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Exchange buyers before kickoff: which side buyers took (Kalshi, Polymarket (international), Novig, ProphetX)
These are exchange trades, not sportsbook bets. On an exchange every trade has a buyer and a seller, so this shows which side buyers paid for.
How to read these numbers
Kalshi, Polymarket (international) and Novig publish every trade with the side the buyer took. ProphetX carries its trade fills the same way; a line with no captured fill shows dollars matched only. Trades is each side's share of the trades we read since we began reading the market and Money is its share of the dollars buyers paid. Markets with fewer than 10 trades or under $500 traded are left out; markets under 30 trades or $5,000 are labelled Light trading, because a few buyers can move the percentages a long way.
Kalshi
Moneyline$795k traded · 9.6k trades
San José State SpartansEastern Michigan Eagles
Trades
Money
Spread$173k traded · 1.7k trades
San José State Spartans +2.5Eastern Michigan Eagles -2.5
Trades
Money
Total 55.5$97k traded · 891 trades
Over 55.5Under 55.5
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Money
Polymarket (international)
Polymarket (international) is not open to US bettors.
Moneyline$258k traded · 245 trades
San José State SpartansEastern Michigan Eagles
Trades
Money
Spread$14k traded · 21 trades
San José State Spartans +1.5Eastern Michigan Eagles -1.5
Trades
Money
Light trading: $14k so far, percentages can swingLast read before kickoff .
Eastern Michigan Eagles win price on Kalshi and Polymarket (international) as kickoff neared
Eastern Michigan Eagles to win, from 168 hours before the start to 14 min before the start: Polymarket (international) 68% to 54%; Kalshi 66% to 53%. These are exchange prices, read as the chance the market gave Eastern Michigan Eagles, not sportsbook odds. Polymarket (international) is not open to US bettors.
Polymarket (international)KalshiScale 50% to 70%
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📊 Team Breakdown archived pregame data
Season win %
San José State Spartans
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Eastern Michigan Eagles
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Standings & streak
San José State Spartans9th in the Mountain West Conference
Eastern Michigan Eagles1st in the Mid-American ConferencePlayers to watch
Noah Kim (EMU)27/38, 279 YDS, 2 TD
Luke Weaver (SJSU)21/32, 234 YDS, 2 TDHow to read this: "chance to win per the betting market" comes from the actual odds with the sportsbook's built-in fee (the vig) stripped out, the market's honest opinion of the game.
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The Hook
Two quarterbacks, two nearly identical Week 1 stat lines, two very different feelings walking into this one. Noah Kim went 27 of 38 for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns. Luke Weaver went 21 of 32 for 234 yards and 2 touchdowns. Same efficiency, roughly the same yards per throw, same touchdown count. One of them is 1-0 and sleeping in his own bed this week. The other is 0-1 and flying across two time zones. That gap, not the passing chart, is the real story of San José State vs Eastern Michigan.
The Matchup
The San José State Spartans arrive at 0-1 and sit 9th of 10 in the Mountain West Conference. The Eastern Michigan Eagles are 1-0 and sit 1st of 13 in the Mid-American Conference. Those standings are early-season snapshots, not verdicts, but they tell you who banked confidence in Week 1 and who has to answer questions.
Kickoff is at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, which means Eastern Michigan vs San José State is a home game for a team that already knows what winning feels like this year, against a visitor still looking for its first one. No season series information is given here, so treat this as a clean, standalone matchup rather than a grudge rematch.
Players to Watch
Kim completed 71 percent of his passes and averaged about 7.3 yards per attempt. Yards per attempt is simply total passing yards divided by throws, and it is the cleanest quick measure of whether an offense is moving the chains or just dinking around. Weaver sits at 66 percent completions and about 7.3 yards per attempt himself. Statistically these two are twins. The difference is context. Kim did it in a win, at home, with a functional supporting cast around him. Weaver did it in a loss.
The Numbers
Odds are not posted for this game yet, so here is what to look for when they hit the board. The spread is a handicap, points added to the underdog or taken from the favorite, so a 3-point favorite must win by 4 or more for a spread bet on them to cash. The moneyline is a straight bet on who wins, no points involved. Every one of those markets carries vig, the small commission baked into the price, which is why a coin-flip bet usually pays less than even money.
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San José State vs Eastern Michigan FAQ
Who was favored in San José State vs Eastern Michigan?
Noah Kim and Luke Weaver posted near-mirror opening-week passing numbers, and this one gets decided by which offense holds up on the road.
What was the pregame read on Eastern Michigan vs San José State?
Noah Kim and Luke Weaver posted near-mirror opening-week passing numbers, and this one gets decided by which offense holds up on the road. Wise Guy Team has an official play on this game. Members see it on their board.
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Expected value first: the best price across the regulated US books we track versus the true fair price with the vig removed, then the matchup data (form, standings, injuries, key players). Line shopping for the best number is the edge most bettors leave on the table.
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