Early Super Bowl Favorite
By: Q.
Smyth
Sunday January 22nd, 2006
- Page Updated at 11:45pm
Senior Editor For WagerOnFootball.com Handicapping.
EARLY
NFL super bowl xl betting
Vegas picks Steelers as Super
Bowl favorite
Associated
Press - Sun, Jan 22nd, 2006
LAS VEGAS
-- Oddsmakers are betting the
Bus will keep rolling through Motown.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Jerome
"The Bus" Bettis, their bruising 13-year
veteran NFL running back, emerged as 3 1/2- to 4-point
favorites Sunday as Las Vegas sportsbooks picked the
Steelers to defeat the Seattle Seahawks in the Super
Bowl.
"Seattle's going to have their
hands full," Bob Scucci, sportsbook director
at the Stardust, said after Pittsburgh's 34-17 win
over the Denver Broncos. Scucci made the AFC champion
Steelers 4-point favorites even before the Seahawks
finished off the Carolina Panthers, 34-14, in the
NFC title game.
The teams will meet Feb. 5 in Detroit.
"Seattle was expected to win,"
Scucci said. "Pittsburgh went through the one,
two, and three seeds, and a lot of people think the
AFC from top-to-bottom was a lot better conference
than the NFC."
Las Vegas Sports Consultants and Jay
Kornegay, race and sportsbook director at the Las
Vegas Hilton, also made the Steelers 4-point favorites,
with the over-under line set between 47 1/2 and 49
points. The over-under lets bettors put money on whether
the teams combine to score more or less than that
amount. Initial odds often change as bookmakers weigh
the money bettors put on one team or the other.
Robert Walker, sportsbook director
for 13 MGM Mirage casinos in Nevada, cited Pittsburgh's
victories over the Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis
Colts and the Broncos to get to the NFL championship.
He made the Steelers 3 1/2 point favorites
in what he called "an intriguing matchup,"
and set the over-under line at 47 1/2.
"It's fun to have a couple of
new teams in for a change," Walker said. "Seattle's
fun to watch and Pittsburgh was ultra-impressive."
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Super Bowl Favorite By:
Q.
Smyth
Sunday January 22nd, 2006
- Page Updated at 11:45pm
Senior Editor For WagerOnFootball.com Handicapping.
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