Super Bowl 40
July 23, 2008
Sunday’s Super Bowl is likely to be won by the team with the most rushing yardage. Winning the battle of the line of scrimmage is as basic it gets, but it’s also a tried and true method for victory. Last season the Patriots won the rushing battle 112-45 in their 24-21 win over the Eagles. The year before, the Pats outrushed Carolina 127-92 on their way to the title. Even in their stunning upset of the Rams five years ago, the Patriots won the rushing battle against Marshall Faulk and their strong...
Super Bowl Betting
July 23, 2008
You have heard everyone talking about Super Bowl betting and now you want to get in on the action. It is fun, easy, and taking over the country each and every year at the end of the NFL playoffs. If you want to make bets and be sure to get your money when you win, then take a look at the sportsbooks on the right hand side of this page. They have great bonuses, are reliable, and they will gladly walk you through getting started. If you want to take a look at the detailed information that we...
Super Bowl Betting Props
July 22, 2008
This article was written by Big Al McMordie. This is it: Super Bowl week. With two weeks to fill and only one game left, get ready for newspapers and TV sports shows to exhaust their insight into every possible angle and personality on the game. From a handicapping perspective, it’s not always easy to find a soft betting line with respect to the side and total. With one game to go in the season, and two weeks to prepare, oddsmakers generally make a solid line on the side and total. And any kind...
Super Bowl Picks 365
July 22, 2008
PITTSBURGH V SEATTLE - STEELERS FAVORITE AT -4 Live betting - Su Feb 5 - 6:00pm ET Either way, the team that wins the Super Bowl must be considered as a surprise. Pittsburgh were as big as 50/1 after Week 13, while Seattle were pre-season 40/1 shots. Pittsburgh have since won seven in a row to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since 1995, including a swashbuckling playoff run which saw them join the 1985 Patriots as the only clubs to win three consecutive road games in the preseason. In...
Super Bowl Props
July 22, 2008
Oddsmaker’s have had plenty of time to carefully scrutinize the last game of the football season, therefore the side and total are likely to be good numbers. You rarely see much line movement on Super Bowls. However, proposition bets offer bettors an excellent opportunity to find good bets and soft numbers. But you can’t do guesswork, you have to do some homework. Let’s go through a prop and do some research on it. For instance, there’s a line offered on the Steelers/Seahawks Super...
Super Bowl Secrets
July 22, 2008
Even Las Vegas sports bettors — who used to trumpet their plays to anyone who would listen — are playing it close to the vest and hiding under heavy cloaks these days. No one … except maybe Steve Fezzik … wants to give anything away. In this age of the Super Information Highway, everyone is looking for even the tiniest edge; gleaning an advantage is like finding gold. Some sports gamblers, mostly NFL players, relocate to Las Vegas during their chosen seasons and then crawl...
Super Bowl XL
July 22, 2008
This article was written by Big Al McMordie. This is it: Super Bowl Sunday! The old adage “You win the turnover battle, you win the game,” is especially true come playoff time. Looking back at last season’s game, we find that the Patriots won the turnover battle 4-1, largely because of three Donovan McNabb interceptions. The Pats won the game 24-21, though they failed to cover. The year before, the Patriots and Panthers were even in the turnover department, 1-1. New England won again, 32-29,...
Total Amount Bet on Super Bowl
July 22, 2008
This article is about how much was the total amount bet on the super bowl. Close but no cigar could be the post-theme of Super Bowl XL as far as a record Las Vegas Super Bowl handle is concerned. Pittsburgh defeated Seattle 21-10 Sunday — easily covering the spread — the total went way under 47, Bill Cowper finally won a Lombardi and the Bus finally rolled a stop, while on top. The $6,064,000 Question in the Land of Odds — besides “Did you win or lose?” was “Will...
Vegas Super Bowl Buzz
July 22, 2008
Las Vegas always is a beehive of activity Super Bowl Week. There’s plenty of bustling this year, as usual, but some of the hustle appears to be missing. First, Mr. Tagliabue and other Big Apple suits, cash registers cha-chinging in their eyes, kiboshed the big Super Bowl bashes that were a large part of the city’s tradition, citing broadcasting rights. Lack of a marquee matchup, the kind that would have FOX drooling, and absence of a Vegas connection — even a route that would...
Wiseguys Super Bowl Pick
July 22, 2008
Pittsburgh is a solid Super Bowl XL favorite, but Seattle appears to have strong pockets of support among Las Vegas’ gaming elite. “I had dinner the other night (at the Stardust) with some of Vegas’ fine young handicapping minds, some very talented guys, and everyone liked Seattle,” said internationally-known sports gambler Lem Banker, clicking off names like Steve Fezzik, Andy Iskoe and Nick Bogdanovich, an ex-bookmaker who is well-established on the betting side...