First Friday Extravaganza
Posted by IvyConniver at 30 Jan, 2009
Here were the predictions, followed by the actual line in bold
Friday
Yale at Columbia +4 = -2
Brown at Cornell -10 = -14
Princeton at Dartmouth -2 = +1.5
Penn at Harvard pk= -6
Two lines clearly stand out - the first being Columbia favored over Yale, despite Yale’s two back to back wins over Brown last week. I guess they say home court is worth a few points, but not that many. The Jones brothers fiasco will go to Yale tonight. Play: Yale +2 1x
The second, and more obsurd is the Harvard vote of confidence, favoring them by 6 over Penn. Harvard beat BC, and now they’re the best thing since sliced bread. I guess the national spotlight 15 minutes of fame faded before they lost to Dartmouth (almost twice). Play: Penn +6 1x
Lastly, despite the two losses to Yale, I continue to think that the Bears are a solid team, and will fight tooth and nail to at least be an upset threat. Play: Brown +14 2x
The Princeton Dartmouth shitshow is the pass of the week.
One caviat that has been killing me, is that if this was a major D1 conference I think Yale would be pretty public at that number. Also, Penn would be a public dog play to anybody who actually saw the Dartmouth games. Of course, only about 300 people in the world did though…