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Tennessee -50Before any Factor adjustments This is the matchup estimate implied by the OV Ratings before any game-specific Factors. Why doesn’t OnVarsity adjust it automatically?Tennessee -46.51-book consensus · updated Aug 26Comparable games put Tennessee's chance of winning by at least 28 at about 96%. Historically, the market shaded about 2.5 points toward Furman (average-estimate range 1.4–3.4), but actual results were too noisy to treat that as a dependable OV Line adjustment.
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Faizon Brandon, a true freshman, is expected to start at quarterback for Tennessee. After ordinary lopsided game flow is accounted for, markets in 22 comparable FBS-FCS openers averaged about 0.8 points more toward the FBS favorite, but the estimate is highly uncertain (from 3.3 points away to 4.0 points toward).
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Tennessee -50Before any Factor adjustments This is the matchup estimate implied by the OV Ratings before any game-specific Factors. Why doesn’t OnVarsity adjust it automatically?Tennessee -47.5Based on 2 booksComparable games put Tennessee's chance of winning by at least 28 at about 96%. Historically, the market shaded about 2.5 points toward Furman (average-estimate range 1.4–3.4), but actual results were too noisy to treat that as a dependable OV Line adjustment.
See the full studyFaizon Brandon, a true freshman, is expected to start at quarterback for Tennessee. After ordinary lopsided game flow is accounted for, markets in 22 comparable FBS-FCS openers averaged about 0.8 points more toward the FBS favorite, but the estimate is highly uncertain (from 3.3 points away to 4.0 points toward).
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