Possilbe High Scoring in Superbowl Betting
Super Bowl odds have the Patriots as a heavy favorite but New England has not rewarded bettors of late. The Patriots are 1-7 against the spread in their last 8 games and it is also worth noting that the Patriots have been to five Super Bowls and have only covered the Super Bowl odds only once.
The Giants have been a pointspread winner of late, covering their last five games. They are 10-1 on the road this season and the NFL has designated them the road team in the Superbowl although the game is played on a neutral field in Arizona.
Super Bowl odds for Super Bowl XLII have dropped from their opening number which had New England a 13.5 point favorite against the New York Giants.
Super Bowl odds on the Patriots dropped to -12 but that number is expected to rise when the public starts betting New England in the days leading up to the Superbowl.
Superbowl odds have the total as one of the highest of the entire NFL season. Most of the time NFL playoff games are low scoring but that has not always been the case in the Super Bowl. Recent Super Bowls have started to buck the trend of high scoring games but Superbowl odds are still set high. As you look at picking a side in Superbowl betting you must start by looking at the favorite.
Usually in NFL betting you start by looking at the underdog but not with Superbowl betting. The last two Super Bowls have seen the favorite cover the Superbowl odds. Overall the NFC holds a slight 21-20 edge and is also 21-17-3 against the Superbowl betting pointspread. Recent history though shows the AFC has dominated the Superbowl betting pointspread. The biggest win by any team in Super Bowl history was in 1990 as San Francisco defeated Denver 55-10. The AFCs largest margin of victory was in Super Bowl XXXV when Baltimore beat the New York Giants 34-7.
If you are looking at Superbowl odds you want to remember what we said about the favorite. The favorite in Superbowl odds has been the straight up winner 27 times and is 20-18-3 against the Superbowl pointspread. Also keep in mind as you look at Superbowl odds that the team that wins the game also covers the spread. Only eight times has the favorite won the game, but failed to cover the Superbowl odds. The latest team to win but not cover was the New England Patriots who won Super Bowl XXXIX 24-21 over Philadelphia but did not cover the 7 point Superbowl odds.
If you are looking at the total in Superbowl odds you want to know that the over is the way to go. Totals didnt start appearing in Superbowl odds until 1982 and the over is 15-10. The highest combined total in Super Bowl history was Super Bowl XXIX, when San Francisco and San Diego combined to score 75 points.
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Super Bowl odds present some many opportunities for bettors. The Superbowl is not just another game for bettors around the world; it is a game where they must have action. When bettors look at the Super Bowl odds they have to pick something. It could be a side, it could be a total, or it might be one of the many proposition bets available.
When you look at Super Bowl odds you really should take a step back and realize that the line you see on the game is not what it should be. The Superbowl is the most heavily bet game of the year. It is also the game with the most public action. That means that people are almost always going to bet the favorite and the over. The oddsmakers know this fact and they are going to shade the Super Bowl odds toward the favorite and the over more than they have at any time of the season. You may see an adjustment of 2 or 3 points.
The Super Bowl odds makers arent afraid of wiseguy action in the big game. They welcome it. What they are afraid of is public action and they must make the favorite and the over as high as they can so they will attract some bettors to the dog and the under on the Super Bowl odds board.
Super Bowl odds are the most talked about and the most scrutinized of all betting odds.
More people wager on the Superbowl than any other game during the year. So many people wager on the game that many sportsbooks have their entire bottom line affected by the results of the Superbowl.
Of the Super Bowl betting games the favorite and dog are actually quite close in Super Bowl betting numbers. Depending upon the closing number it varies a little bit but the consensus is that the favorites are 21-17 with three pushes.
The underdog has actually won the game outright 12 times, so the pointspread only came into play 8 times out of 41. If you picked the winner then you probably won your Super Bowl betting choice.
What was the biggest Super Bowl betting spread you ask? The largest point spread of any Super Bowl was Super Bowl betting XXIX where San Francisco was an 18 point favorite against San Diego. The 49ers won and covered easily against the Super Bowl betting pointspread 49-26. There is a little bit of question about a previous Super Bowl betting line though. Some people think Super Bowl betting III had a larger pointspread. The Colts opened as a 17 point favorite against the Jets and there were reports it was at a 20 point spread before the game. The problem with those reports is that it is more word of mouth than actual records like you see now on the computer. The story of that game was Joe Namath guaranteeing victory and delivering as the Jets upset Baltimore 16-7.
There have been other big Super Bowl betting favorites. Super Bowl I had the Packers a 17 point favorite against the Chiefs and Green Bay won easily 35-10. The Packers were 13 point favorites the next year against Oakland and covered again 33-14. Super Bowl betting IV had the Vikings a 10 point Super Bowl betting favorite against the Chiefs and Minnesota was destroyed in a huge upset 23-7. Super Bowl betting XIV had the Pittsburgh Steelers an 11 point favorite against the Los Angeles Rams and they just barely covered the Super Bowl betting line 31-19.
The Bears were -11in Super Bowl betting XX against the Patriots and won 46-10 in a laugher. Super Bowl XXIV saw the San Francisco 49ers a 12 point favorite against Denver and they won 55-10. Super Bowl betting XXVII had Dall
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Tommy Mac
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Las Vegas, NV 89119
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Saban Sur, San Jose Costa Rica
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