Chalk one up for the odds makers as last week was pretty even right across the board. Seven teams getting points covered the spread with two teams; Kansas City and Denver losing but covering and five teams; Houston, Carolina, Tampa Bay, N.Y. Jets, and Chicago winning outright.
For the second week in a row the total bet was split right down the middle. Eight games stayed under the total and eight games went over. There were a few teams that basically took their game over on their own. San Diego put up 42 points on Tennessee, Carolina scored 41 against the N.Y. Giants, and Green Bay racked up 48 points against Seattle.
It only seemed like there were 2,009 bad beats in 2009.
In reality, you guys are just really bad bettors.
Only kidding.
The underdogs got the best of it last week as nine teams getting points covered the spread. Four teams; Detroit, Miami, Cincinnati, and St.Louis all lost but covered the points and five teams; Dallas, Cleveland, Atlanta, Carolina, and Oakland all won outright.
After four straight weeks of the under bet dominating the totals line, balance has finally returned. There was a perfect split this week with eight games staying under their total and eight going over, just the way the odds makers like to draw it up.
Hopefully, being reminded of George Michael’s fame, in a sports betting column of all places, is a bad enough beat to satisfy all us Sadomasochists, who enjoy tormenting ourselves by reliving and dissecting difficult defeats.
In a season chock full of controversial coaching decisions, New Orleans’ Sean Payton made and got away with one Sunday in Atlanta.
Bettors who had over 50 weren’t so lucky.
For almost every one of the 34 bowl games, we’ve been given at least two weeks to prepare. In that sense, we might as well dig up as much as we can in search of that one golden nugget for each. In this piece, we’ll take a look at some general bowl game trends recent years, then dive into some more team specific trends for the ’09-10 bowl games. View the current lines for all the games on the LIVE ODDS page of Sportsbook.com.
For the second week in a row there was an even split between the favorites and the underdogs as eight teams getting points covered with six teams; Cleveland, Miami, Buffalo, San Diego, Philadelphia, and San Francisco winning outright. Home teams were evenly split as well with eight winning outright and eight winning ATS.
Make it four weeks in a row and counting for the under bet. In week fourteen 11 games stayed under the total, four games went over, and there was one push; Denver@ Indianapolis with a total of 44. Scoring continues to drop as there were only three games that combined for 50 points or more while five games combined for 30 points or less.
There was an even split between favorites and underdogs last week as eight teams getting points covered the spread. Of the eight, four teams; Oakland, Arizona, N.Y. Giants, and Miami won their games outright. Home teams had the slight edge with nine teams winning outright and ten teams winning against the spread.
The time to bet big moneyline underdogs in the NFL is now.
The season is taking its toll on teams. Injuries are mounting, equalizing the talent gaps between the haves and have not.
For the third week in a row the under bet was the solid play. 11 of 16 games stayed under the total this week which means that in the past 48 games 32 or 67% have stayed under. Ten of the games actual point totals were six or less points from their total line making this an extremely hard bet to figure out this week.
After three straight weeks of the underdogs dominating the picks, last week the favorites rose to the occasion. Only four teams getting points covered the spread and only one team, Buffalo won outright. It was a great week to be home for the holiday as 13 home teams won straight up, with eight covering the spread. For the second week in a row the under was the best play as 11 games stayed under their total, while only five went over.
With Monday night’s New England@ New Orleans game staying under by ½ a point, on a total line of a whopping 55 ½ the under bet was a solid play in week twelve. Eleven games stayed under the total and only five games went over. Defense rose to the occasion as six teams were held to 10 points or less including the N.Y. Giants, Jaguars, and Bears.
The old moose left a bunch of us feeling like turkeys on Thanksgiving weekend.
There was Colorado, a 10-point underdog, hitting a 54-yard touchdown pass on the final play to cover in a 28-20 loss to Nebraska.
