As of Friday, 72% of the bets on the point spread were on Alabama, but 70% of the money that had been wagered was on the Bulldogs. 'To me, this number has a lot more room to go down than it does up.'Ĭaesars Sportsbook also reported line-moving money coming in on Alabama on Friday, but that overall, Georgia was attracting the bulk of the dollars on the game's point spread. 'I respected those bets ,' Matt Metcalf, sportsbook director for Circa, told ESPN on Friday. ET, Friday.Ĭirca Sports, the Las Vegas-based sportsbook known to cater to influential bettors, has taken multiple $100,000 limit bets on Alabama from respected customers this week, including Friday afternoon when a wave of Crimson Tide money hit the market from Nevada to New Jersey. The line had remained at Georgia -3 since last Saturday before moving around 2 p.m. Multiple sportsbooks reported receiving bets on the Crimson Tide +3 Friday afternoon, driving the line back down to +2.5, where it opened last week.
The point spread on the College Football Playoff National Championship game dropped Friday, with influential money showing up on underdog Alabama and moving the line across the U.S. Money on College Football Playoff National Championship game underdog Alabama Crimson Tide drives betting line down You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
