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College football odds

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Biggest moves from lines posted Monday at South Point sports book

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Willie Taggart replaces Jimbo Fisher as coach at Florida State, which went 7-6 last season. The Hokies went 9-4 in their second season under coach Justin Fuente.

The South Point will post lines on its college football games of the year at 10 a.m. Thursday and will unveil its season win totals at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Triple threat

Wynn Las Vegas sports book directorjo­hnnyavello­openedjust­ifyasthe 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes on June 9.

Justify won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday by a half-length over Bravazo to keep alive his bid to become only the second horse since 1978 to win the Triple Crown.

“He won, but the horses were a little closer this time,” Avello said. “We’ll see what that means going forward.”

Will Justify win the Triple Crown? Yes is minus 120 at the Wynn and no is even.

“The wiseguys were betting no to win the Triple Crown before the Preakness and now they’re betting no again going into the Belmont,” Avello said.

Will Justify win the Triple Crown and will the Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup? Yes opened at plus 550 at the Wynn before the Preakness but wasadjuste­dmondaytop­lus270.no was minus 330.

Big bettor backs Warriors

A William Hill sports book bettor placed a $475,000 futures wager on Goldenstat­eatminus19­0onmay9 that will pay $250,000 if the Warriors win the NBA title.

Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjour­nal.com. Follow @tdewey33 on Twitter.

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