Our injuries is hurting us. And seeing Syracuse all access has been a little intimidating. I see why it jumped by 3 point from July to now.
The main reason for substantial lines changes, especially in the case of a game like this when it's a season-opener and the opening line was posted in the summer, is very simple - MONEY. Remember, sports books want balance in their books. They want money played on BOTH Syracuse and Ohio. Money being played on Syracuse has driven the line to where it now stands. Further, opening lined games in college football have never been tougher to gauge than now with all the portal movement in the offseason. It's always been sort of a guessing game to predict how a team will look from season to season. But with so much fluidity in rosters from year to year now, it's even more difficult. There's a lot of knowledgeable people on this board who have watched and followed this program for years. We all kind of know what to expect this season. But we'll all find out around 2-4 games into the season if we were accurate with our predictions, or way off. The same can be said for a game like Ohio at Syracuse. Right now, it's somewhat of a guessing game. But if these two teams played a month into the season with 4 games each under their belts, it would be much, much easier to access what's an accurate line for a game than right now or even two months ago when the line came out.