r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 08 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] SMU Defeats Florida State 27-24

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
SMU 7 10 0 10 27
Florida State 7 3 7 7 24
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u/bungnard Alabama • California Sep 08 '26

O/U 52.5. Vegas knows all.

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u/SnicketySneme Indiana Hoosiers Sep 08 '26

People with money on the line tend to take things more seriously. It's why I can't stand talking heads on sports shows. You want to give a hot take? Put your money where your mouth is. Vegas puts their money where their mouth is. It's why I trust them more than any other prediction metric.

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u/SolWizard Syracuse Orange • Cornell Big Red Sep 08 '26

It's absolutely better than any publicly available metric. If it wasn't, they'd just copy the metric