The Super Bowl matchup is set, with Indianapolis and New Orleans getting two weeks to prepare for their championship showdown in Miami. Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have already weighed in on their thoughts, installing the Colts as 4-point opening line favorites. That number has since moved to 5.5-points, with Indy getting about 64% of the action according to the BETTING TRENDS page.
Back in 2007 the Giants and Patriots squared off in one of the greatest games in Week 17 of all time. The Patriots walked out with a perfect regular season, but the Giants walked out with a blueprint on how to defeat one of the best teams the league had ever seen.
“You live by the gunslinger, then you die by the gunslinger.”
That’s the adage that most people point to as an excuse for when guys like Ben Roethlisberger and Jay Cutler fall short. Yet no quarterback in the modern era has epitomized that trait more than Brett Favre. At 12-4 SU, the Vikings finished with the second-best record in the NFC.
Back in 2005 the Jets hoofed the Chargers playoff hopes in the groin by toppling them 20-17 in the wild card round of the playoffs. For a team that usually finds itself in the post season, the Chargers haven’t found success that often and that is a trend that I see continuing when they face the Jets on Sunday. History will repeat itself this weekend.
Colt McCoy has been able to shatter most of college football’s most notable quarterback records, but breaking the SEC streak in the BCS Championship game is going to be tougher than most of his challenges. The NCAA’s winningest college quarterback lost his Heisman trophy to the Crimson Tide’s Mark Ingram thanks to a poor effort in the Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska. Facing Alabama’s top ranked defense is going to prove whether McCoy is a big game player, and could very well affect his long term NFL draft stock.
In the football betting odds, the Cardinals are listed as a three-point favorite, with a posted total of 43.5 points.
Event: BCS Title Game
Date: Thursday, Jan. 6, 8:10 pm EST
Site: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
MY Sportsbook.com LINE: Alabama -4
Event: GMAC Bowl
Date: Thursday, Jan. 6, 7:00 pm EST
Site: Ladd Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
MY Sportsbook.com LINE: Central Michigan -2.5
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Event: FedEx Orange Bowl
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 8:20 pm EST
Site: Land Shark Stadium, Miami, FL
MY Sportsbook.com LINE: Georgia Tech -5.5
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No. 10 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2 SU, 8-3 ATS) vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (11-2 SU, 8-4 ATS)
Tuesday, January 5: 8:00 p.m.
BetUS.com Betting Odds: Georgia Tech -4, Total Points 50 ½
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Event: Fiesta Bowl
Date: Monday, Jan. 4, 8:00 pm EST
Site: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
MY Sportsbook.com LINE: TCU -7
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Sunday, January 3rd – Land Shark Stadium, Miami – 1:00 PM ET
NFL Point Spread: Pittsburgh -3, O/U: 45.5
Both of these teams are still mathematically alive for the playoffs, but both teams not a lot of help to reach the postseason. The Steelers need a win coupled with two of the following teams to lose; the Jets, the Ravens and the Texans.
Sunday, January 3rd – Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park – 1:00 PM ET
NFL Point Spread: Bills -8
The Colts got in a lot of trouble with their fan base when they pulled their starters last week. Instead of trying for a perfect season, the Indy subs played and were handily defeated by the New York Jets.
Who would have thought that at this point the New Orleans Saints would be the team that would be faltering, while the Carolina Panthers were coming on strong? Yet if you have looked at the respective performances of these teams the last couple of weeks that might be the conclusion you’d draw.
Last minute heroics by Brett Favre simply weren’t enough as the Vikings were stunned during a Monday Night Football betting loss to the Chicago Bears last weekend. With the New York Giants on the docket playing for respect to close out their season, the Vikings will need to snap a two-game losing skid to keep their hopes of a first-round bye alive.
Falcons vs. Buccaneers (+2)
(O/U) 41½
Sunday, January 3 – 1:00 PM ET
The Atlanta Falcons (8-7 SU, 10-5 ATS, 7-8 O/U) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-12 SU, 6-9 ATS, 6-9 O/U) won’t be going to the playoffs this season, but both franchises have a reason to go all out in their final regular season game this Sunday.
