Rutgers -11.5 vs. Wake Forest

[Groz]

Very surprised that we are 11.5 favorites against Wake Forest. Actually thought it might have been a typo.

Now let's go out and play to the level that the odds maker's think we should in the game.......

Best of Luck,
Groz

 

[Unionst]

I wouldn’t take us on that.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Cant find a O/U. If it is 135 or above take the under

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Bart has 69-61. That guard must be out for WF

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I wouldn’t take us on that.

I agree too. So that means one obvious thing….

Take RU and give the 11.5

 

[Rokodesh]

God damn that's a huge spread

 

[Terry_2426]

Cant find a O/U. If it is 135 or above take the under

134.5

 

[Scangg]

Bart has 69-61. That guard must be out for WF

I can't imagine he is playing... the way he left the court the other night looked like he would be out for a while

 

[mikeyo]

I can't imagine he is playing... the way he left the court the other night looked like he would be out for a while

Listed as doubtful by moderator on Wake message board

 

[Mr Magoo]

Wow. That’s an awful lot of points. Makes no sense.

 

[Rutgers25]

My dumb logic says take Wake on the money line. RU loses, you get a nice payout, RU wins, you’re happy. Lol

 

[mikeyo]

Wow. That’s an awful lot of points. Makes no sense.

Appleby scores 19 a game, including 42 pct from 3. Their top reserve averages 7. The bookmakers just doing simple math. We shall see

 

[Scangg]

Appleby scores 19 a game, including 42 pct from 3. Their top reserve averages 7. The bookmakers just doing simple math. We shall see

That's not how bookmakers set lines unless you're just trolling @fluoxetine

 

[Rokodesh]

My dumb logic says take Wake on the money line. RU loses, you get a nice payout, RU wins, you’re happy. Lol

I would actually take Rutgers here in this situation if it were any other team. We were -8 last game and lost straight up. Now we're an even bigger favorite, lightning rarely strikes twice. Seen this scenario many times.

 

[bac2therac]

Wake isnt a defensive team and missing their best player and just skated by a bad yeam at home. I wouldn't take this bet but I can see why they made it this high. Rutgers is still an excellent defensive team

 

[zebnatto]

All the money’s gonna go on Wake.

 

[blueoyster]

RU wins handily, but take WF with the points and do some nice Christmas shopping!!

 

[Scangg]

This has all the makings of a "get right" game for Rutgers

 

[Kbee3]

This has all the makings of a "get right" game for Rutgers

It better be.

 

[RU848789]

With our offense, hard to see us beating any good team by more than 11, although we did so against the Hoosiers, but we own them. Really need this one to get the season back on track.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Like our Cliff, Wake’s Carr is foul prone. Will be interesting to see who stays out of foul trouble.

 

[RUsojo]

This has all the makings of a "get right" game for Rutgers

Agree completely. Gonna be a fun Saturday for Rutgers crowd

 

[bac2therac]

One of their players was benched last game...Monsanto averaging 9 points a game.

With Damari, it’s more about standard and expectations,” Forbes said. “I love him. I respect him. But there’s a standard, you’ve got to live with me every day at practice. And if you don’t do it, you don’t just automatically get to play. He knows that. God bless him, love him, but he knows how I operate. We had a really good practice yesterday. He wasn’t much a part of that. It will continue that way until that changes. He’ll fix it, or he won’t. But I’m not budging. We need him. But there’s just a certain level of expectations and standard that I have in practice. And he just didn't do it.”

 

[LeapinLou]

My dumb logic says take Wake on the money line. RU loses, you get a nice payout, RU wins, you’re happy. Lol

About 20 years ago I was in Las Vegas with friends. I forget the opponent but I did exactly this. Lost the bet but was very happy because RU won. My friends thought the whole thing was very strange that I would bet against RU. I said it was an "emotional hedge" bet. They declared me an idiot and moved on.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Wake plays today with one day’s less rest as well as travel inconveniences.

 

[Mr_Twister]

If Wake is like all other Rutgers opponents, Appleby will play. Piscataway NJ is the Lourdes of athletes. Miraculously, opponent’s injured athletes always are healed here.

 

[Rutgers25]

About 20 years ago I was in Las Vegas with friends. I forget the opponent but I did exactly this. Lost the bet but was very happy because RU won. My friends thought the whole thing was very strange that I would bet against RU. I said it was an "emotional hedge" bet. They declared me an idiot and moved on.

Yes, the emotional hedge is very tempting even though I fully admit the logic is dumb!

 

[RUJMM78]

Rutgers margin for error is small becasue of the offensive woes.Yes, they must win this game but doubtful by double digits..

 

[fluoxetine]

Spread has moved to ~10 FYI

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Think we take this by about 10 but covering will probably depend on FT shooting and garbage time points so I’ll pass on that. This is as close to a must win as a December game can be. Think Pike will have them ready to play.

 

[Scarlet Blind]

After every rock fight, we do come out and score alot sometimes at the expense of defense. I'd expect a much higher scoring game today.

 

[mikeyo]

That's not how bookmakers set lines unless you're just trolling @fluoxetine

I think sarcasm is allowed

 

[bitnez]

One of their players was benched last game...Monsanto averaging 9 points a game.

With Damari, it’s more about standard and expectations,” Forbes said. “I love him. I respect him. But there’s a standard, you’ve got to live with me every day at practice. And if you don’t do it, you don’t just automatically get to play. He knows that. God bless him, love him, but he knows how I operate. We had a really good practice yesterday. He wasn’t much a part of that. It will continue that way until that changes. He’ll fix it, or he won’t. But I’m not budging. We need him. But there’s just a certain level of expectations and standard that I have in practice. And he just didn't do it.”

Wake got smoked but this is damn good coaching because that kid was locked in today. IMO, the best shooting guard we’ve faced all year.

 

[Mr_Twister]

If Wake is like all other Rutgers opponents, Appleby will play. Piscataway NJ is the Lourdes of athletes. Miraculously, opponent’s injured athletes always are healed here.

Appleby did play, and played hard. We banged him around pretty good. Coach rested him the rest of the way when the game was decided.

 

[RUChoppin]

Appleby did play, and played hard. We banged him around pretty good. Coach rested him the rest of the way when the game was decided.

Coach should have pulled him after the third foul.

 

[needmorecowbell]

When a spread looks off, stay away.

 

[Scangg]

This has all the makings of a "get right" game for Rutgers

It better be.

It was

 

[Kbee3]

It was

Absolutely nothing any Rutgers fan could possibly complain about in today's game.
Enjoyable. Loved the intensity.