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  2. How are point spreads made for NFL games? Veteran Vegas ... - AOL

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    The first spread Andrews comes to for an NFL game is simple math, using the power ratings: If Team A is 90, Team B is 91 and at home with a 2.5-point home-field advantage, the line is Team B -3.5.

  3. Scorigami - Wikipedia

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    Bois also notes in the 2016 video that American football is the largest sport in the U.S., and perhaps the world, where unique scores still regularly occur, as the vast majority of common sports will only allow points to be scored one at a time, such as soccer, baseball, or hockey, or in much smaller multi-point increments as in the case of ...

  4. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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    An offensive philosophy designed to appear as if all 11 players are eligible receivers. The offense exploits a loophole in the American football rulebook to technically make the formation a scrimmage kick, and the offensive line is spread across the field, all wearing numbers of eligible receivers, in an effort to confuse and deceive the defense.

  5. Spread offense - Wikipedia

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    In 1952 Texas Christian University (TCU) coach Leo "Dutch" Meyer wrote a book entitled Spread Formation Football, detailing his ideas about football formations, in which the first sentence was, "Spread formations are not new to football." [4] But Meyer's book introduced the spread to the college game, inspiring Don Coryell among others.

  6. South Carolina football gets smallest home point spread ...

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    It marks South Carolina’s lowest home point spread against Vanderbilt, annually one of the worst teams in the SEC, since the 2017 season (USC by 7). (The Gamecocks were favored by 6.5 last year ...

  7. College football score predictions: Expert picks against the ...

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    Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Monday, Nov. 13. No. 1 Georgia (-10.5) at No. 18 Tennessee. Kevin Brockway, The Gainesville Sun: Georgia wins 30-17 and covers the spread Emily Adams, Greenville News ...

  8. American football strategy - Wikipedia

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    The primary goal of the offense is to score points. [1] To achieve this, coaches and players design and execute plays based on several factors: the players involved, the opponent's defensive strategy, the time remaining before halftime or the end of the game, and the number of points needed to secure a win.

  9. American football rules - Wikipedia

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    The objective of the game is to score more points than the other team during the allotted time. [1] Teams can score points by advancing the ball to reach the opposite end of the field, which is home to a scoring zone (the end zone) and the goalposts. Teams move the ball down the field by running a series of plays consisting of runs or passes.