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Originally Posted by HOOT
Excuses! 2011 home teams were 21-11 vs 2012 record of 23-9, not a huge difference for a small sample size. But I went further and looked into total penalties for the two weeks in each season and 2011 calls were 223-182 (44.9% vs home team) compared to this year 231-188 (44.9% vs home team). Bang on percentage wise home vs away.
The replacement refs haven't been perfect but they are only calling a .5 a penalty more a game after two weeks, without leaning home vs away. Vegas is always looking for someone to blame when they lose money.
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The more I read this article, the more it pisses me off. The numbers are so heavily skewed by week 2 home teams going 11-3-2 against the spread. Week 1 they were 8-8, and week 3 they're currently sitting at 5-8-2 with one game left to play.