Ezekiel Elliott and the rest of the Buckeyes are confident entering 2015. (USATSI)Sportsbook operator CG Technology released Over/Unders on win totals for 67 college football teams, and Ohio State stands apart from the rest. The Buckeyes are listed at 11 wins, the Over juiced at -165, meaning you have to risk $165 to win $100. The Under is priced at +135. CG Technology pegged Baylor and TCU at 10 wins, and no other team is in double digits. “Ohio State is tricky because you could actually put 12 as the number,” Jason Simbal, vice president of race and sports, told CBSSports.com. “I say that as a joke but they’re going to be the favorite in every game. They go undefeated in the majority of simulations we ran. “You can either open it at 11.5 or 11, but juice the Over.” Offshore sportsbook 5Dimes released win totals a month ago, but 5Dimes is only taking $100 max bets. CG Technology, which runs eight sportsbooks, including those at Venetian, Cosmopolitan and the Palms, is taking $1,000 bets now and will raise the limit to $5,000 as the season approaches. The first bet came in on none other than lowly Illinois. A professional bettor wagered the max on Over 4 wins at +145. “I have no idea why — we’re going to leave it and see if someone else touches it,” Simbal said. “This is the most interesting part, seeing how people start betting. We can see which numbers we missed on and try to apply that going forward.” Here are Simbal’s thoughts on a few teams that were hard to peg: Notre Dame, 9 wins (-115 either way): “Notre Dame is always tough because of the amount of action they usually get from fans, so you want to tweak that to the higher side. …
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