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Following the somber news that Ohio State Buckeyes prized starting quarterback Braxton Miller would be out with a season-ending injury, oddsmakers made OSU a 40-1 long shot to win the 2015 College Football National Title. Now the market has swung back in their favor.
“The market has swung right back on Ohio State,” said Aaron Kessler, the sports book supervisor at Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.
BCSN TV noted that Vegas sportsbook operators were reporting a flood of action pouring in following news of Miller’s injury.
From BCSN:
At the LVH sports book just off of the Strip, oddsmakers initially downgraded Ohio State six points from its original perch as 17½-point favorites over the Midshipmen. Yet, even with the Buckeyes breaking in red-shirt freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett, they inspired so much action that the betting line jolted back. OSU has since widely settled in as a 16½-point favorite.
“On our side of the counter, we’re scratching our heads,” LVH sports book director Jay Kornegay told The Blade. “We were having a discussion about it the other day. So, is Barrett just looking really good in practice? Does it look like they’re not missing a beat? ... There's no way I would ever have thought going from Miller to Barrett would be worth one point.”
Ohio State was currently listed with 25-1 odds of winning the National Title at AceSportsbook.com.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
