Sentences with phrase «point underdogs against»

For example, let's say the New York Jets are 14 - point underdogs against the New England Patriots but enter halftime with a 14 - 7 lead.

At that time, Louisville was listed as 10 - point underdogs against Clemson and quarterback Lamar Jackson was listed as a 100/1 longshot to win the Heisman Trophy.

The Pacers are currently 4 - point underdogs against the Magic, but check out our NBA Betting Trends page for consensus odds and public betting trends from our seven contributing sportsbooks.

Kansas State is peaking at the right time in this NCAA tournament, picking up upset wins as 2 - point underdogs against No. 8 Creighton in the Round of 64 and 5 - point underdogs against No. 5 Kentucky in the Sweet 16.

The lone exception was Boston College, who closed as 22 - point underdogs against top - ranked North Carolina — their ACC rival.

The Ravens are one of the least - valued playoff teams in recent sports memory, having been nine - point underdogs against Denver and New England before pulling off wins in both games to advance to the franchise's second Super Bowl.

While the Chiefs are 13.5 - point underdogs against the undefeated Packers and the Vikings are 8 - point underdogs against the Saints, the Broncos are currently 7.5 - point dogs against the Patriots.

Tuesday's St. Petersburg Bowl was the first game of this bowl season to fit the system and saw Marshall, a 5 - point underdog against Florida International, close with 30 % of all spread bets.

Oakland has this week's biggest spread as a 12.5 - point underdog against the Broncos.

Michigan State is currently a five - point underdog against Duke.

Michigan State is a 9.5 - point underdog against Alabama on New Year's Eve.

'00 Washington looks like»15 Michigan State on the chart, but played an 8 - 3 Purdue that would be a 12 - point underdog against»15 Alabama.

This streak has made the Knicks just a 3 - point underdog against the Miami Heat, at Madison Square Garden.

Loyola - Chicago opened as a 1 - point underdog against Kansas State at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

A majority of the market opened this so - called «Harbaugh Bowl» with the Ravens listed as a 5 - point underdog against the 49ers, and early action has favored the upset - minded Ravens.

This weekend West Virginia is a 7 - point underdog against # 11 Texas and in the upcoming weeks they will host # 7 Kansas State (10/20), # 15 TCU (11/3) and # 17 Oklahoma (11/17).

Last week in this space, we examined how reverse line movement indicated that sharp money was taking Texas Tech as a 7 - point underdog against TCU.

Chicago, who will start Jimmy Clausen in place of the injured Jay Cutler, opened as a 15 - point underdog against Seattle after being listed at +9 before the season.

Houston is a 15.5 point underdog against the New England Patriots in the Divisional Round on Saturday.

Not exact matches

Despite their 4 - 0 record and last week's 30 - 6 upset victory over Michigan State, # 8 Wisconsin opened as 10.5 - point road underdogs against # 4 Michigan.

Before the season we wrote our annual College Basketball and Betting Against the Public article, which found that road underdogs of 10 - 20 points had won at a 54.6 % clip since 2008.

The best - value bets can often be found by going against these teams because the oddsmakers adjust the line to reflect the expected weight of public money; so that the underdog is often quested at better odds or receives a larger point spread than is warranted.

Here's where things get tricky though: 5Dimes has already released odds for potential Super Bowl matchups and Baltimore would be a 3.5 - point underdog (+155 moneyline) against San Francisco, and they would be a 1.5 - point dog (+100 moneyline) against Atlanta.

Kansas hasn't received much respect this season as a legitimate contender, finding itself as a 1.5 - point underdog in the Big 12 tournament championship game against West Virginia and a 3 - point underdog in the Elite Eight against No. 2 Duke.

TCU, a 17 - point underdog to Texas, shocked the Longhorns 23 - 14 to win its first game against Texas in Fort Worth in 34 years.

The table below displays the against the spread (ATS) results of late season NFL games for home underdogs at two different point - spread levels since the start of the 2003 season.

The line opened with USC a 6 point home underdog against # 1 Oregon.

This exceptional record is good news for Tim Tebow and the Broncos who are currently 8 - point underdogs for Sunday's game against the Steelers.

Pittsburgh came away from week 1 with a overtime victory over Atlanta in the first of four games without starting quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, but are a 5.5 point underdog from an opening line of 6 in their week 2 match - up against Tennessee.

Buffalo is 0 - 3 against the spread as an underdog this season, losing each of those games by 20 points or more, according to Odds Shark.

Interestingly, Clemson won both games this season in which they were underdogs (they closed as 1 - point «dogs against both Ohio State and Louisville).

Yesterday's look at the Saturday Hoops Marketplace highlighted the Cavs (5 point underdogs) as a contrarian play, which ended up being an outright winner against the streaking Knicks.

On Friday's lookahead line, the Westgate Superbook listed the Bears as 3.5 - point underdogs for their Week 3 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys.

As an example, the Patriots moved from a pick»em to a 6 - point underdog for their Week 1 game against the Cardinals following the announcement of Tom Brady's four - game suspension.

Florida State should feel right in its comfort zone as a 4.5 - point underdog on Saturday against Michigan.

The Raiders are just 1 - 11, and come in as 9.5 - point underdogs on their home turf against the 7 - 5 49ers, according to OddsShark.

Historically underdogs have provided additional value against conference opponents since the familiarity between teams levels the playing field, which disproportionately benefits the team getting points.

Yes, the Tigers are riding high in the Premier League after four straight wins, but they are massive underdogs against Chelsea this week, and many supporters would surely take a point if you offered it to them before the game.

Our past research indicates that bettors have a slight advantage when betting against the public, but that edge is magnified when focusing on underdogs of more than 10 points.

In particular, a scan of last night's results showed another two wins for «bet against» underdogs (Philly & Denver covered the point spread...

When one team garners more than 60 % of the bets, and is favored by at least 16 points, the underdog wins against the spread 56.5 % of the time, since 2004.

As I pointed out in the BAP report, ranked teams do much worse against conference opponents because familiarity of a frequent opponent's style of play and gameplan levels the playing field and favors unranked teams or underdogs.

SportsInsights» March Madness system would «Bet Against the Public» and select «Big Underdog» (more than 10 - point dog with less than 40 % of the bets) to beat «the spread.»

Since 2005, Texas has never closed as more than a 17.5 - point underdog — December 7, 2013 against Baylor.

The Colts opened as 7 - point home underdogs against the Patriots despite being listed as a 1 - point favorites over the summer.

The fourth - ranked Michigan State Spartans, who opened as 1.5 - point home underdogs against top - ranked Indiana, are currently listed as 1.5 - point favorites at BetOnline.

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.

Pittsburgh is currently receiving just 11 % of spread bets — their lowest level of public support we have tracked since 2003 — and are 7 - point home underdogs against New England.

In Friday's first game, 7 - seed Dayton opened as a 1 - point underdog at Pinnacle against 10 - seed Syracuse.

In this week's most lopsided bet game, the Steelers (4 - 3) are receiving just 11 % of spread bets as a 3 - point home underdog against the Colts (5 - 2).