Sportsbook Sharks should attack when they sense blood in the water. But
sometimes football fans and administrators shouldn't go for the kill right away.
One of the more intriguing college football matchups this Saturday sees 5-0
Rutgers visiting 5-1 Navy, and before we get to a crucial wagering lesson for
all Sportsbook Sharks, let's look at an important lesson on patience for
football fans and administrators. Following the 2002 season, Rutgers and Army may have been judged as the two
biggest dregs in all of college football. In the previous 4 years Rutgers
was 7-38. In the previous 3 years Navy was 3-31. Coach Greg Schiano
of Rutgers was 3-20 in his first two years. Coach Paul Johnson was 1-10 in
his first year at Navy. Importantly, the administrations didn't give into impatient fans demands, and
both these teams were bowl clubs last year and will be this year, as they have
combined for a 10-1 record thus far this season. Though they had combined
for 4-30 at their schools following the 2002 season, their fans are now thrilled
to have these coaches around, as they have combined for a 10-1 record. Now for the blood in the water for bettors… as the Sportsbook Shark checked
this game at both
Pinnacle Sportsbook and
Cascade Sportsbook, Navy was a 2½-point favorite at both. But
bettors at Pinnacle could play Rutgers at +2½ at +103 odds while Cascade bettors
could lay the 2½ on Navy at -105. With +103 on one side and -105 on the other, this is the equivalent of -101
juice, offering a 90% discount on the vig that bettors in Vegas and traditional
-110/100 shops were paying. Now that 90% discount may not be available by the
time you read this on that game. But there are plenty of -101, -101½ and
-102 opportunities in NFL and college football when you play the low juice lines
of these 2 sports books against each other. This is a new age in low juice wagering and if you're not playing at
Cascade Sportsbook and/or at
Pinnacle Sportsbook, you're missing out on the low juice revolution.
If you don't play at these two books you might as well go join the lines of -110
losers who continue to bet football like it's 1999. Good luck this weekend, - the Sportsbook Shark.

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