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Cyclones now favored vs. NDSU

AMES — A few weeks ago, the offshore gambling website 5 Dimesreleased an early betting line for Iowa State’s Aug. 30 season opener vs. the three-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State Bison. It wasn’t pretty. 5 Dimes tabbed Iowa State as a two-point underdog to the program that has won four straight games vs. FBS opponents. 

On Monday however, the line changed. Iowa State, who went 3-9 a season ago, is now a 3.5 point favorite. 

Is this largely because the money is currently swaying toward Iowa State? Perhaps, but one Vegas insider told me that probably isn’t entirely the case. Nationally, this won’t be a heavily betted game. Money probably is on the Cyclones right now but according to my guy, it was probably a faulty line to begin with. 

Regardless, the experts still believe this game is too close to call. 

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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