Wow 40 1/2 Points

KingDL1 · August 18, 2007

I see and here this crap everywhere about how were are going to get destroyed, wow, the odds are stacked against us, great. The big Goliath monster from big bad cheating OU is going to stomp us into the ground if we so much as dare to show our faces on the field.

What is the conversation here that ever bookie, odds maker, any guy with an IQ over 3 should know what will most likely happen in this game?

This odds line is a Joke, we don't even know how TD's new offense is going to work out, let alone some guys in Vegas. But if you were to see the odds on TD five years ago:

North Texas hired Dodge in December after perhaps the most successful five-season run of any high school coach in the country.
At Southlake Carroll, Dodge's teams went 79-1 in that span, with the sole loss coming by one point in a state title game.

What would the odds have been on that 79-1 run?

TD is going to put a much better product on the field this year then we are used to seeing and it is only going to get better.

I have no idea how we will do, but I am more excited about this season then I have been years. I have heard more about discipline and commitment from the players then I every remember at North Texas. I have heard so much about how Dodge always bringing a prepared team to the field, when was the last time anyone said that about DD? Everything I have heard and read about TD makes me believe we are going to play a good game, if we get blown so what.

GreenBat I will take your word for it (or maybe Quoner can check for me.)

I just think talking about the obvious on a UNT fan board with so much positive going on around us is silly.

GoMeanGreen1999: Yes I just got off the boat yesterday! And yes I fully believe we are going to win the National Championship this year.

Talon90: To make better than a simple line on paper (based on the past) for this game in particular is going to come from what TD can do, what that "can do" is at this point is anybody's guess. Until any of us see his team play, his adjustments, their execution and so on, relies on belief. Yes I agree there are going to be bumps, but I don't have to throw him and our team completely under the bus until I see them in a real game.

UNTflyer · August 18, 2007

This odds line is a Joke

The line is not a joke. Don't forget that there are millions on dollars riding on accurate betting odds.

KingDL1 · August 18, 2007

The line is not a joke. Don't forget that there are millions on dollars riding on accurate betting odds.

We have all seen lines get blown-up not even close, happens every year in NCAA football where you have a heavily favored team that gets beat or just barely pulls it out despite a huge number of points in the line. The start of the season is even more unpredictable, then factor in a new system and coach? The odds makers take the new system and coach as bad, but in this case I don't think so. There are too many wild-cards in this game, to come up with 40 1/2 point spread. That said I would not want to handicap this game.

GoMeanGreen1999 · August 18, 2007

GoMeanGreen1999: Yes I just got off the boat yesterday! And yes I fully believe we are going to win the National Championship this year.

We want the same thing for our Green, I am just not getting my hopes up that we will stay close. I realize it is a different coach, but I have gotten my hopes up too much for games that I thought we had a realistic hope of not only doing well, but winning, and had to come back down to reality over the last 20 years, that I just am trying to add some reality into it for myself. We obviously disagree on how and what we think is going to happen and that's fine.