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Jacksonville State Gamecocks at North Dakota State Bison
Sat, Aug 29, 5:30 PM ET · Fargodome · IndoorsFINAL 7–33Backtest · not lockedThis game finished before the model ran on it, so the call was reconstructed afterward from pre-game ratings. It counts in the backtest table on the track record, never in the locked record.
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WinnerProbability the picked team wins, from a normal on the model's predicted margin. Backtested and calibrated: when it says 65%, it has been right about 63–65% of the time.✗
JVST
54%
model margin JVST by 1.9
SpreadWhich side the model's margin lands on versus the spread. A lean, not a proven edge: against closing NFL lines the model covers about 49% in backtest, so this is tracked in public rather than sold.—
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TotalModel total (scoring ratings + weather + roof) versus the posted total. Same caveat as the spread: a lean, tracked in public.—
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model total 53.7
Power ratings
| Team | Elo | Off | Def | SOS | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 1502 | -4.4 | 1.3 | 1479 | 1 |
| North Dakota State Bison | 1545 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 1568 | 1 |
Off/Def are points above league average scored / prevented, opponent-adjusted. SOS is the mean Elo of opponents faced this season.
How the margin was built
- Rating gap
- JVST +89 Elo
- Home field
- NDSU +3.1 pts
- Rest
- Even
- Weather / roof
- Indoors
- Model margin
- JVST by 1.9
- Market spread
- —
- Model total
- 53.7 vs —
- Moneyline
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Informational only. Winner probabilities are backtested and calibrated; spread and total calls are tracked leans. 21+, 1-800-GAMBLER.