Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 7:00 PM EDTWeek 1 · at Houston
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
UNLV 27–30 HOU
✗ HOU (56%) lost
Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
Close—
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close—
Signals
The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Small sample warning
UNLV have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
HOU +2.5home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 11 mph
gusts 19 mph · 0.008 in rain · wind lowers scoring
Rest
UNLV1st game
HOU1st game
Even
Travel
UNLV 1,229 mi
2 time zones
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