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Western Michigan at Rice: our pick

We called Western Michigan at 75%, locked Sep 17, 11:05 PM ET, 43 hours before kickoff.

Final: Western Michigan 28–21 Rice. Right.

Why this pick?

Our 75% is the betting market's own price for Western Michigan: 7 sportsbooks' prices, averaged, with their margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 0.3 points away from Western Michigan.

We have no graded calls on Western Michigan yet.

At 75%, a pick like this still loses about 25 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

No cash-out alert fired on this game.

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Entry #376 in the chain, backfilled when fingerprinting began. Check this call yourself →

Not betting advice. 21+ where permitted. Every call, graded →