Sentences with phrase «point underdogs as»

The Atlanta Falcons are 7.5 - point underdogs as they head into M&T Bank Stadium to take on the Baltimore Ravens.

Stanford - Notre Dame: Notre Dame is a 7 - point underdog as visitors to a potentially «mad» Stanford team that is no longer in the national title hunt.

Not exact matches

More disturbing are the observations of Jenny McCartney who points to the problematic nature of using the Irish Troubles as the basis for «triumph of the underdog» narratives.

You're not thinking about Illinois beating No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus in the second - to - last game of the regular season as a 15.5 - point underdog.

Bovada has the Seahawks as a 2 - point underdog.

Although it's not the sexiest matchup, Tulsa opened as 1 - point road underdogs at Bookmaker for Saturday's showdown with Navy.

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.

Additionally, teams who won their previous game despite closing as an underdog of 17 + points have gone just 44 - 59 ATS (42.7 %).

The Huskies beat Kentucky 56 - 55 last year as a 2 - point underdog, but Louisville will have a tougher test as Kentucky is favored by 8.5 points.

The Seahawks opened as a 4.5 - point underdog but, according to our public betting trends, are receiving just 21 % of spread bets.

In this year's Iron Bowl, Auburn opened as 18 - point road underdogs at Pinnacle.

Chubb capped off a two - sack day by appearing to spit on the Seminoles» logo as the Wolfpack celebrated on the field, one final exclamation point on an afternoon when he treated the Seminoles as if they were the 13 - point underdogs, not NC State.

On Thursday morning, Boston opened as 1 - point road underdogs at the market - setting Pinnacle sportsbook.

Virginia entered the game as 13.5 - point underdogs, according to OddsShark, but Bronco Mendenhall's team turned on the afterburners in the second half, scoring 21 unanswered points after Boise State cut the deficit to seven just before the break.

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

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.

You need that,» Watkins said after Saturday night's win over Ohio State as a 1 - point underdog.

The 9.5 - point - underdog mid-majors cracked open a 21 - 0 lead as FOX Sports» Daryl Johnston could only repeat, «Wow!

Houston came into the Peach Bowl as a seven - point underdog.

Georgia rode that wave of emotion as a 7.5 - point underdog (per Odds Shark) to a 42 - 30 win.

This season, only one team has qualified as a 10 - point home underdog.

This week they opened as a 4 - point home underdog and have received just 33 % of spread bets.

This injury prevented oddsmakers from posting lines until early on Friday morning when Sportsbook.com opened New Orleans as a 6.5 - point underdog at Carolina with an over / under of 43.

Boston was a two - point underdog, meaning they covered the spread as well, but how have home teams done historically?

Early in the week New Orleans was listed as a 3 - point underdog before oddsmakers took the game off the board due to a shoulder injury to 9 - time Pro Bowler Drew Brees.

With such a significant drop off, the Saints re-opened as 9 - point underdogs at one of the prominent Las Vegas sportsbooks.

Can Auburn, a four - point underdog, wreck Bama's national title plans, just as it did in 2013?

Pittsburgh went from a 3.5 - point favorite to a 2.5 - point underdog, indicating that The Greek, a well - respected sportsbook, sees the drop off from Big Ben to Leftwich as 6 points, in regards to setting the line.

The Gators will face Alabama in the SEC Title Game and are listed as 21 - point underdogs at Golden Nugget.

Although the Warriors were originally listed as 2 - point underdogs for the Game 3 lookahead line, they actually opened as 2 - point road favorites at the market - setting Bookmaker.eu.

With arguably the worst team in football hosting one of the prohibitive Super Bowl favorites, it was no surprise that Jacksonville opened as a 13.5 - point underdog at Pinnacle.

The Cyclones opened as a 9 - point underdog Sunday, but have since dropped to a 7 - point dog with only 18 % of spread bets.

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The 20 - point victors had entered the game as 20 - point underdogs.

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.

I really think that would be the best way for Arsenal to win a title as it would not give the players time to think about what they could lose, so although it is far from ideal to be nine points off the top, I do reckon that being underdogs suits Arsenal and as long as we keep in touch it will put pressure on Chelsea and not us.

Even with this projected regression, though, S&P + sees Memphis as a favorite in 10 of 12 games and as an under - four - point underdog in the other two.

Bowling Green opened as 11.5 - point underdogs at Bookmaker and behind two Steam Moves, has been bet down to +7.5 across the market.

Since home field advantage is typically worth 3 - points to the spread, bettors are more likely to take visitors as they are likely to be larger underdogs.

As word spread of Paul's injury, we saw immediate line movement across the sports betting marketplace with the Clippers moving from a 2 - point favorite to 1 - point underdogs.

For moneyline sports, such as hockey and baseball, most sports bettors are happy to have «dimelines» — where the bid - ask spreads are 10 points apart (for example, -130 for the favorite, +120 for the underdog).

The Cowboys opened as 10 - point underdogs at Pinnacle and although the ticket count has been fairly even, the money has been pretty one - sided.

Today, however, in one of the heaviest - bet games of the day, the public currently prefers Michigan over Ohio State — with two out of three bets taking Michigan as 16 - point underdogs.

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

In the first playoff game on Monday (5 pm ET), Georgia is now listed as 3 - point favorites over Oklahoma around most of the market after opening as the underdog.

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

It's also worth noting that Kentucky opened as 2 - point underdogs at Bookmaker.

This year they're 0 - 5 ATS and listed as +14.5 point underdogs at Miami Ohio this weekend.

Trend to know: Houston lost 45 - 7 to Jacksonville last week, failing to cover by 27.5 points as 10.5 - point underdogs.

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