Betting activity for tonight's Gasparilla Bowl between Marshall and South Florida had been very quiet. After oddsmakers opened Marshall as a 2-point favorite back on Dec. 3, bettors quickly moved the line to -2.5, which is where it sat for one week.
On Dec. 10, oddsmakers adjusted the spread to -3, where it remained until Thursday morning.
With limits increased, sharps struck, showing their hand for the first time since this game opened. In addition, steady professional action has forced oddsmakers to move the Marshall-USF over/under, as well.
Using The Action Network's betting tools, let's take a quick look at how wiseguys are betting both the spread and total for tonight's Gasparilla Bowl.
As mentioned above, this point spread settled in at Marshall -3 for seven days until professional money flooded the market this morning.
Sports Insights' Bet Signals triggered a Steam Move on Marshall -3 at 9:14 a.m. ET, explaining how money from respected bettors forced the entire market to move this number up to -3.5.
The under has also been a target of sharp action, but this has been much more steady over the past 17 days. Our public betting data reveals that 75% of dollars wagered have played the under, so we know that books are already heavier on that side of the total.
Four Steam Moves and one Reverse Line move were also triggered on the under, meaning that the 75% of money is coming from professionals as well.
In response, oddsmakers have moved this over/under down from an opener of 54.5 to 51, at the time of writing.
