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The Maryland football team opened up as three-point underdogs in Saturday’s road game at Penn State, according to Oddshark. But then a funny thing happened. The line started moving.
Here’s how it progressed on online sportsbook 5Dimes:
| 5Dimes | Line (Home) |
| 10/02/16 2:36:11 PM | -3 |
| 10/02/16 6:43:47 PM | -3 |
| 10/02/16 6:56:20 PM | -2.5 |
| 10/02/16 7:09:06 PM | -1.5 |
| 10/02/16 7:20:32 PM | Ev |
| 10/02/16 7:32:12 PM | -1 |
| 10/03/16 10:47:18 AM | 1 |
| 10/03/16 6:03:52 PM | 1.5 |
Several other sites Oddshark uses to measure betting showed similar progressions. At the beginning of the season, Maryland seemed pretty unlikely to win this game. Now, Bill Connelly’s S&P+ gives Maryland a 43 percent chance of winning, projecting Penn State to come away with a three-point victory. No matter how you slice it, the Terps have a real shot to win on Saturday.
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Ty Johnson won Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for his 204-yard performance against Purdue.
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Perry Hills threw his first interception of the season against Purdue, but he kept on rolling after that.
Maryland could end up playing Minnesota on ABC next week, which would be a much broader audience than the Terps usually get.