Oregon (and Louisville) lead the way in Vegas win total projections

[NOVoodoo]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com...season-win-totals-hit-the-board-in-Vegas.html

Oregon (11 Over: +115, Under: -145) and Louisville are set at 11
Alabama and Ohio State are at 10.5
Florida State is at 10
Clemson, Georgia, Texas A&M, and both USC's are all at 9.5


I know conference affiliation has a lot to do with the win total lines, but I figured I'd share the fact the Vegas has confidence in ya'lls boys.

In terms of BCS Championship odds, Vegas Insider has ya'll 3rd, at 7/1, behind Alabama's 5/2 and Ohio State's 5/1 (and then things drop off quickly with Georgia and Texas A&M being at 12/1, then a large group sitting at 20/1.)

 

[THE HCP]

Louisvilles schedule is a joke! Come play my Ducks @ Autzen!

 

[NOVoodoo]

Louisvilles schedule is a joke! Come play my Ducks @ Autzen!

Not going to argue with Louisville's schedule, but it ain't like the Pac-12 is that much more competitive than the new AAC. I mean, c'mon, throw the Ducks into the SEC, and they're also right on that 9.5 win line with Clemson, Georgia, Texas A&M, South Carolina, and Southern Cal.

 

[STOMP]

Not going to argue with Louisville's schedule, but it ain't like the Pac-12 is that much more competitive than the new AAC.

Haha! The ACC??? get real... the Pac 12 is called the conference of champions in large part because their schools have by far the most championships in various sports.

To understand why this is, think of it from a raw data standpoint. The population of the USA is roughly 314M. Unlike most of the other conferences, there isn't a lot of sharing of territory with schools from other major conferences (Colorado & Utah would be the exceptions). That equates to the Pac 12 having first dibs on the talent from California (38M) Washington (6.9M) Arizona (6.5M) & Oregon (3.9M) which equals 55.3M or 17% of the country's total population. Adding in Colorado and Utah is another 8M which bumps up the total share to 20%... I think this is a fair add on as many of the surrounding Western states (Nevada, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, etc...) don't have any major conference schools in their states at all so the Pac 12 is again logistically at an advantage to land the talent from that area.

btw, much of the SEC is awful. I'd love to finally see Oregon vs Bama though

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--which-athletic-program-is-best.html

STOMP