Saturday, January 31, 2009

A few Super Bowl trends to know


Here, compiled from various Web sites, are some trends for you to chew on before making those last-minute Super Bowl bets on WagerWeb.com.

*- The NFC has won the coin toss 11 straight times and 14 of the past 16 games.

*-Teams shutout in the first half are 0-11. Teams gaining a double-digit lead at any point are 37-1.

*-There has never been a shutout in the . Only one team, the in VI, didn’t score a touchdown.

*-There have been three Super Bowls previously held in Tampa. Two underdogs won straight up (the Raiders over Skins in XVIII and over Bills in XXV), while the XXXV covered easily against the . The under has gone 2-1 in Tampa Super Bowls and is 4-0 in the past four big games overall.

*-Teams that score more than 32 points in the are 18-0 straight up, and this has happened twice in Tampa.

*-Overall in Super Bowls, the favorites is 27-15 SU and 23-17-2 ATS.

*- teams scoring first are 27–15 (.643); 14–7 (.667) with a touchdown, 12–8 (.600) with a field goal and 1–0 with a safety.

*-The team that has more rushing attempts in the has won more than 70 percent of the time. All three times the winning team in Tampa had more rushing attempts.

*-First-time teams, like the Cards, are 8-18 straight-up and 9-17 ATS.

*-AccuScore, which you may have seen on ESPN.com, forecasts this year’s game as an average Steeler victory of 27.1-20.6. teams that score 27 or more points are 24-3-1 ATS. teams that score 20 points or less are just 8-31-1 ATS.

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