Baylor Opens as 1.5-Point Favorite Over Oklahoma State, Line Now Bears -2.5

Photo by David K Purdy/Getty ImagesThe lines for this week’s CFB games dropped yesterday, and Baylor opened at -1.5 at VegasInsider.com, which uses its VI Consensus to track industry-wide treads. The line has since moved to Baylor -2.5 at virtually all of the major books, with a current O/U of 55 (open at 54.5).

Baylor -2.5 basically means this game is a pick ‘em with the 3 points that typically go to the home team, and that feels right to me. Baylor is at home, where we have been significantly better in recent seasons, while Ok State is coming off a bye week that gave them extra time to prepare. You’ll hear me say this again later in the week, but it seems likely that Spencer Sanders will…