Sentences with phrase «point underdog back»

For those who are curious, Washington was receiving 17 % of bets as a 3.5 - point underdog back on August 30th when Robert Griffin III was listed as the starting quarterback.

Not exact matches

It's atypical for the majority of tickets to back the underdog, however, that tendency changes during the postseason and casual bettors are increasingly willing to take the points and hope for a competitive game.

The Pats are rarely underdogs, but it is profitable to back Bill Belichick's squad when they are getting points (23 - 9 ATS, +13.45 units per BetLabsSports.com).

Even with significant public backing, the line has dropped two points, indicating that sharp money is favoring the double - digit underdog.

Ohio State opened as 3 - point favorites but, in a rare twist, the majority of public bettors have been backing the underdog.

The betting public is backing the underdog, with 61 % of spread wagers taking UConn and the points.

These lookahead lines indicate that Cleveland would be favored by 3 - points assuming this series makes it back to Cleveland for Game 6, which is interesting considering that Cleveland actually closed as 3 - point home underdogs in Game 4.

According to our historical database, Florida State has been a favorite of at least 3 - points in every game dating back to September 24, 2011 when they were 1.5 - point underdogs at Clemson.

The Nittany Lions opened as 3 - point home underdogs against the Buckeyes back on June 11th, but that line moved to 5.5 within hours.

If San Antonio is able to avoid the sweep and send their series back to Oakland, they would likely be at least 10 - point underdogs once again.

And then 2006 saw the underdogs come back with a vengeance, covering the point spread almost 56 % of the time.

This was particularly noteworthy because San Antonio had never closed as bigger than 13 - point underdogs in our historical database (which goes back to 2005).

Without a point spread, bettors have to risk a bit more to bet the favorite, but you earn a bigger payout if you back the underdog.

But on Sunday, bettors backed the underdogs, taking the Green Bay Packers and Steelers plus the points and on the money line.

The Tigers - Cats upset the Lions back in Week 2, pulling out a 31 - 28 road victory as a 13 - point underdog.

Spurred by the Sports Insights tweet and using the Bet Labs database, I pulled each team's against - the - spread record since 2003 (that is how far back our data goes) looking for the number of games they were underdogs of 5 or more points.

While many people were looking at the Mississippi State game as just a hiccup or fluke, especially after bouncing back with a win the next week, the Tigers faltered big time the following week as they lost a game to the Troy Trojans, who were 20.5 point underdogs.