[tech]

Yeah, dogs have been getting killed in the NFL this year, thus books have been getting killed also. One more point about not having balanced action -- the basic idea (Stanford Wong's book has a good example of this also) is that if I know people are going to bet the favorites anyway, it increases my EV to shade the favorites a little bit, even if the action is unbalanced. If you have deep pockets to weather the downturns, this will increase your returns in the long run as a sportsbook, even if it does increase short-term variability.