They say I’m lazy, but it takes all my time…”
Joe Walsh For President
I went back and reviewed my Fabris Pool season performance, and it appears my picks-with-my-heart of the Dawgs each week was about a 10-spot difference in the final ranking…finished top 20 instead of top 3.
Oh, well, like my dad used to say: that knowledge and a quarter would get me a cup of coffee.
I will never understand this line of thinking. So….Vegas picks a spread based on drawing in bets (because that’s all they care about), then it becomes established that we’re supposed to be 15 points better than , we don’t hit the mark – the mark that Vegas set up to begin with, we only beat by 3 , and now WE’RE overrated? Vegas is never wrong? I know they’re bringing in the cash, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be overrated at, uh, rating. My same complaint about polls.
Sincerely,
Non-Gambler (‘cept for the Fabris pickems and Mumme polls)
After the Kentucky game it was clear Georgia wasn’ta good team to gamble on last year. Unlike 2022, when some of us did very well betting UGA, 2024 was the year to take the other side. Since I cannot allow myself to bet against the Dawgs, I just told my non-Dawg gambling friends to do so, and they did well. Hoping for a better year in 2025.
Good teams win, GREAT teams cover. And then you get Kirby not giving a rat’s arse. Betting against UGA and taking the under has been a good ticket to cash every now and then. Heyell, betting against UGA is always the play. When they win-just figure its a tax on viewing the game; when they lose-very rare on Kirby’s watch, you get a few bucks to spend drowning your sorrows. Other than that? Why invest in something you can’t rig?
Please allow me to kindly modify your first sentence…
Good coaches win. GREAT coaches cover.
Using the spread as a yardstick for underachieving/overachieving is just stupid clickbait.
More surprised by the Vegas lines than our performance as the season unfolded. Not a gambler but generally take the Dawgs to cover and the Under is a winning season-long play.
We all know it’s Bobo’s fault because he couldn’t score points in the first half of games this season and he dropped too many passes. Sheesh.
All I know is only one of those teams won their conference with one of the hardest schedules in the country.
I hate to say this but that is a very Richtian stat. And that team was definitely Richtian.
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