All bets are off with Lovie Smith and the Illini football program; both literally and figuratively. The line for Michigan State at Illinois on November 5th opened briefly with the Spartans as 9 1/2 point favorites, but then quickly went off the boards. There is no spread, at all, on the game at any major leading sport book right now.
Vegas simply does not mess around. They are all business so when instances like this occur, something is definitely up.
That something might be Smith being “miserable” in Champaign according to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg.
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