Early on in the week before Saturday night’s game, the 6-4 Kentucky Wildcats were betting favorites at the 4-6 South Carolina Gamecocks. But towards the end of the week, odds shifted pretty significantly to favor South Carolina by nearly a field goal. But why?
I didn’t quite understand the line moving that much. Normally that’s only when a player on either team is declared out or is announced late in the week that they’ll be playing in the game. But this was just an odd move for the line without justification — or at least I thought.