Odds to win 2008 championship

[mpepper]

I discussed on the morning show today... 49 teams listed, the field consists of 70 schools

Odds to win 2008 BCS Championship

January 23, 2007

By VI News

VegasInsider.com

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Odds to win 2008 BCS National Championship

School Odds

Alabama 75-1

Arizona 150-1

Arizona St 100-1

Arkansas 30-1

Auburn 60-1

BYU 100-1

Boise St 150-1

Boston College 100-1

California 60-1

Clemson 75-1

Colorado 100-1

Florida 8-1

Florida St 30-1

Georgia 40-1

Georgia Tech 200-1

Hawaii 200-1

Iowa 75-1

Kansas St 200-1

LSU 10-1

Louisville 60-1

Maryland 150-1

Miami FL 60-1

Michigan 8-1

Missouri 100-1

Nebraska 25-1

North Carolina St 200-1

Notre Dame 60-1

Ohio St 30-1

Oklahoma 18-1

Oklahoma St 200-1

Oregon 100-1

Oregon St 200-1

Penn St 25-1

Pittsburgh 200-1

Purdue 300-1

Rutgers 60-1

South Carolina 75-1

[highlight]South Florida 300-1 [/highlight]

TCU 100-1

Tennessee 60-1

Texas 12-1

Texas A&M 60-1

Texas Tech 100-1

UCLA 75-1

USC 7-2

Virginia Tech 25-1

Wake Forest 150-1

West Virginia 7-1

Wisconsin 30-1

Field (Any Other Team) 50-1

[BULLfreak]

put me down for 10.00  

[gurlybull]

I am not very good at odds...is that saying we have the worst odds of any team listed???

[Guest AstroBull]

So you're saying there is a chance

[Joe]

We're in the discussion at least

[Mama_Bull]

Isn't it amazing that of all the schools listed, we are listed as being dead last!  At least the odds makers have us in the mix.  

Mike, we know you love USF, but do you really want to stir the pot and get these devoted fans totally P. O.'d at you. LOL

I have never for a minute gave a thought that we could win the 2008 BCS championship or even vie for it.  2009 or later, that might very well be possible.

First we have to win the Big East, and we also have to move up the rankings and be in the top 10.  At the end of 2007 I could see us ranked as  high as 17.  It would take another year or 2 beyond that to get into that elite top 10.

This is strictly my thinking.  I am not saying it is fact but a Bullief.

[JoeB]

So basically the "field" is 50-1, but we're 300-1?  Doesn't make much sense.  How is Arizona 150-1?  Did they even go to a bowl game last year?

[Apis Bull]

So basically the "field" is 50-1, but we're 300-1?  Doesn't make much sense.

It does make sense.  The odds of any of the 70 teams not listed is better that the odds that we will make it.

If you bet on the field, you're betting on 70 teams, not one.

[JoeB]

Yeah I get that part of it.  Why wouldn't they include us in the field though?    I guess they feel people would actually throw down money on USF as a 300/1 longshot, as opposed to a UCF type team just being listed in the field.  OK, got it.

[VeryBullish]

The odds is 50-1 to one for the field because a field of any one team of 60+ teams winning the nc is more likely to happen...per say than USF winning it alone.

USF is still not getting any respect in Vegas. That's cool. That means big paydays for those who wager on USF.