Due to the merciless governing institutions of NCAA football, Ole Miss must travel to Nashville on Saturday to play the Vanderbilt Commodores. This game is never fun for anyone involved, and 2018’s installment certainly appears set to offer up a very on-brand shit-show.
And part of that on-brand shit-show will include betting. And in this case, very weird betting. Betting that shouldn’t take place, because this little ditty between the Rebs and ‘Dores opened with Vandy favored by 2.5 points.
Let’s break this down a bit. Normally college football betting will give the home team in the neighborhood of three points up front, because home field advantage is felt to be that odorous at the college level.