Ryan Day talked about Ohio State's preparation for Georgia and his confidence in the quarterback. There is a time and a place for it.
Georgia remained the favorite against Ohio State in Saturday's second College Football Playoff semifinal, but the point spread was moving towards the Buckeyes on reports of big wagers.
The line moved from Georgia to -6) after multiple sportsbooks reported taking bets on Ohio State. On Saturday, the line moved down to Georgia.
Michigan was a 7.5-point favorite over TCU in the other semifinals.
The Ohio State-Georgia game attracted double the amount of money as the TCU-Michigan game. When the game was announced in December, the line opened as high as Georgia -7 but quickly went down to -6.5.
As of Saturday morning, the Bulldogs had attracted more than 80% of the point-spread bets at the casino.
Despite the majority of bets being on Georgia, the sharp action on Ohio State was respected enough to move the line.
Joey Feazel is the lead college football trader for Caesars Sportsbook. When the line didn't bet back to seven, the sharps took the 6.5s.
Most of the action is on Georgia entering game day, so the sportsbook still needs Ohio State.
A half point isn't much of a deal on a college football day. In a game of this magnitude, it's a lot bigger.
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