Early football line moves (10/1)
The football lines listed below are for the "lottery" at the Stardust on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night. The opening lines, the first to be posted in the city, are put up around 5:30 p.m. after the kickoff for the Sunday night game. The chart, from left, shows the team that drew the money, the opening line, the adjusted line at halftime of the Cowboys-Eagles game (approximately 90 minutes), and the opposing team:
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| COLLEGE GAMES -
Saturday | |||
| TOOK MONEY | OPEN | BET
TO | OPPONENT |
| Colorado St. | +10 | +9 | LOUISVILLE |
| Utah St. | +20.5 | +19.5 | BYU |
| Georgia | +12.5 | +12 | TENNESSEE |
| Temple | +14.5 | +14 | BOSTON COLLEGE |
| WAKE FOREST | +5 | +4 | N.C. State |
| RUTGERS | +26 | +25 | Syracuse |
| ILLINOIS | -9.5 | -10 | Minnesota |
| Indiana | +16 | +14 | WISCONSIN |
| Iowa | +3.5 | +3 | PURDUE |
| East Carolina | +8 | +7.5 | N. CAROLINA |
| Kent | +18.5 | +17 | BOWLING GREEN |
| Buffalo | +27 | +26 | MIAMI-OHIO |
| USC | +6 | +5.5 | WASHINGTON |
| Troy St. | +53 | +52 | MIAMI |
| NEVADA | +14 | +13 | UNLV |
| WASHINGTON ST. | -9.5 | -10 | Oregon St. |
| MARYLAND | -7 | -7.5 | Virginia |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA | +4 | +2.5 | UAB |
| Toledo | -11.5 | -12.5 | OHIO |
| Iowa St. | +25.5 | +24.5 | NEBRASKA |
| UL MONROE | +7.5 | +7 | North Texas |
| ARKANSAS ST. | +23.5 | +22.5 | Mississippi |
| Tulane | +12 | +10.5 | CINCINNATI |
| RICE | +4.5 | Boise St. | |
| UL Lafayette | +34.5 | +33.5 | ARIZONA ST. |
| NFL GAMES - Sunday | |||
| *Chargers | -3 | -3 | CLEVELAND |
| Vikings | -4.5 | -4 | SAINTS |
| *line moved to -3 -120, then it got bet back down. | |||
| Last week: College line moves were 9-9 and are now 36-26 overall. NFL line moves were 2-1, winning with the Steelers and Chargers and losing with the Dolphins, and are now 10-6 for the season. | |||